Tag: The Last Starfighter
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It’s the Ultimate Star Wars-Style Anime, But You’ll Never Get to See it
The Star Wars universe has served as a major inspiration for various sci-fi & fantasy works over the years. From Firefly to The Last Starfighter, there have been plenty of films & TV shows that pay homage to a galaxy far, far away. Even Disney, the studio that currently owns Star Wars, is aiming to…
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The Last Starfighter Deconstructed the Wish Fulfillment of Sci-Fi Movies
The Last Starfighter is a film that fits into multiple categories. It’s one of the first films, alongside the original Tron, to make use of early computer-generated imagery. It’s a video game movie that manages to capture the exhilarating feeling of getting lost in a video game movie — and it’s not even based on…
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‘The Last Starfighter’ Sequel Sizzle Reel Reveals Concept Art and a Title: ‘The Last Starfighters’
Screenwriter Gary Whitta has been working on a sequel to The Last Starfighter for a few years now, and he just revealed a sizzle reel for the potential movie. Using the title The Last Starfighters, the sizzle reel consists of concept art from Matt Allsopp, who worked on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and…
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Rogue One’s Gary Whitta working on a reboot of The Last Starfighter
Do you remember The Last Starfighter? Well, here’s a quick refresher: The 1984 sci-fi film found Alex Rogan (Lance Guest) becoming embarrassingly good at an arcade game called Starfighter. Once he becomes the highest-scoring player, Rogan is approached by the game’s creator who reveals that the game is a recruiting tool for a real intergalactic…
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‘Rogue One’ Writer Teases a ‘Last Starfighter’ Sequel
Producers have been wanting to remake the 1984 sci-fi film The Last Starfighter for years, but the rights to the project have been tied up with the original film’s writer. Even Steven Spielberg couldn’t lock them down. But now Gary Whitta, the screenwriter of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, has hinted that not only…