Tag: Solo: A Star Wars Story
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‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’: Deborah Chow Will Direct; ‘Drive’ Writer To Pen Disney+ Series
While “Star Wars,” Lucasfilm and president Kathleen Kennedy have been espousing the desire to include female filmmakers into the mix, it hasn’t happened yet—on the big screen that is. But on the small screen, as Lucasfilm regroups from the defeat of “Solo: A Star Wars Story”—seemingly jettisoning all their plans for solo spin-off movies and…
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Rumor: Ewan McGregor Has Signed on to Lead an Obi-Wan Series for Disney+
It’s a slow news day and with radio silence on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, people are desperate for any Star Wars info they can find. Cinelinx is reporting that rumor that Ewan McGregor has signed on to play Obi-Wan Kenobi in an upcoming Disney+ series. You may recall that an Obi-wan movie was…
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Star Wars trolls to blame for Solo’s box-office failure, says Ron Howard
Director says ‘aggressive’ campaign staged via review aggregator sites was a major factor in spin-off film’s meagre ticket salesRon Howard has blamed the disappointing box office of Solo: A Star Wars Story on an online trolling campaign.Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the film’s director said that, while he noticed “pushback” from the previous…
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‘Aladdin’ Pops Up With Stronger Box-Office Debut As ‘Booksmart’ Disappoints
“Aladdin,” the latest Disney retread of a key title, took in an estimated $86 million for the three-day weekend, with $105 million projected for four days. This is a surprisingly strong result; after “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum,” it suggests the summer will follow the optimists’ path.Memorial Day weekend, once the official start of…
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‘Aladdin’ On Course for Bigger Memorial Day Opening Than ‘Solo’
Disney’s remake of “Aladdin” is off to a magical start at the box office, earning $31.5 million from 4,476 screens at the box office on Friday.While trackers expected a 4-day Memorial Day weekend opening of $75-85 million, “Aladdin” is now on pace to blow that out of the water with estimates now reaching $109-111 million,…
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Rumor: ‘Indiana Jones 5’ Now Being Written By ‘This Is Us’ Creator; Learn Plot Details of Jon Kasdan’s Abandoned Draft
Last year, we found out that David Koepp, who wrote Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was being replaced by Solo: A Star Wars Story‘s Jonathan Kasdan as the Indiana Jones 5 writer. Kasdan reportedly started from scratch on a new draft, bumping the film’s release date back in the process. (Director…
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‘Solo’ Star Alden Ehrenreich to Lead NBCU’s ‘Brave New World’ Series
After taking on an iconic film role as young Han Solo in Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, Alden Ehrenreich is set to take on an iconic piece of literature. Ehrenreich will lead the cast of Brave New World, the new series adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s celebrated novel of the same name. The project comes…
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‘Avengers,’ ‘Spider-Verse’ and ‘Lost in Space’ Lead Visual Effects Society Awards Winners
It was a great night for Marvel at the 17th annual Visual Effects Society Awards on Tuesday night. The comic book publisher’s wares led the film fields, with “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” nabbing four wins apiece.“Spider-Verse,” a dominant animated feature on the awards circuit this year, swept each of its categories.…
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‘Avengers,’ ‘Spider-Verse’ and ‘Lost in Space’ Lead Visual Effects Society Awards Winners
It was a great night for Marvel at the 17th annual Visual Effects Society Awards on Tuesday night. The comic book publisher’s wares led the film fields, with “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” nabbing four wins apiece.“Spider-Verse,” a dominant animated feature on the awards circuit this year, swept each of its categories.…
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‘Avengers,’ ‘Lost in Space,’ ‘Ready Player One’ Lead Visual Effects Society Nominations
The Visual Effects Society announced nominees for the organization’s 17th annual awards on Tuesday.Leading the way in the film and TV fields, respectively, were Marvel’s “Avengers: Infinity War” and Netflix’s “Lost in Space.” Each picked up six nominations. Pixar’s “Incredibles 2” received the most nominations among animated feature contenders with five.“Ready Player One” also landed…