The First Trailer for “Skeleton Crew” Unveils the Jude Law-led Disney+ “Star Wars” Series
The first trailer for Skeleton Crew has officially landed—or, perhaps, it’s more accurate to say it’s officially lost in space.
The latest Star Wars series on Disney+ has decidedly different vibes from previous live-action series set in a galaxy far, far away—think Goonies in space, and you’re halfway there. And that’s no slight—Goonies was one of the great kid’s adventure movies of the 1980s (or ever,
New “Squid Game” Season 2 Trailer Unleashes the Giant Robot Younghee in a Sinister Second Look
A second Squid Game trailer has emerged, and it seems even more nervy and sinister than the last. Nobody thought that the second season for the contestants of the deadliest game on the planet would be any safer, but the demand to “smile” as the games begin feels extra cruel.
The new season of Squid Game brings back a familiar face—Seong Gi-hun, number 456 (Lee Jung-jae)—only his friends and foes from the first time around are,
“Smile 2” Horror Auteur Parker Finn on Crafting a Sequel About a Haunted Pop Star in New York
Writer/director Parker Finn has been enjoying a whirlwind victory lap in the days since his Smile 2 opened number one at the box office to become the year’s top-grossing horror film. “It’s been very surreal and exciting,” Finn told The Credits, speaking from his Los Angeles home. In fact, the past four years have unspooled for Finn with the kind of momentum young filmmakers dream about, thanks to his mastery of nightmarish scenarios.
“Wicked” First Reactions: A Dazzling Adaptation That Conjures the Magic of Movies at Their Best
The first reactions to director Jon M. Chu’s Wicked are descending upon social media like so many flying monkeys. Chu’s adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical—itself an adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s novel—is led by two powerhouse performers in Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda. The first reactions are mostly raves, with folks calling it one of the very best adaptations of a Broadway hit ever, and Erivo and Grande are being hailed for knockout turns as the two future,
“Conclave” Confidential: Production Designer Suzie Davies on Recreating One of the World’s Most Secretive Events
“Hell arrives tomorrow when we bring in the cardinals,” quips the fair-minded Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes), the dean of the College of Cardinals, on the eve of the gathering to elect the new Pope. After the unexpected death of the current pontiff, it is Lawrence’s duty to oversee the titular Conclave, when over 100 cardinals from around the world gather to witness the cutthroat battle of succession steeped in tradition and secrecy.
“The Penguin” Costume Designer Helen Huang on Gotham’s Gritty Glamour
Costume designer Helen Huang bridges reality and comic book storytelling in The Penguin, finding a brilliant balance that gives the series weight and a churlish glamour befitting a story set in Gotham’s criminal underworld. The hit series led by showrunner Lauren LeFranc is familiar—Gotham is our most explored comic version of New York City—yet heightened and deliciously detailed, blending a tactical mob story with the haunting metropolis in a period of rapid decay following the Riddler’s bombing and flooding of the city at the end of The Batman—The Penguin is set in that tragedy’s aftermath.
“Smile 2” Prosthetic Makeup Designer Jeremy Selenfriend on the Sequel’s Gruesome, Grinning Details
Editor’s Note: The story contains spoilers to the movie Smile 2.
Prosthetic makeup designer Jeremy Selenfriend is no stranger when it comes to creating blood-curdling horror. He grew up watching Freddy Kruger films and turned an interest of the spooky into a career of conjuring some of the most terrifying dread imaginable. “It’s a weird thing to say, but when I was eight years old, I was in love with the Nightmare on Elm Street films,” he tells The Credits.
“Smile 2” DP Charlie Sarroff on Lighting a Curse-Afflicted Pop Star in the Big City
Life as a pop star isn’t as great as it looks, if the smiles surrounding global sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) are any indicator. Smile 2, director Parker Finn’s sequel to 2022’s surprise hit Smile, demonstrates the horror of having a public psychological breakdown triggered by the triple threat of hidden trauma, the immense pressures of fame, and a deadly curse.
After an addiction-induced meltdown and a car accident that killed her boyfriend,
Jon Stewart Will Stay at “The Daily Show” Through 2025
Jon Stewart isn’t going anywhere—at least through 2025. Stewart announced Monday that he’ll stay on The Daily Show as the once-a-week host on Mondays and remain an executive producer through December 2025. Stewart announced his return to the show nine months ago just as the presidential election was heating up—Stewart hosted The Daily Show from 1998 to 2015 and turned it into a cultural juggernaut—and his recent captaining of the program has boosted its ratings and profile.
Cardinal Sins: “Conclave” Star Isabella Rossellini and Director Edward Berger on Their Thrilling New Film
Hot off Audience Award wins at both the Mill Valley and Middleburg Film Festivals, the film Conclave enjoyed phenomenal word of mouth on its way into theaters on October 25. Based on Robert Harris’ bestselling 2016 thriller, Conclave goes behind the sequestered doors of the Vatican to show the inner workings of selecting a new pope.
The story follows Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes), who must run the conclave after his beloved friend,
Jeremy Allen White is Bruce Springsteen in First Image from “Deliver Me From Nowhere”
In the first image from Deliver Me From Nowhere, director Scott Cooper’s (Crazy Hearts) biopic about Bruce Springsteen, Jeremy Allen White has traded in his kitchen whites for the boss’s leather and denim.
The Bear star is stepping into one of his meatiest cinematic roles to date, taking on Bruce Springsteen in Cooper’s adaptation of Warren Zanes’ 2030 book “Deliver Me From Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska.”
“Spider-Man 4” in Full Swing: Tom Holland Returns as Peter Parker With Official July 24, 2026 Release Date
It was only a few days ago that Tom Holland appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and revealed that Spider-Man 4 was officially happening and would begin shooting next summer. Now, it’s been revealed that Spider-Man 4 has an official release date.
Holland will swing back into action as Peter Parker on July 24, 2026. The film will be directed by Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Creton,
A Secret “Predator” Movie is Coming Out Next Year
We already knew that a new Predator film was headed our way—Predator: Badlands—the sequel to 2022’s Dan Trachtenberg’s hit Prey. But now, thanks to a conversation between 20th Century Studio Boss Steve Asbell and The Hollywood Reporter‘s Borys Kit, we now know there’s a secret, additional Predator film lurking on the 2025 release schedule.
Ralph Fiennes Says That Danny Boyle’s “28 Years Later” Was Shot Partly On an iPhone
Director Danny Boyle’s nervy 2002 thriller 28 Days Later reinvigorated the zombie genre, introducing a version of the undead that was just as pitiless as previous iterations but quicker, more decisive, and more terrifying. Working off a script written by Alex Garland (who would go on to become an incredible director in his own right in films like Ex Machina, Annihilation, and Civil War) and cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle (who would later win an Oscar for his work on Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire),
“Agatha All Along” Songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez on Agatha Finding Her Voice
Agatha All Along wisely brings songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This is only fitting, considering the two helped musically introduce Agatha to great acclaim in WandaVision. With the latest Disney+ series from creator Jac Schaeffer, the acclaimed music duo explores music history as they deliver time-spanning variations of the powerful “Ballad of the Witches Road.”
The music is integral not only to the plot but also to the characters in Agatha All Along.
“Severance” Season 2 Trailer Unveils New Employees and Deepening Mysteries
Lumon Industries is back in business. What is that business? Well, that’s part of Severance‘s cryptic, compelling dread.
It’s been three years since Severance‘s first season, and the trailer for season two reintroduces us to Adam Scott’s Mark S., returning to the Lumon offices after he let his “innie” loose on the outside world and learned, to his shock and horror, that the wife he thought he’d lost in a car accident is actually alive and working at Lumon—she’s the wellness counselor,
From Mumbai to Batam: The Unexpected Journey of Dev Patel’s “Monkey Man”
Actor-turned-director Dev Patel, best known for his breakthrough role in Slumdog Millionaire, received a well-earned standing ovation for his directorial feature debut, Monkey Man, at the SXSW Film & TV Festival in Austin Texas this past March. His thrilling, kinetic debut went on to win the Headliners Audience Award.
The fight-filled action epic produced by Get Out and Us director Jordan Peele was inspired by the story of the half-monkey,
Swing Time: Tom Holland Says “Spider-Man 4” to Start Filming Next Summer
Tom Holland came on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ready to unleash a major web of movie news.
“Next summer, we start shooting,” Holland told Fallon. “Everything’s good to go. We’re nearly there. Super exciting. I can’t wait!”
Holland was talking about Spider-Man 4, of course, which will be the first Spidey film since the trilogy capping instant classic Spider-Man: No Way Home bowed in 2021 and revealed Holland’s Peter Parker teaming up with Parkers past—Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Men—to vanquish a trio of classic villains.
Lights, Camera, Recreation: “Saturday Night” Production Designer Jess Gonchor on Bringing “SNL”‘s Studio to Life
Production designer Jess Gonchor felt right at home on director Jason Reitman’s film Saturday Night, a pulsing recreation of the moments leading up to the first-ever broadcast of Saturday Night Live, which aired on October 11, 1975. Similar to Reitman, who fulfilled a dream of being a guest writer on SNL for a week on Season 35, Gonchor also worked in sketch comedy, so he knew “the inner workings of what this is and what it needed to be.” What that meant for the two-time Oscar-nominated production designer was that everything had to be interconnected.
“Venom: The Last Dance” First-Reactions Devour the Internet at Trilogy Capper Premieres
Director Kelly Marcel and star Tom Hardy finally unleashed Venom: The Last Dance on Monday night, with Sony Pictures premiering the film in New York. This means that now that Hardy’s Eddie Brock and best alien symbiote buddy Venom have finally waltzed in front of a crowd, the first reactions have flooded social media.
The Last Dance is, as its title suggests, Hardy’s final turn as the investigative reporter turned body-snatched antihero,
