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

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!

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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 […]

STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE Circles Forest Whitaker

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Keeping up with Star Wars fandom still? Good! Variety is making headway with word of negotiations for actor Forest Whitaker to star in the forthcoming December 16, 2016 release of Star Wars: Rogue One. Godzilla helmer Gareth Edwards is directing the installation which will see its current stars, actress Felicity Jones, Ben Mendelssohn, Riz Ahmed and Diego Luna partake in a story chronologically set after Episode III nearing IV as our heroes plot an effort to steal the Death Star. The news comes with great timing as Whitaker‘s next film, Antoine Fuqua’s Southpaw arrives in late July while moviegoers await the verdict on his involvement in Corin Hardy’s remake of The Crow which starts filming this Fall. In the meantime, fans of the Star Wars saga can catch J.J. Abrams’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens this December as the first of the new movies commence development and production. Stay tuned […]