“Ms. Marvel” Star Iman Vellani Teases Epic MCU Connection in New Video

Now that we’ve seen the first Ms. Marvel trailer and gotten a glimpse at newcomer Iman Vellani in the title role, Marvel Studios is having a little fun with us. In a new Ms. Marvel teaser posted recently, Vellani talks about the excitement she feels over the world finally seeing a look at her upcoming series on Disney+. Vellani stars as Kamala Khan, Marvel Studios’ first-ever Muslim superhero. Only in the series,

By The Credits  |  March 17, 2022
Marvel Teases Return of “Luke Cage,” “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones” & More on Disney+

The Marvel Cinematic and Television Universe is expanding on Disney+. Long before Disney+ existed, Marvel Studios had a bunch of strong, darker live-action series on Netflix. Those series— Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Daredevil, Iron Fist, The Punisher, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and The Defenders offered a different point of entry for Marvel fans, often focusing on the darker storylines, and characters, in their vast canon. Now, those series are available on Disney+,

By The Credits  |  March 16, 2022

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“Winning Time” Costume Designer Emma Potter on Making Magic With the Lakers

Working on Max Borenstein and Jim Hecht’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty didn’t require an advanced degree in NBA fandom in general and Lakes lore specifically, yet a lot of the folks involved had both. Hecht himself is a lifelong Lakers fan, and writer Rodney Barnes has loved basketball his whole life, and everyone likes Magic Johnson. Yet, one of the key people who helped give Winning Time its period-perfect look admits she was neither a massive b-ball fan or a follower of the NBA.

By Bryan Abrams  |  March 16, 2022
“Ms. Marvel” Trailer Reveals Iman Vellani as Teenage Superhero Kamala Khan

Kamala Khan has arrived. The first Muslim superhero to appear in a Marvel Studios series or film, Ms. Marvel is centered on the teenage superhero and her journey from dreamy, superhero-loving teen to a superhero herself. The first trailer reveals newcomer Iman Vellani in the title role as the New Jersey high school student who idolizes Captain Marvel and is just about as big of a fan of superheroes as you can be—to the detriment of her social life.

By The Credits  |  March 15, 2022
Leading Lawmakers Celebrate the Motion Picture Association’s Centennial

“We are a nation of visionaries,” Vice President Kamala Harris says at the top of her remarks about the Motion Picture Association’s centennial. The Vice President was one of nine leading lawmakers to speak about the centennial and the importance of the MPA’s work advocating on behalf of the film and television industry. “Members of the Motion Picture Association, for a century you have written the lines we will never stop quoting. You have created the images we will never forget.

By The Credits  |  March 15, 2022
“Shining Vale” Cinematographer Nicole Hirsch Whitaker Blends Creepy With Comedy

Courteney Cox is seeing spirits in the new Starz series Shining Vale. Her success in both the top-rated sitcom Friends and blockbuster horror series Scream meet at a sublime suburban crossroads. The pilot’s cinematographer, Nicole Hirsch Whitaker, laughingly admits that the show wasn’t such an obvious fit for her at first. 

“I don’t get asked to shoot comedy,” Whitaker said. “I am the antithesis of someone who gets asked to shoot comedy because my work is a little bit dark.”

‘A little bit dark’ is just what Shining Vale calls for in both atmosphere and humor.

By Kelle Long  |  March 15, 2022
“The Boys” Season 3 Redband Trailer is Monstrously Entertaining

Amazon Prime Video’s notoriously, gloriously raunchy The Boys has dropped a season 3 redband trailer that is so NSFW it’s arguably not safe for your home, either. The trailer reveals quite a bit about the upcoming season, giving us our first actual look at where all the damaged boys and girls are heading.

The first and arguably most compelling reveal is that Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) might have finally done the unthinkable — joined the ranks of the Supes,

By The Credits  |  March 14, 2022
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” Star Hayden Christensen Promises a “Very Powerful” Darth Vader

Now that the Obi-Wan Kenobi teaser trailer is well on its way to 10 million views, it’s safe to say people are psyched about Ewan McGregor’s return as the Jedi master. The upcoming Disney+ series is set ten years after the events of Revenge of the Sith, with Obi-Wan dealing with the aftermath of his former protegé Anakin Skywalker’s descent to the Dark Side. We know that Obi-Wan blames himself for failing to keep Anakin on the side of the light,

By The Credits  |  March 11, 2022
New “Moon Knight” Featurette Reveals Marvel’s Supernatural Superhero

Marvel has just revealed a new look at Moon Knight, the MCU’s upcoming series on Disney+ that unveils the first real dip into the supernatural realm for the juggernaut studio. Moon Knight is centered on Oscar Isaac’s Steven Grant, a gift-shop employee who seems like the last guy on Earth you’d expect to dabble in the dark arts and fight supernatural forces on the side. But that’s because, when Moon Knight begins,

By The Credits  |  March 10, 2022
First “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Images Reveal Sung Kang’s Mysterious Villain Fifth Brother

At long last, we got our first good look at Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi series yesterday with the release of the teaser trailer. This thrilling glimpse revealed just how bleak things look for our hero, Ewan McGregor’s still-young Jedi Master, ten years after he tried, and failed, to keep Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) from slipping over to the Dark Side. Set a decade after the events in The Revenge of the Sith and Anakin’s metamorphosis into the legendary Sith Lord Darth Vader, 

By The Credits  |  March 10, 2022
The First “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Trailer is Straight-Up Thrilling

A distant figure approaches across the sands of Tatooine while the opening notes of a score that can only be from Star Wars introduce us, at long last, to our first look at Disney+’s upcoming series Obi-Wan Kenobi. That figure is, of course, Ewan McGregor’s Jedi master, who informs us at the top of the first official teaser trailer that “the fight is done…we lost.” Obi-Wan Kenobi takes place ten years after the events in George Lucas’s Revenge of the Sith, 

By The Credits  |  March 9, 2022
“Bridgerton: Season 2” Trailer Teases the Steamy Conflict Coming to Court

Court intrigue? Check! Delicious fashion? But of course! Romance and those who would get in the way of romance? Duh! Netflix’s beloved Bridgerton is back, with a new trailer announcing the return of the series and introducing some key new characters. The Regency period-set drama will turn in a new direction after season one’s massively successful storyline that followed the romance between Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and the Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page).

By The Credits  |  March 9, 2022
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” First Look Reveals Ewan McGregor’s Jedi Master & His Blue Lightsaber

It’s been 17-years since we last saw Ewan McGregor as Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, but the wait is finally over. Entertainment Weekly has revealed the first look at McGregor on their upcoming digital cover, which marks the 41st cover that EW has devoted to Star Wars in the past 32-years, with McGregor featuring in six of those. In the image, Obi-Wan is looking mighty serious as he holds his iconic blue lightsaber—the man has seen some things.

By The Credits  |  March 9, 2022
Disney+ Celebrates Women With Peek at “Ms. Marvel” & Their Massive Content Library

Disney+ has dropped a timely peek at their massive library of female-centered content considering it’s International Women’s Day. What’s more, the trailer offers a peek at Iman Vellani, who will be playing Kamala Khan in Marvel’s Ms. Marvel on the streamer. The upcoming series, centered on the titular young superhero who grew up adoring Captain Marvel—only to discover she’s got superhuman abilities herself—is one of Marvel’s most intriguing upcoming projects. Vellani isn’t just starring in Ms.

By The Credits  |  March 8, 2022

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“Inventing Anna” Costume Designer Lyn Paolo on Dressing a Cunning Chameleon

When Anna Sorokin, a Russian woman in her early twenties, landed in New York, she had little in the way of entry to the glitzy social world she hoped to break into — no wealth, few friends, and a single stint as an intern at Purple, a raunchy Paris fashion magazine. 

But as creator Shonda Rhimes swiftly demonstrates in Inventing Anna, Netflix’s nine-hour recounting of the fake German heiress Anna Delvey (Julia Garner) and the reporter who broke her story,

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  March 8, 2022

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Smiely Khurana is Leading the Sustainability Charge in Canada With Reel Green

Smiely Khurana is the face of the sustainability movement in Hollywood North. As Creative BC’s in-house Sustainability Lead with Reel Green™, she’s cutting a singular path for the industry in Canada; one that is quickly being modeled in production hubs across the country. Through Reel Green™, Khurana is accelerating knowledge sharing and working to deepen local industry expertise. She’s leading the charge on training and developing new tools to help Canada’s film community green its story and transition to a circular economy. 

By Bryan Abrams  |  March 8, 2022

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“Winning Time” Writer Rodney Barnes on Scripting HBO’s Fast-Breaking Lakers Series

It’s pretty much a slam dunk that Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty will appeal to basketball fans. After all, it tells the story of one of the most pivotal moments in NBA history and features some of the game’s most notable figures — Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jerry West, and Pat Riley. 

But Rodney Barnes, who shares scripting duties with Max Borenstein and Jim Hecht, and serves as an Executive Producer on the 10-episode HBO series that debuted March 6,

By Chris Koseluk  |  March 7, 2022
“The Batman” Spinoffs That Will Create a Batverse on HBO Max

You may have heard that a little film called The Batman is in theaters now? Writer/director Matt Reeves’s thrilling franchise reboot is finally out, with many critics openly wondering whether it’s not the best Batman film of all time. (If there’s a consensus, it’s that The Batman is in contention with Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.) Robert Pattinson stars as a vengeful, nearly out-of-control young Bruce Wayne trying to restore order,

By The Credits  |  March 4, 2022
“Daredevil,” “The Punisher,” “Jessica Jones” & More Coming to Disney+

The last time we saw Charlie Cox as the seeing-impaired superhero Matt Murdock, it wasn’t in the Netflix series he starred in back, but rather in a brief but intriguing role in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Murdock was on hand to help Peter Parker with his legal troubles after the fallout from Mysterio. Someone throws a brick through the window and Murdock, without so much as turning his head, catches the brick mid-air.

By The Credits  |  March 2, 2022

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“Vikings: Valhalla” Creator Jeb Stuart on Bringing a Little “Die Hard” Energy to the 11th-Century

Jeb Stuart’s Vikings: Valhalla, opens on a massacre in England. The victims, this time, are Vikings — a colony of Scandinavian descendants living on English soil since their raiding forebears put down unexpectedly peaceful roots. But a couple of generations down the line, King Aethelred (Bosco Hogan) is angrily denouncing an alleged Viking problem to his complicit nobles, and in what comes to be known as the St. Brice’s Day massacre, murders them all. 

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  March 1, 2022