The Title Sequence Isn’t Disappearing – It’s Headed Back To The Big Screen
It appeared quietly, in the right corner of your Netflix screen a few months ago: the “skip intro” button. A translucent shortcut customized by the streaming service built to work both with any series, cold open or no, meant to allow binge-watchers to expedite their viewing experience. In the past, new features and redesigns have ...
Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 Easter Eggs You’ve Never Seen
In a franchise that is rich with Easter Eggs, tie ins, crossovers, and post credits clues, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 director James Gunn is king. You have to be an eagle eyed super fan to catch everything he’s hidden, but even the sharpest of viewers would have missed these. Gunn posted photos on ...
Watch Artists Create Rocket & Baby Groot for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Digital effects are so outrageously good at this point, we take it for granted that Andy Serkis can become an utterly realistic intelligent chimpanzee and give arguably the greatest motion capture performances of all time throughout the new Apes trilogy, or, say, watch a talking, hybrid raccoon and a sentient plant-based alien, voiced by stars Bradley ...
Rocket Raccoon’s Twisted Origins to be Explored in Upcoming Film
One of the surprising turns in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. was the connection forged between Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) and Yondu (Michael Rooker). Up until Yondu finally confronted Rocket on being a colossal jerk, the ferocious little hybrid guy had spent much of the film berating his fellow Guardians. Rocket was testy in the ...
James Gunn Reveals Guardians of the Galaxy Could be the Future of the MCU
In a Facebook Live promotion Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 coming to home video, director James Gunn revealed that the Guardians may be the key the future of the Marvel Universe. So far, the series has been pretty heavily focused on the Avengers with the Guardians are doing their own thing. They will all ...
James Gunn Explains Those Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Post-Credits Scenes
Any fan worth their salt knows about the five scenes that were interspersed throughout the end credits of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. But there has been some confusion as to what it all means. James Gunn, who both wrote for and directed the film, shed some light on what exactly those scenes mean ...
Watch This Insane Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Music Video Inferno
There have been lots of reasons to love James Gunn’s two Guardians of the Galaxy films. There’s been the loose, lively chemistry between the cast, the zany, cosmic storytelling, the humor, the heart, Groot, and also, of course, baby Groot (and teen Groot!) What Guardians also possesses, more so than any other Marvel movie in ...
Watch How Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Utilized Practical Effects to Nearly Kill Rocket
When two of your main characters are a walking and talking (sort of) tree and a talking raccoon, you know that CGI has played a huge part. Yet, you might be surprised to find out that a good portion of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was made with practical effects. In a new behind-the-scenes look at the ...
Watch Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2‘s Michael Rooker Become Yondu
We love makeup artists here at The Credits. Time and time again, these wizards turn mere human actors into gods, monsters and everything in between, often deploying a wide variety of talents to create the characters that the script demands. Whether its Logan's Joel Harlow, explaining to us the finer points of turning Hugh Jackman into the clawed mutant ...
Kurt Russell & Dave Bautista Talk Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
In his long and epic career, Kurt Russell has worked with some of the best directors alive, which makes his praise for James Gunn, the visionary behind the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy (he’s staying on board to see the franchise through its first narrative cycle) all the sweeter. Russell joined Vol. 2 in a ...
Let’s Discuss Those Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Post Credits Scenes
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has a whopping five post-credits scenes. Surely this is some kind of record. It's also fitting for James Gunn's sequel, as Vol. 2 is a wild film, with some of the biggest, most complex action set pieces of any Marvel film. The credits scenes themselves are little jewels, doing double duty of completing some ...
Here’s Your Summer Movie Watch List
Every summer, you can count on crowds flocking to the movie theatres. Popcorn, air conditioning, and amazing movies – what’s not to love? Here’s a list of some of the movies we’re looking forward to this summer, with everything from high-intensity Superhero movies to comedies guaranteed to make you laugh out loud (and plenty of ...
How James Gunn Utilized IMAX Technology for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
It’s no secret that if you’re going to see a action-packed spectacle like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, IMAX is likely the best way to go. That’s even truer when the director, like James Gunn, shot and designed part of the movie specifically for that expanded ratio that IMAX delivers. For those scenes, the ...
Go Behind-the-Scenes of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Earlier we wrote about the insane success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. One way to measure that success is by how different the individual films within that universe can be from one another. Guardians of the Galaxy is a perfect example of how Marvel has stayed ahead of the curve by dipping into their wild ...
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Scores Again With Critics
Now that the review embargo has been lifted on James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, we can get a sense of how the sequel stacks up against 2014’s juggernaut first film—and it looks as if there’s very good news in the galaxy. Considering Star-lord, Gamora and the gang aren’t hitting your local multiplex ...
Listen to James Gunn’s Original Song for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Writer/director James Gunn is something of a renaissance man. Not content with simply helming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and committing to directing the entire run of its trilogy, he’s also a real music guru. Every Guardians fan knows that the films are infused with, and inspired by, great music—it’s right there in the ...
Here’s Your Awesome Mix Vol. 2 Playlist From Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Calling all Guardians of the Galaxy fans; you’re in luck! Before today, only a few of the upcoming film’s, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, were available to us from various trailers. Now, the full soundtrack is available online, courtesy of Rolling Stone. The soundtrack, entitled Awesome Mix Vol. 2, is an eclectic blend of everything ...
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Will be the end for This Team
James Gunn hasn’t even seen his Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 hit theaters, but that hasn’t stopped him from thinking ahead. He’s already confirmed he’ll be back in the director’s chair for Vol. 3, finishing out a trilogy he’s infused with his specific style and personality. Now the word is out that Gunn has ...
Love’s in the air in new Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The big romantic connection in the first Guardians of the Galaxy was between Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) and Gamora (Zoe Saldana). They met cute (she kicked his butt, then they all got arrested), they fought and teased each other, they shared some personal history, and then he nearly died saving her life. For Vol. 2, it ...
James Gunn is Returning for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Yesterday we wrote about how we’re just a bit more than two weeks away from the premiere of writer/director James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, but what we didn’t expect, and are thrilled about, is that Gunn has already declared he’s on board for Vol. 3. While you might have figured that was ...
