Tag: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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Why Colin Trevorrow Didn’t Direct ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’, According to Kathleen Kennedy
J.J. Abrams is at the helm of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, but things could’ve turned out very differently. At one point, Jurassic World filmmaker Colin Trevorrow was set to direct the final entry in the Skywalker Saga, but Trevorrow ultimately parted ways with the production. We’ve heard several different reasons for Trevorrow’s departure,…
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J.J. Abrams Teases Emperor’s “Extraordinary Power” in ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’
The end of the Skywalker Saga is nigh, and writer/director J.J. Abrams joined the cast of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on stage at Brazilian convention Comic Con Experience in São Paulo Saturday afternoon to talk about the experience of making the final chapter, and tease what lies in store for a galaxy far,…
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Disney Crossing Record $10 Billion At Worldwide Box Office; First Studio In History To The Mark
Frozen 2 and its cumulative $919.7M in global snow dust, have helped bring Disney to the $10B threshold worldwide for 2019. Officially, the studio will cross the mark within the next day. Current studio cumes stand at $3.28B domestic and $6.717B from the international box office. That’s $9.997B global through today. This is a new…
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Finn and Poe Aren’t Boyfriends, But ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Still Might Have Lgbtg Representation
As soon as John Boyega‘s Finn and Oscar Isaac‘s Poe Dameron locked eyes in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the chemistry was apparent — especially to the hundreds of shippers who affectionally named the unofficial couple FinnPoe. But despite the support for the pairing from both Boyega and Isaac, it seems […]The post Finn and…
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J.J. Abrams on the Evolution of “Reylo” in ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’
The “will they, won’t they” aspect between Daisy Ridley‘s Rey and Adam Driver‘s Kylo Ren is a hotbed of divisiveness in the Star Wars fan community, and everyone is waiting to see how that relationship plays out in this month’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which may be the final time these characters share…
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‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ TV Spot: Let the Final Battle Begin
New footage from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker just keeps on coming with every new TV spot that Disney and Lucasfilm are putting out there. Thankfully, even with more and more snippets from the movie surfacing online, they seem to be holding back a lot of the third act of this movie, especially when…
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‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Posters and TV Spot Further Tease the End of the Skywalker Saga
Hey everyone: press pause on your post-Thanksgiving antics, because there’s more Star Wars to be had. New Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker posters have arrived, reminding us that this series has had its fair share of incredible poster art…and its fair share of total mediocrity. And on top of that, a new TV spot…
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‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ to Hit China Day-and-Date With U.S.
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” will hit Chinese theaters Dec. 20, day-and-date with the U.S.While Marvel films are typically outsized hits in China, the “Star Wars” franchise has historically under-performed in the territory. Chinese audiences are less familiar with it because the original films were never theatrically released in the ’70s, when Western cultural…
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‘Tenet’ IMAX Prologue Likely To Play Before ‘The Rise of Skywalker’
The trend of Christopher Nolan movie prologue screenings continues with Tenet, Nolan’s latest secretive film. Similar to what happened with The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises and Dunkirk, the opening sequence of Nolan’s new movie is headed to IMAX movie screens – in front of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. That’s bound to…
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J.J. Abrams Intended to Bring The Emperor Back to ‘Star Wars’ Since ‘The Force Awakens’
When the first trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker debuted during Star Wars Celebration this past spring, fans went absolutely nuts when the return of Emperor Palpatine was teased with his signature evil laugh. But many wondered exactly how the villain would be returning after being chucked down a reactor shaft by Darth…