Interview

Producer, Screenwriter, Showrunner

“House of the Dragon” Co-Creator & Co-Showrunner Ryan Condal on Season One & Beyond

The first season of House of the Dragon has come to a close as an unqualified success. The premiere saw the largest single-day viewership for a series debut in HBO’s history and continued to land consistently in the top five titles streamed across all platforms through its last episode. The show was renewed before the second episode of the series even aired. 

House of the Dragon is a prequel to Game of Thrones—created by George R.R.

By Leslie Combemale  |  October 24, 2022
Temuera Morrison to Play King of Maui in Jason Momoa’s Series “Chief of War”

Temuera Morrison and Jason Momoa are like family. Well, they played a family in Aquaman, with Morrison playing Thomas Curry, the father to Momoa’s Arthur Curry. Now, Momoa has cast his former co-star—and the lead of the Disney+ Star Wars series Book of Boba Fett—to star in his Hawaiian war epic Chief of War.

Morrison will play King Kahekili, the King of Maui, in Momoa’s nine-episode epic that will stream on Apple TV+.

By The Credits  |  October 20, 2022
“Tulsa King” Trailer Reveals Sylvester Stallone as Mafia Don on a Mission

Sylvester Stallone as an Italian mobster, freshly sprung from prison, being relocated to run things in Tulsa, Oklahoma? Yeah, we’ll take some of that. What’s more, Sly’s upcoming Tulsa King on Paramount+ comes from two very heavy hitters, creator and Academy Award nominee Taylor Sheridan, who is becoming his own TV studio with his expanding Yellowstone empire, and showrunner and head writer Terrence Winter, who worked on a little series you might have heard called The Sopranos. 

By The Credits  |  October 17, 2022

Interview

HBO Reveals Closer Look at “The Last of Us” in New Video

In a new promo, HBO has given us some of their most hotly-anticipated series, perhaps none more so than Craig Mazin’s adaptation of The Last of Us. Based on the popular video game series, the Chernobyl creator has teamed with the video game’s writer and creative director, Neil Druckmann, to give us a 10-episode season centered on the dangerous journey of Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) across a devastated American landscape in a post-apocalyptic world.

By The Credits  |  October 17, 2022

Interview

Costume Designer

“Ramy” Costume Designer Nicky Smith on Season 3’s Style Evolution

Ramy Youssef’s consistently excellent self-titled Hulu series Ramy centers on his titular character, a young Muslim trying to reconcile his elastic identity. He’s the son of Egyptian immigrants living in New Jersey stretched in multiple directions, between his Muslim community, God, his friends, and his still murky future. The series was a critical hit when it premiered, and Ramy didn’t lose any of its intellectual heft, hilarity, or bite in season 2.

By Bryan Abrams  |  October 14, 2022
Colin Farrell Says “The Penguin” Will Begin A Week After “The Batman” Ending

While Colin Farrell is on a publicity tour for the critically acclaimed The Banshees of Inisherin, which finds him re-teaming with his In Bruges director Martin McDonagh and co-star Brendan Gleeson, he’s offered up some delicious details about HBO Max’s The Penguin. The upcoming series will find Farrell reprising his role from Matt Reeves’ The Batman and is set to start filming in early 2023.

By The Credits  |  October 13, 2022
Inside “The House of the Dragon” Episode 8: Farewell to the King

You knew that King Viserys wouldn’t likely survive another time jump in House of the Dragon, so when we learned at the beginning of episode 8 that we’d leaped ahead another 6 years, it was bad news for the ruler of the realm. And sure enough, after seeing that Princess Rhaenyra and Queen Alicent’s children are now more or less adults, we also got a look at the King. The poor man is in a dreadful state,

By The Credits  |  October 10, 2022
Marvel’s “Werewolf By Night” Review Roundup: A Bloody, Creepy Horror Film With a Marvel Twist

Marvel Studios is a global powerhouse that has created its own universe of films, each one connected yet capable of standing on its own as a major box office draw. When Marvel turned its sights to streaming, its new series only extended its vaunted MCU on Disney+, further cementing the studio’s claim as the biggest hitmaker in the world. Which is why Marvel’s Werewolf By Night is so unexpectedly delicious. Here, then, is a brief,

By The Credits  |  October 7, 2022
“The White Lotus” Season 2 Trailer Brings Mike White’s Biting Social Satire to Italy

Mike White’s Emmy-slathered comedy The White Lotus was one of 2021’s most deliciously deranged comedies, and now HBO has shared the trailer for season two, which moves the scourges of the privileged vacationers from Hawaii to Italy.

How do you come off a season that garnered 20 Emmy nominations across 13 categories and 10 wins (the most for any show this year), including Oustanding Limited or Anthology Series? One way is to bring back one of season one’s standouts,

By The Credits  |  October 6, 2022

Interview

Actor, Director, Screenwriter

“Los Espookys” Co-Creator/Writer/Director/Star Ana Fabrega Does it All (Literally)

Los Espookys, the surreal HBO comedy, has returned for a second season. Unlike anything currently on television, the series, created by Julio Torres, Ana Fabrega, and Fred Armisen, follows four horror-loving friends who run Los Espookys — a business that stages supernatural scenes and tricks people into thinking they are real. 

Renaldo (Bernardo Velasco), Los Espookys’ leader, is also its heart and soul. Ursula (Cassandra Ciangherotti) is its makeup master.

By Chris Koseluk  |  October 5, 2022
An Eye For an Eye: Inside “House of the Dragon” Episode 7

An eye for an eye. It’s one of the oldest, coldest, cruelest forms of justice, the type of punishment that would, of course, fit perfectly in House of the Dragon. And so it was what Queen Alicent called for after her son, the clearly troubled, dragon-obsessed Prince Aemond (Leo Ashton), lost an eye in a post-dragon-ride scuffle with his half-nephews.

Episode 7 began in mourning, with the funeral, held on the island of Driftmark,

By The Credits  |  October 3, 2022
The Official Trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s “Cabinet of Curiosities” is a Creepfest

“Picture your mind…as a cabinet. Where you lock up your darkest thoughts and deepest fears. What would happen if you opened that cabinet for the world to see? We are about to find out.” So says visionary Guillermo del Toro in the opening seconds of the official trailer for his upcoming Netflix series Cabinet of Curiosities, and never have we felt more enthused about our minds becoming furniture. The man behind some of the great visual splendors of the modern filmmaking era,

By The Credits  |  September 30, 2022
First Trailer for “Barbarians” Season 2 Reveals Return of Netflix’s Underrated Epic

Season one of Barbarians was a visual feast of the bloody sort and a balm for the spirit for those of us still pining for another season of HBO’s short-lived, lavishly produced Rome. Barbarians also happens to be one of the better historical epics to grace the small screen in years, the equal of Vikings and Vikings: Valhalla. That first season took us back to the battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD when Germanic tribes desperately try to stop the spread of the Roman Empire.

By The Credits  |  September 29, 2022

Interview

Composer

“She-Hulk” Composer Amie Doherty on Blending Megan Thee Stallion With Marvel’s Orchestral Bombast

With 2021’s Spirit Untamed, composer Amie Doherty became the first woman to score a DreamWorks animated feature film. Known for her work on The High Note and Happiest Season, she has also made a name for herself as an orchestrator. Her most recent project is as the composer for the Marvel series She-Hulk, where she has combined the bombastic, orchestral Marvel style with a very modern and beat-driven aesthetic that gives the show its unique sound. 

By Leslie Combemale  |  September 29, 2022

Interview

Producer

“Super/Natural” Producer Tom Hugh-Jones on How His New Nature Doc Will Blow Your Mind

They call him Sarcastic Fringehead, and the gargoyle-like fish with its glow-in-the-dark inflatable mouth must be seen to be believed. A resident of the Pacific Ocean, Sarcastic Fringehead is just one of 40 or so naturally gifted characters filmed in their native habitats for National Geographic’s Super/Natural show. Executive produced by James Cameron with voice-over narration from Benedict Cumberbatch, the eight-episode series (which debuted on Wednesday, Sept. 21) features creatures great (elephants) and small (Mexican fireflies) as they engage in stranger-than-fiction survival skills.

By Hugh Hart  |  September 27, 2022
HBO Max Releases Long-Awaited & Decidedly Creepy Teaser Trailer for “The Last of Us”

At long last, we’ve got our best look yet at The Last of Us, HBO Max’s highly-anticipated adaptation of the popular video game series. The deliciously moody teaser trailer reveals creator Craig Mazin (Chernobyl)’s series, which follows Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as they journey across a devastated American landscape in a post-apocalyptic world.

The teaser is a thing of bleak beauty, set to Hank Williams’

By The Credits  |  September 26, 2022
“Andor” Creator Tony Gilroy’s Intriguing Advice For His Team About Their “Star Wars” Series

Andor isn’t quite like any of the Star Wars live-action series we’ve seen thus far on Disney+. Compared to The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor is almost heroically unconcerned with the legends of the larger Star Wars galaxy, be they Boba Fett, Darth Vader, or Obi-Wan Kenobi himself. The show is a street-level view of regular people, most of whom living on the margins of society,

By The Credits  |  September 26, 2022
Inside “House of the Dragon” Episode 6

Episode 6 of House of the Dragon takes us on a major jump forward in time, a leap in years that also includes the switch-over for the actresses playing two of the main roles. Out are the great Milly Alcock as Princess Rhaenyra and Emily Carey as Queen Alicent, and in are Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke, playing the Princess and the Queen, respectively. As episode 6 gets underway, Princess Rhaenrya is giving birth (a relatively mild birth scene by Game of Thrones standards),

By The Credits  |  September 26, 2022
This “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Clip Harnesses The Show’s Visceral Appeal

Before Amazon Prime’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power debuted on the streamer on September 1, much of the talk surrounding the series was just how big of a swing it was. It was being hailed as the most expensive show of all time, a massive investment of time, money, and talent to create a series worthy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s creative vision and the six Peter Jackson films that have become popular culture touchstones and the defining adaptations of Tolkien’s work.

By The Credits  |  September 23, 2022
Vince Gilligan’s Next Show Coming to Apple With “Better Call Saul” Star Rhea Seehorn

Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan is taking his talents to Apple. Not only that, but Gilligan’s next series, which has already gotten a two-season straight-to-series order at Apple, will star Better Call Saul‘s Rhea Seehorn. This is terrific news for all of us mourning the end of Better Call Saul‘s 6-season run, which just aired its finale this past August.

While details of the series are being kept under wraps,

By The Credits  |  September 23, 2022