The Poster for Marvel’s WandaVision Series is Delightfully Weird

The goodies that Disney’s D23 Expo delivered this past weekend are, in a word, delicious. Let us count the ways—a new teaser for J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker? Check. A new Rise of Skywalker poster? Check. The first trailer for the first-ever live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian? Check. A fresh batch of photos from The Mandalorian?

By The Credits  |  August 26, 2019
New Images From The Mandalorian Tease Galaxy of Outlaws, Outcasts & Misfits

So you’ve watched the first trailer for The Mandalorian several dozen times? Yeah, us too. Now you can feast your eyes on a batch of images from the live-action Star Wars series coming to Disney+, which stars Pedro Pascal as the titular bounty hunter plying his dangerous trade in a galaxy after the events of The Return of the Jedi and the fall of the Empire.

By Bryan Abrams  |  August 26, 2019
Bounty Hunting is a Complicated Profession in First Trailer for The Mandalorian

Just as Disney promised, the first trailer for the first-ever live-action Star Wars series is here. Disney’s D23 Expo delivered the goods, and now we’ve got a sense of what Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian Disney+ series will be like. The first reaction we had to watching the trailer was yes. There is but a single line of dialogue in the 93-seconds, and it comes courtesy of the great Werner Herzog: “Bounty hunting is a complicated profession,”

By Bryan Abrams  |  August 26, 2019
Disney Reveals The Mandalorian Poster at D23

Yesterday we wrote about some of the Star Wars reveals we were hoping to see at Disney’s D23 Expo that begins today. Even though the event hasn’t even kicked off yet (it begins in earnest this afternoon), the Mouse House has already given us some of the goods. We’ve now got our first look at the poster for the first-ever live-action Star Wars series, The Mandalorian.

By Bryan Abrams  |  August 23, 2019
Now we Know Where Jon Snow Was Going in Final Game of Thrones Shot

The final shot in Game of Thrones took us all the way back to the beginning, only with a decidedly very different tone. Game of Thrones opened north of the wall, where the resurgent White Walkers were leaving gruesome clues (dead bodies and body parts) for the living. The final shot in the series was of Jon Snow (Kit Harington), north of the wall, heading into a future in which the White Walkers and their undead minions were dead.

By The Credits  |  August 21, 2019
Watch The Dark Crystal‘s Cast Discuss Netflix’s Epic new Series

The anticipation for Netflix’s new series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is no joke. The combination of voice talent, the blend of practical effects (especially puppetry) and CGI, and the glimpses we’ve seen of the series thus far have created a groundswell of excitement. Now Netflix has released a new behind-the-scenes featurette that reveals stars Simon Pegg, Natalie Dormer, Taron Egerton, Jason Isaacs, and Executive Producer Lisa Henson talking about the ambitious new project.

By The Credits  |  August 20, 2019
Apple TV+ Reveals First Trailer for Star-Studded The Morning Show

We’ve finally got our first look at Apple TV’s star-studded upcoming series The Morning Show, and we’re eager to see more. Starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carrell (how’s that for a lineup?), The Morning Show gives us an inside look at the brutally cutthroat world of morning TV, and what happens when a co-anchor on a popular morning show (Carrell’s Mitch Kessler) is fired in the wake of a scandal.

By The Credits  |  August 19, 2019

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Casting Director

How the Emmy-Nominated Casting Director of When They See Us Found Her Talent

Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us was an instant Netflix hit, which even the normally secretive streaming site revealed to viewers in a tweet. Unsurprisingly, the show is also among the Emmy’s leading contenders, nominated in the best limited-run series category and garnering nods for DuVernay’s writing and directing and Bradford Young’s cinematography, among others. The show’s many noms also include eight actors, with Jharrel Jerome (the only person in the series to take on his role,

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  August 19, 2019
Ewan McGregor May Raise Lightsaber Again in Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi Series

It’s important to start with the fact that this has yet to be confirmed—but—Deadline is reporting that Ewan McGregor is in talks to return as Obi-Wan Kenobi for a Diseny+ series.

“The 48-year-old Scottish actor is in talks about reprising his role as the heartfelt but headstrong Jedi master known as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a yet-to-be-titled Disney+ series, Deadline has confirmed,” Dino-Ray Ramos and Geoff Boucher report.

By The Credits  |  August 16, 2019
Netflix Reveals Final Trailer for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

The last look we got at Netflix’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance was during Comic-Con, when the upcoming 10-episode series was one of the buzziest titles in San Diego. Now Netflix has released a new trailer for us to feast our eyes on, and we’re no less excited about this return to Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s world of gorgeous puppetry and richly realized worlds, only now benefited by fresh technologies and an incredible new cast.

By The Credits  |  August 13, 2019
Olivia Colman is Queen Elizabeth in First Teaser for The Crown

This will be one of those Tweets heard around the (TV) world. The great Olivia Colman, fresh off winning an Oscar for Best Actress thanks to her delicious turn as Queen Anne in The Favouriteis queen once again. This time, Colman is Queen Elizabeth, taking over for Claire Foy in season three of Netflix’s The Crown. Folks are excited. Very excited. Netflix dropped the first teaser on Twitter,

By The Credits  |  August 12, 2019
New Images for The Walking Dead Season 10 Reveal Troubles to Come

AMC’s hit series The Walking Dead returns for its 10th season, and a fresh batch of images gives us a glimpse of what’s to come. Pretty much all of your most crucial survivors are accounted for in the photos. These include the unkillable Daryl, (Norman Reedus), the former big bad villain Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), the tough-as-nails Carol (Melissa McBride), the blind but wide Father Gabriel (Seth Gilliam), and the resourceful Aaron (Ross Marquand), 

By The Credits  |  August 8, 2019
This Year’s Emmys Won’t Have a Host

Looks like the host-less awards show is becoming a thing. After the Oscars successfully pulled off a host-by-committee (or, in other words, a host-less) show this past February, the Emmys are now going the same route. Variety reports that Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier confirmed the news on Wednesday morning during the network’s portion of the Television Critics Association press tour. As the September 22 event drew closer, it had become increasingly likely that the Emmys would go this route,

By The Credits  |  August 8, 2019
Game of Thrones Creators David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Sign Major Netflix Deal

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, fresh off steering the record-breaking 8th and final season of Game of Thrones for HBO, have signed a massive new deal with Netflix. The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop that the duo has inked a $200 million multiyear deal that will see them develop new projects in both film and television.

“We are thrilled to welcome master storytellers David Benioff and Dan Weiss to Netflix.

By The Credits  |  August 8, 2019
HBO Reveals Brand New Recommendation Algorithm—Human Beings!

Now here’s a novel concept; imagine getting recommendations for new shows and films by, wait for it…actual human beings? That’s the idea behind HBO’s new program “Recommended by Humans,” which comes with this fairly awesome new website. Regular people (just like you!) offer you their takes on what to watch on HBO, helping you navigate their huge trove of shows, films, miniseries, docs, sports, and specials. Thinking about diving into season one of Succession? 

By The Credits  |  August 7, 2019
Beanie Feldstein to Play Monica Lewinsky in Impeachment: American Crime Story

Yesterday we found out FX had picked up Donald Glover’s brilliant Atlanta for an additional fourth season. Now, we find out the great Beanie Feldstein (last seen in Olivia Wilde’s excellent Booksmart) will be playing Monica Lewinsky in FX’s brilliant anthology series American Crime StoryTitled Impeachment: American Crime Story, this installment will focus on Bill Clinton’s presidential sex scandal and impeachment.

By Bryan Abrams  |  August 7, 2019
Some Good News: FX Has Renewed Donald Glover’s Atlanta for a 4th Season

Atlanta fans everywhere are feeling very good right about now. FX has renewed Donald Glover’s brilliant, offbeat comedy for a 4th season, which is somewhat surprising considering filming hasn’t even begun on season three. FX’s announcement came at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. We already knew that FX had secured a third season for the singular series way back in June of 2018, but now they’ve added a fourth season before production for season three has begun.

By The Credits  |  August 6, 2019
Horror Anthology Series Are you Afraid of the Dark Reveals First Teaser

Nickelodeon’s beloved anthology horror series Are You Afraid of the Dark is back, and we’ve got our first sneak peek. The series was a mainstay for lots of folks who grew up in the 90s, and now it’s been rebooted for a brand new generation. The series centers on the Midnight Society, a group of kids who loved nothing more than to gather around the campfire and scare each other silly with horror stories.

By The Credits  |  August 6, 2019

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Cinematographer

Fleabag‘s Emmy-Nominated Cinematographer on Crafting a Nearly Flawless Second Season

There’s no such thing as flawless art. Flaws are baked right into anything a human being creates, and often they are hard to disassociate from the strengths that make any art worthwhile. Yet I’ve heard several people call Fleabag‘s second season flawless, and I’ve been hard-pressed to argue the point. Few shows on television are as personal, raw, and fearless as what Phoebe Waller-Bridge has created herewhich is full of its creators’

By Bryan Abrams  |  August 5, 2019
Orange Is the New Black‘s Production Designer Malchus Janocko’s Favorite Sets

Production designer Malchus Janocko set out to be a painter and glassblower before he discovered show business as a livelihood. Janocko art-directed the glossy Gossip Girl, then channeled small-town Americana for the first season of The Leftovers before taking a deep dive into the muted world of incarceration dramatized in Orange Is the New Black. When he started designing the Netflix production’s fourth season,

By Hugh Hart  |  August 1, 2019