As someone who has read and reread every Agatha Christie novel (and short stories), I absolutely love the Knives Out movies. If I could throw money at Rian Johnson to keep making them for as long...
As someone who has read and reread every Agatha Christie novel (and short stories), I absolutely love the Knives Out movies. If I could throw money at Rian Johnson to keep making them for as long as he wanted to, I absolutely would. Very psyched for this!
It's an interesting angle that Netflix is now advertising a ~2 week window in theaters, since Glass Onion did so well on its sneak peak weekend. I wonder what other Netflix movies will make there...
It's an interesting angle that Netflix is now advertising a ~2 week window in theaters, since Glass Onion did so well on its sneak peak weekend. I wonder what other Netflix movies will make there way to theaters, of if it's just a Knives Out thing?
Also, looks like Rian Johnson lost the Knives Out branding fight.
Been revived thanks to Corbet’s work on that. One Battle After Another, Bugonia, Wuthering Heights, Remain (M. Night Shyamalan), and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Untitled Film with Tom Cruise...
Been revived thanks to Corbet’s work on that. One Battle After Another, Bugonia, Wuthering Heights, Remain (M. Night Shyamalan), and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Untitled Film with Tom Cruise were all shot primarily on the format.
its so cool to see some older formats in use. Any idea what sparked this revival? We had some around the 00's (Phantom Menace, Flight Plan), but not a lot in between so far as I know
its so cool to see some older formats in use. Any idea what sparked this revival? We had some around the 00's (Phantom Menace, Flight Plan), but not a lot in between so far as I know
I would say primarily The Brutalist. Theres articles about the film going back to 2020 (when it was originally supposed to start production) and the film being shot on a premium format on such a...
I would say primarily The Brutalist. Theres articles about the film going back to 2020 (when it was originally supposed to start production) and the film being shot on a premium format on such a small budget certainly peaked interest. I remember prior to its premiere at Venice there were articles written about it being a masterpiece and an instant classic.
The format never really went away, Poor Things used VistaVision in some of its VFX shots. Famously, during the truck flipping sequence in The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan used a VistaVision camera for coverage as there weren’t enough IMAX cameras available at the time.
But yeah, The Brutalist made filmmakers want to shoot on it again.
Kpop Demon Hunters just had a similar short theatrical run. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPop_Demon_Hunters It looks like it pulled $19.2M in the US for its limited weekend run.
Kpop Demon Hunters just had a similar short theatrical run.
The sing-along version of KPop Demon Hunters debuted in theaters on August 23, 2025[75][76] and was initially projected to gross between $18–20 million from 1,700 theatres during its opening weekend.[77] It was the widest ever theatrical release for a Netflix release, beating out the 698 theatres that Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) opened in, and became the first Netflix film to finish in first place over the weekend.[78] It also became the best-performing theatrical release for the platform, beating out Glass Onion ($13.1 million in 2022).[79] However, Netflix opted out of reporting grosses.[76]
Spoiler for the preview I’m dying to know if Jeremy Renner is playing himself, especially since Jeremy Renner canonically exists in the Knives Out universe.
Spoiler for the preview
I’m dying to know if Jeremy Renner is playing himself, especially since Jeremy Renner canonically exists in the Knives Out universe.
As someone who has read and reread every Agatha Christie novel (and short stories), I absolutely love the Knives Out movies. If I could throw money at Rian Johnson to keep making them for as long as he wanted to, I absolutely would. Very psyched for this!
Have you read the Thursday Murder Club books or watched the movie? It has a very Agatha Christie-esque vibe.
I have not, but I'll absolutely check it out! Thank you for the rec!
It's an interesting angle that Netflix is now advertising a ~2 week window in theaters, since Glass Onion did so well on its sneak peak weekend. I wonder what other Netflix movies will make there way to theaters, of if it's just a Knives Out thing?
Also, looks like Rian Johnson lost the Knives Out branding fight.
Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew will be getting a two week release on IMAX. The film is being shot on VistaVision.
VistaVision! I'm glad its being used again. The Brutalist was beautiful for this.
Been revived thanks to Corbet’s work on that. One Battle After Another, Bugonia, Wuthering Heights, Remain (M. Night Shyamalan), and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Untitled Film with Tom Cruise were all shot primarily on the format.
its so cool to see some older formats in use. Any idea what sparked this revival? We had some around the 00's (Phantom Menace, Flight Plan), but not a lot in between so far as I know
I would say primarily The Brutalist. Theres articles about the film going back to 2020 (when it was originally supposed to start production) and the film being shot on a premium format on such a small budget certainly peaked interest. I remember prior to its premiere at Venice there were articles written about it being a masterpiece and an instant classic.
The format never really went away, Poor Things used VistaVision in some of its VFX shots. Famously, during the truck flipping sequence in The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan used a VistaVision camera for coverage as there weren’t enough IMAX cameras available at the time.
But yeah, The Brutalist made filmmakers want to shoot on it again.
hm nice. good film to feature the format, too. I wish we could search imdb by the format... there's probably a way.
Heres the Wikipedia page
yeah, but there should be a way with imdb directly. https://www.imdb.com/search has audio and some others, but not this. I use the collabs a lot.
Kpop Demon Hunters just had a similar short theatrical run.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPop_Demon_Hunters
It looks like it pulled $19.2M in the US for its limited weekend run.
Spoiler for the preview
I’m dying to know if Jeremy Renner is playing himself, especially since Jeremy Renner canonically exists in the Knives Out universe.
He is not. Check out the IMDb page.
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. (/noise)