“John Wick: Chapter 4” Fight Coordinator Jeremy Marinas on Building Balletic Mayhem With Keanu Reeves & Co.
Editor’s Note: Leading up to the release of John Wick: Chapter 4 on March 24, 2023, The Credits is publishing a “Wick Week” of content, weaving stories about the film’s stunts, and cinematography, along with an interview with director Chad Stahelski. Some mild spoilers follow.
Jeremy Marinas knows how to fight.
Tom Cruise Loved “The Flash” So Much He Called Director Andy Muschietti
Rarely has a superhero film that’s not out yet generated so much positive A-list attention. The Hollywood Reporter had this interesting scoop right as this past weekend was getting underway—Tom Cruise got a chance to see director Andy Muschietti’s The Flash, and he absolutely loved it.
We already know that new DC Studios co-chief James Gunn has seen the upcoming DC film (made before Gunn and co-chief Peter Safran took over DC Studios) and called it one of the best superhero movies he’s ever seen.
“Scream VI” Editor Jay Prychidny on Stitching Together an Epic Slasher
Scream VI is packed to the brim. It’s an ensemble horror movie with familiar and new characters, not to mention a new location and new rules to go along with the franchise’s history. There was no shortage of moving pieces for editor Jay Prychidny to help assemble.
Prychidny is a new addition to the Scream franchise. With directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, he took a more aggressive approach to the series.
“The Magician’s Elephant” Director Wendy Rogers on Her Charming Pixelated Pachyderm
Even in the time of Domee Shi, director of Pixar’s Oscar-nominated feature Turning Red, women as sole directors of animated features are a rare thing. This is partly what makes it so refreshing to see Netflix’s The Magician’s Elephant is helmed by veteran VFX supervisor Wendy Rogers in her feature directorial debut.
Adapted from Kate DiCamillo’s award-winning novel and animated by Animal Logic, the story follows Peter (Noah Jupe),
Barry Keoghan is Circling Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator” Sequel With Paul Mescal
Freshly minted Oscar-nominee and BAFTA-winner Barry Keoghan might be trading the misty islands of Ireland (where his award-winning performance in The Banshees of Inisherin was set) for ancient Rome.
Variety reports that Keoghan is in talks to join one of the most high-profile films currently being prepped—Ridley Scott’s Gladiator sequel. If the deal comes to pass, Keoghan would be joining another 2023 Oscar nominee and fellow Irishman,
Early Reactions to “Yellowjackets” Season 2: Brilliant Performances, Abundant Thrills, & Completely Unhinged
Critics are starting to buzz with the first reviews for season two of Yellowjackets, and for fans of Showtime’s phenomenally effective thriller, the buzz is very good indeed. The creative team behind the stellar series, led by creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, had the difficult task of avoiding the sophomore slump for a show that was just about flawless in its first run. Then there was the cast, led by a slew of gangbuster performances from Christina Ricci,
“The Penguin” HBO Series Adds Scott Cohen, James Madio, & Michael Zegen
The Penguin series just added three new stars to the cast in the upcoming spinoff series starring Colin Farrell as the portly patriarch of the Gotham underworld. Variety reports that Scott Cohen, James Madio, and Michael Zegen will all be in appearing in the series, which will center on Farrell’s Oswald Cobblepot and takes place after the events in The Batman. It’s slated for an 8-episode run,
“Daisy Jones & the Six” Cinematographer Checco Varese on Evoking 70s Vibe Through a Contemporary Lens
Cinematographer Checco Varese won a 2022 Emmy for his gripping treatment of Appalachia’s opioid epidemic in Dopesick before taking on the relatively innocent place and time dramatized in Daisy Jones & the Six. The 10-episode series (adapted from Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel), now streaming on Amazon Prime, follows the rise and fall of a mid-seventies Fleetwood Mac-like L.A. band fueled by drugs, sex, and rock and roll.
Varese,
“Boston Strangler” Production Designer John Goldsmith Recreates a City’s Nightmare
There’s an entire film genre known as Boston movies, many of which are lampooned for their mangled accents. Good Will Hunting and The Town are two of the best, owing in large part to homegrown talents Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
Boston Strangler, which debuts March 17 on Hulu, can be added to the short list of movies that get many things about Boston right.
James Gunn Will Direct “Superman: Legacy”
Newly minted DC Studios co-chief James Gunn will be writing and directing Superman: Legacy in one of the studio’s most marquee upcoming movies.
Legacy will feature a younger actor in the role of Clark Kent, will be Gunn’s next directorial effort, and is one of the most important new films for the revamped studio under the new vision Gunn is implementing alongside his DC Studios co-chief Peter Safran.
Quentin Tarantino Working on his 10th & Possibly Last Film
Quentin Tarantino has long said he would eventually stop making films, even offering a specific timeline for his retirement—either 10 films or by the time he was 60. Well, he’s made nine films thus far, and he turns 60 later this month. So, as he preps his new film, there’s widespread speculation that this will indeed be Tarantino’s final film.
The auteur behind some of the most iconic features of the last thirty years,
“Game of Thrones” Director Taking on Amazon’s “Blade Runner” TV Series
Amazon’s Blade Runner 2099 has landed a director who knows a thing or two about pulling off an extremely ambitious series. Four-time Emmy nominee Jeremy Podeswa—you can read our interview with him about directing Game of Thrones here—will direct the pilot and serve as the series’ producing director and executive producer. Podeswa will also be a vital cog for the creative team in creating the first-ever television series adaptation of one of the most iconic sci-fi film franchises of them all.
“Champions” Cinematographer C. Kim Miles Found Inspiration Everyday on Set
Cinematographer C. Kim Miles has shot everything from TV superhero The Flash and Robert Zemeckis’ miniaturized soldier epic Welcome to Marwen to teen cannibalism drama Yellowjackets and Michelle Yeoh‘s upcoming miniseries The Brothers Sun, which he describes as “Crazy Rich Asians meets John Wick.” But until director Bobby Farrelly’s Champions came along, Miles had never worked with a cast of developmentally challenged actors.
“John Wick: Chapter 4” Review Round-Up: Bigger, Badder, Bolder
If any current franchise out there rivals Mission: Impossible and Fast & Furious for the sheer audacity of their action set pieces, it is John Wick. The series, centered on Keanu Reeves’ un-retirable hitman, is set to release its fourth chapter, and critics are saying it’s the craziest, biggest, boldest installment yet. How good is John Wick: Chapter 4? IndieWire‘s Rafael Motamayor writes that it’s the best action blockbuster since Mad Max: Fury Road.
After A Gripping Finale, “The Last of Us” Creators Tease Season 2 & Beyond
After the horror of “When We Are in Need,” the eighth episode of The Last of Us, which found Ellie (Bella Ramsey) fighting off a sadistic cannibal preacher she’s forced to stab, repeatedly, in a fit of sorrow and rage, one hoped that the season finale, “Look for the Light,” would give the resilient but battered teenager a well-deserved break from carnage and horror. And, in a sense, that’s what Ellie got, but only because she’d been anesthetized into a deep sleep for an operation she was both unaware of and would never wake up from.
“The Last of Us” Finale Draws Huge Ratings as Season One Bests “House of the Dragon”
Now that the first season of The Last of Us has wrapped up, we can take a step back and marvel at not only the robust viewership numbers but what was the greatest video game adaptation (by a wide margin) and one of the most compelling new dramas on TV. Oh, and not for nothing, The Last of Us can make a credible claim for joining the pantheon of the greatest zombie stories ever put on the screen,
“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” Poster Reveals Tom Cruise’s Craziest Stunt
We have our first look at the official poster for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, and it teases what is arguably the most insane stunt Tom Cruise has done in the entire franchise.
This is a statement neither Paramount nor we would make lightly, considering the history of lunacy Cruise and the Mission: Impossible stunt team has compiled. The poster captures the moment after Cruise’s Ethan Hunt has ridden a motorcycle off a cliff—in order to BASE jump.
Ke Huy Quan & Harrison Ford’s Oscars Hug, Ruth E. Carter’s Historic Win & More
The vibes were very, very good at the 95th Academy Awards last night, and one of the moments that was most emblematic of the evening’s warmth was the reunion between newly minted Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan and his Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom co-star, a gentleman by the name of Harrison Ford.
The two performers embraced on the Dolby Theater Stage after Ford presented the Best Picture category,
Watch Optimus Prime & Optimus Primal Rise at SXSW Ahead of “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” World Tour
Paramount has revealed that Optimus Prime and his more feral cousin, Optimal Primal, are in Austin, Texas.
Ahead of the studios’ release of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts this summer, Paramount is setting up shop, so to speak, in Austin for the SXSW Festival, with massive Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal statues unveiled by some of the film’s cast and crew. Stars Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, and Tobe Nwigwe were in Austin for the unveiling,
“The Little Mermaid” Official Trailer Makes a Splash During the Oscars
The Little Mermaid stars Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy were on hand at last night’s 95th Academy Awards to reveal the official trailer for their highly-anticipated film, and the trailer didn’t disappoint. With Disney celebrating their centennial and ABC hosting the Academy Awards telecast, it was the perfect time to unveil the longest look yet at director Rob Marshall’s upcoming film.
Bailey stars as Ariel in the iconic story of a young mermaid,
