This Week in Movies is a feature that highlights some of the big news stories from the world of movies that dropped over the past seven days. Below you’ll find a small handful of the headlines you might have missed.
Here are some of the top stories from the week of January 18th – 24th….
- Robert Eggers has officially announced his next project. Following the success of his terrific “Nosferatu”, Eggers is reteaming with Focus Features to make “Werwulf”. As its title suggests, the filmmaker’s fifth film is set to be a werewolf horror thriller. Eggers penned the script with Sjón who he previously worked with on “The Northman”. Not much has been revealed about the story, but we do know it will be set in 13th century England and will feature period-accurate dialect. Fans are sure to expect a tense and atmospheric experience similar to the other films in Eggers’ oeuvre. “Werfulf” is currently slated for a Christmas 2026 release.
- Netflix continues to cement itself as the leader of the streaming services by announcing that it has surpassed 300 million subscribers globally. They also shared that the service gained a record 18.9 million subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2024. Netflix is also celebrating the awards season success of “Emilia Perez” which continues to rake in the nominations. On the flipside, Netflix also announced yet another price increase, raising their ad-supported tier a full $1 per month ($7.99) and their premium tier $2 a month ($24.99). Yikes.
- This week we learned that Ryan Gosling is in talks to star in Shawn Levy’s upcoming Star Wars film. It has been five years since we last saw Star Wars on the big screen and during that time there have been countless rumors about what was next for the galaxy far, far away. Levy (“Deadpool & Wolverine”) has been working on his movie for over two years and is set to serve as director, writer, and producer. Gosling’s potential involvement could see Levy’s movie next in line behind 2026’s “The Mandalorian and Grogu”.
- The 2025 Razzie Awards nominations were announced this week and if you blinked you might have missed them. The Razzies were once a silly and fun event leading up to the Oscars that ‘celebrated’ the worst from the year in movies. But several embarrassing missteps in recent years has led to a lot of people losing interest. This year’s nominees seem lazier than usual and not nearly as funny as they want them to be. Among the small handful of movies nominated are “Joker: Folie à Deux”, “Megalopolis”, “Madame Web”, “Reagan”, and “Borderlands”.
- And of course the biggest news of the week was the announcement of the nominees for the 97th Academy Awards. Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott shared this year’s batch which I couldn’t be less excited about. Among the underwhelming films taking home the most nominations are “Emilia Perez” with 13, “The Brutalist” with 10, and “Wicked” with 10. The excellent “A Complete Unknown” had 8 nominations though it’s not expected to win many (if any). The almost great “Conclave” also received 8 while the grueling awards season darling “Anora” received 6.
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A Star Wars film by Shawn Levy is going to absolutely fucking suck. So the Netflix price is raised by only $2? That’s not a big deal for me. I also heard Robert Eggers is also thinking of doing a sequel to Labyrinth as I gotta remind myself to post something on future projects of his on my Auteurs piece on him (likely coming in March as I haven’t gotten started on it yet).
My issue with Netflix is they’ve had multiple raises over the past few years. $25 a month has pushed the limit for me.
I hope they cool it for awhile on raises or they will lose me also.
Not bothered with Eggers horror movies, or Star Wars or the Oscars for that matter, and I get Netflix through our Sky subscription so it’s all good! 😀
Eggers has a small but compelling filmography. I haven’t loved everything he’s done but he’s always intriguing
Haven’t seen Nosferatu yet, but I have seen the Witch. am hoping the director is able to make a classic out of Werwulf. The werewolf story is very interesting
I love Nosferatu and The Witch. Hopefully Werwulf falls in with them and not The Lighthouse.
Was kind of wondering when we would get one of your Random Thoughts posts on the Oscar noms but had a feeling you were less than enthused about the slate by and large. This short, hilarious blurb at the end of this post confirms it. Kind of a ho-hum year, if I had to pick my favorite movie of the year it would be The Wild Robot, which got a Best Animated nom but will probably lose to Flow.
Man you are exactly right. I usually do one after the Oscars are announced but (as you nailed) I was very ho-hum about them. I’ve been that way this entire awards season, including with my own critics group. The same small pocket of movies, many of which didn’t impress me much at all.
Netflix price hike is unsurprising but still pisses me off. Guess it’s roving subscriptions for me here on out.
Ryan Gosling news is interesting. Feel like Star Wars needs bona fide movie star power if it’s going to hit the big screen again. Although any Star Wars development falls as quickly as it’s announced, so who knows if this will come to fruition.
I think what gets me so much about the Netflix hikes are that they are coming so frequently. I knocked my down to the add tier and will do like you and move to roving subscriptions for everything else.
Yeah man like $30 for 4K? Premium gonna be $40 within the next 2-3 years, if even! May revert to the ad-tier too after all. Sucks that the streamers have arranged their subscription tiers so that no matter what, we lose. Premium is an automatic win for them, and if we can only afford basic, they get more ad dollars which is another win.
Yep. A lot of people don’t add in the ad dollars which they get on top of the subscription rates.
All new info to me. Thanks for the update. I’m not sure I’m geeked that the director of deadpool and wolverine is at the helm to do Star Wars. I’d rather see Denis V do it.
I agree. That is sticking in the back of my mind. I’m not sure how he’s going to fit. I’m such a huge Star Wars fan so I’m hopeful. But I dunno.