“Cruella” Sound Editor Mark Stoeckinger on Getting 1970s England Right

Whether it’s her bohemian attic lair, Liberty’s department store, or her job at an insufferable couture designer’s immaculate atelier, young Cruella, née Estella (Emma Stone) divides her time between very particular environments in 1970s England. She and her pals, Jasper (Joel Fry) and Horace (Paul Walter Hauser), are roommates, professional delinquents, and dog-lovers. A terrier ...

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  June 14, 2021

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Production Designer Fiona Crombie on the Luxe World of “Cruella”

Cruella de Vil is eternally wicked, but she’s also a villain who knows how to have a riotously good time—certainly more than the original heroes of Disney’s 101 Dalmatians, anodyne dog lovers Anita and Roger Darling. And that’s why it’s this id-driven, luxury-loving, would-be dalmatian coat-wearing scoundrel who gets her own live-action origin story. In ...

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  June 1, 2021

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Behind the Costumes, Wigs, & Makeup of the Deliciously Punk “Cruella”

When it comes to devilishly wicked Disney villains, Cruella de Vil is near the top of the list. So when the studio released the first trailer for Craig Gillespie’s live-action film Cruella and ensuing soundtrack featurette that plays like a must-have compilation of popular music from the mid-1960s to early ‘80s, we laid eyes on a ...

By Daron James  |  May 28, 2021
A New “Cruella” Featurette Riffs on the Rocking Soundtrack

Director Craig Gillespie’s live-action look at Cruella de Vil’s origins in Cruella has an appropriately rocking soundtrack. For the future villain of 101 Dalmations, she of the famous black-and-white coif and gleeful sadism, the music needs to own the airwaves as easily as Cruella (Emma Stone) will own the screen. Thus this new featurette on the film’s music ...

By The Credits  |  May 24, 2021
The Second “Cruella” Trailer Lets The Dogs Out

“Let me give you some advice—you can’t care about anyone else.” These are the words of wisdom voiced in the opening seconds of the second Cruella trailer, and they come not from our titular villain but Baroness von Hellman (Emma Thompson), the woman Cruella de Vil (Emma Stone) plans on being one day. We hear these ruthless words while ...

By The Credits  |  April 7, 2021
“Black Widow” Will Premiere in Theaters & on Disney+ Premiere Access Simultaneously

We now have a clear picture of how Disney will be approaching their release schedule this year. The headline news is that Disney has decided to release Marvel Studios hotly anticipated Black Widow in theaters and on Disney+ Premiere Access simultaneously. If you opt to watch director Cate Shortland’s film about Scarlett Johansson’s super-spy and former ...

By The Credits  |  March 24, 2021
Emma Stone Shines in First “Cruella” Trailer

The first trailer for Disney’s Cruella is a glamorous hoot. Emma Stone stars as one of the Mouse House’s most beloved (and fashionable) villains, with her two-tone black and white hair, perfectly placed beauty mark, and total lack of remorse. The live-action Cruella comes from director Craig Gillespie, a man who knows a little something about building a ...

By The Credits  |  February 17, 2021
Cruella Casts Killing Eve Star Kirby Howell-Baptiste

Kirby Howell-Baptiste’s signed onto Disney’s live-action take on Cruella, which will give 101 Dalmatians villain Cruella de Vil an origin story, with the queen of mean to be played by Emma Stone. We’re not sure who Howell-Baptiste will be playing yet, but the Killing Eve star is in according to Variety. Let’s hope the talented Howell-Baptiste gets to spar with Stone’s ...

By The Credits  |  September 25, 2019