That Perfect “Deadpool & Wolverine” Cameo That Linked to the Best “Mission: Impossible” Fight Ever

Spoiler alert – if you haven’t seen Deadpool & Wolverine yet and have somehow avoided all cameo-related spoilers, you might want to step away from this article.

There’s been a lot written about all the cameos in Deadpool & Wolverine—heck, we’ve written about them, too—but one of the most interesting cameos of all—with respects to Jennifer Garner, Wesley Snipes, Channing Tatum,

By The Credits  |  August 2, 2024
Jeremy Renner’s Surprise Over Robert Downey Jr’s MCU Return & Possible Hawkeye Return

It turns out, it wasn’t just the Comic-Con crowd gathered in Hall H—and subsequently, the rest of the world—that were shocked by the news that Robert Downey Jr. was returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Downey’s fellow Avenger, Jeremy Renner, told US Weekly that he was floored by the announcement that Downey was headed back to the MCU, but not to play Tony Stark, but rather,

By The Credits  |  August 1, 2024
“Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color” Trailer Reveals Juggernaut Kaiju Movie in Black & White

Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color is now streaming on Netflix.

A trailer for one of the highest-ratest Godzilla movies in history (hailed as one of the best ever by many critics) reveals a meticulously decolorized version of writer/director Takashi Yamazaki’s masterpiece. The colorized version of Godzilla Minus One is the first domestic Japanese Godzilla film in seven years and takes us back to post-war Japan as the iconic kaiju surfaces from the ocean depths to unleash holy hell on a populace still reckoning with the ravages of World War II,

By The Credits  |  August 1, 2024
How “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” Team Aimed to Get The Thing’s Look Just Right

The news coming out of Comic-Con this past weekend was of the cinematic universe-shaking variety. Robert Downey Jr. returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but not as Tony Stark and, instead, as the supervillain Dr. Doom? Check. The Russo Brothers returning to direct Downey in not one but two Avenger films, Avengers: Doomsday (newly retitled and now centering on Downey’s iconic villain), and Avengers: Secret Wars? Check and check.

By The Credits  |  July 31, 2024
James Gunn’s “Superman” Soars Past the Finish Line

“And that’s a wrap,” Superman writer/director James Gunn wrote in a post shared early Monday evening. “God bless our cast and crew whose commitment, creativity, and hard work have brought this project to life.”

The image Gunn shared reveals the cast’s first week of shooting in Svalbard, Norway when they began the journey of rebooting the most iconic DC character for Gunn and Peter Safran’s new DC Studios. Superman will be the first major feature from the revamped studio,

By The Credits  |  July 31, 2024
Channing Tatum on His Long-Awaited Marvel Debut in “Deadpool & Wolverine”

Spoiler alert for those of you who haven’t seen Deadpool & Wolverine, which is now playing in theaters.

Channing Tatum spent years trying to get a film made in which he’d star as Gambit, the explosive card-dealing member of the X-Men first created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Jim Lee and introduced in “The Uncanny X-Men” in 1990. Gambit was a key member of the X-Men the beloved 1990s animated series X-Men: The Animated Series that ran from 1992 to 1997 (a sequel series,

By The Credits  |  July 30, 2024

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Actor, Director, Producer

All the World’s a Stage: The Team Behind “Sing Sing” on Crafting a Powerful Human Drama

Sing Sing screenwriters Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley are unusual, even in the world of indies. They immerse themselves in the world of the story they want to tell for years, in this case a drama program in a maximum-security prison. They surround professional performers like Colman Domingo in the case of Sing Sing, with real-life inhabitants of that world, with a seamless naturalism that straddles documentary and narrative filmmaking.

By Nell Minow  |  July 30, 2024
“The Fantastic Four” Gets a New Title, Will Appear in Next Two “Avengers” Films

While the superhero world got a major surprise this past weekend at San Diego’s Comic-Con with the news that Robert Downey Jr. was returning to the MCU as iconic villain Dr. Doom, there was plenty of news about Dr. Doom’s biggest adversaries, the Fantastic Four, who are getting a reboot from director Matt Shakman. The first bit of news? The Fantastic Four has an official title: The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

By The Credits  |  July 29, 2024
Let’s Talk About Those Insane “Deadpool & Wolverine” Cameos

Spoiler Alert! If you haven’t seen Deadpool & Wolverine yet, you probably want to skip this article.

Deadpool & Wolverine is a bonafide blockbuster. The Ryan Reynolds/Hugh Jackman two-hander pulled past the $200 million mark in its domestic opening, a shocking haul for an R-rated film. In fact, Deadpool & Wolverine bested the previous champion of the R-rated opening weekend, the first Deadpool,

By The Credits  |  July 29, 2024
Robert Downey Jr. Returning to Marvel as Dr. Doom in Shocking Comic-Con Reveal

It was one of Comic-Con’s biggest, if not the biggest, surprises—Robert Downey Jr. was revealed to be taking on the role of Marvel’s most iconic villain, Dr. Doom, in the two upcoming Avengers movies. Downey was, of course, the face of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for a decade as Iron Man, inarguably the biggest star in a galaxy of them whose performance as Tony Stark in the very first Iron Man catapulted Marvel Studios into the cinematic juggernaut it is today.

By The Credits  |  July 29, 2024
Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman Surprise Comic-Con Fans With “Deadpool & Wolverine” Screening

Hall H at San Diego’s Comic-Con has long been the home to some of the biggest moments in the Con’s history—yesterday, it became the undisputed domain of the Merc with the Mouth and the Mutant Berserker.

Deadpool & Wolverine stars Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and Emma Corrin (who plays the film’s villain, Cassandra Nova), along with director Shawn Levy and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, surprised and delighted Con attendees by turning the panel into a secret screening for the new film.

By The Credits  |  July 26, 2024
Pedro Pascal Shares First Cast Photo From “The Fantastic Four” Set

Pedro Pascal and the rest of his Fantastic Four teammates are ready to suit up.

Pascal, who plays Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic in director Matt Shakman’s upcoming reboot, shared the first image of the main cast from the set on Instagram. Pascal’s photo reveals himself and the rest of the core four—Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing, and Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch.

By The Credits  |  July 25, 2024

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“Fly Me to the Moon” Screenwriter Rose Gilroy Reimagines the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

As we just celebrated the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing on July 16, director Greg Berlanti’s latest offering is a stylish, charming Space Race rom-com that salutes the 400,000 people who worked on the program. Starring Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson (who pulls double duty as producer), Fly Me to the Moon (in theaters now) is based on a story by producer Keenan Flynn and writer Bill Kirstein and crafted by screenwriter Rose Gilroy.

By Su Fang Tham  |  July 25, 2024
Timothée Chalamet is Bob Dylan in First “A Complete Unknown” Trailer

The first trailer for James Mangold‘s A Complete Unknown has arrived, revealing a glimpse of Timothée Chalamet transforming into Bob Dylan in one of the most intriguing films set to land this winter.

A Complete Unknown was written by Mangold and Jay Cocks, and follows the legendary musician’s early years in New York City, leading up to the era-defining moment, one of the most iconic moments in music history,

By The Credits  |  July 24, 2024

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“Twisters” Sound Editors on Creating the Ferocious Voice of Six Distinct Tornadoes

Catastrophic weather struck a chord with moviegoers over the weekend when Twisters blew apart box office expectations and raked in a whopping $81 million for its debut. The action spectacle, directed by Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) and filmed in Oklahoma, stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and Anthony Ramos as storm chasers determined to study tornadoes by driving right to the edge of wind-torn disaster.

Twisters co-stars six different tornadoes conjured by Industrial Light &

By Hugh Hart  |  July 24, 2024
“Deadpool & Wolverine” Critical Reaction: Killer Chemistry Equals Bloody Good Fun

The critical embargo has lifted on director Shawn Levy’s Deadpool & Wolverine, so the professionals are now weighing in on the long-awaited cinematic reunion of Ryan Reynolds’ Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman’s legendary X-Man. Critics are mostly in agreement that fifteen years after their brief, unbeloved first pairing in 2009’s X-Men: Origins: Wolverine, Reynolds’ rebooted Deadpool, now a swaggering manchild with just as many quips as he has lethal moves,

By The Credits  |  July 24, 2024
Who’s Playing Lady Deadpool in “Deadpool & Wolverine”?

While everyone who is even moderately enthused for Deadpool & Wolverine knows—and really, the vast majority of folks going to see the film in theaters are anything but moderately enthused—the Ryan Reynolds/Hugh Jackman two-hander features a lot of epic cameos. Some of these have been revealed, like the return of Dafne Keen’s Laura from James Mangold’s killer 2017 film Logan, which was, of course, the movie that saw Jackman’s Wolverine sacrifice himself for Laura and die a hero.

By The Credits  |  July 23, 2024
First Reactions to “Deadpool & Wolverine” Say the Chemistry is Explosive in MCU Game Changer

The first reactions for director Shawn Levy’s Deadpool & Wolverine have arrived, and critics and everyone else with a press screening and social media account are weighing in. The overall sentiment appears to be LFG. The long-awaited pairing of Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with the Mouth and Hugh Jackman’s mutant berserker and iconic X-Man has been high on the MCU fan wishlist, and it seems like they’ve delivered. And while sure, the two faced off 15 years ago in 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine,

By The Credits  |  July 23, 2024
The Second “Joker: Folie à Deux” Trailer Reveals Gotham’s Most Explosive New Couple

First, we got this brief but potent teaser that offered a fresh, deeply unnerving glimpse at the return of Joquin Phoenix’s sad sack comedian turned killer clown Arthur Fleck crying/laughing (or laughing/crying) in the rain. Next, we got the first full trailer, which revealed Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn and the first cinematic portrayal of the most demented romance in comics history since Margot Robbie and Jared Leto played the demonic pair in David Ayer’s 2016 Suicide Squad.

By The Credits  |  July 23, 2024
The Real Life Relief Efforts “Twisters” is Supporting

Director Lee Isaac Chung’s Twisters blew into theaters this past weekend and dazzled audiences, spinning up a big box office along with rave critical reviews and audience scores. Filming entirely on location in Oklahoma, Twisters is centered on storm chasers Kate Carter (Daisy Edgar-Jones), Tyler Owens (Glen Powell), Javi (Anthony Ramos), and more who track a series of increasingly dangerous tornadoes across the state. The production was a boon for local businesses—Chung,

By The Credits  |  July 22, 2024