Tag: Solo: A Star Wars Story
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Scores from ‘Green Book,’ ‘Solo,’ Others Disqualified from Oscar Race (Exclusive)
First-round voting is underway for Oscar’s Original Song and Original Score categories, but Academy music-branch voters are discovering that four talked-about scores are missing from the eligibility list.Music for “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” “Green Book,” “Mandy” and “The Other Side of the Wind” has been disqualified for various reasons, Variety has learned.More than 150…
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New ‘The Lego Movie 2’ Trailer Is Here to Fend Off Duplo Invaders
Warner Bros. has released a new The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part trailer. The upcoming sequel takes place five years after the events of the first movie and the citizens of Bricksburg are now in a Mad Max-esque dystopia after fighting off invaders from Lego Duplo. Mike Mitchell (Trolls) directs alongside co-director Trisha Gum,…
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Ilm’s Rob Bredow on ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ and the Future of VFX
Even before he was promoted to Svp, executive director and head of Ilm in May, Rob Bredow was a very busy man. He joined Industrial Light & Magic in 2014 as a visual effects supervisor, then quickly rose up the ranks, helping to launch ILMxLAB in 2015 to develop and release immersive entertainment, moving into…
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Lawrence Kasdan To Script & Direct Film Adaptation Of Lou Berney Novel ‘November Road’
Exclusive: Though the past several years have left Lawrence Kasdan focused in space writing Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Solo: A Star Wars Story, Kasdan will now focus on the period surrounding the JFK assassination. Kasdan has made a six-figure acquisition of the film rights to November Road, the upcoming novel from Edgar Award-winning…
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‘Venom’ Delivers October Opening Weekend Record While ‘Star is Born’ Shines
It was a record weekend at the box office for Sony’s release of Venom, which delivered a massive $80 million, topping the previous October opening weekend record by more than $20 million. Additionally, Warner Bros.’s A Star is Born more than carried its own weight with a stellar debut of its own, topping $40 million…
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How the Finer Parts of ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Were Influenced by an Oscar-Nominated Sci-Fi Short
(Welcome to The Movies That Made Star Wars, a series where we explore the films and television properties that inspired or in this case help us better understand George Lucas’s iconic universe. In this edition: The Leviathan) Ruairí Robinson isn’t a filmmaker that’s a household name, but maybe he should be. He’s an Academy Award…
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‘Too much, too fast’: Disney to scale back production of Star Wars movies
After the disappointing box office performance of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Disney CEO Bob Iger says fans ‘can expect some slowdown’After months of rumour and speculation, Disney CEO Bob Iger has confirmed that its production and release of Star Wars movies will be scaled back.Iger admitted that he had made a mistake, and that…
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‘Solo’ Writer Reveals Four Scenes Conceived by Phil Lord & Chris Miller That Made the Final Cut
Since “Solo: A Star Wars Story” hit theaters in May, fans have wondered how much of the creative input of ousted directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller made it into Ron Howard’s final cut. According to co-writer Jon Kasdan, the answer is… quite a bit.To mark the film’s digital release, Kasdan posted a list of…
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Video: Watch How Skywalker Sound Used A Bear For Chewbacca’s Voice in ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’
Chewbacca has always been a supporting player in the Star Wars universe, but in this year’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, he was promoted to one of the primary protagonists. As a much more involved character, he needed a larger range of vocal noises here than in any previous film, so the team at Skywalker…
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Daily Podcast: The Predator Spoiler Discussion, Westworld Season 3, Venom Box Office & Solo Trivia
On the September 14, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and tv news, including Westworld season 3, The Predator box office, and Solo: A Star Wars Story trivia. And in the Spoiler Room, /Film…