Disney+ Celebrates Women With Peek at “Ms. Marvel” & Their Massive Content Library
Disney+ has dropped a timely peek at their massive library of female-centered content considering it’s International Women’s Day. What’s more, the trailer offers a peek at Iman Vellani, who will be playing Kamala Khan in Marvel’s Ms. Marvel on the streamer. The upcoming series, centered on the titular young superhero who grew up adoring Captain Marvel—only to discover she’s got superhuman abilities herself—is one of Marvel’s most intriguing upcoming projects. Vellani isn’t just starring in Ms.
Telling Stories With Singapore-Based Producer Si En Tan
Singapore-based producer Si En Tan already has an impressive resume in a relatively short career. After working as an assistant producer on Kirsten Tan’s Thai-Singapore co-production Pop Aye (2017), she went on to produce Anthony Chen’s Wet Season (2019), which won a string of awards at film festivals and the Golden Horse Awards held annually in Taiwan. Her producing credits also include Chen’s segment of the seven-part anthology film The Year Of The Everlasting Storm,
Smiely Khurana is Leading the Sustainability Charge in Canada With Reel Green
Smiely Khurana is the face of the sustainability movement in Hollywood North. As Creative BC’s in-house Sustainability Lead with Reel Green™, she’s cutting a singular path for the industry in Canada; one that is quickly being modeled in production hubs across the country. Through Reel Green™, Khurana is accelerating knowledge sharing and working to deepen local industry expertise. She’s leading the charge on training and developing new tools to help Canada’s film community green its story and transition to a circular economy.
Ben Affleck & Ana de Armas Are Diabolical Lovers in “Deep Water” Trailer
What a combination of talent and source material. Director Adrian Lyne has summoned Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas to take us into Deep Water, Lyne’s adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel of the same name that follows the very dangerous games played by two deeply troubled lovers. Now, Hulu has dropped the official trailer, revealing Affleck and Armas as Vic and Melina Van Allen, a seemingly picture-perfect couple who have a serious dark side.
Keanu Reeves is Batman in New “DC League of Super-Pets” Trailer
Robert Pattinson and Michael Keaton aren’t the only Batmen in town. Enter Keanu Reeves, who is lending his voice to Batman in Warner Bros. upcoming animated film DC League of Super-Pets. Reeves joins a massively talented cast, including Dwayne Johnson as Krypto the Super-Dog, in directors Jared Stern and Sam Levine’s upcoming animated adventure. One of Batman’s helpers in the film, Ace, is voiced by Kevin Hart. Reeves, Johnson,
“The Batman” Soars to Epic Opening Weekend
Box office prognosticators felt fairly confident that Matt Reeves’s The Batman would join Spider-Man: No Way Home in the $100 million and more club in its opening weekend, and they were right. The Batman has now become only the second film in the pandemic era to reach that milestone, scooping up $134 million this past weekend.
Meanwhile, Reeves’s reboot of the beloved DC icon, played by an edgy Robert Pattinson and filled out with top-notch performers including Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman,
“The Batman” Prepared to Join “Spider-Man: No Way Home” With an Epic Opening
We’ve covered The Batman exhaustively since we first heard that writer/director Matt Reeves’s vision for a gritty, noir-tinged reboot had been greenlit by Warner Bros. in what feels like several lifetimes ago. Now, after collecting a slew of great reviews this week, Reeves’s The Batman is in theaters, and early indications are that it could become only the second film since the pandemic hit to cross the $100 million mark in a single weekend.
“The Batman” Spinoffs That Will Create a Batverse on HBO Max
You may have heard that a little film called The Batman is in theaters now? Writer/director Matt Reeves’s thrilling franchise reboot is finally out, with many critics openly wondering whether it’s not the best Batman film of all time. (If there’s a consensus, it’s that The Batman is in contention with Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.) Robert Pattinson stars as a vengeful, nearly out-of-control young Bruce Wayne trying to restore order,
Jason Momoa is Playing the Villain “Fast & Furious 10”
It’s official—Jason Momoa is playing the villain in Fast & Furious 10. We first heard Momoa was in talks to join the Fast family via The Hollywood Reporter, and now Momoa has confirmed the news with Entertainment Tonight.
“It’s fun, I get to play the bad guy, which I haven’t gotten to do for a while,”
Director Ben Proudfoot on his Oscar-Nominated Short “The Queen of Basketball”
Lusia “Lucy” Harris’s basketball resume includes leading Delta State University in Mississippi to three consecutive national titles and representing the US at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. She made history as the first woman to score a basket at the Olympics as she led the team to a silver medal and became one of the first two women inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Her trailblazing feats in the 1970s so impressed NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal that he signed on as executive producer of The Queen of Basketball,
How “The Batman” Writer/Director Matt Reeves Embraced Fear
“I think he has a really good understanding of fear,” Robert Pattinson says of The Batman writer/director Matt Reeves in this must-read profile of Reeves in Variety. “I think a lot of people try to bullshit themselves that they’re not afraid of anything. But Matt really acknowledges things that have scared him in his life and things that scare him presently, and can project those into his movies.”
Reeves had a lot of reason to be fearful when his passion project,
First “Bullet Train” Trailer Reveals Brad Pitt in Upcoming Action Thriller
Yesterday, Sony teased Bullet Train with a glimpse at the Nippon Speedline, the titular mode of transportation that will be carrying director David Leitch’s story along. At the very end of the teaser, which functioned as an ad for the bullet train, we saw Ladybug (you know him better as Brad Pitt), looking a little worse for the wear. Now, Sony has delivered the first official trailer, revealing Pitt and a star-studded cast in what promises to be one of the summer’s most eagerly anticipated films.
The Best Batman Of Them All? “The Batman” vs “The Dark Knight”
Now that Matt Reeves’s The Batman has been seen by critics and is enjoying a massive amount of critical buzz, you might notice a debate starting to lurk in the shadows of Gotham—is The Batman as good, if not better, than Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight?
We’re not big on ranking films or performances here at The Credits. It’s too much a matter of personal taste,
“Jockey” Director Clint Bentley on Finding the Right Narrative Track
Director Clint Bentley and his co-writer Greg Kwedar always wanted Jockey to sit in that sweet spot between gritty naturalism and emotional lyricism. Coming from a documentary background, the filmmakers worked hard to “get best of both worlds,” said Bentley. It began with the old-fashioned legwork of observing the rituals and characters at the track where they shot Jockey and earning the trust of the real-life trainers and riders whose stories and lives are the backbone of the film.
How “The Dress” Went from a Short College Film to an Oscar Nominee
Writer/director Tadeusz Lysiak didn’t plan on being nominated for a Best Short Film Live Action Academy Award when he started developing the script for The Dress while attending Warsaw Film School. The indie film is rife with emotion and puts an authentic lens on loneliness and sexuality through the eyes of Julka (Anna Dzieduszycka), a hotel maid short in stature with a very large desire to find love.
The story allegorically mixes isolation and intimacy through a protagonist normally not seen as a sexual object.
First “Bullet Train” Teaser Reveals Brad Pitt in Action Thriller
The first teaser for ace action director David Leitch’s Bullet Train is here, giving us a brief glimpse of star Brad Pitt at the very end, looking a little rough. The teaser functions like an ad for the titular mode of transportation, the Nippon Speedline, with Pitt’s voice asking us to imagine a gentler, faster, more tranquil way to travel. This is a bit of slyness on Sony Pictures’ part,
“The Batman” Early Reactions: A Gripping, Glorious Street-Level Detective Story
After a very, very long wait, writer/director Matt Reeves’s The Batman arrives in theaters this Friday, March 4, and accordingly, the reviews have begun to surface. While we were always confident Reeves and his sensationally talented cast and crew were going to deliver something great, it’s still a rush to read the reactions and reviews are they start pouring in. As Total Film‘s Jordan Farley puts it, The Batman is a “gripping,
Mads Mikkelsen’s Grindewald Haunts 2nd “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” Trailer
Warner Bros. has revealed the second official trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, the third film in the Fantastic Beasts franchise. The secret weapon of the new film is, in our humble opinion, the addition of the great Mads Mikkelsen as the dastardly Gellert Grindewald, whose legions of followers are growing. The Secrets of Dumbledore comes from veteran Harry Potter director David Yates—the man directed six films in the Potter franchise,
The Final “Morbius” Trailer Reveals Jared Leto’s Entrance Into the Spider-Man Universe
Sony Pictures has released the final Morbius trailer, giving us a last look at Jared Leto’s Dr. Michael Morbius before he becomes the latest entrant into both Sony’s Spider-Man Universe and the larger MCU. The trailer kicks off with a quick shot of Michael Keaton’s Adrian Toomes, better known as the Vulture, the very first villain Tom Holland’s Spider-Man fought in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Toomes is here to give Michael some very villainous advice—”discover who you’re meant to be.”
You Can Recreate “The Batman” Logo For Yourself
Ever wondered what your name might look like if it were cast in the same color and font as Warner Bros.’s upcoming The Batman? Well, good news regardless, because now you can see for yourself. The results are, in our humble opinion, pretty cool.
The title design for The Batman caught our eye the moment it was revealed, going with a very bold, arresting red and black color scheme and the new Bat symbol placed in the middle.