Talking to Writer/Director/Star Demetri Martin About his new Film Dean—Part II
In part I of our interview with the comedian-turned-filmmaker, Demetri Martin explained how he came to make his first semi-autobiographical feature, Dean. The second part begins with Martin’s discussion of the way he incorporated aspects of his own experiences into supporting characters in his script.
"They're not based on anybody, and the story didn't happen to me. My mom sold our house years ago. I was happy about that.
Talking to Writer/Director/Star Demetri Martin About his new Film Dean—Part I
Although best known from TV, beginning with The Daily Show in 2005, actor-comedian Demetri Martin has acted in such movies as Contagion, Taking Woodstock, and In A World…. Now he adds a few more hyphens to his resume as the writer-director-star of Dean, a comedy about a New York-based illustrator who flees to Los Angeles after his mother dies.
Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Trailer Looks Fantastic
Luc Besson‘s adaptation of Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières’ comic books Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets looks visually stunning. With a summer movie slate that will give you plenty of well known entities, from The Mummy and Transformers: The Last Knight to Spider-Man: Homecoming and War for the Planet of the Apes,
New Star Wars: The Last Jedi Characters and City Revealed
The Star Wars Show is pretty much the best place to get 100% accurate scoops on any Star Wars related film, considering they're an official part of the galaxy. So you can take the news delievered in this new clip to the bank—these characters and this city from Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi are the real deal. What makes this scoop doubly accurate is they're getting their information this time around from
Meet Universal’s Monsters
When you think of a shared cinematic universe these days, you think of Marvel. Their vaunted Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), is an interconnected, multi-phase slate of films that began with 2008's Iron Man and has carried on through 13 films, most of them massively successful, with Spider-Man: Homecoming continuing their world-beating run this July 7. Yet is Marvel really the first studio to create a cinematic universe?
See Inside Tony Stark’s High-Tech Spidey Suit in new Spider-Man: Homecoming Trailer
Sony Pictures is having a great week. First, news surfaced that Tom Hardy had been cast as Venom, one of the most beloved comic book villains of all time. Like Spidey, Venom is another Marvel character that Sony owns the rights too. By securing an actor with as much gravitas and skill as Hardy, they've made sure their Venom stand-alone film will have as good a foundation as possible. But that's 2018, and Sony has something to be excited about right now—Jon Watts'
Pretty Much Everyone is Thrilled About Tom Hardy Being Cast as Venom
Eddie Brock, aka the antihero Venom, has always been both a beloved villain and a bit of a hard sell when imagining the character supporting his own stand-alone film. He went from being an outright villain in the Marvel universe to an antihero, but he’s certainly a nasty piece of business and, unlike witty antiheroes like Deadpool, he’s never been particularly funny or relatable. He is, after all, the product of the union between a bitter,
Annie Leibovitz Shoots Gorgeous Star Wars: The Last Jedi Spread in Vanity Fair
The 40th anniversary of the original Star Wars is this Thursday, May 25. In anticipation of this, Vanity Fair has released their Star Wars: The Last Jedi cover shoot, shot by iconic photographer Annie Leibovitch, ahead of the issue’s publication tomorrow, May 24. Leibovitch was on set to shoot the cast, and VF has shared the four different covers for their upcoming issues with the world.
Supergirl Borrows Some Savage Boots in new Wonder Woman Promo
Warner Bros. is making sure that Wonder Woman is getting as much exposure as possible before the film’s June 2 premiere. With very positive early buzz, fresh clips practically every day, and video interviews with Wonder Woman herself, Gal Gadot, and her co-star Chris Pine, the Wonder Woman promo team is doing their job.
In the last promo,
Bill Pullman Channels Independence Day in Awesome Graduation Speech
Bill Pullman is a smart guy. He knows that if he's been asked to give a graduation day speech at a college, whatever he delivers will be compared to the speech he gave, as President Whitmore, in Independence Day. Now the stakes might be slightly different between rallying the world to fight a bunch of invading aliens and inspiring the graduating class at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa,
Massive Dragon Highlights new Game of Thrones Season 7 Photos
We wrote back in March about how Game of Thrones season 7 would include dragons the size of 747s. Season 7 director Matt Shakman told Entertainment Weekly: “The dragons this year are the size of 747s…Drogon is the biggest of the bunch — his flame is 30-feet in diameter!”
Now EW has expanded upon this scoop with a series of new photos from season 7,
Universal Unveils Dark Universe, Their Interconnected World of Gods & Monsters
Universal’s answer to Marvel’s Cinematic Universe (MCU) now has an official name—Dark Universe. Tapping their huge cache of iconic movie monsters, Universal is unleashing a series of interconnected films, beginning with The Mummy, that will bring some of Hollywood’s biggest stars together. As this brand new photo shows, the studio’s The Invisible Man and Frankenstein’s Monster will be played by, respectively, Johnny Depp and Javier Bardem (co-stars in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales).
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,
Twin Peaks Premiere Delights, Creeps out Critics
David Lynch and Mark Frost’s iconic Twin Peaks returned to television last night, 27 years after it first appeared and changed the medium as we knew it, and it seems the wait has been worth it. Critics have spent today largely hailing the 2-hour premiere, which reacquainted us with FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan), the Palmer family and the deeply creepy, supernatural weirdness that goes on in the fictional,
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,
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.
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.
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,
