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Based on the 1963 novel “Mute Witness” by Robert L. Fish, the original “Bullitt” starred the late McQueen as the title character, a San Francisco Police Department lieutenant seeking to take down Chicago mobster Johnny Ross (Pat Renella). Spielberg will direct the new Warner Bros. film, which will not be a remake of the original movie by Peter Yates, instead telling a completely original story starring Bullitt. Sources close to the project confirmed the news to IndieWire....

“I gotta say that I’m a big fan of Denis; he’s a friend,” Zhao said. “[‘Eternals’ and ‘Dune’] got pushed and shifted because of the pandemic. We got pulled apart and then now we’re back together again at the same time. Even when I was working on IMAX for ‘Eternals,’ I asked him if it was okay for me to watch ‘Dune.’ I knew he did incredible things in IMAX, so I knew I could learn from him....

Criterion Collection President Peter Becker told IndieWire that the layoffs affected several departments — and about 20 percent of the company, with 16 employees laid off from a staff of over 80. “Yesterday was a sad day at Criterion,” Becker said via email. “We had to part ways with a number of staffers across several departments as part of a reorganization intended to prepare the company for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, which are markedly different from the ones we had built ourselves up to address in the past....

Despite not being nominated for Best Director for “Dune,” the auteur told MovieMaker magazine that he is “deeply pleased” with the 10 Oscar nominations the sci-fi adaptation garnered. “Frankly, if you had told me a few months ago that we’d be in the Oscar race, that we’d have that kind of recognition, I would have not believed you. It’s really moving,” Villeneuve said. “If you’re nominated, it’s a beautiful thing… I don’t take things for granted, and I was deeply pleased with what we got....

Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie adaptation “Death on the Nile” was originally set to open October 23, but moved to December 18 earlier this fall. Disney-owned 20th Century Studios’ star-packed mystery is now determined as “unset,” according to an email from Disney representatives sent Thursday, as is the Ryan Reynolds action comedy “Free Guy,” which was set for release December 11. In recent weeks, Disney shuffled its Pixar entry “Soul” to open straight on Disney+ on Christmas Day, canceling an intended Thanksgiving corridor release....

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “The Walking Dead” focused on averting the apocalypse. Other shows, like “Ghost Whisperer,” zeroed in on the spooky. But in today’s TV landscape, death is something we’re far more comfortable with, and the no longer living aren’t treated as monsters or even as metaphors. Instead, they’re used as tools to investigate a wide array of topics as varied as feminism, political disenfranchisement, and trauma. And in the case of “The Good Place,” all of the above and more....

Dulé Hill and James Roday Rodriguez are back in character as Burton “Gus” Guster and Shawn Spencer in “Psych 3: This is Gus,” which premiered exclusively on Peacock November 18. In the “sequel to the sequel,” Gus and his pregnant fiancée Selena (Jazmyn Simon) are planning to tie the knot before the birth of “Baby Gus.” In preparation for the shotgun wedding, “Groomzilla” Gus and Shawn embark on a mission to track down Selena’s estranged husband....