Tag: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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Here’s Why Star Wars Designers Purposefully Restrict Themselves On Projects
Jon Favreau’s “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian,” which debuted in 2019, was the first live-action “Star Wars” TV series and is set only a few years after the events of “Return of the Jedi,” but a few decades before the events of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Although the titular Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) is not…
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The WWII Horror Movie That Features Nazi Zombies
If you think about it, Bad Robot Productions is one of the more prolific production companies out there. After all, this outfit is attached to some of the biggest movies of all-time, namely Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the Kelvin timeline Star Trek films. It’s not an institution as beloved as, say, MGM in…
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Disney Veteran Ken Caldwell Retires After 40 Years
Ken Caldwell, a nearly 40-year veteran of Disney, is retiring from the company at the end of the year.He most recently served as executive vice president and general sales manager of North American theatrical sales and reported to Tony Chambers, the executive VP of theatrical distribution. In his role, Caldwell oversaw domestic distribution encompassing the…
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The Future of the Concert Movie Is in Taylor Swift’s Hands
Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour, which swept the nation this past summer, is heading to the big screen this October. The pop star sensation’s lavish tour will be screened in over 1,000 theaters across the United States at AMC, Cinemark, and Regal locations starting on October 13th. In a stunning turn of events, the star…
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25 Years Ago, Halloween H20 Proved Legacy Sequels Could Kill At The Box Office
(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)In no small part thanks to the success of 2018’s “Halloween,” which raked in a ridiculously great $255 million worldwide against a mere $10 million production budget, so-called…
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‘Pee-wee’s Big Holiday’ Is A Perfect Comedy Legacy Sequel
There is no phrase in Hollywood’s recent history that’s been more popular than the “legacy sequel.” Films like Creed, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Jurassic World, and David Gordon Green’s Halloween essentially remade the first film in their respective franchises, but used it to usher in a new generation of heroes and play on the…
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Warwick Davis’ Dream Star Wars Spin-Off Doesn’t Necessarily Involve Ewoks
Actor Warwick Davis, wearing a mask and a full-body teddy bear costume, appeared as Wicket the Ewok in Richard Marquand’s 1983 sci-fi flick “Return of the Jedi.” Davis was only 12 years old at the time, but it began a long and lucrative association with “Star Wars” for the actor, leading Davis to appear in…
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John Boyega Ranks ‘The Last Jedi’ as His Worst ‘Star Wars’ Movie: ‘In the Most Respectful Sense’
John Boyega was asked by “Hot Ones” to rank the films in his “Star Wars” trilogy, which kicked off on a high note in 2015 with the beloved “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and then got polarizing with 2017’s “The Last Jedi” and 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker.”“‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ is most definitely…