James Gunn’s “Superman” Soars for Warner Bros. at CinemaCon

Warner Bros.’s presentation at CinemaCon on Tuesday featured the most iconic superhero not named Batman. James Gunn’s upcoming Superman was the main attraction, with Gunn and the cast unveiling a new extended look at the film. The film will be the first to fly out of Gunn and Peter Safran’s new-look DC Studios. Superman is a fitting film to launch ...

By The Credits  |  April 2, 2025
Val Kilmer Passes Away, Leaving Behind a Legendary Career & Admirers Far and Wide

“I’m your huckleberry.” In 1993, director George Cosmatos’ Tombstone came out, starring Kurt Russell as the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp and Val Kilmer as his drunken, decidedly decent and invaluable partner Doc Holliday. By then, Kilmer was already a legend, having played Ice Man, the ying to Maverick (Tom Cruise, of course)’s yang in Tony Scott’s 1986 ...

By The Credits  |  April 2, 2025
Tom Holland’s “Spider-Man 4” Gets New Title Ahead of Production This Summer

Sony had a lot to reveal yesterday in Las Vegas at the annual CinemaCon gathering—the cast and release date for Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles biopic, the release date for the trilogy-capping third film in the Spider-Verse franchise, and the new title for Tom Holland’s fourth spin as Spider-Man. Peter Parker’s next live-action outing, to be directed by Shang-Chi and the ...

By The Credits  |  April 1, 2025
“Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse” Swinging Into Theaters in 2027

Sony’s presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas had it all—the Fab Four and Spider-Man. While Sony ended their presentation by bringing out director Sam Mendes and his cast for his upcoming four-part Beatles biopic, the earlier part of their presentation was centered upon one of the studio’s most beloved current franchises. Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, the third installment of ...

By The Credits  |  April 1, 2025
Sam Mendes’ Beatles Biopic Reveals Fab Four: Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan, & Harris Dickinson

The cast and release date for Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles biopic have been revealed. At CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Monday, Mendes and his cast took to the stage to unveil not only who his John, Paul, Ringo, and George were, but also that all four films will have a theatrical release in April 2028. Your ...

By The Credits  |  April 1, 2025

Interview

Cinematographer

“Snow White” Cinematographer Mandy Walker on Casting a Visual Spell Through Past & Present

Nestled between a dental office and a local tavern in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Atwater Village is Tam O’Shanter, a Scottish restaurant inside a storybook style Tudor cottage, its interior a blend of rustic elegance and historical charm, a vestige of “Old Hollywood.” In the corner of the dimly lit room is Table 31, ...

By Daron James  |  March 31, 2025

Interview

Director

“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip” Director Marvin Lemus on a Family Adventure Through New Mexico

The title says it all: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip is a PG comedy that follows a rambunctious family on an RV trek through New Mexico. Their destination? A very old village in Mexico, home to an ancient stone idol. By returning the haunted talisman to its ancestral home, ...

By Hugh Hart  |  March 31, 2025
Disney Circling Martin Scorsese’s Hawaii-Set Crime Thriller Starring DiCaprio, Johnson, & Blunt

You’d be hard pressed to find a more exciting film project than Martin Scorsese‘s Hawaii-set crime caper with this cast—DiCaprio, Johnson, and Blunt—so why wouldn’t Disney come scoop it up? Deadline reports that the studio is nearing a deal for the project, which is being described as a kind of Goodfellas on the Hawaiian islands, with Robert De ...

By The Credits  |  March 28, 2025
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Revolution has Begun in “One Battle After Another” Trailer

A week after Warner Bros. released the first teaser for Paul Thomas Anderson’s mysterious new movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another, we now have the full and fully unhinged trailer. Leave it to Anderson to follow Licorice Pizza, his lovely look back at the San Fernando Valley of the 1970s, where he grew up, with ...

By The Credits  |  March 27, 2025
“Avengers: Doomsday” Five-Hour Plus Cast Reveal Unleashes Retro X-Men, Fantastic Four, Thunderbolts & Memes

While there have been countless stories on how audiences are suffering from a moderate to severe case of superhero fatigue, on Wednesday, March 26th, 2025, many, many, many people kept a tab open on their screens for five and a half hours to watch a live stream of chairs. This was how Marvel rolled out (eeked out, ...

By The Credits  |  March 27, 2025
Marvel Announces Massive “Avengers: Doomsday” Cast to Tangle With Robert Downey Jr.’s Dr. Doom

Who’s going to battle Robert Downey Jr.’s Dr. Doom in Avengers: Doomsday? We now have the names of the heroes, antiheroes, and, well, Bob, who will be taking on the iconic villain. Marvel has announced that returning Avengers include Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Anthony Mackie’s Captain America, Letitia Wright’s Black Panther, Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man, and Sebastian Stan’s Winter Soldier. ...

By The Credits  |  March 26, 2025
Barry Jenkins to Direct Zendaya in Ronnie Spector Biopic “Be My Baby” for A24

There are dream pairings and dream pairings, and this case more than deserves the italicized emphasis. Auteur Barry Jenkins will direct Zendaya in a film for A24 about the life of the legendary singer Ronnie Spector. Jenkins and Zendaya’s film, Be My Baby, will be based on an original script by Dave Kajganic, Deadline reports. Zendaya is, ...

By The Credits  |  March 26, 2025
Amazon MGM’s Next James Bond Movie to be Produced by Veteran Hit-Makers Amy Pascal & David Heyman

Amazon MGM has tapped two veteran producers—Amy Pascal and David Heyman — to steer the next Bond film. The Pascal and Heyman announcement follows Amazon MGM’s industry-shaking move when the studio closed its own deal with Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson to take over the franchise. Broccoli and Wilson’s family has been shepherding the ...

By The Credits  |  March 26, 2025
New “Drop” Trailer: Every Notification is a Nightmare for Meghann Fahy

A new trailer for director Christopher Landon’s Drop has, well, dropped, revealing a new look at Meghann Fahy as Violet, a widowed mother who ventures out on her first date in years and finds herself in the middle of a lunatic scenario that would make a lifelong single person out of anyone. Landon’s film had its world ...

By The Credits  |  March 25, 2025
Christopher Nolan’s Epic Adaptation of “The Odyssey” Still Feels Like an Indie Film to This Cast Member

Universal revealed the first look at Matt Damon playing the long-suffering hero Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of Homer’s epic back in mid-February. The Twitter post showed Damon in a side-angle shot as the Ithacan hero wearing the helmet and military armor of the warrior he was when he plotted and fought victoriously in ...

By The Credits  |  March 25, 2025

Interview

Producer

Producer Hsinyi Liu on Forging a Path From Taiwan to “Fleabag” & “The Ballad of Wallis Island”

Moving halfway around the world to live and work in a different culture and language presents inevitable challenges, but there is also a wealth of opportunities available to those who leave the familiar behind and immerse themselves abroad. This was the case for Taiwan-born and raised producer Hsinyi Liu, who learned the joys available to ...

By Gavin Blair  |  March 24, 2025

Interview

Producer

Reel Returns: Connecticut’s Film Investment Fuels Economic Growth in a Competitive State of Play

The evening before my conversation with Jonathan Black, a co-founder of the Connecticut Film and TV Alliance (CTFTVA), he was attending a hearing in Hartford. The Finance, Revenue, and Bonding Committee was listening to public testimony on Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont’s proposed film tax credit cut from 30% to 25%, a move that could strike ...

By Daron James  |  March 21, 2025
Battle Tested: Leonardo DiCaprio Fronts First Look at Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another”

One day after Warner Bros. announced the official title for Paul Thomas Anderson’s mysterious new movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another, the studio dropped the first teaser. While you won’t glean much from this brief 21-second blast, you will at least get a sense of the mood of Anderson’s latest. It couldn’t be further ...

By The Credits  |  March 20, 2025
Unveiled: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Enigmatic Leonardo DiCaprio Film Lands Official Title & Date

We finally have some clarity—a keyhole’s worth—about Paul Thomas Anderson’s mysterious new film starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Warner Bros. announced on Wednesday that Anderson’s film has gotten a slight bump in its release schedule from August 8 to September 26. This moves the film from the summer blockbuster season into the typical awards contender release window. ...

By The Credits  |  March 20, 2025
Ana de Armas and Keanu Reeves’ John Wick Spar in Lethal New “Ballerina” Trailer

Eva Macarro, meet John Wick. Ana de Armas has entered the John Wick universe, so it’s fitting her character, Eva Macarro, faces off against the man himself. At the 1:45 mark in this new trailer, Eva and John have a snowy encounter in which neither are backing down. The reason Wick is alive here despite having ...

By The Credits  |  March 19, 2025