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STAR WARS VIII Officially Announces Production

Production on the eighth installment of the Star Wars saga is underway as of last week, and the studio has since confirmed its cast on top of who will be returning. It’s director Rian Johnson’s turn at the helm this time out and now we’re getting at least 20 epic seconds of footage featuring actress Daisy Ridley and franchise mainstay Mark Hamill back in the role of Luke Skywalker following the tail end of J.J. Abrams’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Read the full announcement below courtesy of StarWars.com: Rey took her first steps into a larger world in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and will continue her epic journey with Finn, Poe, and Luke Skywalker in the next chapter of the continuing Star Wars saga, Star Wars: Episode VIII, which began principal photography at Pinewood Studios in London on February 15, 2016. Star Wars: Episode VIII, which is written and directed by Rian Johnson and continues […]

STAR WARS VIII Gets A New Release Date

Lee B. Golden III

Lucasfilm/Disney Director Rian Johnson has a huge task on his hands…about $1.8+ billion dollars worth. That’s the figure reportedly earned by J.J. Abrams for his latest, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which pretty much broke almost every record you can probably imagine after opening last month in the U.K. and U.S.. Success notwithstanding, the film did stir the pot with fans in its delivery, speculating over who Daisy Ridley’s Rey really is and such, and the nature of Kylo Ren’s past with respect to the cast along with talk of a delay in production in recent memory. These are all fun questions and convos to have and share and there’s no doubt it’ll get silly as well. That all said, there’s at least one other guarantee, and it’s the film’s pushback from May 26, 2017 to its new stamp for December 15, 2017. Details are pending but it’s expected that […]

D23: Theme Parks, A New Cast Pic, A New Poster & More!

Lee B. Golden III

Lucasfilm Saturday was a heavy-handed day for Star Wars fans attending Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim, California. Cutting right to the chase here, various costumes and other goods were unveiled at the expo, including plans for Star Wars Land – two 14-acre theme parks in Anaheim, California and Orlando, Florida with three concept pictures to show fans what is in store. View post on imgur.com As for film, aside from co-writing the forthcoming sequel to his summer box-office hit, Jurassic World, filmmaker Colin Trevorrow will have plenty of time to work out the kinks in time to direct the ninth Star Wars film. Trevorrow currently completes the roster of directors now involved in Disney and Lucasfilm’s new trilogy of films within the canon aside from the upcoming spin-offs, including the December 16, 2016 release of director Gareth Edwards’s Star Wars: Rogue One; That film also got its day today with […]

Han Solo Is Getting A STAR WARS Origin Movie In 2018!

Lee B. Golden III

Disney and Lucasfilm are not done growing into their newly revamped efforts to spawn a whole new slate of films and other media properties for the longstanding Star Wars franchise. Darth Vader is set to appear in the 2016 release of Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars Anthology: Rebel One now already underway with second unit production following J.J. Abrams’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens opening before this Christmas, and it’s looking more certain that Hong Kong Donnie Yen will be joining Oscar Isaac and actor Harrison Ford among the cast for director Rian Johnson’s contribution to the 2017-dated eighth episode in the main saga. That said, speaking of Han Solo – a name that has spent quite a bit of time swirling amid rumors for a possible standalone film within the past year or so, Star Wars.com is finally announcing an anthology movie based on the character with The Lego Movie […]

Will Donnie Yen Join STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII?

Lee B. Golden III

There’s been no shortage within martial arts action superstar Donnie Yen‘s international fanbase for him to appear in major roles following his smaller stints in films like Highlander: Endgame, Blade 2 and Shanghai Knights opposite fellow genre mainstay Jackie Chan. Recent mentions in the last several years have even thrown his name in the mix for Sylvester Stallone’s Expendables franchise until the opposite was confirmed, leaving fans curious about his later prospects. So, of course we’ll be learning more about his forthcoming Hollywood lead debut in Noodle Man, for starters. Meanwhile, it appears that Disney’s latest rebranding of the Star Wars franchise for its future film prospects have shared in the fervor of several popular names in Asian cinema rumored to be joining the fray in some capacity. Those reports have kept quiet as a lot of these updates come at the behest of knee-jerk fandom, random leaks and tabloid […]

Lucasfilm 'Loops' Another Director For The STAR WARS Saga!

Lee B. Golden III

The latest production of Star Wars VII has already undergone a significant challenge due to the current recovery of principle franchise cast member, actor Harrison Ford since breaking his leg last week on set, leaving him to take two months off from filming. Nonetheless, filming continues with director J.J. Abrams at the helm for the film’s expected December 18, 2015 release date, and with at least two spin-offs on the way, the word is now that Looper helmer Rian Johnson is said to be in talks and will begin working on episode VIII, in addition to episode IX which is still possibly seeking a director. Franchise auteur George Lucas is an acting consultant on the new trilogy moving forward from the first six films with VII directed by none other a cast that joins Ford with Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, […]