“The King’s Man” Red Band Trailer is Bloody Good Fun

You’ll know this is a red band trailer within the first 20-seconds. 20th Century Studios has released a raunchy, rude, and rollicking red band trailer for Matthew Vaughn’s The King’s Man, his long-awaited third installment in his The Kingsman franchise. After some pandemic-related delays, The King’s Man is finally nearing (ish) its premiere date, and the red band trailer will intrigue those of you who were already fans of the irreverent spy franchise and,

By The Credits  |  August 26, 2021
“Candyman” Review Round-Up: Searing, Strikingly Beautiful, & Savage

The reviews are in for writer/director Nia DaCosta’s Candyman, and they only further cement DaCosta’s status as one of the rising stars of her generation. It’s easy to shock viewers with splatter but the old gut-and-run gets awfully boring awfully fast. Far better is the slow creep, the horror that teases and then threatens,” writes The New York Times’s Manohla Dargis. DaCosta’s film teases,

By The Credits  |  August 26, 2021
New “Dune” Images Reveal One of the Year’s Most Anticipated Films

Writer/director Denis Villeneuve is already hard at work on the script for Dune 2, while we all patiently await the arrival of the first part of his (we hope) two-part epic. Warner Bros. has revealed a new slew of images from Dune, which is the first attempt at a big-screen adaptation of Frank Herbert’s monumental sci-fi novel since David Lynch gave it a shot—with mixed results—way back in 1984.

The images speak to the sweeping epic that Villeneuve,

By The Credits  |  August 25, 2021
The Matrix 4 Gets Official Title As Warner Bros. Teases Trailer at CinemaCon

We are probably very close to see the first trailer for The Matrix 4, which Warner Bros. revealed during their CinemaCon event in Las Vegas but has yet to appear online. As we wait for the goods, we at least now know the film’s title—The Matrix Resurrections.

The Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon highlighted their indisputably epic upcoming slate. Not only did they reveal the first trailer for director Lana Wachowski’s The Matrix Resurrections (premiering December 22),

By The Credits  |  August 25, 2021
An Epic Crossover Awaits as Sony Unveils Their Spider-Man Universe

It was only last May when Sony Pictures announced that their shared universe of comic book properties would be known as the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters, but the acronym SPUMC didn’t quite have the same zing as MCU. But now, having officially jettisoned that name and rebranded with the much smoother Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, the studio has signaled that the near future will almost certainly give us the collision between Tom Holland’s Peter Parker and Tom Hardy’s Venom folks have been waiting for.

By The Credits  |  August 25, 2021
Early Reactions to “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” Call Jason Reitman’s Film Nostalgia Done Right

Sony Pictures screened Ghostbusters: Afterlife for critics as part of their CinemaCon event, giving us a very early taste of what to expect for a film that doesn’t premiere until November 11 (after repeated delays due to the pandemic). Obviously, full reviews will be embargoed for quite some time, but these early reactions are an indication of how writer/director Jason Reitman approached this sequel to his dad’s two iconic 1980s films.

As a brief refresher,

By The Credits  |  August 24, 2021
First “Spider-Man: No Way Home” Images Reveal Peter Parker’s Multiverse Adventure

The first trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home revealed that Peter Parker’s about to have the strangest adventure of his life. Yes, pun included (Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange is a major player in the new film), but also, we mean it. Even though Peter Parker has, before even graduating high school, traveled to distant planets and fought intergalactic psychopaths (paging Thanos), none of his adventures were as mind-meltingly bizarre as what he’s about to experience in No Way Home. 

By The Credits  |  August 24, 2021
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” Trailer Reveals Peter Parker’s Strange Trip

For the first time ever in a Spider-Man film, everyone’s favorite web-slinger is no longer working undercover. Sony Pictures has revealed the first trailer for director Jon Watts’ Spider-Man: No Way Home, revealing that the repercussions from Spidey’s exposure at the end of Spider-Man: Far From Home will have major implications in the new film. If you’re having trouble recalling what happened at the end of Far From Home, 

By The Credits  |  August 24, 2021
Why The Action in “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is So Epic

The quality of the action in director Destin Daniel Cretton’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is one of the aspects that the critics, in spoiler-free early reactions, have raved about. Whether it’s Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) fighting Razor Fist (Florian Munteanu) or Shang-Chi facing off against his own father, Wenwu (Tony Leung), the fight choreography is next level. A new behind-the-scenes featurette just released by Marvel gives us the best look yet at what makes the action in Shang-Chi so sensational.

By The Credits  |  August 23, 2021
New “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” Video Teases a Power Stronger Than the Avengers—Combined

Just how powerful are the ten rings? In a new video released by Marvel, the power of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings titular magical trinkets are said to be more potent than any force in the universe. When this statement is made by Michelle Yeoh’s Ying Nan, who do we see? The assorted Avengers, including one very ticked off Hulk, making plain just how much power the MCU’s newest member,

By The Credits  |  August 23, 2021
Chloé Zhao’s “Eternals” Will Introduce A Brand New Mythology Into the MCU

Yesterday Marvel Studios released the final trailer for Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao’s first-ever MCU film Eternals, and it was as sweeping, lush, and epic as we’d hoped. It also revealed quite a bit more of the film’s plot than we’ve gotten before.

The film’s titular superheroes, the Eternals, came to Earth some 7,000 years ago to protect the planet from a vicious threat—the Deviants. Eternals promises to expand the MCU in ways no other Phase 4 film will because its central characters have been so outside the MCU.

By The Credits  |  August 20, 2021
“Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings” Reveals New Track From Swae Lee

We’ve already heard how seriously good director Destin Daniel Cretton’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of The Ten Rings is, and one of the many facets of the film the critics called out for praise is the film’s soundtrack. In fact, time and time again critics wrote that not since Ryan Coogler’s 2018 game-changer Black Panther has an MCU film had this killer of a soundtrack. Now, Marvel Studios has revealed another song from Cretton’s epic,

By The Credits  |  August 20, 2021
New “Candyman” Video Puts The Focus On The Art Behind the Horror

“The art within Candyman is definitely about devolution to mirror his psychological descent,” says co-writer and director Nia DaCosta at the top of this new video. DaCosta’s film, co-written with Jordan Peele, is centered on Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s Anthony McCoy, a talented artist looking for inspiration. This search will lead him to some seriously dark places. McCoy, along with his girlfriend Brianna (If Beale Street Could Talk‘s Teyonah Parris),

By The Credits  |  August 19, 2021
Anthony Mackie is Suiting Up For “Captain America” 4

Anthony Mackie is picking up the shield again, as we hoped (and expected) he would. The newly minted Captain America, fresh from taking on the mantle of Cap in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, is officially returning to the role for Captain America 4. What’s more, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier creator Malcolm Spellman is co-writing the script.

Mackie’s ascension as a flying Captain America in Marvel’s Disney+ series was a long-in-the-making coronation for the talented,

By The Credits  |  August 19, 2021
Watch the Stunning Final Trailer For Marvel’s “Eternals”

And now we finally have our first really good look at Chloé Zhao‘s EternalsMarvel Studios has just released the final trailer for Zhao’s first MCU film, and it’s unsurprising that it looks ravishing—Zhao has made her name, in part, by creating films that are rich in visual splendor as they are in character depth and nuance. But the final trailer offers more than just a good look, 

By The Credits  |  August 19, 2021
“Fast & Furious 10” Will Roar Into Theaters in April 2023

The franchise does not appear to be slowing down.

After F9 helped jumpstart the theatrical box office this summer with a big haul both domestically and internationally, it should surprise absolutely no one that F10 is in the works. Entertainment Weekly broke the news about the release date, revealing that Fast & Furious 10 is set to roar into theaters on April 7,

By The Credits  |  August 18, 2021
Denis Villeneuve Writing Script For “Dune 2” & Zendaya Will Star

Writer/director Denis Villeneuve’s Dune might not have even hit theaters yet, but that hasn’t stopped him from getting to work on the sequel. Villeneuve’s long-awaited adaptation of Frank. Herbert’s colossal, best-selling sci-fi novel is slated to finally bow this October, after making its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival next month. (Not for nothing, fellow filmmaker and Venice juror Chloé Zhao has already seen it and was blown away.) Villeneuve has long made it clear that he had no intention of trying to capture the immensity of Herbert’s vision in a single film,

By The Credits  |  August 18, 2021
An Iconic Batman Returns: Michael Keaton on Picking Up The Cape & Cowl

“Frankly, in the back of my head, I always thought, ‘I bet I could go back and nail [Batman].’”

This is what Michael Keaton tells The Hollywood Reporter in a new feature profile, reflecting on the character that turned him into a massive star in 1989. Keaton first played the Caped Crusader in Tim Burton’s game-changing Batman, which reignited audiences love for the larger-than-life superheroes that have now come to dominate pop culture again.

By The Credits  |  August 18, 2021
First “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” Social Reactions Are Raves

The first reactions to director Destin Daniel Cretton’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings are making the rounds on social media, and they are going to get you hype. Marvel’s first-ever Asian superhero was always in good hands with a director of Cretton’s ability and a star, in Simu Liu, with charisma to spare. Yet it’s still exciting to see these rave mini-reviews rolling in. Quite a few folks are saying Shang-Chi has the best fight sequences of any Marvel movie,

By The Credits  |  August 17, 2021
Go Inside “Candyman” With Writer/Director Nia DaCosta and Co-Writer/Producer Jordan Peele

“I’ve always been fascinated with urban legends,” Candyman co-writer and producer Jordan Peele says at the top of this new behind-the-scenes video released by Universal Pictures. “Candyman,” Peele continues, “is the patron saint of the urban legend.” Peele co-wrote the script with rising star Nia DaCosta, who directs the film. DaCosta says that while growing up, Candyman wasn’t just attached to the 1992 film from director Bernard Rose,

By The Credits  |  August 16, 2021