Benedict Cumberbatch and Jane Campion Talk Undergoing Dream Analysis and Learning to Castrate Bulls for ‘The Power of the Dog’

It’s no secret that Marvel Studios likes to keep a tight lid of secrecy on its superhero movies, yet occasionally the films’ actors will accidentally let a spoiler or two slip.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst star in the adaptation of Thomas Savage's 1967 Western novel.

Benedict Cumberbatch is all for the expansion of the Marvel universe. ET spoke to the star ahead of his new film, , where he shared his reaction to Harry Styles joining the MCU.«I didn't even know he was, I’m so out of the loop,» Cumberbatch admitted before sharing his excitement over Styles' role.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorJonny Greenwood’s score for Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” is dark and complicated, just like its characters.Campion’s latest film has garnered critical acclaim and could land her a historic best director nomination at the Academy Awards.

Benedict Cumberbatch is getting candid about toxic masculinity.

Benedict Cumberbatch wants to see real change.

READ MORE: Benedict Cumberbatch suffered nicotine poisoning three timesJoaquin Phoenix most recently captured attention in The Joker but has a long-established career as a Hollywood heavyweight. He forged his image via method acting in several films, where he refused to break character.

Radiohead biopic, after forming a friendship with guitarist Jonny Greenwood.The actor’s next film is The Power Of The Dog, scored by Greenwood, where he plays cowboy Phil Burbank who runs a ranch in Montana with his brother George (Jesse Plemons).Speaking to NME, Cumberbatch recounts his “weird” first meeting with Greenwood and Thom Yorke after they watched his performance of Hamlet at The Barbican in 2015.“[Radiohead producer] Nigel Godrich and Edgar Wright came to see me in Hamlet,”

Benedict Cumberbatch has a real knack for playing unique, oftentimes misunderstood egomaniacs. Whether it’s Doctor Strange, Sherlock Holmes, Patrick Melrose, Julian Assange, or Khan, the actor finds a way to ground his oftentimes sociopathic characters in a real emotional truth.

Jennifer Yuma editorJane Campion will be honored with the director of the year award for her work on “The Power of the Dog” at the Palm Springs International Film Awards, taking place Jan. 6-17.Based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name, “The Power of the Dog” stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a masochistic cattle rancher named Phil Burbank, whose bullying demeanor is drawn from a frontier-worn masculinity and deeply closeted sexuality.

With Marvel Studios dominating the box office (and now, streaming), we are constantly seeing directors get asked if they’d be willing to dip their toes in the superhero world. Some say yes.

Deadline’s Contenders L.A. returned for an in-person edition Sunday at the DGA Theater, with 31 buzzy awards-season titles showing off their wares in panels that featured the likes of Nicole Kidman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Hudson, Kristen Stewart, Javier Bardem, Adam McKay, Lady Gaga, Mahershala Ali, Ben Affleck, Kenneth Branagh, Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz, Simon Rex, Marlee Matlin, Andrew Garfield and Dakota Johnson to name a few.

Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Kirsten Dunst are promoting their new project together!

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain is about much more than a man who drew remarkable portraits of cats. According to the movie’s star, Benedict Cumberbatch, the Amazon Studios project is about an artist in Victorian London who pursues many subjects with passion: boxing, painting, composing an opera (not a very good one, says Cumberbatch) and theorizing about the mechanical workings of the world, including the mysteries of electricity.

Writer-director Jane Campion and star Benedict Cumberbatch said Paul Newman was one of the previous stars who tried to adapt Power of the Dog before them, relating the history of their new film based on Thomas Savage’s book during Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles panel Sunday at the DGA Theater.

The stars of The Power of the Dog are stepping out for the movie’s latest screening!

Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed that he was actually sick as a dog while filming The Power of the Dog.