“Damsel” Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo on Flipping the Fantasy Script With Millie Bobby Brown
Sure, she’s in distress, but Millie Bobby Brown’s Elodie is hardly in need of saving in director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo‘s revisionist fantasy film Damsel. Fresnadillo’s fantasy epic takes the typical story of a young woman desperate for a prince to puzzle out her troubles in a medieval setting, turns it upside down, and sinks it deep into a dragon’s cave. Brown’s Elodie is as resourceful as she is noble, and in a nice twist,
“The American Society of Magical Negroes” Writer/Director Kobi Libii Puts a Spell on Old Tropes
The American Society of Magical Negroes has a provocative premise: What if Black people could join an underground league that gave them the power to erase any white person’s distress? Racism, the movie argues, stems from white anxieties. If that discomfort can be vanished, Black bodies won’t face as much risk.
Kobi Libii’s satirical take on racial dynamics is a bold swing, especially for a first-time director. Justice Smith plays Aren,
The Sartorial Feast of Feudal Japan with “Shōgun” Costume Designer Carlos Rosario: Part One
“I wanted to create from a white canvas without any mental references going into the project,” costume designer Carlos Rosario (The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Jolt) explains why he chose not to read the James Clavell bestselling novel before working on FX Networks’ cinematic historical saga, Shōgun (将軍), and only used the 1980 miniseries adaptation as a broad reference. “As a costume designer, you build a strong psychological,
“Superman” Getting Super-Sized: James Gunn Filming his Man of Steel Pic in IMAX
James Gunn is going as big as he possibly can for his reboot of DC’s most iconic character.
Gunn took to Threads to reveal that his upcoming Superman will be filmed entirely in the IMAX format, promising viewers the most robust, expansive viewing experience possible. Superman will be the first feature to soar out of Gunn and Peter Safran’s newly invigorated DC Studios, and it looks as if they’re making sure the debut looks and sounds as big and bold as the superhero himself.
Yes Chef! “The Bear” Cooking Up Season 3 and 4 Back to Back
After a glorious second season and a coronation at the most recent Emmys, FX’s spicy series The Bear has been renewed for a fourth season, and what flavors the broth considerably is that seasons three and four will be shot back to back.
It was only this past November when The Bear‘s third season was announced, ahead of its sizzling performance at the Emmys, where it won Best Comedy Series and its three stars,
“Black Mirror” Season 7 Teaser Reveals Return of Fan-Favorite Storyline
Not only is Black Mirror returning to Netflix for season 7, but one of the sci-fi anthology’s most beloved storylines is returning, too. A new teaser released by Netflix reveals this juicy detail about the upcoming season.
It looks like the crew—well, the surviving crew—from the season four premiere episode USS Callister are reporting for duty. Among the six new episodes that will arrive on Netflix in 2025 are a follow-up to the Star Trek parody that enraptured fans.
From Man to Myth: Witness Bill Skarsgård’s Dark Rebirth in “The Crow” Trailer
The Crow has landed.
Lionsgate has released the official trailer for Rupert Sanders’ reboot, starring Bill Skarsgård as the musician-turned-avenging angel Eric Draven. Skarsgård steps into a role originally made iconic by Brandon Lee in the 1994 live-action original, a film forever linked to Lee’s tragic death on set. There have been many feints at rebooting The Crow, with everyone from Jason Momoa to Mark Wahlberg to Bill’s older brother AlexanderSkarsgård rumored to be interested in the role.
Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17” Starring Robert Pattinson Arriving Early in South Korea
Oscar-winning Bong Joon Ho’s first movie since his masterful Parasite will be coming to his home country a few days early.
Warner Bros will be releasing Mickey 17, starring Robert Pattinson, in South Korea on January 28, 2025, timed to the Lunar New Year Holiday. This is three days earlier than its global release on January 31. It’s a fitting choice for its world premiere location, considering Bong is one of South Korea’s most beloved filmmakers.
Can You Hear the Fear? How Sound Shapes the Daring Missions of “Masters of the Air”
Masters of the Air, Apple TV+’s new World War II epic showcasing the heroics and travails of a fleet of young U.S. pilots in Europe, has been lauded for its classical filmmaking and realistic approach to mid-century flight. Focusing on sober, earnest Buck (Austin Butler) and Bucky (Callum Turner), a battle-ready scamp, the show toggles between dogfights in the air and quiet moments on the ground, on airfields in the English countryside and in medical wards where some of the crew suffer from as-yet undiagnosed PTSD.
“The Crow” Rises Again: Bill Skarsgård Unveiled in Ominous First Teaser
You’ll have to wait a little bit longer for the full trailer for The Crow, but for those of you eager to get a quick peek at Bill Skarsgård in the title role in the eagerly-anticipated reboot, this new teaser will whet your appetite.
Skarsgård takes on a role made iconic and ultimately tragic by Brandon Lee in the 1994 original film, which was rocked during production when a prop gun fatally wounded Lee.
Jennifer Lopez is Lost in Space in First “Atlas” Trailer
Jennifer Lopez lost in space. That’s a conceit that sells itself, but there’s a whole lot more to Lopez’s upcoming film Atlas, director Brad Peyton’s starry sci-fi thriller for Netflix. Lopez is no stranger to Netflix, with her action hit The Mother knocking out Netflix viewer records last year.
The first teaser for Atlas has landed, revealing Lopez’s Atlas Shepherd, a brilliant data analyst with a misanthropic side who is forced to do what to her is utterly unthinkable—ally herself with artificial intelligence in order to course-correct during a space voyage in which she was tracking down a renegade robot.
Lights, Camera, Action! How Tax Breaks and Funding Can Lure Film Productions to Germany
The panelists on stage at the law firm Greenberg Traurig for a discussion held in conjunction with the Motion Picture Association during the 74th Berlin International Film Festival represented a notable list of luminaries from across the film and television industry. Mediated by Greenberg Traurig Partner Laura Zentner, they were largely in agreement regarding the panel’s topic, German film funding in 2025 and beyond. The panel members emphasized that filming in Germany, from infrastructure to local talent,
“True Detective: Night Country” Costume Designer Alex Bovaird Fashions a Frozen World
Costume designer Alex Bovaird creates a tactile, frozen world in True Detective: Night Country. In the fourth season of the HBO series, filmmaker Issa Lopez takes Bovaird and audiences to the fictional town of Ennis, Alaska. As the True Detective formula goes, two badge-wearers, Chief Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), try to crack a mystery. A past case once brought the two together, and a new case – eight men gone missing and found frozen to death in ice – reunites them.
“Venom 3” Gets Official Title & New, Earlier Release Date
Tom Hardy’s alien symbiote lunatic is back for a third and final course.
And that third course now has an official title and an earlier release date, with longtime Venom scribe and first-time director Kelly Marcel’s film now called Venom: The Last Dance, with an October 25 premiere, a two-week move from its original November 8 slot. This move up to October 25 returns the franchise to its sweet spot around Halloween.
How “Spaceman” Production Designer Jan Houllevigue Built Adam Sandler’s Sci-Fi Love Story
“I like the fact that there’s something a little bit strange in what we do,” production designer Jan Houllevigue tells The Credits about his collaboration with director Johan Renck (Chernobyl). The two have known each other for years, working on David Bowie music videos, Chanel No. 5 commercials, and the television mini-series The Last Panthers. Their latest is Spaceman, starring Adam Sandler as cosmonaut Jakub Prochazka on a solitary space mission to the edge of the galaxy.
“Dune: Part Two” Costume Designer Jacqueline West on Creating a Goth Rock God in Feyd-Rautha
In Part One of our conversation with veteran costume designer Jacqueline West, we talked about the monumental effort that went into weaving the sartorial visuals of the Fremen’s Sietch Tabr community and the southern Reverend Mothers on the desert planet Arrakis. Today, we conclude with the wardrobe fashioned for some of the most intense action sequences in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi opus.
Paul Atreides goes from a young man who had never seen battle to losing his father after surviving the Harkonnens’ attack in Dune: Part One,
Air, Water, Earth, Fire: DP Michael Balfry Brings “Avatar: The Last Airbender” to Life
Netflix took on producing the live-action remake of the long-running, beloved Nickelodeon animation Avatar: The Last Airbender, about four elemental kingdoms (fire, air, water, and earth) who live in harmony until the Fire Nation starts a war to take over the world. The series, which premiered late last month, is true to the original story. Twelve-year-old Aang (Gordon Cormier) is the sole remaining airbender after a Fire Nation attack, and he survives after being frozen in an iceberg for a century before waking up in an icy part of the world of the Southern Water Tribe.
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” Reveals a Younger (But Still Psychotic) Immortan Joe
One of the great villains of 21st-century cinema was also in a movie with one of its greatest heroes—Mad Max: Fury Road revealed the colossal fascist warlord Immortan Joe (the late, great Hugh Keays-Byrne), a carapace-wearing, skeleton-masked despot who ruled over a parched wasteland where he kept its inhabitants on the brink of starvation, dying of thirst, and much worse for the young women he took as wives. Yet he had in his midst a figure stronger than he was,
Unveiling the Bene Gesserit’s Secrets With “Dune: Part Two” Costume Designer Jacqueline West
After just nine days in release, Denis Villeneuve’s much-anticipated sequel to his first Dune film has already scored $367 million in worldwide box office. The massive response to Dune: Part Two is due in no small part to costume designer Jacqueline West’s intricate designs that went beyond adding depth to the characters—they are integral in building a complex, harsh world thousands of years into the future.
After designing 2,000-plus costumes—including the bespoke stillsuits—for the first film,
“Iwájú” Visual Effects Supervisor Marlon West on Bringing Afrofuturism to Animation
Disney+ just released an exciting new 6-part animated series called Iwájú, representing the first collaboration with an outside studio in its partnership with Pan-African storytelling company Kugali Media. Kugali’s co-founders created a uniquely African story, which takes place in a futuristic Lagos, Nigeria. In fact, every single character that appears in Iwájú is Nigerian.
The series is a coming-of-age tale centered on an idealistic 10-year-old girl named Tola. She lives in the rarified and protected environment her tech mogul father Tunde has created on the island,
