The Goriest Deaths and Biggest Secrets of Alien: Covenant
::SPOILER ALERT:: This article contains major plot points from Alien: Covenant.
Alien: Covenant delivers exactly what every fan of the franchise came for. More pieces to the puzzle, nods to Ridley Scott’s original masterpiece, and really gory deaths by alien. The latest installment focuses on the evolution of the “perfect species” which we know to be the uber deadly Xenomorphs.
Covenant begins with a flashback to David’s (Michael Fassbender) creation at the hand of human scientist Weyland (Guy Pearce.) Together they muse upon the meaning of life and death and establish David’s ability to understand art and creativity...
New Action-Packed Clips Show why Critics are Raving About Wonder Woman
Earlier today we wrote about how the lucky critics who have already seen Wonder Woman have taken to social media to praise Patty Jenkins' film. While proper, full-length reviews are still under embargo (the film comes out on June 2), the crucial early reactions have been very positive, a huge boon for Warner Bros. and their ongoing slate of DC films, and great news for Wonder Woman fans who have been waiting forever to see this iconic superhero get the feature film she richly deserves...
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 Wolverine, or The Revenant's Sian Grigg's pristine work dirtying up the usually dapper Leonardo DiCaprio,...
Early Word on Wonder Woman Indicates its the Best DC Film Yet
Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman is carrying a lot of weight on its' shoulders. There's the fan expectations (Wonder Woman is one of the most popular superheroes), there's the films' role as the first female superhero film, and finally, there's the fact that it represents the best chance for Warner Bros. DC films to find their footing. Granted, both Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad were commercial hits, fans are still waiting for that DC film that really blows them away,...
Go Behind-the-Scenes of Wonder Woman With Gal Gadot and Chris Pine
Gal Gadot and Chris Pine, your stars of Wonder Woman, give us a lot more detail about the film's plot and what it was like on set in these new video interviews by ScreenSlam. Gadot discusses what makes Diana Prince tick, giving us a LOT more information about Wonder Woman’s origins, from when we first meet her on the island of Themyscira when she’s just a little girl. Gadot explains that from the very beginning,...
Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s VR Film Carne y Arena Stuns Cannes
It comes as no surprise that Oscar-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu has brought a technical marvel to Cannes. The Birdman and The Revenant director loves a challenge, and his ambitions have crossed into film’s most cutting edge technology; virtual reality. Carne y Arena (“Flesh and Sand”) is his groundbreaking addition to this year’s Cannes Film Festival, a hybrid of VR, art exhibition and historical re-enactment.
As the New York Times reports from Cannes,...
New Wonder Woman Spot Suggests She’s a Bigger Superhero Than Batman or Superman
You have to love that chutzpah behind this new Wonder Woman TV spot. As we get closer to the June 2 premiere for Patty Jenkins film, the first big screen adaptation for one of the most popular superheroes of all time, Warner Bros. is not mincing their words on where Diana Prince falls in their DC Comics pantheon. This spot cleverly opens with this message: "Metropolis has Superman, Gotham has Batman, and the World has Wonder Woman."...
Prepare for the Star Wars 40th Anniversary With This Bizarre, Awesome Montage
Next week marks the 40th anniversary of Star Wars, which means there’s going to be all sorts of wonderful weirdness coming your way. There will be cos-play, screenings, video montages, mash-ups, and all sorts of galactic goofiness. To get in the mood, one Los Angeles theater has teased their upcoming celebration of George Lucas’s world-beating franchise with a very odd, and awesome, video montage. This is ahead of their Star Wars Nothing But Star Wars event on May 25,...
Director James Wan Shows off Amber Heard’s Mera in Aquaman
Aquaman director James Wan has released the first shot of Amber Heard as Mera. While Heard’s Mera has a role in Zack Snyder’s upcoming Justice League, she’ll be a much bigger presence in Wan’s stand-alone Aquaman film. Here's a look at Heard in both Justice League and Aquaman, where her look changes quite a bit:
Amber Heard in Justice League. Courtesy Warner Bros...
Talking to Writer/Director Robin Swicord About Wakefield
It’s been a decade since screenwriter Robin Swicord’s directorial debut, The Jane Austen Book Club, opened in theaters and managed to gross slightly more than its $6 million budget in worldwide ticket sales. Since that time, she has struggled to find backers for a sophomore effort – despite being Oscar-nominated for her contributions to the adapted screenplay for 2008’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
It’s a situation that many females in the industry know all too well...
Director Steven James on his Crucial Doc Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
When discussing the 2008 financial crisis, the word "big" comes up a lot. The big banks, The Big Short, too big to fail. But the first American financial institution to be indicted for mortgage-lending misconduct after 2008 was not big, as director Steve James acknowledges in the title of his new documentary, Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, which opens in New York on May 19.
"I had to inform them today that they have dropped from being the 2,651st largest bank to the 2,652nd largest bank,...
Watch David Fincher’s Mastery with Special Effects in Rare Alien 3 BTS Clip
David Fincher is now one of Hollywood’s most accomplished directors, but before he was the man behind Seven, Fight Club and The Social Network, he cut his teeth working in the special effects department, most notably on Return of the Jedi, then on to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Never Ending Story...
Russell Crowe’s Dr. Jekyll is the Key Figure in The Mummy
Dr. Henry Jekyll (Russell Crowe) is the prime mover in The Mummy, and may just be one of the crossover characters that show up in Universal's shared monster universe. While the film’s main star is, of course, Tom Cruise, Crowe’s Jekyll knows more about what's going on than any other character, and some of what he knows, like what's inside himself, will no doubt have a huge impact on how the story unfolds,...
Your 70th Cannes Film Festival Watch List
The most glamorous film festival in the world is upon us, where many a career has been made, re-made, and once in a while, nearly ruined. The 70th Cannes Film Festival begins today with a slate of intriguing films in various stages of production that are getting a lot of attention. Here's a look at some films you need to know about that will likely be the talk of Cannes in one way or another.
Director Paul Verhoeven Blessed Virgin ...
Logan Noir Trailer Shows Off Stunning Black & White Version
Logan is back to the big screen tonight in a glorious black and white version, something director James Mangold had been planning for before the film’s proper full color release. If there’s an Alamo Drafthouse location near you, that’s where you’ll be able to see Logan Noir.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bGpyQm7bPU
Mangold had this to say about releasing a black and white Logan Noir:
“During production of Logan I took many black and white photographs and noticed how striking and dramatic our gritty settings and characters appeared in monochrome...
Check out The Final, Epic Trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes
The Colonel (Woody Harrelson) takes one last stand against Caesar (Andy Serkis) in the highly-anticipated final trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes. After yesterday's brilliant teaser, which drew an intriguing connection between Charlton Heston's character from the original Planet of the Apes and Serkis's Caesar as the film's emotional core, the final trailer gives you your proper antagonist, as Harrelson's Colonel gathers an army to try and put down Caesar and his ape army for good...
Watch Dafne Keen’s Astonishing NSFW Audition for Logan With Hugh Jackman
Hugh Jackman’s final outing as Wolverine was a major reason why people turned out in droves for Logan, but once they left the theater, Dafne Keen was also very much on their mind. Jackman’s diminutive co-star managed to nearly steal the film, portraying Laura, the young mutant known as X-23, with a phenomenal amount of screen presence and chutzpah. Now, 20th Century Fox has shared her audition tape with Jackman, one that co-star Patrick Stewart,...
Watch Wolverine & Caliban in Extended Deleted Scene From Logan
If you haven’t seen Logan yet, SPOILER ALERT. This deleted scene from the film (one of a few that will be included in the Blu-Ray) is definitely not something you want to see ahead of seeing the movie itself, which was Hugh Jackman's last turn as Wolverine. In the deleted scene, you’ll get a much longer version of a sequence that was already spectacular in the film; a crucial encounter between Wolverine and Caliban (Stephen Merchant).
Logan gave Hugh Jackman’s beloved Wolverine the greatest sendoff of any superhero we’ve yet seen...
International Wonder Woman Trailer Reveals First Glimpse of Villain Ares
In just a bit over two weeks, Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman will become the first female superhero to get her own big screen adventure all to herself. With the film tracking for a big opening, Warner Bros. is making sure as many people as possible are aware, and excited, for Patty Jenkins’ take on the origin story for Diana Prince. What’s pretty interesting is that even this close to the films’ June 2 release, we still haven’t seen Ares,...
This new War for the Planet of the Apes Teasers Brings us Back to the Original
In a fantastic new teaser for Matt Reeves’ War for the Planet of the Apes, we are brought back to the film that started this franchise (and one of the most influential sci-fi films of all time), with Charlton Heston’s character from the original Planet of the Apes, in voice over, rallying against the end of his kind.
“I refuse to accept the end of man,” Heston’s deep,...
