Matt Maytum
I'm the Editor at Total Film magazine, overseeing the running of the mag, and generally obsessing over all things Nolan, Kubrick and Pixar. Over the past decade I've worked in various roles for TF online and in print, including at GamesRadar, and you can often hear me nattering on the Inside Total Film podcast. Bucket-list-ticking career highlights have included reporting from the set of Tenet and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as covering Comic-Con, TIFF and the Sundance Film Festival.
Latest articles by Matt Maytum
Deadpool and Wolverine review: "An action-packed, gag-stuffed crowdpleaser that gives the franchise a much needed lift"
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The TMNT movie spin-off show is inspired by Superbad and honors the original comics in a unique way
By Matt Maytum, Bradley Russell published
Exclusive Exclusive: Executive producer Chris Yost talks to Total Film about the upcoming TMNT spin-off series
The Last of Us star teases her character Dina in season 2: "She’s a light in Ellie’s life"
By Lauren Milici, Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive: Isabela Merced talks playing Dina in The Last of Us season 2
Skeleton Crew director says that the new show will bring a "childlike perspective" to the Star Wars universe
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Exclusive Exclusive | The Twisters director discusses the next Star Wars TV show
Twisters director says that James Gunn "lucked out" getting David Corenswet for Superman: "He’s going to kill it"
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Exclusive Exclusive: Lee Isaac Chung on working with the new Supes
Is Twisters a sequel or reboot? Director Lee Isaac Chung has his own take – and also shares reaction to Tom Cruise's surprise premiere appearance
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Exclusive Plus, what it’s like to have Tom Cruise show up at your premiere
Something in the Water review: "Bridesmaids meets Jaws in an unmemorable thriller"
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Natalie Portman says Star Wars prequels backlash was "hard," but she feels "blessed" to have been part of the films
By Molly Edwards, Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive: Natalie Portman reflects on her Star Wars experience
Alien: Romulus lands on the cover of Total Film magazine - on sale now!
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New issue Featuring exclusive interviews with Fede Alvarez and the new cast
Natalie Portman is up for returning as Jane in the MCU: "That was super fun"
By Molly Edwards, Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive: Natalie Portman is open to returning as Jane Foster
Inside Out 2 creators have plenty of leftover ideas for a sequel that "need to be seen at some point"
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Exclusive Exclusive: The sequel also reused ideas that didn’t make it into the original Inside Out
Pixar boss Pete Docter acknowledges it's a "weird time" for studio but is still "super excited" about making original movies – including sequels
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive "How do we still bring original stuff and find new ideas and new voices?"
As Furiosa hits cinemas, we reflect on 9 years of Mad Max: Fury Road
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feature Read Total Film's cover story on Mad Max: Fury Road from 2015
There’s a video-game character in Inside Out 2… and five other things we learned on a visit to Pixar
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Exclusive New characters, rejected emotions, and more...
The filming for new extreme weather disaster movie Twisters kept getting shut down by bad weather
By Matt Maytum, Bradley Russell published
Exclusive Exclusive: Twisters director Lee Isaac Chung talks to Total Film about the perils of filming during tornado season in Oklahoma
Top Gun: Maverick star Glen Powell says he brought his own tornado experience to disaster movie Twisters: "I remember the fear"
By Matt Maytum, Fay Watson published
Exclusive Exclusive: Glen Powell tells us all about bringing his real-life experience to Twisters, and what Top Gun: Maverick taught him
Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, and The Fall Guy team talk about unusual inspirations and hopes for many sequels
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interview Exclusive: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt tell Total Film how stunt performers finally get their dues in The Fall Guy
Dev Patel talks performing and directing himself with "so much rage" in his new action movie Monkey Man
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Exclusive Exclusive: Writer/director/star Patel and producer Jordan Peele discuss moving from acting to directing
New action movie Monkey Man was "dead in the water in a certain way" before Get Out's Jordan Peele came on-board
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Exclusive Exclusive: Here's how Dev Patel’s action-packed directorial debut became a theatrical release
From Oldboy to I Saw the Devil, these Korean movies are the inspiration behind new action thriller Monkey Man
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive: Actor/writer/director Dev Patel talks about the Korean auteurs which inspired his new movie
Godzilla x Kong director names his favorite Godzilla movie and shares his thoughts on the Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive | The New Empire's Adam Wingard shares the love for the Showa era
Godzilla x Kong director says this MonsterVerse sequel finally lets "the monsters tell their story"
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive: Adam Wingard talks putting his stamp on his second MonsterVerse movie
Jack Black says he sees his Borderlands character as an "R-rated R2-D2", as he reveals which other video games he'd love to see adapted into movies
By Amy West, Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive | Jack Black teases what to expect from his version of robot Claptrap in Eli Roth's take on Borderlands