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BARRY JENKINS’ ADAPTATION OF PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NOVEL THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD PROVIDES AN ILLUMINATING NEW PERSPECTIVE ON A HARROWING PART OF US HISTORY. TOTAL FILM SPEAKS TO DIRECTOR JENKINS AND STARS THUSO MBEDU AND JOEL EDGERTON ABOUT THE YEAR’S MOST REVOLUTIONARY TV SERIES.

Travelling theroux

JUSTIN KEEPS IT ALLIE IN THE FAMILY IN THE MOSQUITO COAST…

Rich hunt

WHY BRIT THRILLER THE BEAST MUST DIE IS SET TO SLAY…

That thing you do!

VARIOUS / SONY BMG MUSIC

GUNN CRAZY

THE SUPERVILLAINS OF THE SUICIDE SQUAD HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED ON ANOTHER OFF-THE-BOOKS MISSION, BUT THIS TIME THEY’VE BROUGHT A “DOUCHEY CAPTAIN AMERICA”, A TALKING SHARK AND THE DIRECTOR OF GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ALONG FOR THE RIDE. TOTAL FILM MEETS JAMES GUNN AND THE CAST OF THE WILDEST COMIC-BOOK MOVIE OF 2021…

Super troopers

STAR WARS’ ROGUE CLONES RETURN IN THE BAD BATCH...

Silence of the lands

Ssh! Don’t make any noise. John Krasinski’s sequel to his post-apocalyptic smash A Quiet Place is finally hitting cinemas, promising a deeper dive into its uniquely silent world. Total Film talks (quietly) to Part II’s team to find out more.

MADS MIKKELSEN

He’s been a staple of tentpole cinema in Bond, Marvel, Star Wars and the upcoming Fantastic Beasts 3 and Indiana Jones 5, but Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen still manages to find time for complex dramatic work, such as in the forthcoming genre-blender, Riders Of Justice. Total Film meets a blockbuster character actor…

Raising the game

HOW MYTHIC QUEST GOT BACK ONLINE MID-CRISIS…

CALL OF THE WILD

When Robin Wright chose to make an off-grid survival story, she didn’t expect challenges such as last-minute self-casting, extreme weather and a hungry, uninvited bear. She tells Total Film how her feature directorial debut, LAND, wasn’t a walk in the park…

Hot Right Now - Nicolas Cage Is Back On Track…

I grew up in the ’70s watching Rock Hudson on McMillan & Wife, Dennis Weaver in McCloud, Charles Bronson in the movie of the week, Peter Falk in Columbo… I began to develop a relationship with these characters and these actors,” Nic Cage told The New York Times in August 2019. “And with video on demand, I felt that if I made more movies… people would be able to tune in at home and go, ‘What’s the next movie that Nic made?’”

Can We Talk About...? The Academy Awards Show

Will this year’s enforced changes bring a breath of fresh air?

MONSTERS' BRAWL

WITH THE TWO ICONIC BEASTS GOING TOE-TO-TOE IN THE ULTIMATE MONSTER MOVIE, GODZILLA VS. KONG MIGHT JUST BE THE CATHARTIC CLASH WE NEED RIGHT NOW. TOTAL FILM REPORTS FROM THE SET TO FIND OUT HOW THE MONSTERVERSE EPIC IS AIMING TO APPEAL TO THE KID IN US ALL.

Last Embrace - SUPERNOVA

Harry Macqueen takes us on an emotional journey with Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci…

Die Stakes - ARMY OF THE DEAD

Netflix bets big on Zack Snyder’s zombie-heist movie.

THE NEXT BIG THING Cristin Milioti IS BREAKING OUT…

Best known as How I Met Your Mother’s elusive mom, Cristin Milioti has found success on stage (Once, Lazarus) and screens of all sizes (The Wolf Of Wall Street, Black Mirror) across her career. But beloved comedy Palm Springs, in which she and Andy Samberg come unstuck in time, has proved a breakout role in more ways than one. “That level of reaction was wonderful to witness,” Milioti says.

There will be blood - MORTAL KOMBAT

How James Wan and Simon McQuoid are putting the backbone back into everyone’s favourite fighting franchise.

Accidental hero - THUNDER FORCE

Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer team up to fight mutant crime.

YOU CAN BE MY WINGMAN ANYTIME

As the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues its small-screen expansion with THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER, Total Film sits down with stars Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan to talk superheroes, spin-offs and their competitive bromance.

A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN - JUSTICE LEAGUE

RETURNS FOR ANOTHER ROUND - BUT NOT AS YOU’VE SEEN IT BEFORE. IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, DIRECTOR ZACK SNYDER TELL TOTAL FILM HOW HIS VERSION OF THE SUPERHERO TEAM-UP GOT AN UNLIKELY REPRIEVE.

Fast & Furious 9

The turbocharged franchise revs up its next huge installment...

The Avenger - PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

Emerald Fennell’s twist on the revenge thriller is a provocative stunner.

Chris Evans IS HEADING FOR INFINITY…

The first time I saw the suit I thought, ‘This could be the suit I die in,’” Chris Evans told us from the set of Captain America: The First Avenger. A decade on, it’s safe to say Evans owned that suit. And he will soon own another suit, as worn by another American (and fleetingly Spanish) hero.

WONDER WOMAN 1984 12A

back in time NO MORE WAITING FOR GADOT…

WHAT LIES BENEATH

Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan dug deep to portray real-life treasure hunters uncovering Sutton Hoo in The Dig. They tell Total Film how the right hat, emotional connection and being buried alive made a period drama a personal matter...

west end boys

RUSSELL T. DAVIES HEADS BACK TO THE ’80S – AND THE AIDS CRISIS…

The WITCHING HOUR

It’s the twist no one saw coming – turning the MCU into a sitcom and asking Dick Van Dyke to help tell Marvel’s most ambitious story to date. The cast and crew of WandaVision tell us what to expect from Phase 4’s new chapter…

A Big Plus

DISNEY I At the recent Investor Day, the Mouse House dropped the motherlode. TF unpacks all the details we can physically cram in…

STAR WARS BOOKS

American epic space-opera media franchise, centered on a film series

'YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS WRONG SOMETIMES TO KNOW HOW TO DO THINGS RIGHT' - ROSAMUND PIKE

From Bond girl to Gone Girl, Rosamund Pike likes to confound expectations with diverse roles championing strong women. But as she heads into black comedy with festival favourite I Care A Lot, she tells Total Film that she likes a challenge...