UPDATED at 11:45AM PT with more numbers and analysis. Lynne Ramsay's You Were Never Really Here, the first feature from the director since 2011, rocketed to a strong launch in its debut, grossing $129,911 in three theaters. Searchlight's Isle of Dogs added hundreds of runs for its third frame, taking in $4.6M to…

The new trailer for Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here has dropped and it features Joaquin Phoenix serving up some traumatic realness as a PTSD-ridden vet who slowly unravels as he attempts to bust a senator's daughter out of a sex-trafficking ring. Ramsay’s film received a positive ovation at the Cannes Film…

EXCLUSIVE: After winning over critics at last spring’s Cannes Film Festival with an 80% fresh Rotten Tomatoes score, Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here from Amazon Studios is staking out Feb. 23 for a limited release. The movie stars a sublime Joaquin Phoenix as Joe, a PTSD Gulf War vet/former FBI…

Resilience is the key to survival in this business, especially for directors, and after weathering a public feud over the Natalie Portman western Jane Got a Gun, Scottish director Lynne Ramsay is basking in the Cannes sunshine after receiving a seven-minute standing ovation last night for the premiere of her…

Lynne Ramsay is returning to the Croisette for her fourth feature You Were Never Really Here, which is playing in competition at the Cannes Film Festival this week. The project stars Joaquin Phoenix and she adapted it from the Jonathan Ames novel. In it, Phoenix plays a war vet who devotes himself to saving women…

EXCLUSIVE: After an all-night bargaining session, Amazon Studios has made a big splashy deal for You Were Never Really Here, the drama that Lynne Ramsay will direct with Joaquin Phoenix starring and production to begin early fall. Deal was in the $3.5 million range. This is one of the big buzz titles of the festival…

The legal standoff between director Lynne Ramsay and the producers of Jane Got A Gun has ended in a draw, almost a year after the helmer abruptly left the pic on the first day of production. "Jane Got a Gun Production LLC and Lynne Ramsay announce the pending civil action and all other disputes between the parties…

UPDATE, 10:51 AM: After the scathing lawsuit filed earlier this week against her by the producers of Jane Got A Gun, director Lynne Ramsay has responded. In a brief statement today, Ramsay's reps says she hasn't seen the suit yet but that from what has been reported, the claims in it are "simply false." The director…

EXCLUSIVE: Bradley Cooper is poised to join the cast of Jane Got A Gun, stepping in to play the bad guy role that Jude Law exited shortly after We Need To Talk About Kevin helmer Lynne Ramsay‘s abrupt exit. Cooper joins Natalie Portman and Joel Edgerton in the film that Warrior helmer Gavin O’Connor took over. Related…

EXCLUSIVE: While the troubled independent feature Jane Got A Gun got a new director this morning in Gavin O’Connor, fallout continues from Monday’s abrupt exit of helmer Lynne Ramsay. I’m told that Jude Law has formally withdrawn from the film. It is because he signed on to work with Ramsay, best known for the edgy…

EXCLUSIVE: When We Need To Talk About Kevin helmer Lynne Ramsay pulled a no-show and dropped out of helming Jane Got A Gun on the first day of shooting, producer and financier Scott Steindorff said they were determined to set a new director quickly and keep the picture from falling apart. Well, it looks like they’ve…

EXCLUSIVE: When the cast and crew of the indie drama Jane Got A Gun showed up for the first day of production Monday in Sante Fe, they learned that director Lynne Ramsay was a no-show and had abruptly dropped out of the film. Among those who learned of her exit yesterday were Natalie Portman, who stars in the film and…