Matt Maytum

Matt Maytum

Former Editor of Total Film magazine

Matt Maytum is the former Editor of Total Film magazine. Over the past decade, Matt has worked in various roles for TF online and in print, including at GamesRadar+. 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

Inside Out 2
Inside Out 2 creators have plenty of leftover ideas for a sequel that "need to be seen at some point"

By Matt Maytum Published

Exclusive Exclusive: The sequel also reused ideas that didn’t make it into the original Inside Out

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Inside Out 2
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?"

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Mad Max: Fury Road
As Furiosa hits cinemas, we reflect on 9 years of Mad Max: Fury Road

By Matt Maytum Published

Features Read Total Film's cover story on Mad Max: Fury Road from 2015

Features
Inside Out 2
There’s a video-game character in Inside Out 2… and five other things we learned on a visit to Pixar

By Matt Maytum Last updated

Exclusive New characters, rejected emotions, and more...

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Twisters
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

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Total Film exclusive: Twisters
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

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The Fall Guy
Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, and The Fall Guy team talk about unusual inspirations and hopes for many sequels

By Matt Maytum Published

interview Exclusive: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt tell Total Film how stunt performers finally get their dues in The Fall Guy

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Dev Patel directing Monkey Man
Dev Patel talks performing and directing himself with "so much rage" in his new action movie Monkey Man

By Matt Maytum Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Writer/director/star Patel and producer Jordan Peele discuss moving from acting to directing

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Jordan Peele talks Monkey Man
New action movie Monkey Man was "dead in the water in a certain way" before Get Out's Jordan Peele came on-board

By Matt Maytum Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Here's how Dev Patel’s action-packed directorial debut became a theatrical release

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Dev Patel in Monkey Man
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

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Godzilla x Kong
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

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
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

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Claptrap in Lionsgate
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

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The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy star Emily Blunt and director want to make "many" sequels: "I want Lethal Weapon numbers"

By Matt Maytum, Emily Murray Published

Exclusive Exclusive: The team behind the new action movie have high hopes for its future

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Road House
Jake Gyllenhaal and the Road House cast talk unbelievable fights and reimagining a cult classic movie

By Matt Maytum Published

exclusive Jake Gyllenhaal is the new bouncer in town as a UFC-flavored remake of '80s favorite Road House finally hits screens

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The Fall Guy
Emily Blunt says her Fall Guy character is loosely based on Barbie director Greta Gerwig

By Matt Maytum, Molly Edwards Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Emily Blunt talks the inspiration behind her Fall Guy director character

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The Fall Guy
In new action movie Fall Guy, Ryan Gosling was dragged across the Sydney Harbour Bridge at 30mph

By Matt Maytum, Molly Edwards Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Ryan Gosling and David Leitch talk that big Sydney Harbour Bridge stunt

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Stephanie Hsu and Ryan Gosling in The Fall Guy
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt prepare for action in these exclusive new images from The Fall Guy

By Matt Maytum Published

Exclusive A new look at the action romance that also stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Stephanie Hsu

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Total Film's The Fall Guy covers
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt’s The Fall Guy is on the cover of the new issue of Total Film

By Matt Maytum Published

Cover reveal Get a new look at the update of the '80s TV show that’s celebrating moviemaking and stunts

Cover reveal
Kung-Fu Panda 4
Kung Fu Panda 4 review: "Jack Black and Awkwafina are a fun pairing in a sprightly but unsurprising sequel"

By Matt Maytum Published

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Jack O'Connell
Jack O'Connell is open to playing Bond: "It's not something I'm going to turn my nose up at"

By Matt Maytum Published

Exclusive Exclusive: The Back to Black star is open to suiting up as 007

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Road House
Road House stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor respond to director's premiere boycott of the new movie

By Matt Maytum Published

Exclusive Exclusive: The cast speak out about director Doug Liman's protest of Amazon's streaming release strategy

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Conor McGregor in Road House (2024).
Former UFC champion Conor McGregor explains why he rejected multiple movie offers before Road House

By Matt Maytum Published

Exclusive Exclusive: The MMA fighter opens up about making his film debut in Prime Video's Road House reimagining

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Road House
Jake Gyllenhaal says the fights in Road House are unlike anything seen on screen before

By Matt Maytum Published

Exclusive Exclusive: Road House star Jake Gyllenhaal talks to Total Film about the "groundbreaking" action in the reimagining

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor in Road House (2024).
Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor are ready to rumble in these exclusive Road House images

By Matt Maytum Published

Exclusive Dalton and Knox go toe to toe

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