Tag: Star Wars: Episode IX
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‘Jumanji’ Sequel to Release in December 2019
At Sony’s CinemaCon presentation in Las Vegas, Sony Motion Pictures chairman Tom Rothman revealed that 2017’s surprise blockbuster “Jumanji” will be getting a sequel to premiere Christmastime of next year.Rothman acknowledged that the release date would pit it against “Star Wars: Episode IX,” which is set to premiere around the same time.“Jumanji: Welcome to the…
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Victoria Mahoney Named 2nd Unit Director For Jj Abrams ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’
Another historic moment for a female director, as Victoria Mahoney has been tapped by Lucasfilm and Jj Abrams to be second unit director on Star Wars: Episode IX. Ava DuVernay just tweeted the historic news. DuVernay became the first African American woman to sign on to direct a major superhero film in DC’s The New…
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‘Star Wars’: J.J. Abrams Taps Victoria Mahoney as ‘Episode IX’ Second Unit Director
J.J. Abrams has begun pre-production on “Star Wars: Episode IX” and tapped Victoria Mahoney as his second unit director, a major milestone for the franchise as its first African-American woman to serve in any directing role.Ava DuVernay, who recently directed “A Wrinkle in Time” for Disney, announced the news on her Twitter feed on Tuesday.Happy…
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Annette Bening, Adam Driver, Jon Hamm in Talks for CIA Drama ‘Torture Report’
Annette Bening, Adam Driver, Jon Hamm, and Jennifer Morrison are in negotiations to star in CIA drama “The Torture Report.”Scott Z. Burns is directing from his own script. Vice Studios is producing and financing for the project, which centers on the CIA’s extreme interrogation program on detainees following the 9/11 attacks.Along with Burns, producers are…
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Movie Talk: Will The Joker Origin Movie with Joaquin Phoenix Ever Happen?
On this episode of Collider Movie Talk, Mark Ellis, Kristian Harloff, Jon Schnepp, and Perri Nemiroff discuss the following: In an interview with Fandango, Joaquin Phoenix conveyed his interest in playing The Joker by saying that “it could be an interesting character”, but that the movie should “transcend the genre.” The Russo Brothers responded to…
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Director Colin Trevorrow Returning To Third ‘Jurassic World’
Steven Spielberg made it official today that Colin Trevorrow is coming back to the Jurassic World franchise, directing the third installment. Trevorrow was responsible for rebooting the Amblin 1990s’ movie Jurassic Park with 2015’s Jurassic World making it the fourth-highest grossing title of all-time with $1.67 billion at the global B.O. The filmmaker last year…
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Jedi Council: Is A Snoke Origin Novel Coming?
On today’s Jedi Council (March 29th, 2018), Kristian Harloff, Ken Napzok and Van William discuss the following: In an interview with IGN, Mark Hamill reveals that George Lucas was not going to kill Luke Skywalker until the end of Star Wars: Episode IX. Vulture interviewed an unnamed actor who worked on Solo: A Star Wars…
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Jedi Council: Will Rey Rebuild Luke’s Lightsaber in ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’?
On today’s Collider Jedi Council, Kristian Harloff, Ken Napzok, and Rosie Knight discuss the following: In separate interviews with Empire magazine, Rian Johnson and producer Ram Bergman offered updates on the status of Johnson’s upcoming Star Wars trilogy. In separate interviews with RadioTimes.com, Domnhall Gleeson and Daisy Ridley offered their thoughts on what direction J.J.…
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John Williams Says ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ Will Be His Last ‘Star Wars’ Movie
John Williams, arguably the greatest film composer who has ever lived, thinks it’s time he said farewell to the Star Wars franchise. After winning an Oscar for the first Star Wars movie, he went on to score every other movie in the main saga and also provided a theme for the upcoming Solo. However, he…
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‘Star Wars’ Composer John Williams to Quit Franchise After Episode IX
John Williams says that “Star Wars: Episode IX” will be the last movie in the franchise he will score. “We know J.J. Abrams is preparing one now that I will hopefully do next year for him,” Williams said on radio station Kusc. “I look forward it. It will round out a series of nine, that…