Taika Waititi is a busy man. He released my favorite film of 2019, Jojo Rabbit. He is slated to direct Thor 4, and at some point he's hoping to direct a live action adaptation of Akira. He's about to start directing Next Goal Wins. And now ...
Regardless of opinions of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, there is one thing all Star Wars fans can agree on: it really sucks that Carrie Fisher is gone. We'll never know what the final movie in the Skywalker Saga might have be...
The Mandalorian may not be a great show, but it has captivated a lot of Star Wars fans for one simple reason: there were no ties to the past. Most people enjoy George Lucas' saga and the nine films it has spawned, but the constant nostalgia...
Acclaimed writer and director Jon Favreau has announced that The Mandalorian will return in Fall of 2020. We've known for some time that a second season has been in the works, but we didn't have a release window before today.
Star Wars has been one of the biggest cultural forces in Hollywood for the last four decades. Coming from an unassuming little serial that George Lucas directed in 1977, we're now right at the "end" of the saga with the series' ninth offici...
If you spend any amount of your internet time reading about Star Wars, you will see a wide variety of opinions on the franchise. Notably, you will see a lot of negativity. A good number of fans have felt disillusioned with the series&n...
The Mandalorian isn't the only original Star Wars programming you'll see on Disney+. A kids game show called Jedi Temple Challenge is in the works for fall 2020. The Hollywood Reporter suggests it could be similar to Nickelodeon's Legends o...
It's been almost three years since the sad passing of Carrie Fisher, whose final big screen performance as Princess Leia Organa in The Last Jedi gave fans a bittersweet sendoff to the beloved actress and writer. Amidst the tears, there...
With so many Star Wars projects in development at the moment, it was inevitable for somethings to go askew from plans. It would appear an entire trilogy of films is that thing.
A lot of us may not have been able to attend the wild D23 Expo this past weekend, but Disney and Lucasfilm graced their not-at-all-toxic fanbase with a special look at Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, a film that absolutely no one will co...
Remember when Star Wars used to mean something? There was a point where it was the peak of nerd culture, uniting fans across the globe in the joy of being a Jedi and dreaming to use a lightsaber to fight bad guys. Now it just feels like ano...
At this point, The Mandalorian needs little in the way of introduction. It's the first live-action series in the Star Wars universe. It's showrun by the likes of Jon Favreau, with the oversight and input of creators like Dave Filoni (Star ...
With its debut still slated for later this year, exclusively on Disney+, the Mandalorian speeder isn't docking for a tune-up.
You know what's a beautiful, wholesome thing? Fandom. I think of my frequenting New York Comic Con every October, and for as much as I love rummaging through longboxes of comics and waiting in line to play video games, I see people just ple...
In a report for BuzzFeed, Kate Aurthur cites "three sources close to" an allegedly in-development film adaptation of Knights of the Old Republic, the classic BioWare role-playing game.
Last year around this time, I wrote an article where I said that Star Wars was becoming an oversaturated franchise thanks to Disney milking the franchise for all of the green milk that it's worth. I talked about how Disney was content with ...
While Star Wars: The Last Jedi was set immediately after the events of The Force Awakens, it seems that the still untitled Episode IX will have a much bigger gap in time chronologically. In an interview with Empire, none other t...
A long time ago -- well, a year ago -- The Last Jedi came out. That's like seven in dog years! Or fifteen if it's the dog's first year? It does feel like longer to me though, since I first trekked out with my brother and dad, main...
You want more Star Wars? Well, you've got it. Production on the new live-action Star Wars series is underway, and we've got a picture from Lucasfilm to prove it. The Jon Favreau-produced show is called The Mandalorian, and as you can guess...
George Lucas may be the father of Star Wars, but Kathleen Kennedy is currently the captain of the franchise ship. THR reports that Kennedy, the current president of Lucasfilm, has extended her contract for another three years...
Keri Russell, well know for her role as Elizabeth Jennings on FX's The Americans, is in talks with J.J. Abrams to come aboard for Star Wars: Episode IX. According to Variety, Abrams and other Lucasfilm executives met with many actresses ov...
With Solo: A Star Wars Story not churning out the sweet moolah as Disney anticipated, the development of more standalone Star Wars projects has been put into question. But one report by The Playlist has Disney ...
One of the biggest hopes with Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm and the Star Wars properties was that the cinematic universe would expand. No longer would we wait 20 or more years for the next iteration of films, and so far, this has proven tr...
There's a lot to see in the new Super Bowl trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story. This is our first real look at any marketing materials for the movie--highly unusual as it's being released in under 4 months. Look for new Lando in ...
Folks, this isn't HBO, no leaked scripts here. Disney released an official synopsis for Solo: A Star Wars Story. No pictures. No trailer. Still.
(Editors Note: We've had two pretty glowing takes on The Last Jedi, found here and here, so Drew offered to provide a counterpoint to those.) Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a puzzling movie. Not because it’s...
Rian Johnson, director of the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi, announced in an instagram post yesterday that post-production has wrapped for them film. Johnson congratulated his post-production team for their continued efforts and hard wo...
Lucasfilm has officially announced that J.J. Abrams will return to the Star Wars franchise to direct Episode IX. This is a week after Lucasfilm parted ways with Colin Trevorrow, citing creative differences. (In truth, Trevorrow may have bee...
Lucasfilm's sudden parting with director Colin Trevorrow earlier this week was a shock. While the official statement from Lucasfilm suggested a mutual decision to split due to creative differences, an unnamed Hollywood executive famili...
Lucasfilm unexpectedly parted ways with director Colin Trevorrow yesterday, leaving Star Wars Episode IX without a director for the time being. This is just the latest creative shakeup at Lucasfilm, which continues to have issues when hirin...
In sudden and unexpected news, Lucasfilm announced that it has parted ways with director Colin Trevorrow. Trevorrow will no longer be directing Star Wars Episode IX. A new director for the film has yet to be named. Here is the full brief st...
Indiana Jones and the Order of the Phoenix is still happening because Disney likes money. The fifth entry in the series will reunite franchise anchors Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford. Screenwriter David Koepp was able to provide two defi...
Han Solo and Obi-Wan Kenobi have their own forthcoming standalone/spin-off movies, so why not other characters from the Star Wars universe? Makes sense, right? This may explain Disney & Lucasfilm's nonsensical decision to develop a Jabb...
Even though the stand-alone Han Solo movie has gone through some major problems, Disney isn't giving up on Star Wars spin-offs. Heat Vision confirmed today that an Obi-Wan Kenobi movie is in the works. Academy Award-nominated director Steph...
If you haven't heard, the Han Solo standalone movie is sort of a mess. Short version: directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired over creative differences several months into production, star Alden Ehrenreich has had issues delivering ...
The drama over the Han Solo stand-alone film continues. Last week, directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired and soon replaced by reliable journeyman Ron Howard. Unfortunately this was six months into production. The directing du...
The news of the week has been the chaos surrounding the stand-alone Han Solo movie. Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired Monday after six months of production due to major creative differences. Yesterday Lucasfilm announced ...
Earlier this week, Lucasfilm fired directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller from the young Han Solo movie. They were six months into production, but major creative differences led to an unexpected and unprecedented split. Today Lucasfilm offici...
News broke yesterday that the writer-directors of the forthcoming Star Wars Han Solo spinoff prequel were leaving the project. But things aren't always as they seem. The day began as any other for Phil Lord and Chris Miller. They'd successf...
The first trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi was pretty darn great. It teased some of the action to come, but thankfully didn't seem to give away any of the story. To put it another way, the trailer whet the appetite without spoiling dinn...
