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Cinematographer

Cinematographer Matthew Libatique on Shooting Back-to-Back NYC Thrillers for Spike Lee & Darren Aronofsky

Cinematographer Matthew Libatique grew up in Queens. He knows New York City, which is a good thing because his knowing eye lends luster to a pair of urban thrillers hitting screens this month courtesy of directors Spike Lee and Darren Aronofsky. Libatique, Oscar-nominated for Black SwanA Star Is Born, and Maestro, shot four previous movies for Lee before helping the iconic New Yorker in his latest,

By Hugh Hart  |  August 27, 2025
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” Adds “Severance” Breakout Star Tramell Tillman

Mr. Milchick is about to go from Lumon Industries to New York City.

Tramell Tillman, one of the breakout stars from Apple TV+’s Emmy-darling Severance, has been cast in director Destin Daniel Cretton’s upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Variety reports. Tillman will join Tom Holland, returning for his fourth swing as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Jon Bernthal, playing Frank Castle/Punisher, Mark Ruffalo,

By The Credits  |  August 21, 2025
Day One on the “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” Set Feels Different for Tom Holland

“Putting the suit on feels different this time,” Tom Holland says at the top of a new video from day one on the set of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. One new element for Holland’s fourth spin as Peter Parker is that the Brand New Day set marks the first time fans have been on the set, and as you’ll see in the video, it made for some very special moments.

We see Holland suited up as Spider-Man riding on top of an armored vehicle that he rips the hatch off of (could Jon Bernthal’s The Punisher be in there?).

By The Credits  |  August 12, 2025
Suited Up and Ready to Swing: Tom Holland Reveals New Spider-Man Suit

Sony really got into the swing of things on Saturday.

In a surprise new video the studio posted on Saturday morning, we’ve got our first glimpse of Tom Holland in his new Spider-Man suit. Holland is certainly ready to roll; he’s hopping from foot to foot in a shadowy hangar, then approaches the camera, mask off but otherwise suited up, and asks, “We ready?”

The new suit boasts a larger spider emblem on his chest than in previous iterations we’ve seen him wear in Spider-Man: No Way Home,

By The Credits  |  August 4, 2025
Aaron Sorkin Eyeing Jeremy Allen White & Mikey Madison for “The Social Network Part II”

Aaron Sorkin’s Social Network sequel might be close to a major development—Deadline reports that Sorkin is circling Jeremy Allen White and Mikey Madison to lead his sequel. Madison recently nabbed an Oscar for her mesmerizing turn in Sean Baker’s Anora, while White’s star has been rising for years as the Emmy-winning lead in The Bear,

By The Credits  |  July 31, 2025

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Sound Designer

Death Metal Vocals & Brutalized Cabbages: How Sound Designer Johnnie Burn Crafted “28 Years Later” Sonic Terror

Sound designer Johnnie Burn had just won the Academy Award for his dread-inducing contributions to The Zone of Interest when he got a late-night phone call from 28 Years Later director Danny Boyle. “I was drunk at the Vanity Fair party after the Oscar win when someone called from my office in London and handed the phone to Danny Boyle, who was standing in the reception,” Burn recalls.

By Hugh Hart  |  July 24, 2025
Hooked Again: Revisiting the Legacy of “I Know What You Did Last Summer”

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the 1997 original movie

Before the reboot of I Know What You Did Last Summer slashes its way onto screens on July 18th, let’s rewind to the mid-1990s — a time of landlines, low-rise jeans, and uninspired, formulaic follow-ups featuring familiar horror faces. Upon its release in October 1997, I Know What You Did Last Summer wasn’t just a hit;

By Evelyn Lott  |  July 15, 2025
“I Know What You Did Last Summer” Director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson on Hooking a New Generation

“There’s a lot of sh*t that can get ruined on the internet in this movie, so I really do encourage people to see it as soon as possible,” director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson tells The Credits of her film I Know What You Did Last Summer, which carves its way into theaters July 18.

Robinson, 37, a Miami native now living in Los Angeles, has plenty to share,

By Daron James  |  July 14, 2025

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Costume Designer, Production Designer

Inside the Bone Temple: How Designers Carson McColl & Gareth Pugh Crafted the Pagan-Apocalyptic World of “28 Years Later”

Serving as both production designers and costume designers for director Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later was a groundbreaking career moment for Carson McColl and Gareth Pugh.

Not only is the post-apocalyptic coming-of-age horror film the first film they have worked on, but the married couple, known as Hard and Shiny, is best known for their high fashion and for having worked with such icons as Beyoncé and Lady Gaga.

By Simon Thompson  |  July 2, 2025
From “Seven” to “Karate Kid: Legends”: How Central City Association of Los Angeles Champions Downtown LA’s Star Power

Nella McOsker is the President and CEO of Central City Association of Los Angeles (CCA), an advocacy group for businesses and organizations in downtown LA. I reached out to discuss how filmmaking impacts local businesses downtown during a particularly hectic time, when McOsker, like the rest of the city, was navigating the recent protests that spread across the city. “There’s a way to channel what they’re experiencing or feeling and the values they want to uphold towards supporting small businesses,” McOsker said.

By Daron James  |  June 30, 2025
From Harvard Dorm to Global Crisis: Aaron Sorkin Developing “The Social Network Part II”

Aaron Sorkin has long hinted at the potential for a sequel to his Oscar-winning 2010 film, The Social Network, which he wrote and David Fincher directed. That film, based on Ben Mezrich’s “The Accidental Millionaires,” starred Jesse Eisenberg as a young Mark Zuckerberg, and tracked Zuckerberg’s early years at Harvard when he created the social networking site that would end up becoming the colossus Facebook, and the legal troubles that arose when he was challenged by the Winklevoss twins,

By The Credits  |  June 26, 2025

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Flesh-Eating Evolution: VFX Supervisor Adam Gascoyne Reveals How “28 Years Later” Infected Got Scarier

In 1964, Queens, a woman named Catherine Genovese was attacked and murdered outside her New York apartment. Even after screaming for help, none of the neighboring witnesses called the police. The case became infamous for what is known as the bystander effect, which suggests that the more people present in a social situation, the less likely anyone is to step in and assist. Now, imagine living in a zombie apocalypse. Not among the infected who want to eat you alive,

By Daron James  |  June 23, 2025
Web-Slinger Meets Skull-Crusher: Jon Bernthal’s Punisher Joins Tom Holland’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”

The Punisher is ready to make his big-screen debut.

Jon Bernthal’s lethal vigilante will be making his grand entrance into the MCU after a long stint on the small screen when he punches his way into Tom Holland’s 4th Spidey movie, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, from director Destin Daniel Cretton. Bernthal’s run as the rough, ruthless Frank Castle began on Netflix when he appeared in the original Daredevil series,

By The Credits  |  June 23, 2025
“28 Years Later” Proves Some Franchises Are Worth the Wait

When we spoke with Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle about lensing director Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later, he was clear that the ethos behind continuing the chilling saga that first began with Boyle’s grimy, gruesome, brilliant 28 Days Later in 2002 was that the new film would function just as well on its own. “28 Years Later is not a sequel,

By The Credits  |  June 20, 2025

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Cinematographer

How “28 Years Later” DP Anthony Dod Mantle Mounted 20 iPhones to a Custom Rig For Danny Boyle’s Thrilling Sequel

Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle helped unleash an indie-film revolution as a key member of Denmark’s Dogma movement, utilizing handheld digital video camcorders and available light to shoot dramas of unsettling intensity. In 2002, he drew on that low-tech aesthetic to film 28 Days Later for director Danny Boyle. Now, six movies into their ongoing collaboration, comes 28 Years Later (opening Friday, June 20).

By Hugh Hart  |  June 18, 2025
Jennifer Love Hewitt & Freddie Prinze Jr. Return in New “I Know What You Did Last Summer” Trailer

Prepared to get hooked again.

A new trailer for director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s I Know What You Did Last Summer has arrived nearly thirty years after the original film first jolted audiences back in October of 1997. That film, written by Scream scribe Kevin Williamson and based on Lois Duncan’s 1973 novel of the same name, followed four teens who, after a night of partying, accidentally hit a man with their car and,

By The Credits  |  June 17, 2025
Austin Butler & Zoë Kravitz Run for Their Lives in First Trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s “Caught Stealing”

The first trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s crime caper Caught Stealing has arrived, and it’s doozy. Austin Butler stars as Hank Thompson, a former high school baseball phenom turned bartender at a New York City dive. But don’t cry for Hank, his life is pretty good—New York is the greatest city on Earth, of course, and he’s got an amazing girlfriend named Yvonne (Zoë Kravitz), so things are going pretty well all things considered.

By The Credits  |  May 21, 2025
Tom Holland’s “Spider-Man 4” Gets New Title Ahead of Production This Summer

Sony had a lot to reveal yesterday in Las Vegas at the annual CinemaCon gathering—the cast and release date for Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles biopic, the release date for the trilogy-capping third film in the Spider-Verse franchise, and the new title for Tom Holland’s fourth spin as Spider-Man.

Peter Parker’s next live-action outing, to be directed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton, 

By The Credits  |  April 1, 2025
“Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse” Swinging Into Theaters in 2027

Sony’s presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas had it all—the Fab Four and Spider-Man. While Sony ended their presentation by bringing out director Sam Mendes and his cast for his upcoming four-part Beatles biopic, the earlier part of their presentation was centered upon one of the studio’s most beloved current franchises. Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, the third installment of their animated trilogy featuring Brooklyn’s very own Spider-Man, was revealed to be swinging into theaters on June 4,

By The Credits  |  April 1, 2025
Sam Mendes’ Beatles Biopic Reveals Fab Four: Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan, & Harris Dickinson

The cast and release date for Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles biopic have been revealed.

At CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Monday, Mendes and his cast took to the stage to unveil not only who his John, Paul, Ringo, and George were, but also that all four films will have a theatrical release in April 2028.

Your Fab Four are Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney,

By The Credits  |  April 1, 2025