Nick Setchfield

Nick Setchfield

Editor-at-Large, SFX Magazine

Nick Setchfield is the Editor-at-Large for SFX Magazine, writing features, reviews, interviews, and more for the monthly issues. However, he is also a freelance journalist and author with Titan Books. His original novels are called The War in the Dark, and The Spider Dance. He's also written a book on James Bond called Mission Statements. 

Latest articles by Nick Setchfield

Scarlet Johansson, David Harbour, and Florence Pugh in Black Widow
Thunderbolts isn't a Black Widow sequel, but it's a part of the story: "It's important to everyone to preserve that legacy of something that emotionally meant so much to people"

By Emily Garbutt, Nick Setchfield Published

News Exclusive: Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier says the movie preserves Black Widow's legacy through Florence Pugh and David Harbour

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Thunderbolts director reveals he "really wanted" Man-Thing on the team, but another Marvel project got there first: "It all worked out for the best"

By Bradley Russell Published

News Exclusive: Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier breaks down the makeup of the super-team in the new issue of SFX

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Thunderbolts features some stepping stones for Avengers: Doomsday as director teases Sentry's impact in the MCU

By Fay Watson, Nick Setchfield Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier teases some stepping "stones or pebbles" for Avengers: Doomsday in the upcoming Marvel movie

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The Monkey director explains why it was so important to him to give Stephen King's "chilling" short story a "playful horror" twist: "I think [that] seemed correct for a movie about a toy"

By Lauren Milici, Nick Setchfield Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Osgood Perkins talks turning The Monkey into a horror comedy

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The Monkey director explains how a bizarre copyright issue actually improved the comedy horror movie: "Thanks, Disney!"

By Amy West, Nick Setchfield Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Osgood Perkins reveals the weird link between his new bloodsoaked film and a Pixar flick

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The Doctor Who Christmas special will explore what it's like to be in the Time Lord’s head when he's "got no one to be the Doctor for"

By Bradley Russell, Nick Setchfield Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Steven Moffat tells SFX that this year's Christmas special will dig into one of Doctor Who's core philosophies

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Sherlock creator Steven Moffat responds to recent revival comments, revealing that he already has an idea for how Benedict Cumberbatch's detective could return

By Emily Murray, Nick Setchfield Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Writer Steven Moffat says that it would be "madness" if they didn't bring Sherlock back

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Writer Steven Moffat promises that his Doctor Who 2024 Christmas special is lighter and more fun than his previous episodes: "It's not Blink"

By Emily Murray, Nick Setchfield Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Moffat teases that 'Joy to the World' is funnier compared to his previous Doctor Who episodes

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Colin Farrell in The Penguin
The Penguin team explain why they didn't feel the need to have Batman cameo in the show: "You're going down a different alley"

By Molly Edwards, Nick Setchfield Published

Exclusive Exclusive: The Penguin won't feature a Batman cameo

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Colin Farrell as Oz Cobb in The Penguin (2024)
The Penguin producer says that you don’t need to watch The Batman to enjoy the spin-off, but it does "enrich" it

By Fay Watson, Nick Setchfield Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Dylan Clark and Matt Reeves tell us all about why The Penguin works as a standalone story

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batman caped crusader
Batman: Caped Crusader creators reveal that early on the decision was made not to make it a continuation of Batman: The Animated Series

By Emily Murray, Nick Setchfield Published

Exclusive Exclusive |Bruce Timm and co. explain how the new Prime Video series follows in the footsteps of the legendary '90s show

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Kite Man: Hell Yeah! trailer still
New Harley Quinn spin-off show is "Cheers with villains", says Kite Man executive producer

By Molly Edwards, Nick Setchfield Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Kite Man: Hell Yeah! executive producer teases the upcoming DC show

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Nicolas Cage in Longlegs
Longlegs director teases an "unrecognizable" Nicolas Cage as a demonic serial killer in new horror movie

By Lauren Milici, Nick Setchfield Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Director Osgood Perkins talks Nicolas Cage's Zodiac-esque serial killer

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire director says the upcoming sequel is the franchise’s answer to Fast & Furious 5

By Megan Garside Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Godzilla x Kong director Adam Wingard teases the emotional character study in the upcoming sequel, comparing it to Fast & Furious' Fast Five

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Godzilla x Kong
Godzilla x Kong director says the monster movie sequel was inspired by a Michael Mann film – and Kong is James Caan

By Emily Garbutt Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Adam Wingard reveals his new MonsterVerse movie's unlikely inspiration

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Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny producer teases time travel elements of the movie

By Nick Setchfield Published

Exclusive EXCLUSIVE: Producer Frank Marshall gives SFX the lowdown on time travel in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

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Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu in Shazam Fury of the Gods
Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu break down their Shazam! Fury of the Gods villains

By Nick Setchfield Published

exclusive Exclusive: Fury of the Gods' villains talk to SFX all about their goddesses and the physical toll of filming

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Shazam 2 Easter egg
Zachary Levi on Shazam! Fury of the Gods and his character being DC’s answer to Deadpool

By Nick Setchfield Published

exclusive Exclusive: Zachary Levi talks to SFX all about Shazam! Fury of the Gods and his character’s place in the DCU

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MODOK in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania writer breaks down MODOK inspiration: "He’s a real loose cannon"

By Nick Setchfield Published

exclusive Jeff Loveness says some of the movie’s best moments come from MODOK

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania writer says Kang the Conqueror is a "top-tier, A-list Avengers villain"

By Nick Setchfield Published

exclusive Exclusive: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania writer breaks down new villain Kang with SFX Magazine

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Lockwood & Co.
New Netflix ghost hunting series Lockwood & Co. doesn't rely on jump scares, says director Joe Cornish

By Nick Setchfield Published

News Exclusive: SFX talks to writer-director Joe Cornish about spooky new Netflix show Lockwood & Co.

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Star Trek Strange New Worlds
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds cast on the "exciting" arrival of Kirk in season 2

By Nick Setchfield Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Strange New Worlds' cast dish on the arrival of a certain Trek captain...

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Doctor Strange 2
Doctor Strange 2 and Loki writer explains the pitfalls and opportunities of the multiverse

By Nick Setchfield Published

Exclusive "In every way, [the multiverse] shapes the emotional heart of the story. It has to."

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Best Bond villains
The 20 best James Bond villains

By Nick Setchfield Published

Features Every 007 needs a good baddie – but who's the best?

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Rami Malek in No Time to Die
No Time to Die director Cary Joji Fukunaga: "Safin’s not, as some have speculated, Dr No"

By Nick Setchfield, Jordan Farley, Emily Garbutt Published

News Exclusive: Cary Joji Fukunaga opens up to SFX about No Time to Die's villain

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