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

Idris Elba on Luther’s franchise potential and Bond comparisons
By Jane Crowther published
Exclusive "John almost feels like a superhero – he doesn’t wear a cape, he wears a coat."

Andy Serkis on his Luther villain: "I don’t think I’ve come across anything quite as dark for a long time"
By Jane Crowther published
Exclusive Meet the disturbing baddie that Idris Elba must face up to

Idris Elba and the Luther team on adapting the TV show on a "much, much bigger scale" in The Fallen Sun
By Jane Crowther published
Exclusive How the dogged DCI is taking the leap to film

Idris Elba returns in an exclusive new look at Luther: The Fallen Sun
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Plus, a first look at Andy Serkis’ villain

Michael B. Jordan says Creed 3 is "the most challenging thing I've done in my career, by far"
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive: Total Film catches up with Michael B. Jordan to talk about his directorial debut Creed 3

Brad Pitt talks Babylon’s party scenes and working with Damien Chazelle
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive: "There’s such an energy to this thing," Brad Pitt tells Total Film

Margot Robbie on Babylon: "It’s like if The Wolf of Wall Street and La Dolce Vita had a baby"
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive: Margot Robbie and Damien Chazelle talk to Total Film about their wild new movie, Babylon

Gwen Stacy faces a "unique dilemma" in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
By Leila Latif published
Exclusive Exclusive: Director Kemp Powers reveals that The Spot is the villain of the next two Spider-Verse movies

Christopher Nolan on Robert Downey Jr. in Oppenheimer: "He’s one of the greatest actors of all time"
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive: Christopher Nolan waxes lyrical about stars Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr.

Christopher Nolan: "Oppenheimer is one of the most challenging projects I’ve ever taken on in terms of scale"
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive: Christopher Nolan tells Total Film about recreating the first-ever nuclear weapon detonation without the use of computer graphics

Christopher Nolan reveals Oppenheimer's not entirely in black-and-white – and he had to develop a new type of IMAX film for it
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive: Christopher Nolan tells Total Film about working with Kodak to develop a new type of film for capturing Oppenheimer's black-and-white segments

See Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, and Robert Downey Jr. in exclusive new images from Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive A new look at 2023’s Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is on the cover of Total Film’s upcoming 2023 preview issue
By Matt Maytum published
News "It’s a story of immense scope and scale"

Aftersun review: "A blinding debut you won't forget in a hurry"
By Matt Maytum published
Review

Guillermo del Toro on why Pinocchio forms an unofficial trilogy with The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive: Guillermo del Toro discusses his Pinocchio with Total Film: "It’s a movie that is not for kids, but kids can watch it"

Rian Johnson teases more Knives Out movies: "I might just dive in and see what we come up with"
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive: Glass Onion director Rian Johnson has the murder mystery bug – expect the adventures of Benoit Blanc to continue

Return to Pandora with these exclusive images from Avatar: The Way of Water
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive A new look at James Cameron’s epic sequel in Total Film magazine

Living: Kazuo Ishiguro talks remaking Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive: The Nobel Prize-winning novelist talks to Total Film about his latest big-screen project

Namor readies for war in exclusive new Black Panther: Wakanda Forever image
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive: Total Film talks to Tenoch Huerta and Marvel boss Kevin Feige about bringing Namor to the big screen

The game is afoot in these exclusive images from Enola Holmes 2
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill and Louis Partridge return for the sleuthing sequel

Sex Education's Emma Mackey talks Margot Robbie comparisons and Barbie's "unexpected" tone
By Matt Maytum published
Exclusive Exclusive: Emma Mackey talks to Total Film about her upcoming role in Barbie alongside Margot Robbie

Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, and more talk us through the making-of Top Gun: Maverick
By Matt Maytum last updated
Feature Thirty-six years after the original took flight, Top Gun: Maverick gave us that lovin' feeling once again. Tom Cruise and his cast and crew talk Total Film through the making of the record-breaking sequel

Harry Styles and Emma Corrin hit the town in exclusive new look at My Policeman
By Matt Maytum published
News Director Michael Grandage explains why they never considered using makeup or VFX to age up the younger actors in the two-timeline drama
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