“Being The Ricardos” Trailer Reveals Nicole Kidman & Javier Bardem as Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz

We’ve got our first look at Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem as the legendary Hollywood power couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos. The brand new trailer, released by Amazon, reveals Kidman gamely taking on one of the most legendary performers in Hollywood history. Bardem is no slouch as Lucille’s husband and co-star, and Sorkin’s film will follow the two of them during a week of production of their groundbreaking,

By The Credits  |  October 19, 2021
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” & More MCU Films Get New Release Dates

2021 turned out to be a pretty major year for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, despite how unsettled everything has been for over 18 months due to the pandemic. Marvel’s Phase 4 began in earnest with Black Widow and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings kicking things off on July 9 and September 3, respectively. Before the year is out, we’ll have two more Phase 4 additions—Chloé Zhao’s hotly-anticipated Eternals, 

By The Credits  |  October 19, 2021

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“Halloween Kills” Makeup Effects Designer Christopher Nelson on Michael’s Mask & More

Christopher Nelson wants Michael Myers aficionados to know they’re in store for a very happy Halloween. The Oscar-winning (Suicide Squad), Emmy-winning (American Horror Story) makeup effects designer has pulled out all the tricks to assure that Halloween Kills, which was released on October 15, is a bloody treat.

“I’m such a huge, huge fan of the original, Nelson says. “Halloween 1978 was such a pivotal movie for me as a cinema lover,

By Chris Koseluk  |  October 19, 2021
First Reactions to “Eternals” Say Chloé Zhao’s Epic is an MCU Game-Changer

Eternals is the 26th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and yet the early reactions are that thanks to Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao, it feels entirely different from that films that have come before. Zhao’s star-studded epic had its premiere last night at the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles, which is why the internet will be flooded with initial reactions. The official review embargo for Eternals doesn’t lift until 2 p.m.

By The Credits  |  October 19, 2021
First “Black Adam” Teaser Reveals Dwayne Johnson’s Arrival in the DCEU

You might not know this, but Dwayne Johnson has been attached to play Black Adam since before Christian Bale donned the cape and cowl in Christoper Nolan’s game-changing The Dark Knight and Robert Downey Jr. kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Iron Man in 2008. So now that we have our first look at Johnson as the impossibly powerful titular antihero in Black Adam, we’re witnessing the culmination of a journey that began way back in 2007.

By The Credits  |  October 18, 2021
“The Batman” Behind-the-Scenes Featurette Promises Radically Different Dark Knight

“For some reason, Batman has always stood out. It’s one of the major characters of the 20th century, and so many people connect to him on such a deep level, and for so many different reasons.” This is what the new Batman himself, Robert Pattison, says at top of this behind-the-scenes featurette that was revealed before The Batman trailer was shown at this past weekend’s DC FanDome event. Pattison goes on to say that what fired him up so much about writer/director Matt Reeves’

By The Credits  |  October 18, 2021
“The Flash” Teaser Reveals Michael Keaton’s Return as Batman

We’ve been looking for a shot of Michael Keaton in the Bat-suit ever since we heard he was reprising his role of Batman in director Andy Muschietti’s The Flash. Thankfully, this past weekend’s DC FanDome event delivered, giving us our first glimpse at both Muschietti’s film and Keaton as Batman in the first teaser for The Flash. 

Star Ezra Miller, who plays Barry Allen, the titular speedy superhero,

By The Credits  |  October 18, 2021
“The Batman” Trailer Reveals Robert Pattison’s Dark Knight

The Batman official trailer is here, revealed by Warner Bros. during their DC FanDome event, giving us our longest look yet at Robert Pattinson as the Dark Knight. The official trailer boasts brand new footage, including much more screen time for Zoë Kravitz’s Selina Kyle, better known as Catwoman, and an unrecognizable Colin Farrell as the Penguin. As for the film’s big bad (as far as we can tell), we get only glimpses of Paul Dano’s the Riddler,

By The Credits  |  October 18, 2021
How the Motion Picture Association & the Asia Pacific Screen Academy Offers Crucial Support to Emerging Filmmakers

This story initially appeared on the Motion Picture Association’s Asia Pacific website.

What does a story about an Indonesian schoolgirl with big dreams, a tale of a modern-day pilgrim searching for a place to call home, and an account of two miners from Vietnam confronting the ghosts of the past have in common? The answer: All are exciting new feature film projects developed with the support of the Motion Picture Association and Asia Pacific Screen Academy Film Fund.

By Andrew Pike  |  October 15, 2021
“The Batman” Drops a New Teaser Ahead of DC FanDome

Well, this teaser is a delightfully direct way to introduce Robert Pattison’s Batman to both audiences and villains. It also signals, in just a few choice words, the tone and tenor of writer/director Matt Reeves’ upcoming The Batman. The teaser gives us the iconic Bat-signal alighting during a downpour, and then a very stark message for Batman’s allies and his villains. The official Twitter handle for the film released the teaser ahead of the DC FanDome event,

By The Credits  |  October 15, 2021
Costume Department Coordinator Kenya Morgan on Entering Marvel’s Cinematic Universe

Making a mid-career pivot is never easy, especially when that pivot is designed to get you into the entertainment industry. Or so one might assume. For Kenya Morgan, her journey from working in a retail position for an educational sheet music company to becoming a costume department coordinator for director Ryan Coogler‘s Black Panther 2 (officially titled Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) began with an origin story worthy of a Marvel superhero.

By Bryan Abrams  |  October 15, 2021
This New “Hawkeye” Teaser Hits the Bullseye

One of the many impressive things about Marvel’s Disney+ series is how each has its own distinct personality. WandaVision expertly mixed period sitcoms, drama, comedy, and action for a singular TV experience. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was a high-octane action-adventure series from start to finish. Loki mashed up a sci-fi time-travel story with a buddy office comedy and one of the year’s most intriguing romances. And now we have Hawkeye, 

By The Credits  |  October 14, 2021
“The Last Duel” Review Round-up: Ridley Scott Delivers a Thrilling Historical Epic

The reviews are pouring in for Ridley Scott’s The Last Duela sweeping historical epic that boasts a script from Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and an ace director herself, Nicole Holofcener. This star-studded period piece has hit its mark, according to the critics, with Scott in his element in his brutal, beguiling story of the brutal endgame of male ego.

The Last Duel is set in 14th century France and centered on the marriage of Marguerite (Jodie Comer) and Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon) in a time of “codified patriarchy” as the aforementioned screenwriters have explained.

By The Credits  |  October 14, 2021
Jamie Lee Curtis Attends “Halloween Kills” Premiere Dressed as Her Mom’s “Psycho” Character

Jamie Lee Curtis knows how to make an entrance. The star of director David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills arrived at the film’s premiere at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood on Tuesday night dressed as her mom Janet Leigh’s iconic Psycho character. Wearing a blonde wig, blue dress, and carrying a bloody shower curtain, Curtis hit the black carpet looking period-perfect. This is a woman who has legendary horror films running through her veins and her family tree.

By The Credits  |  October 14, 2021
Suit Up For Battle in Riveting “The Last Duel” Behind-The-Scenes Video

You’ve got two knights (old friends, in fact) in heavy armor fighting to the death, who do you want behind the camera? You’re not going to do better than director Ridley Scott, whose 2000 hit Gladiator reinvigorated the period piece as something vital, bloody, and relentlessly exciting. He’s moved ahead a few centuries with The Last Duel, starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver, and Jodie Comer, but Maximus (Russell Crowe)’s deathless line from Gladiator still gets answered in the affirmative here.

By The Credits  |  October 14, 2021
“The Beatles: Get Back” Trailer Will Knock Your Socks Off

If you can watch this without drumming your fingers or tapping your feet, you’re made of stronger stuff than we are. The official trailer for Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back offers a stunning look at footage that has been locked in a vault for the past 50 years. That original film recording session, 60-hours worth of it, was shot by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in 1969, yet it was stored away and went more or less unseen and unheard—until now.

By The Credits  |  October 13, 2021
What Mysterious Netflix Project is David Fincher Working On?

Yesterday, Netflix took to their @NetflixFilm Twitter account and dropped a cryptic gem of a Tweet, getting every film nerd and David Fincher fan (often one in the same thing) very excited. Here was the Tweet:

Something special is coming tomorrow from David Fincher… 👀

— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) October 12, 2021

So we’ll find out today what they’re talking about, but that hasn’t stopped folks from speculating.

By The Credits  |  October 13, 2021
New “Halloween Kills” Behind-the-Scenes Video Brings Michael Terrifyingly Close

“Do you get sad when you have to kill cast members off?” is the first question posed to Halloween Kills director David Gordon Green in this new behind-the-scenes video released by Universal Pictures. Green doesn’t need more than a moment to reply, “Depends on who we’re killing.”

Such is this humorous tone of this new video, which takes us close—uncomfortably close, you might think—to that maestro of maniacs Michael Myers. The masked madman is back in Green’s follow-up to his gangbusters 2018 smash-hit Halloween, 

By The Credits  |  October 13, 2021
First “Scream” Trailer Unleashes a Brand New Ghostface

Paramount Pictures has released the first trailer for Scream, the fifth installment in their slasher franchise dreamed up by the late, great Wes Craven and original Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson. The trailer reveals that the fifth Scream will arrive in theaters on January 14, 2022, and that it’s channeling the vibes from the 1996 original that started it all. All it takes is hearing Roger L. Jackson voicing Ghostface again to bring you right back to the bloody mayhem.

By The Credits  |  October 12, 2021

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How The “Dopesick” Creative Team is Shining a Light on the Opioid Crisis

Hulu’s new limited series Dopesick is about the origins of the national opioid epidemic. No matter what you think you know, Dopesick will open your eyes to a new level of brazen overreach and hubris on the part of Big Pharma. The series, which stars Micheal Keaton, examines ways in which the drug company Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family made billions by introducing the highly addictive drug OxyContin, leading to an unprecedented nationwide struggle with opioid addiction.

By Leslie Combemale  |  October 12, 2021