Tag: Battle Beyond the Stars

  • Roger Corman Tried To Copy Star Wars & Gave Us Peak ’80s Cheesy Sci-Fi

    Roger Corman Tried To Copy Star Wars & Gave Us Peak ’80s Cheesy Sci-Fi

    If you make a successful, genre-defining film chances are that someone will try to replicate it. The success of The Avengers not only proved that the Marvel Cinematic Universe could work, but the blockbuster sent every studio into a race to create their own “cinematic universe”. Barbie has already led Hasbro to start developing a…

  • Can Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon prove there’s life beyond Star Wars for the space opera genre?

    Can Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon prove there’s life beyond Star Wars for the space opera genre?

    Snyder’s epic-looking Netflix effort comes complete with lightsabers and exotic space princesses. Can it revive a neglected style of film-making?For a genre that pretty much inspired the entire blockbuster era, space opera has become weirdly hard to get hold of beyond Star Wars. After the original trilogy’s barnstorming success in the late 70s for Lucasfilm,…

  • Roger Corman’s Sons Sue to Block Sale of Film Library

    Roger Corman’s Sons Sue to Block Sale of Film Library

    Roger Corman’s sons filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to block the sale of his film library, arguing that the titles actually belong to an irrevocable trust.The suit is part of an estate fight that has been going on for a decade. On March 15, Shout! Factory and China-based Ace Films announced they had purchased…