The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has emerged as one of the biggest movie franchises in the world and it boasts a roster filled with top-tier talent. However, things have been a little iffy based on the MCU’s latest releases and fans weren’t really pleased with the outcomes of movies like Eternals and a ton of other TV series that were supposed to lay the groundwork for the Multiverse saga.

Hollywood director Christopher Nolan | Credits: BrokenSphere, Cc By-sa 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

With its reputation hanging on by a thread, there’s one move that the MCU can make that might just win their fanbase over once again. What’s the solution you may ask? Adding Christopher Nolan into the equation for future releases.

Fans plead for the MCU to join forces with Christopher Nolan Christopher Nolan | Credits: Raph_PH, Cc By 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

If you’re a faithful follower of all things Hollywood,...

Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy are synonyms of the Hollywood industry. One of the biggest directors of the 21st century and the Oscar-winning Irish star of modern cinema has an iconic partnership that goes beyond working together professionally. Nolan and Murphy have worked on some of the biggest projects such as Inception, Oppenheimer, Batman Begins, Dunkirk, and The Dark Knight Rises. While Murphy’s unbelievable acting performances in Nolan’s movies have been universally acclaimed, the Peaky Blinders star isn’t the one who has most appeared in Nolan movies.

Christopher Nolan directing Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer

Interestingly, it is Sir Michael Caine who has collaborated the most with Nolan and has appeared in eight of his films.

Michael Caine Has Worked the Most With Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan is a both critical and commercially acclaimed director who has worked with some of the biggest actors in the industry. From Ken Watanabe,...

In Hollywood where each and every step of an actor is being watched, it’s almost impossible to get past the gaze of the paparazzi. While this comes attached with fame and success, sometimes these media outlets don’t know where to draw the line. In the case of Spider-Man actor Toby Maguire as well one night out became so frustrating for him, that he ended up punching a paparazzi.

Tobey Maguire in The Details | Credits: The Weinstein Company

The public is currently engaged on how Tom Holland saved Zendaya from a swam of reporters and fans. While this is surely cute, Maguire on the other hand showcased what a true menace looks like.

When a Frustrated Toby Maguire Punched a Paparazzi

It’s almost impossible to hide from the hawk eyes of the paparazzi, who are always out for the next big gossip in an actor’s life.

After the success of Oppenheimer and the cultural significance of films like Interstellar, Inception, and The Dark Knight trilogy, Christopher Nolan has become one of the most sought-after directors in Hollywood. His passion for filmmaking and attention to detail are just a few of the many reasons why people adore his work as much as they do. With this in mind, it is not surprising that the filmmaker’s next film is highly anticipated in every regard.

Matt Damon and Cillian Murphy in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer | Credits: Universal Pictures

However, there have been many rumors about the plot of the project. Fans are not sure about what story the film is going to follow, and the different kinds of speculations are not helping the confusion.

Is Christopher Nolan In His Old-School Era?

It was recently confirmed that Tom Holland will be a part of Christopher Nolan’s next film...

Wave goodbye to Brat Summer, and say hello to Hot Tom Summer. It's been three long years since Tom Holland's Spider-Man last graced the silver screen in "No Way Home," the crossover bonanza that united three separate franchises into an "Avengers"-sized behemoth. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has gone through a bit of a shakeup in the years since, leaving the wall crawler's next step somewhat up in the air -- whether it be a possible appearance in the recently-released "Venom: The Last Dance" or in another standalone film. The actor has previously assured the legions of fans that plans for a "Spider-Man 4" have been in the works, conditioned on its writers delivering a worthy enough story. This afternoon, those plans have now inched significantly closer to becoming a reality ... and it's big news for Holland fans everywhere.

Sony Pictures announced today that the next "Spider-Man" film,...

Christopher Nolan has been attracting the eyes of critics throughout his entire career. Although it was working with a minuscule budget of $6,000 and only played in a few theaters in the United States, his 1998 debut feature "Following" was praised for its tight storytelling and terse psychological underpinnings. Nolan then rose to international fame with his 2000 film "Memento," a neo-noir about a man unable to form new memories. Its backward-chronological-order plot was cleverly conceived and impeccably laid out, somehow coming to a traditional narrative climax even while running in reverse.

From there it was off to the races, so to speak. Nolan became a power player in Hollywood, directing gigantic movie stars like Al Pacino and Robin Williams in a remake of "Insomnia" and making a gigantic, zeitgeist-shifting hit with 2005's "Batman Begins." Nolan's three Batman movies are still spoken of with enthusiasm to this day. Their success also allowed him...

It’s somehow appropriate for a film about symbiotic creatures that the third and, for the time being, final instalment of Marvel’s Venom saga should be largely populated by British actors playing Americans. Aside from leading man Tom Hardy, who plays investigative journalist Eddie Brock, there’s Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, and a return for Stephen Graham, coming back for more (but not much) after Venom: Let There Be Carnage. It’s a great cast for sure, and the Venom franchise has always delivered on that front. But there’s a bit of Dunkirk spirit here, and it’s the poker-faced commitment of the supporting players — not to mention the surprisingly focused and largely unfussy direction of first-timer Kelly Marcel — that holds the fort in a film that struggles, much like Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3, to justify its existence.

The original Venom...

Tom Hardy’s Last Five Films At The Worldwide Box Office( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Tom Hardy is an accomplished Hollywood actor who is gearing up to entertain viewers as Eddie Brock again, along with his Symbiote friend. He has worked with some established filmmakers in some splendid movies. The actor has not appeared in many films in the past few years. Ahead of Venom 3’s release, let’s check out the last five Hardy films at the worldwide box office. Scroll below for more.

Hardy’s breakthrough performance was in Christopher Nolan’s Inception [2010]. He has worked with Nolan in multiple films and was nominated for the Oscars for his performance in The Revenant. Leonardo DiCaprio won the Academy Award for the movie in the lead role category while Hardy was nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. According to The Numbers, he has appeared...

Tom Hardy’s Last Five Films At The Worldwide Box Office( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Tom Hardy is an accomplished Hollywood actor who is gearing up to entertain viewers as Eddie Brock again, along with his Symbiote friend. He has worked with some established filmmakers in some splendid movies. The actor has not appeared in many films in the past few years. Ahead of Venom 3’s release, let’s check out the last five Hardy films at the worldwide box office. Scroll below for more.

Hardy’s breakthrough performance was in Christopher Nolan’s Inception [2010]. He has worked with Nolan in multiple films and was nominated for the Oscars for his performance in The Revenant. Leonardo DiCaprio won the Academy Award for the movie in the lead role category while Hardy was nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. According to The Numbers, he has appeared...

As a rumour emerges that Christopher Nolan might be making a vampire horror next, we look at some unsettling moments from his earlier work.

The success of Oppenheimer was so unexpectedly huge that, if Christopher Nolan were to walk into a studio with a script about the making of decorative wall plates, executives would sign a cheque without asking too many questions.

Instead, one rumour rolling around is that Nolan has some sort of genre film in the works – according to the singularly intense YouTuber Grace Randolph, Nolan’s next project is in a similar “genre space” to movies coming out “in the next couple of months.” When a viewer on Randolph’s live stream asked whether it was some sort of horror film, Randolph replied, “That’s a good guess.”

Since then, Gizmodo/io9's Germain Lussier has seemingly backed up that story, and added a little more to...

The latest update from Christopher Nolan’s next film after Oppenheimer sounds very promising. Spider-Man fame Tom Holland is reportedly in talks to star alongside Matt Damon in the new film. While the theme and plot of the new film are kept tightly under wraps, Nolan earlier this year expressed his interest in making a horror film.

Tom Holland in Captain America: Civil War | Credits: Marvel Studios

Fans have speculated that the Interstellar director has finally come up with a “really exceptional idea” for his horror film. While Nolan is yet to make a full-fledged horror film, he has included horror elements in his films including Christian Bale’s Batman Begins and his war film Dunkirk.

Batman Begins And Dunkirk Scenes Have Proven Christopher Nolan’s Skills In Depicting Horror A still from Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins | Credits: Warner Bros.

Christopher Nolan might just delve into the horror genre with his next film.

Tom Holland is in talks to join the cast of Christopher Nolan’s next film.

Should the deal go through, the “Spider-Man” actor would star alongside Matt Damon in the otherwise top-secret film. Nolan is writing and directing the movie, which Universal Pictures is releasing in theaters on July 17, 2026.

Universal had no comment about Holland’s casting.

The upcoming feature, which does not have a title, is expected to start shooting in early 2025, though Holland’s casting could prove challenging to production timelines. The actor, best known for playing Peter Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will be busy with “Spider-Man 4” and potentially the next “Avengers” sequel over the next year and change, as first noted by the Hollywood Reporter. In between stints as your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, Holland appeared in the West End adaptation of “Romeo & Juliet” alongside Francesca Amewudah-Rivers.

This project reunites Nolan with the studio...

Acting has become a profession that everyone likes to try their hands on. This is not exclusive to those who wish to see themselves get famous, as some of the most successful names in the industry have tried their hands in a film or two. Naturally, the One Direction icon, Harry Styles, also joined this trend and has been starring in projects here and there.

Harry Styles in My Policeman. | Credit: Amazon MGM Studios.

He has been in many well-known projects, ranging from Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, Marvel’s Eternals, and most famously, Don’t Worry Darling. However, it would seem that these few projects weren’t enough for the actor. It was reported that the star was supposed to be a part of the remake of Nosferatu.

Thankfully, this was not seen through, and Nicholas Hoult ended up replacing the singer.

Harry Styles Was Almost In Nosferatu

The remake of...

A change is as good as a rest, and in the world of Hollywood’s maestros, Christopher Nolan is embracing this adage with aplomb. After years of delivering cinematic marvels under the Warner Bros. banner, the director is embarking on a new adventure with Universal Pictures, leaving movie buffs wagging their tongues in anticipation. Set to release next year, Nolan’s forthcoming film promises to be another masterpiece in the making.

Cillian Murphy in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer | credit: Universal Pictures

But why the sudden shift for a director whose name had become almost synonymous with Warner Bros. after directing smash hits like The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, and Dunkirk? Perhaps it’s the allure of pastures new, a fresh canvas for his narrative artistry, or a nod to his recent success with Universal’s Oppenheimer. Despite Warner Bros.’ attempts—dangling a tantalizing seven-figure deal—to reel him back into the fold,...

When it comes to predicting the Oscar winner for Best Film Editing, you can’t go wrong by looking for the movie with the most cuts. Past winners “The Bourne Ultimatum” (2008), “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2016), “Ford v Ferrari” (2020), “Dune” (2022) and 2023’s champ “Everything Everywhere All at Once” included high-octane action sequences with frenetic cutting. A slew of winners — including “Saving Private Ryan” in 1999, “Black Hawk Down” (2002), “The Hurt Locker” (2010), “Hacksaw Ridge” (2017), “Dunkirk” (2018) and, to some extent, “Oppenheimer” (2024) — have been war pictures. (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Film Editing.)

Oscar voters also embrace film editors who skillfully juggle multiple storylines, as was the case with “Traffic” (2001) and “Crash” (2006). And they like films that expertly inter-cut music with images, such as “Cabaret” (1973), “Chicago” (2003), “Whiplash” (2015), “Bohemian Rhapsody” (2019) and 2021 winner “Sound of Metal.” Special effects extravaganzas like “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2004) and “Gravity...

Christopher Nolan is reportedly teaming up with Matt Damon once again after Oppenheimer for his next film. The untitled film will officially place Damon among the esteemed list of actors who have worked with Nolan three or more times. The Jason Bourne actor previously appeared in Nolan’s Interstellar, alongside Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway.

Matt Damon in Interstellar | Credits: Paramount Pictures

Nolan is known to re-partner with actors he enjoys working with. Damon now joins the ranks of frequent collaborators like Cillian Murphy and Christian Bale. Interestingly, Damon had earlier revealed that he came out of a hiatus specifically to work with the Following director.

Matt Damon Will Join The Ranks Of Actors Who Have Worked 3 Or More Films With Christopher Nolan Matt Damon and Cillian Murphy in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer | Credits: Universal Pictures

Matt Damon revealed to EW that he had made a deal with his wife...

Christopher Nolan is returning to Universal for his next film.

Matt Damon, who appeared in “Interstellar” and “Oppenheimer,” is in talks to star. Nolan is set to write and will produce with Emma Thomas under their Syncopy banner.

Following the success of “Oppenheimer,” which earned seven Academy Awards and grossed $958 million worldwide, it’s no surprise Nolan would re-team with the studio.

Sources tell Variety that Universal is planning an Imax release for the title on July 17, 2026. Plot details for the project remain under wraps. Universal had no comment.

“Oppenheimer” marked Nolan’s first film outside of Warner Bros. in nearly 20 years. For the studio, he helmed the “Dark Knight” trilogy and other hits including “Dunkirk” and “Inception.”

Things changed in 2020, when WarnerMedia chief Jason Kilar decided to premiere a year’s worth of films on HBO Max. While Nolan didn’t have a movie opening during this period, he...

For Steven Spielberg, World War II represents an era shrouded in endless mystery, tragic battles, and stories with a beginning, a middle, and an end — although not necessarily in that order. Saving Private Ryan, for instance, starts in the middle of D-Day at Omaha Beach. But the titular character himself remains absent throughout the entire film, showing up only at the eleventh hour.

Saving Private Ryan (1998) [Credit: Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures]

While Tom Hanks & Co. make their way across an impossible landscape to retrieve the last surviving Ryan brother, the audience sits through an intense and painful 160 minutes of absolute uncertainty about the heroes’ fates. Their final moments, in true Spielbergian fashion, reflect the power of the director’s storytelling, whose influence can still be seen today in films like Hacksaw Ridge, Flags of Our Fathers, and Dunkirk.

Steven Spielberg’s Sadistic Turn in Saving Private Ryan Saving Private Ryan feat.

Previously Warner Bros. used to be Christopher Nolan’s go-to production company for his iconic films. However, after Tenet, Nolan had a fallout with the company leading him to release Oppenheimer under Universal Pictures and Atlas Entertainment. This caused the whole Barbie (under Warner Bros.) vs Oppenheimer feud.

Christopher Nolan | image: BrokenSphere, licensed under Cc By-sa 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

However, after months since the release of the film and its Oscar milestone, Warner Bros. had become desperate to earn back Christopher Nolan. But on a recent note, following Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux and his gutsy step against Nolan—which eventually turned into a failure—seemingly made it worse for the production company. Not only did Joker 2 cause a financial disaster for WB but also further messed up their possibility of winning back Nolan.

Warner Bros. Wishes to Get Christopher Nolan Back After Oppenheimer’s Oscar Win

Christopher...

Filming has begun in Scotland on Big Beach’s adaptation of Borges And Me starring Fionn Whitehead, Luis Gnecco, and Alan Cumming.

Marc Turtletaub directs from a screenplay by Oren Moverman in which the memoir’s author Jay Parini finds himself stuck in a Morris Minor chauffeuring the brilliant, blind Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges through Scotland in 1970.

As a young student, Parini harbours dreams of becoming a writer and struggles to make sense of the 70-year-old, irrepressible Borges, until events take a surreal turn, leading the men to a place where they find common ground. The cast includes Peter Mullan and Harriet Sansom Harris.

Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan is often considered to be one of the greatest films ever made in Hollywood. Starring an in-form Tom Hanks, the World War II epic follows a group of soldiers tasked with retrieving a fellow soldier on active duty after he is discharged due to the deaths of his three elder brothers.

The film received several accolades upon release, including a second Best Director Oscar for Spielberg and Best Cinematography for Janusz Kamiński. The filmmaker reported went against his usual controlled cinematography style and chose to go fully handheld to give the viewers a visceral experience that resembled the actual combat.

Steven Spielberg Used Handheld Cameras To Give A Realistic Experience In Saving Private Ryan A still from Saving Private Ryan | Credits: Paramount Pictures

If there is one thing Steven Spielberg knows, is where to place the camera at the right time. Though he has...

Fionn Whitehead and Luis Gnecco are set to star in Borges and Me, an adaptation of Jay Parini’s memoir of his 1970s journey through the Scottish Highlands with renowned Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. Parini is best known for his historical novel The Last Station, which was adapted as an Oscar-nominated feature by Michael Hoffman in 2009.

Dunkirk actor Whitehead, fresh off his performance as Pip opposite Olivia Colman’s Miss Havisham in the FX/BBC production of Great Expectations, will play Parini, with Chilean-Italian Gnecco, best known for his roles in Neruda, No, and A Fantastic Woman, as Borges. The cast also includes Alan Cumming, Peter Mullan, and Harriet Sansom Harris.

In Borges and Me, Parini, a 23-year-old shy student who dreams of becoming a writer, finds himself stuck in chauffeuring the brilliant, blind Borges, aged 70, through Scotland. At first, Parini is at a loss to make sense of the wild,...

Poland’s Camerimage Film Festival will hand its Special Award for a Production Designer to six-time Oscar nominee Nathan Crowley during this year’s edition, which runs November 16-23 in Toruń.

Crowley is perhaps best known internationally for his longtime collaboration with Christopher Nolan. He has received five Oscar nods for his collaborations with the British filmmaker. Their films include Tenet, The Dark Knight, Dunkirk, Interstellar, and The Prestige. Crowley was also nominated for Damien Chazelle’s First Man.

Beginning his career at the Brighton School of Art in the UK, Crowley moved to Hollywood in the 1990s where he landed a Second Unit Art Director role on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. He then worked on films by directors like Barry Levinson and Joel Schumacher. His first collaboration with Christopher Nolan was on Insomnia.

Crowley’s other credits include Westworld, Wonka, and Wicked 1 and 2. He is currently signed on to...

Poland’s pioneering EnergaCamerimage International Film Festival revealed Tuesday that industry veteran Nathan Crowley will receive a special award for achievement in production design at the event’s upcoming 32nd edition in Toruń.

Crowley is best known for his long-running collaboration with Christopher Nolan, which earned him Oscar nominations for production design on The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Interstellar, Dunkirk and Tenet (he also was nominated for Damien Chazelle’s First Man). On the small screen, he picked up an Emmy nomination for his work on the HBO series Westworld. By no means slowing down, his recent work includes the adaptations of Wonka and Wicked 1 & 2, and he is next booked to design the new Avengers films for the Russo Brothers at Marvel Films.

“Known for his practical approach to production design, Crowley excels at creating immersive, detailed worlds, blending traditional and modern techniques,” Camerimage organizers said in a statement.

Crowley began his career in Islington,...

Since 1888, following the creation of the first-ever movie, the Roundhay Garden Scene by Louis Le Prince from Leeds, England, the technology used in the movie industry has upgraded drastically. Over time, developers devised ideas to create animated movies and stop-motion films, then came color television, the 3D era, and so on.

Today, we enjoy movies shot by IMAX cameras, which are extremely expensive in the commercial market. Movies shot using IMAX equipment have a much higher resolution, allowing viewers to see a detailed product on the silver screen. So, in honor of the Canadian group that invented the “Image Maximum” cameras, here’s a list of the best movies filmed with it!

(Disclaimer: Some movies mentioned below were partially shot using IMAX technology)

1. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

This movie is possibly one of the greatest to ever be displayed on the silver screen. Props to Marvel’s Kevin Feige and his...

Exclusive: Filming has wrapped in Wales on Mr. Burton, the upcoming biopic about the man who inspired screen legend Richard Burton.

Independent Entertainment has sold UK and Ireland rights to Icon Film Distribution, which will release the film theatrically in 2025 to coincide with the centenary of Burton’s birth.

As we first revealed, the film will tell the true story of the relationship between Welsh schoolmaster Philip Burton and a wild young schoolboy called Richard Jenkins. The latter dreamed of becoming an actor, but his ambitions were in danger of being derailed by a combination of family trouble, the pressure of war, and his own lack of discipline. Mr. Burton recognized the raw talent in his pupil, and made it his mission to fight for him, becoming his tutor, strict taskmaster and eventually his adoptive father. Actor Burton would go on to be nominated for seven Oscars and was well...

It’s time to look at the work of one of the greatest directors of our generation: Christopher Nolan. A caveat – our Christopher Nolan movies ranked list is just one person’s opinion, and his work is divisive. Everyone has their favourites (and least favourites), so I’m hoping this ranking will open up some discussion in the comments below. We do not include Following in this list, as it’s only 69 minutes and can’t be put on the same level as his other work – although it’s an interesting black and white curio. Also, note that this list ranks all of his movies from worst to best, so if you don’t see your favourite film of his right off the top, don’t panic!

Insomnia (2002)

In my mind, Christopher Nolan has never made a bad movie. So, when I say one of his movies is his “worst,...

Christopher Nolan has always defied the limitations of art and science by playing outside the sandbox to develop a genre entirely of his own making. No two Nolan movies have ever been similar in that respect and the director’s obsession with the complex nature of time has lent him the ability to craft stories that are more original than most films over the last couple of decades.

Christopher Nolan on the set of Dunkirk [Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures]

Beyond the insidious psychopathy of The Dark Knight, the war homage of Dunkirk, the sci-fi epic of Interstellar, and the Oscar-winning existential threat of Oppenheimer lies a visionary genius who captures the magic of humanity through all its peaks and valleys. The only genre that has escaped a spot in Nolan’s filmography is horror – although the director intends to soon make it right.

Christopher Nolan Takes a Stroll Down Elm Street...

The use of sound in cinema has been a delicate instrument of storytelling, for generations. However, in the modern world of filmmaking, where directors have often let sound fade into the background, Christopher Nolan challenged the conventional, and emerged with a profound sense of scale, noise, and music, that helped redefine audiences’ experience of a film.

Christopher Nolan on the sets of Dunkirk | image: HellaCinema, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Unfortunately, despite his audacious take on transforming the auditory landscape into a visceral force, Christopher Nolan often found himself and his films on the brink of criticism. Nolan’s World War II drama Dunkirk, which immersed viewers in the harrowing reality of war through a groundbreaking sound design, happens to be a striking example where the filmmaker faced criticism for his auditory revolution.

Critics and Fans Slammed Dunkirk and Interstellar for its Soundscape

In the ever-evolving world of cinema,...

Bafta winner and Emmy nominee Jack Lowden is the latest high-profile industry figure to join Screen International’s ‘The Future Of UK Film’ Summit, set for September 24 at BFI Southbank.

Lowden will take part in the session titled ‘The Talent Game - Packaging a UK Film’ alongside producer Elizabeth Karlsen from Number 9 Films, Jane Epstein from Independent Talent and Katie Ellen from HanWay Films. The panel will consider points including the skill of matching UK talent with the right projects, approaches producers can take to putting together their projects with “bankable” talent, the current state of the international market for UK projects,...

The upcoming big screen adaptation of the popular crime drama series “Peaky Blinders” has added Irish actor Barry Keoghan to its starring cast. Keoghan, known for roles in films such as “Dunkirk” and “The Banshees of Inisherin,” will star alongside Cillian Murphy, who has played the iconic role of Tommy Shelby throughout the show’s six seasons.

Production on the “Peaky Blinders” movie is expected to begin soon. It will be directed by Tom Harper and written by Steven Knight, the creator of the original series. Knight is best known for crafting the gritty world of Birmingham crime gangs in the early 1900s that was explored across the TV show’s run from 2013 to 2022.

Netflix gave the film official approval in June, exciting loyal fans of the British drama series. While specific plot details are still undisclosed, the movie will continue Murphy’s role as Tommy Shelby. Keoghan’s casting reunited him with Murphy,...

As Matt Reeves gears up for getting involved in the sequel to The Batman (2022), an air of mystery is surrounding the project. While Colin Farrell’s Penguin is all set to reappear in the sequel, the other antagonists in the story are yet to be revealed. Amongst the many names doing the round, Barry Keoghan’s Joker seems like a plausible option to many. After he already made a cameo appearance in the 2022 flick, his response to a query has further fueled the rumors.

Is Barry Keoghan going to reprise his role in The Batman 2? Robert Pattinson is all set to return in The Batman 2 || Image by Gage Skidmore, licensed under Cc By-sa 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

While the Riddler proved an able antagonist to Robert Pattinson’s Batman in the Zoe Kravitz starrer, Barry Keoghan‘s Joker attracted many eyes. After all an actor of the ilk of...

“Saturday Night Live,” was the big winner on the first night of the Creative Arts Emmys, earning six Emmys, followed by Ron Howard’s “Jim Henson Idea Man,” “The Oscars” and the animated series “Blue Eye Samurai,” which collected four trophies apiece.

The Television Academy handed out Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday in nonfiction and nonscripted programming at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles. On Sunday, the two-part Creative Arts Emmy ceremony will focus on scripted content categories.

NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” won awards for directing, technical direction, production design, lighting design, hairstyling and makeup. The TV institution, which is poised to mark its 50th anniversary next year, has now earned 90 Emmys over its long run.

Two stalwarts of the genre won big in the game show categories: “Jeopardy” prevailed for game show while the now-retired “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak prevailed for game show host. It...

Christopher Nolan has long been a fan favorite, there’s nothing he could do that would make the public turn on him. For years, people have been eagerly hoping he’d take the reins of a Bond film, and it’s easy to see why this idea is a slam dunk. Need another reason to back this golden notion?

Just check out how he transformed Anne Hathaway into a sensational Catwoman. If Nolan can work that kind of magic, just imagine what he could bring to the world of Bond!

Christopher Nolan on the sets of Dunkirk | Image by HellaCinema, licensed under Cc By-sa 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Christopher Nolan has always had a vision like no other, so it’s no surprise he pushed Anne Hathaway to be fit enough to handle her own stunts. This just convinces everyone that Nolan could bring that same flavor to Bond that fans have been craving forever.

Slow Horses Star Plays Young Sauron in Chilling Rings of Power S2 Premiere - Main Image

In the premiere's flashback, a younger version of Sauron comes into play. If you noticed he's played by a different actor, you guessed right. Meet the "steed of Slow Horses" star Jack Lowden who recently joined The Rings of Power's latest season.

Spoiler Warning: This article contains major spoilers for The Rings of Power season 2, so proceed with caution.

Why Does Sauron Look Different in The Rings of Power S2?

Sauron, aka the true identity behind Halbrand, who could shift his shape and form into anything he desires, showed a vulnerable piece of himself in the premiere of The Rings of Power season 2.

As fans are brought back to Middle-Earth in season 2, a younger depiction of Sauron graced the screens before we get to Charlie Vickers' present version.

Apart from the fact that he has shapeshifting abilities,...

In one of the least surprising and most fitting casting announcements of the summer, Barry Keoghan has boarded the upcoming Peaky Blinders movie alongside series star Cillian Murphy, per Deadline. Honestly, the most surprising thing about this is that Keoghan wasn't already on Peaky Blinders. Look at the guy. He's...

Universal’s movie adaptation of the hit musical “Wicked” is flying into theatres this year and brings with it a flurry of stars including Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum, and Michelle Yeoh. But those stars aren’t the only ones who may shine bright in the film as the movie’s trailer displayed a dazzling array of designs that could mean it’s set for Oscar attention. In particular, it could be a key player for Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

Paul Tazewell is on costuming duty here. He was nominated for Best Costume Design in 2022 for another musical, “West Side Story.” Although he lost to Jenny Beavan for “Cruella,” musicals are often nominated in this category. Along with “West Side Story,” movie musicals such as “Cyrano,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “La La Land,” “Cinderella,” and “Into the Woods” have...

Nominations voting is from January 8-12, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 17, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2, and air live on ABC at 7 p.m. Et/ 4 p.m. Pt. We update our picks throughout awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions.

The State of the Race

“Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) is the early Best Sound favorite among other standouts that include “Civil War” (A24), “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” (Warner Bros.), “A Quiet Place: Day One” (Paramount), and “Twisters” (Universal). The festival season will see the premieres of “Blitz” (Apple TV+) and “Joker: Folie à Deux” (Warner Bros.), and fall/holiday contenders include “Gladiator II” (Paramount), “Megalopolis” (Lionsgate), “Nosferatu” (Focus Features), “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight Pictures), and “Wicked” (Universal).

In “Dune: Part Two,” Oscar-winning supervising sound editor/sound designer Richard King was reunited...

Xenomorph in 20th Century Studios’ Alien: Romulus. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2024 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Alien: Romulus is the number one movie this weekend and estimates have it at $41.5M, the second highest opening ever in the 45-year old franchise, and a global take of $108.2 million (Deadline).

Audiences have been frightened, compelled, and thoroughly scared out of their wits.

“My ambition is for the generation who saw the original movie to love this film and for those who have never seen an ‘Alien’ movie to be introduced to this incredible universe through our film,” says director/co-screenwriter/executive producer Fede Alvarez. “With any horror movie, you want the people to be terrified and have an experience that leaves them breathless.”

With Alvarez’s attention to detail, along with the iconic eggs and facehuggers, the chestburster glistening in slime and goo and the terrifying Xenomorphs, is...

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After Sam Raimi’s darkly playful 2009 fright fest “Drag Me to Hell” came out, star Alison Lohman said she faced a question. “It was kind of like: Do you want to be a household name?” she remembers in a recent phone call.

She didn’t. “I don’t think I really really wanted that, to be in the public eye,” she said.

If you had told film fans in the 2000s that Lohman would have essentially vanished from the big screen in 2024, they might have a hard time believing you. The decade offered Lohman an incredible run, starting with her breakout role in 2002’s “White Oleander,” Peter Kominsky’s melodrama, where she played the daughter of Michelle Pfeiffer. She played the love of Ewan McGregor’s life in Tim Burton’s “Big Fish,...

The Dog Days of summer—vaguely from mid-July through mid-August, depending on who does the counting—may not seem like much of an Oscar crucible. You’d think most Academy voters would be sipping Margaritas in Malibu, or Limoncello Martinis somewhere on the Mediterranean.

But as often as not in the last fifteen years, the Dog Day bracket has produced a Best Picture nominee. And last year, of course, it brought a winner in Oppenheimer, which was released alongside fellow Best Picture nominee Barbie on July 21, and was still going gangbusters in mid-August.

There’s a certain rough charm to the Dog Day nominees. They tend to be audience favorites, movies that connect with the movie-hungry middle, which powers them into the Oscar race, whatever the somewhat fussier film professionals may think.

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Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight had a score that was addictive as well as haunting for fans. The Joker theme stood out in the film and the legendary Hans Zimmer was predominantly behind the score. Zimmer worked alongside James Newton Howard in the film but their work in the film was mostly split. While Zimmer worked on the Joker theme, Howard was tasked with the score for Harvey Dent’s arc.

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Nolan was presented with a plethora of options because Zimmer was on a quest to come up with a score that defined the psychopathic character. Some of the most soulful musical renditions in cinema were born out of the collaboration between the duo of Nolan and Zimmer, working together on six films.

Christopher Nolan Had To Listen To Insane Recordings Before Finalizing The Dark Knight Score Heath Ledger...

Great filmmakers are expected to know a lot about movies, from the classics to the latest hits. It’s like studying for a test, helping them grow in their craft. With so many geniuses in the industry, some stand out more than others. But what’s really surprising is that at least one of them doesn’t follow this trend.

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David Lynch is known for some of the most remarkable projects in cinema history, but his techniques for creating and delivering his work likely come from a very unexpected and unusual habit, even for actors.

David Lynch Isn’t A Movie Buff David Lynch – Credits: Dmitry Rozhkov/Cca 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

Watching movies and series is almost like a study technique for both actors and directors. It’s a way to understand what other professionals are creating, their perspectives, and even to reflect on and reinvent oneself.

With all the excitement coming out of Comic-Con for Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus panel, fans can tell the filmmaker gets it. For those of us who saw Alien and Aliens in the cinema opening night in 1979 and 1986, along with the screams and cheers from the audience, he knows what a Alien movie should be! He’s sticking with canon and it’s going to be vicious fun.

With an energetic enthusiasm for the franchise, Alvarez decided to go back to the basics when shooting the film. “I knew that I wanted to take this chapter back to the beginning, not only story-wise but in terms of visual style,” explains Alvarez. “I wanted to keep it simple and focus on a few characters you could get to know and love.”

A new sneak peek from Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus has been released. Check it out, as well as these scary new posters.

Christopher Nolan Once Blamed Harvey Weinstein For Compromising Oscars Integrity. (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Long before taking home the coveted Academy Award for Best Director for Oppenheimer, Nolan slammed the ceremony and blamed Harvey Weinstein’s aggressive 1999 Oscar campaign for compromising its integrity. Nolan believed Oscar compromised their core values and succumbed to the disgraced Miramax producer’s marketing campaign.

Christopher Nolan was first nominated for the Oscars in 1999 for the Original Screenplay of Memento, which he lost to Gosford Park. He was again nominated for Best Director for 2016 Dunkirk and again lost to Guillermo Del Toro for The Shape of Water. After a string of losses, despite making blockbuster films, Christopher Nolan finally won the Academy Award for Best Director for his WWII biopic Oppenheimer.

However, given Nolan’s past derision toward the award ceremony, we have to assume the award mattered less to the filmmaker. In a 2020 book, Nolan Variations,...

A year ago, Christopher Nolan’s biopic on the father of the atomic bomb opened in cinemas to a thunderous response. Like his previous films, Oppenheimer was one of the most anticipated movies of the year, partly due to its releasing partner Barbie, sparking the phenomenal Barbenheimer meme.

While Barbie may have earned the big billion at the box office, Nolan’s three-hour epic on the horrors of nuclear war was not far behind in box office returns, and it also won big at the Oscars. One scene in particular, Nolan mentioned, captured the attention of the viewers so much that he was spellbound when he walked into the theater secretly.

Christopher Nolan Had A Crazy Experience When He Walked Into A Screening Of Oppenheimer Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer | Credits: Universal Pictures

Christopher Nolan is known for his cerebral epics and well-crafted superhero films that get the blockbuster treatment. The...

Currently a solo pop star cum actor, Harry Styles has come a long, long way since his days as one of the members of the now-disbanded English-Irish pop boy band One Direction. Not only has he made his official acting debut with 2017’s Dunkirk, but besides being one of the most influential men in music and fashion, he has also scored a position in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Harry Styles in My Policeman. | Credit: Amazon MGM Studios.

This happened when he said yes to 2021’s Eternals, which featured his cameo as Eros in the film’s mid-credit scene. But while fans have been patiently waiting to see more of him in character in the sequel, it seems like his career in the MCU just may already be over even before fully taking flight. This comes after Kevin Feige’s heartbreaking update on Eternals 2.

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Christopher Nolan is known to make films that tell larger-than-life stories and often transcend the realms of reality. His films are made for the perfect theatre experience that will have your heart beating through your chest. However, with his 2017 historical war thriller, Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan decided to take a more grounded route and retell the story of the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II with a little bit of dramatization.

Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk (2017) | Warner Bros. Pictures

Dunkirk is considered to be one of Hollywood’s best war films to date and was crafted to absolute perfection. However, there was a time when Christopher Nolan basically wanted to wing it all. Thanks to his extensive research and attention to detail, the filmmaker was convinced that he could make the film from start to finish without a script. Thankfully, his wife was right there to stop him.

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Happy birthday, “Barbie” — you left big Birkenstocks to fill.

“Twisters” (Universal) opens this weekend, the one-year anniversary of Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster. It’s the sole new wide release on a July date that often sees the debut of top summer releases like “Oppenheimer,” the “Lion King” remake, “Dunkirk,” “The Dark Knight,” and “The Dark Knight Rises.” It often sees the last big opening before schools start their return in August.

However, director Lee Isaac Chung’s “Twisters” is not the last big opening of this season. Marvel’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” opens the following week to an anticipated $150 million or more. That’s more than the total box office anticipated for this weekend; at best, it will be less than half of the $311 million grossed on July 21-23, 2023.

No one expects the “Twisters” opening to come close to that of the Marvel sequel — but “Twisters” projections of $40 million-$50 million seem unreasonably low.

Industry heavyweights Atticus Ross (“Shogun”), Michael Minkler (“Masters of the Air”) and Robert Elswit (“Ripley”) were among those who led the Creative Art Emmy nominations on Wednesday morning.

FX’s “Shogun” dominated the Emmy nominations Wednesday morning, landing 25 nods. The drama series based on James Clavell’s epic novel landed musician and composer Ross a nomination for music composition for a series while costume designer Carlos Rosario was also nominated.

Speaking with Variety, Rosario explained how he created over 2300 designs for the series set in feudal Japan.

Elswit, who reunited with directed Steven Zaillian for Netflix’s “Ripley,” earned his first Primetime Emmy nod. The Oscar winning Dp (“There Will Be Blood”) sat down for Variety’s Inside the Frame series and explained how he wanted to get inside Tom Ripley’s (Andrew Scott) mind and give the series a painterly effect.

“This goes back to his way of bringing Caravaggio into the movie,...