“Let It Be” Trailer Reveals the Fully Restored 1970 Film After a 50 Year Wait

The first trailer for the fully restored “Let It Be” has arrived.

Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s original 1970 film about The Beatles has been meticulously restored by Peter Jackson, following Jackson’s deep dive docuseries The Beatles: Get Back, which was released on Disney+ in 2021. Let It Be will arrive on Disney+ on May 8, marking the first time it’s been available in over 50 years.

Let It Be was first released at a tumultuous time,

By The Credits  |  April 30, 2024
First “Mufasa: The Lion King” Trailer Unveils Beyoncé’s Daughter Blue Ivy Carter as Lion Cub Kiara

The first trailer for Mufasa: The Lion King has roared to life online.

“This story begins far beyond the mountains and the shadows, on the other side of the light.” So begins our first peek at Mufasa: The Lion King, which, as the title suggests, will tell the origin story of the legendary Mufasa, a lion who was born “without a drop of nobility in his blood.” The legendary lion king was voiced by James Earl Jones in both the iconic 1993 animated original and the photo-realistic 2019 remake,

By The Credits  |  April 29, 2024

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“Challengers” Screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes on Acing his Zendaya-led Tennis Scorcher

Spoiler Alert: The following article contains spoilers for Challengers.

Back in 2018, playwright and author Justin Kuritzkes was obsessively consuming the world of elite tennis. As the first-time screenwriter conveyed to The Credits, it was better than anything in theaters or on the small screen — tennis was really just that good.

During that year’s U.S. Open match between Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams,

By Natalie Oganesyan  |  April 29, 2024
“Deadpool & Wolverine” Doesn’t Require Prior Marvel Cinematic Universe Knowledge

There is a tremendous amount of heat surrounding Deadpool & Wolverine, Marvel Studios’ sole 2024 release. The long-awaited teaming-up of Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine finally came together after years of teasing between the two stars and between Reynolds’ Merc with the Mouth and various absent members of the X-Men in the first two Deadpool movies. The first trailer was viewed a record 365 million times over its first 24 hours.

By The Credits  |  April 26, 2024

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Game On: Zendaya & Co. Reveal Why “Challengers” Will Be Your New Obsession

From the warm embrace of Call Me By Your Name to the eerie thrill of Bones and All, Luca Guadagnino’s latest film, Challengers, is a culmination of the better parts of all of his earlier work, ending in an explosive (and sweaty) finale.

The film centers on a love triangle, set in the world of high-stakes tennis matches, with three characters who once,

By Andria Moore  |  April 26, 2024
“The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy Returning to Theaters in Remastered & Extended Version

Peter Jackson’s colossal The Lord of the Rings trilogy, a mighty, jaw-dropping achievement that wowed audiences and fellow filmmakers alike (James Cameron said the trilogy helped inspire Avatar) is returning to theaters this summer. Only this time, the trilogy will be even bigger.

Warner Bros. and Fathom Events are teaming up to release Jackson’s magnum opus in extended versions, including those Jackson remastered for the 4K Ultra HD rerelease that came out in 2020.

By The Credits  |  April 25, 2024

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Special/Visual Effects

“Monkey Man” Mask Designer Eddie Yang Gives Dev Patel a Primal Facelift

Dev Patel’s directorial debut, Monkey Man, is a kinetic, deeply felt revenge story set in Mumbai, a world that is rarely depicted with such punishing, propulsive energy and passion. Patel stars as the Kid, an anonymous young man nursing a wound so deep it becomes a source of inexhaustible rage and, ultimately, power. The Kid’s mother was murdered by the ruthless, heartless leaders who prey on the poor and powerless in Mumbai,

By Bryan Abrams  |  April 25, 2024
Danny Boyle’s “28 Years Later” Casts Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

When word spread that director Danny Boyle and writer/director Alex Garland were re-teaming 22 years after delivering their now iconic zombie thriller 28 Days Later for a sequel, excitement was high. That film, 28 Years Later, found a home at Sony, and now it’s found its three leads—Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes.

For the younger readers who still might not have caught that original film,

By The Credits  |  April 25, 2024
Zendaya Double Feature: “Dune: Part Two” Returns to IMAX as “Challengers” Serves Up Premiere

Zendaya is ready to serve for the win this weekend at the box office.

The megastar will be on the big screen in two critically acclaimed films from major directors. One you likely know all about by now—Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two returns to IMAX this weekend as it continues its epic run. The second Zendaya film in theaters this weekend is Luca Guadagnino’s romantic comedy Challengers, a sexy new film about three “athletic demigods”

By The Credits  |  April 24, 2024

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Cinematographer

Capturing Cavill & More With “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” Cinematographer Ed Wild

In Part One of our conversation with cinematographer Ed Wild, we discussed how his documentary filmmaking background worked very well with director Guy Ritchie’s pragmatic and responsive approach. We continue the discussion with the throughline in Ritchie’s latest films, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and The Covenant, both of which were lensed by Wild.

To create a lavish ballroom for the extravagant costume party in the third act,

By Su Fang Tham  |  April 24, 2024
Jennifer Lopez Takes on a Lethal AI in Official “Atlas” Trailer

Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez) is not a fan of artificial intelligence, but in director Brad Peyton’s sci-fi thriller Atlasshe’s going to have to learn how to differentiate the evil AI from the kind that might save humanity. The official trailer puts more meat on the bone (or bytes in the code?) in the Lopez-led thriller for Netflix, who returns to the streamer after delivering a knockout blow with her action hit The Mother last year.

By The Credits  |  April 23, 2024

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“The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” DP Ed Wild Captures the Chaos of Guy Ritchie’s Crackling Action-Comedy

Following last year’s contemplative war thriller The Covenant, director Guy Ritchie is back with a propulsive military actioner with his go-to cinematographer in recent years, Ed Wild (London Has Fallen and Ritchie’s Netflix adaptation of his own film, The Gentlemen). On his fifth collaboration with Ritchie in two years, Wild is very comfortable with the director’s fluid shooting style. “We’ve got a real rhythm for how to do things quickly.

By Su Fang Tham  |  April 23, 2024
The “Deadpool & Wolverine” Trailer Hints At a Different Logan & the Most Powerful Villain Since Thanos

The reveal of the first Deadpool & Wolverine trailer yesterday unleashed a new kind of mayhem on Marvel. The Merc with the Mouth (Ryan Reynold)’s entrance into the MCU—alongside Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the beloved, be-clawed mutant mauler, no less—was the raunchiest, most foul-mouthed and deliriously unhinged trailer to ever fall under the MCU banner, and that’s by a wide margin. Of the main clues and Easter Eggs dropped in the trailer’s two minutes and change (including revealing some X-Men and a sadly deceased Giant Man),

By The Credits  |  April 23, 2024
“Deadpool & Wolverine” Official Trailer Unleashes Mutant Mayhem on Marvel

The official Deadpool & Wolverine trailer has arrived, and it opens by riffing on a classic moment in Logan (Hugh Jackman) lore. When we first met Logan in 2000’s X-Men movie, he was cage fighting in a bar, a feral, ferocious mutant with nothing and nobody to lose. When he wanted to have a few (dozen) drinks afterward, he was told that “his kind” (mutants” weren’t allowed to drink there. Now,

By The Credits  |  April 22, 2024
“Despicable Me 4” Deploys Nikola Jokić in UnbeGruvieable New Campaign

Nikola Jokić arrived for the Denver Nuggets’ Saturday playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers dressed like a certain sartorially sharp animated character beloved by millions. Jokić is a superstar, and his pre-game arrival for a playoff game is always going to get photographed, so it took very little time for the internet to make the connection between Jokić’s attire and the aforementioned character:

Jokić pulled up looking like Gru from Despicable Me 😂🔥

(via @nuggets) pic.twitter.com/4hsKA71G8R

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 20,

By The Credits  |  April 22, 2024
Tom Holland Slings a Hopeful “Spider-Man 4” Update

Tom Holland was willing to sling some Spider-Man 4 updates this past weekend at the Sands International Film Festival in the beautiful Scottish town of St. Andrews.

Holland was one of the big names to attend the festival as a guest of honor, with a slew of his previous films having played there over the years, including the Russo Brothers’ Cherry and director Antonio Campos‘s riveting The Devil All the Time. 

By The Credits  |  April 22, 2024
Spice Up Your Stream: “Dune: Part Two” Has Come Home

While Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two was, without a single Spice grain’s worth of doubt, a movie you had to see on the big screen, you can now stream this genuine epic at home.

Eventually, Dune: Part Two will be available on Max, but thus far, no release date has been set (although this summer seems like the most likely landing date). So, if you can’t wait that long (reader,

By The Credits  |  April 19, 2024
First Trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s “Trap” Reveals Josh Hartnett as a Killer Dad at a Pop Concert

Josh Harnett is about to break some hearts, and not in the way we’re used to him doing, in M. Night Shyamalan’s new mystery thriller Trap.

Harnett joins Saleka Shyamalan, Hayley Mills, and Marnie McPhail in Shyamalan’s latest, which finds a father and teen daughter’s trip to a pop concert devolving into a nightmarish event.

The trailer reveals Hartnett’s dad and his daughter Riley (Ariel Donoghue) arriving at the event to see Lady Raven,

By The Credits  |  April 19, 2024

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Composer

Composer and Virtuoso Guitarist Byeong Woo Lee on Scoring Films For Bong Joon Ho

Byeong Woo Lee is a man of many talents. He’s a virtuoso guitarist and guitar designer, a successful pop musician, a graphic designer, and an educator. As a classical guitarist, he’s performed with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Korean Symphony, and more. After stints in Vienna and Seoul, he moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where he continued his ongoing study into musical traditions at Johns Hopkins’ Peabody Conservatory. It was there that he broadened his musical aperture to include film composing.

By Bryan Abrams  |  April 18, 2024
Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johannsson & Brian Tyree Henry Highlight First “Transformers One” Trailer

Chris Hemsworth as a young Optimus Prime before he was Optimus Prime? And Brian Tyree Henry as the young Megatron, pre-villainous turn towards leading the Decepticons? This and more await you in the first trailer for Transformers One, a star-studded animated epic that will reveal the origin story behind the most bitter feud in Transformers history.

Hemsworth and Henry aren’t the only stars voicing alien robots in director Josh Cooley’s Transformers One—Scarlett Johansson voices Elita,

By The Credits  |  April 18, 2024