Timothée Chalamet is Bob Dylan in First “A Complete Unknown” Trailer

The first trailer for James Mangold‘s A Complete Unknown has arrived, revealing a glimpse of Timothée Chalamet transforming into Bob Dylan in one of the most intriguing films set to land this winter.

A Complete Unknown was written by Mangold and Jay Cocks, and follows the legendary musician’s early years in New York City, leading up to the era-defining moment, one of the most iconic moments in music history,

By The Credits  |  July 24, 2024

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“Twisters” Sound Editors on Creating the Ferocious Voice of Six Distinct Tornadoes

Catastrophic weather struck a chord with moviegoers over the weekend when Twisters blew apart box office expectations and raked in a whopping $81 million for its debut. The action spectacle, directed by Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) and filmed in Oklahoma, stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and Anthony Ramos as storm chasers determined to study tornadoes by driving right to the edge of wind-torn disaster.

Twisters co-stars six different tornadoes conjured by Industrial Light &

By Hugh Hart  |  July 24, 2024
“Deadpool & Wolverine” Critical Reaction: Killer Chemistry Equals Bloody Good Fun

The critical embargo has lifted on director Shawn Levy’s Deadpool & Wolverine, so the professionals are now weighing in on the long-awaited cinematic reunion of Ryan Reynolds’ Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman’s legendary X-Man. Critics are mostly in agreement that fifteen years after their brief, unbeloved first pairing in 2009’s X-Men: Origins: Wolverine, Reynolds’ rebooted Deadpool, now a swaggering manchild with just as many quips as he has lethal moves,

By The Credits  |  July 24, 2024
Who’s Playing Lady Deadpool in “Deadpool & Wolverine”?

While everyone who is even moderately enthused for Deadpool & Wolverine knows—and really, the vast majority of folks going to see the film in theaters are anything but moderately enthused—the Ryan Reynolds/Hugh Jackman two-hander features a lot of epic cameos. Some of these have been revealed, like the return of Dafne Keen’s Laura from James Mangold’s killer 2017 film Logan, which was, of course, the movie that saw Jackman’s Wolverine sacrifice himself for Laura and die a hero.

By The Credits  |  July 23, 2024
First Reactions to “Deadpool & Wolverine” Say the Chemistry is Explosive in MCU Game Changer

The first reactions for director Shawn Levy’s Deadpool & Wolverine have arrived, and critics and everyone else with a press screening and social media account are weighing in. The overall sentiment appears to be LFG. The long-awaited pairing of Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with the Mouth and Hugh Jackman’s mutant berserker and iconic X-Man has been high on the MCU fan wishlist, and it seems like they’ve delivered. And while sure, the two faced off 15 years ago in 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine,

By The Credits  |  July 23, 2024
The Second “Joker: Folie à Deux” Trailer Reveals Gotham’s Most Explosive New Couple

First, we got this brief but potent teaser that offered a fresh, deeply unnerving glimpse at the return of Joquin Phoenix’s sad sack comedian turned killer clown Arthur Fleck crying/laughing (or laughing/crying) in the rain. Next, we got the first full trailer, which revealed Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn and the first cinematic portrayal of the most demented romance in comics history since Margot Robbie and Jared Leto played the demonic pair in David Ayer’s 2016 Suicide Squad.

By The Credits  |  July 23, 2024
The Real Life Relief Efforts “Twisters” is Supporting

Director Lee Isaac Chung’s Twisters blew into theaters this past weekend and dazzled audiences, spinning up a big box office along with rave critical reviews and audience scores. Filming entirely on location in Oklahoma, Twisters is centered on storm chasers Kate Carter (Daisy Edgar-Jones), Tyler Owens (Glen Powell), Javi (Anthony Ramos), and more who track a series of increasingly dangerous tornadoes across the state. The production was a boon for local businesses—Chung,

By The Credits  |  July 22, 2024

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“Twisters” Editor Terilyn A. Shropshire on Whipping Up a Winning Cut

For editor Terilyn A. Shropshire, Twisters was a homecoming. Director Lee Isaac Chung shot the satisfying popcorn picture on 35mm, and Shropshire, who cut her teeth on 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm, was thrilled to see flash frames again on Twisters. Most of the excitement came in color timing and seeing the end results, but still, the texture alone of the footage shot by cinematographer Dan Mindel, was a thrill to cut.

By Jack Giroux  |  July 22, 2024

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Showrunner

“House of the Dragon” Showrunner Ryan Condal on the the Women Vying for Power in Westeros

For those who haven’t watched House of the Dragon since its debut in 2022, the show is based on George R.R. Martin’s book Fire and Blood. The story chronicles the early days of the Targaryen dynasty in the time of Aegon the Conqueror, a forefather to the much-beloved Game of Thrones heroine Daenerys. The new series has developed its own enthusiastic fandom, one that was thrilled to see the premiere of new weekly episodes as of June 16th of this year. 

By Leslie Combemale  |  July 22, 2024
The Wild Final “Deadpool & Wolverine” Trailer Finds Wade & Logan Deep in Their Feelings

Is Wade Wilson getting emo on us? In the final trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds’ notoriously childish superhero is feeling the emotions as he looks on at his new partner-in-crime, Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), and tearfully tells him, “I’ve been waiting a long time for this team-up.” Wade goes on to tell Wolverine that, regardless of what he thinks about himself in his world, in the world Wade comes from,

By The Credits  |  July 19, 2024
The Second “Dune: Prophecy” Trailer Teases the Founding of a Secretive, Immensely Powerful Sisterhood

“You wish to serve the great houses and shape the flow of power; you first must exert power over yourself.”

This is how the second teaser for HBO’s Dune: Prophecy begins, with Emily Watson’s Valya Harkonnen explaining the power dynamics of a time 10,000 years before the events depicted in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune films before the Great Houses were influenced by the Bene Gesserit, a powerful, secretive sisterhood that factored so hugely in Frank Herbert’s original novel and Villeneuve’s films. 

By The Credits  |  July 19, 2024

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Cinematographer

“Sing Sing” Cinematographer Pat Scola on Capturing a Raw, Moving Portrait of Humanity

“It was really about getting out of your own way and allowing these men’s story to come to the forefront,” cinematographer Pat Scola tells The Credits about the emotionally stirring film Sing Sing from director Greg Kwedar, which shines a delicate light on the arts rehabilitation program at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. “Greg was the one who led from the front on this, and we were there to help tell the story without putting our hands all over it,” Scola says.

By Daron James  |  July 18, 2024
James Gunn Says “Superman” is Nearly Done Filming While Praising City of Cleveland

James Gunn is close to wrapping principal photography on Superman, the first marquee feature from his new DC Studios, which he heads alongside co-chief Peter Safran.

The writer/director shared the update that Superman is “getting close” on Threads, where he spread some love to Cleveland for being such a great host city for six weeks of the production.

“#Cleveland – today we are leaving you after six amazing weeks of shooting,” Gunn wrote.

By The Credits  |  July 18, 2024
New “Deadpool & Wolverine” Trailer & Images Reveal Fresh Look at Lady Deadpool & More

We’re now less than ten days away from Deadpool & Wolverine, the long-awaited pairing of Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with the Mouth and Hugh Jackman’s mutant berserker. (Re-pairing, if you want to be technical about it—they appeared in character in 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but it was a very different version of Reynolds’ Wade Wilson). Marvel has understandably been flooding the zone with promotional material (Deadpool &

By The Credits  |  July 17, 2024

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Special/Visual Effects

How “Those About to Die” VFX Supervisor Peter Travers Built Rome in 100 Days

Roland Emmerich knows how to destroy worlds. The multi-hyphenate is behind some of the biggest disaster movies in film history, including Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, and Moonfall. But instead of depicting a cataclysm for his latest effort, he’s building an empire for the Peacock series Those About to Die (streaming on July 18), which takes place during Rome’s Flavian dynasty just as the Coliseum is receiving its finishing touches.

By Daron James  |  July 17, 2024
If You Ignore 1973-1983, Wolverine’s Timeline Isn’t That Confusing

Spoiler first: At the end of director James Mangold’s 2017 Logan, Logan died. Better known as Wolverine and synonymous with the actor who has played him many times, Hugh Jackman, the character returns on July 26th in Marvel/Disney’s Deadpool & WolverineThe decision was Jackman’s, and apparently even Marvel boss Kevin Feige was skeptical, but thanks to the multiverse, this Logan supposedly isn’t that Logan,

By The Credits  |  July 16, 2024
Following Its Predecessor’s Successful Path, “Twisters” Touches Down in Oklahoma

When the disaster thriller Twister was released in 1996, the film turned out to be one of the summer’s biggest blockbusters and the second-highest-grossing movie of the year (the first was Independence Day). Helen Hunt starred as Jo, a meteorologist who was out to revolutionize tornado alert systems through a small, censor-filled device named Dorothy, conceived by her almost ex-husband, weatherman Bill (Bill Paxton). Almost thirty years later, a sequel is on the way: Twisters,

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  July 15, 2024

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Editor

“Beckham” Editor Michael Harte on Bending A Massive Archive Into a Must-See Doc

Directed by Fisher Stevens, the documentary miniseries Beckham has been a hit for Netflix, charting David Beckham’s rise as a Manchester United star, England team captain, and player for Real Madrid and the LA Galaxy. But football (we’ll call it that here, as Beckham, his family, his mentor Alex Ferguson, and dozens of teammates and fellow celebrities do throughout the miniseries) is only one way into the star’s life, with the relationship between David and his wife of almost 25 years,

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  July 12, 2024

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Cinematographer

“Presumed Innocent” DPs Daniel Voldheim & Doug Emmett on Capturing Jake Gyllenhaal’s Raw Emotions & Moral Ambiguity

An intoxicating amalgam of courtroom thriller, relationship drama, and a whodunit, David E. Kelley’s latest entry into long-form prestige drama arrives with Apple TV+’s Presumed Innocent, a cerebral puzzle steeped in betrayal, obsession, love, and ambition. Fresh off his quietly menacing turn in Amazon MGM’s wildly entertaining Road House remake, Jake Gyllenhaal (who also serves as Executive Producer) plays Rusty Sabich, Chicago’s chief deputy prosecutor and devoted family man,

By Su Fang Tham  |  July 11, 2024

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Producer

“Fancy Dance” Producer Heather Rae on Putting Together Erica Tremblay’s Moving New Film

For Heather Rae, it’s all about heart. The award-winning producer of Frozen River, Wind Walkers, and Tallulah, and the director/producer of the acclaimed documentary Trudell, believes her place is at the heart of a production. And just as important, Rae is driven to make films with heart.

Fancy Dance, Rae’s latest film, now streaming on Apple TV+,

By Chris Koseluk  |  July 11, 2024