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THE ACOLYTE Trailer Reveals An Interstellar Murder Mystery With Exciting Action

Every year this weekend marks a significant time for the Star Wars fandom. This year goes especially to those looking forward to the new Disney+ series, The Acolyte, which makes it two-part premiere on June 4. An investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master against a dangerous warrior from his past. As more clues emerge, they travel down a dark path where sinister forces reveal all is not what it seems… Leslye Headland (Russian Doll) is creator and showrunner on the series headed by Carrie-Anne Moss, Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Dafne Keen, Manny Jacinto, Jodie Turner-Smith, Joonas Suotamo, and more. The official trailer is here as well, and while the teaser back in March was surely something to fawn over, this trailer pretty much reasserts things.

THE ACOLYTE: Get A Force-Ful, Action-Packed Look At Carrie-Anne Moss And Lee Jung-Jae In The Official Trailer!

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Star Wars is making another epic comeback now with The Acolyte hitting Disney+ this summer and the first teaser trailer is finally here after debuting a new poster on Monday. What’s more here is the addition of new faces to the saga beyond the stars and the wars therein, namely Carrie-Anne Moss front and center and back into her element brandishing safetied, stylish action she’s accustomed herself to in The Matrix saga out of WB. Seriously, just look at her go! In The Acolyte, an investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master (Lee Jung-jae) against a dangerous warrior from his past (Amandla Stenberg). As more clues emerge, they travel down a dark path where sinister forces reveal all is not what it seems…. We also have “Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae and Logan co-lead Dafne Keen straight flexing here, along with Amandla Stenberg, Manny Jacinto, Charlie […]

THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU Feature Continuation Of The Hit Show Films This Year!

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The next phase of “The Mandalorian” is in development for the big screen as the trades are reporting as of Tuesday. Series exec producer Jon Favreau is on board to direct, as well as produce alongside Kathleen Kennedy, and Dave Filoni. Tilted The Mandalorian & Grogu, the new film follows up on the three-season success of the hit aforementioned series which launched in 2019, spotlighting a new arc in the sprawling Star Wars saga with actor Pedro Pascal in the title role. The series is one of several live-action takes in the universe featured on the Disney+ service, along with “The Book Of Boba Fett,” and last year’s Rosario Dawson starrer, “Ashoka,” with others pending including “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew,” and Leslye Headland’s “The Acolyte” with Amandla Stenberg and Lee Jung-jae. “I have loved telling stories set in the rich world that George Lucas created,” said Favreau. “The prospect of […]

Taika Waititi Joins Disney/Lucasfilm’s STAR WARS Franchise For New Film

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It was back in January that THR broke the news of Thor: Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi’s possible involvement on a new Star Wars feature film project. Those prospects are finally shapening up with Disney/Lucasfilm confirming the news on Monday, with Waititi co-penning the script with Academy Award nominee and BAFTA award recipient Krysty Wilson-Cairns (1917, Last Night in Soho). Waititi’s current run with the franchise in a galaxy far far away stands with the first season of hit Disney+ series, The Mandalorian, on which he helmed the season finale. He is also attached to Thor: Love and Thunder for Disney/Marvel Studios, which is currently due for February 2022. Plot details on the new Star Wars film are currently hidden in the bowels of the Sarlacc Pit while the news also brings the arrival of Emmy-nominated writer Leslye Headland (Russian Doll, Bachelorette), who will write, exec produce and […]

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Final Trailer Gives You ‘One Last Look’

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Whatever your takeaway is, the Star Wars franchise has certainly been one of the most epic in sci-fi history since its birth in 1977. More than forty years, eight canon titles and two spin-offs later, J.J. Abrams’s Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker looks to serve as the last diptych to that era this December, and the official final trailer is now online. From the story of Anakin and Luke to the current Rey story arc, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver take one last ride together with a select number of franchise originals including Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Ian McDiarmid, and the late Carrie Fisher, her utmost, emotional final bow as Princess-cum-General, Leia Organa. December 20 is the date, and with the unveiling of the final official trailer on Monday night, tickets are now on sale, so grab ’em if you can.

THE MANDALORIAN: Check Out The Official Logo And A Quartet Of First Look Stills From The Disney+ Series

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The panel over at Star Wars Celebration this weekend for upcoming series, The Mandalorian, were reluctant to reveal any footage in the live-stream beyond the indoor crowd (save for the ones who braved it with their phones and leaked it on YouTube). Nevertheless, Disney/Lucasfilm proudly revealed several first looks at some of the key characters in costume via social media which you can view below. After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic. The Mandalorian is but one of a sprawling content list coming to Disney+ when it launches on November 12. Jon Faverau hosted the first look photos below, and […]

STAR WARS: EPISODE IX – THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Cadences Online With A First Teaser

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Comedian and late night television host Stephen Colbert was on hand at McCormick place in Chicago on Friday for this year’s Star Wars Celebration. You can check that out below as it’s packed with laughs and warmth between director J.J. Abrams, exec producer Kathleen Kennedy, and the cast of this year’s upcoming ninth installment newly revealing teaser footage and the title, Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise Of Skywalker. The teaser arrives in the wake of any and all news of late this week surrounding Disney+ in its grand entry, set to launch this November with a sprawling array of forthcoming content. That will no less include the Star Wars franchise according to numerous reports, thus officiating where The Rise Of Skywalker will land once it finishes its theatrical run after this Christmas.

STAR WARS IX Cast Hugs It Out As Filming Wraps

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It’s been real, guys. With more movies likely to come, it still bares noting director J.J. Abrams’s upcoming ninth Star Wars film will be the final bow for the Skywalker saga of the franchise. Abrams shared a photo of the principle trio of the latest three films that gave rise to the fandom in 2015 with The Force Awakens and proceeded with The Last Jedi a few years later. The newest installment doesn’t have a title but nonetheless reunites most of the cast from the previous two along with some new faces, in addition to Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, and the posthumous casting of late actress Carrie Fisher who sadly passed away at the age of 60 nearly a year before The Last Jedi (short of a few weeks before the premiere of Gareth Edwards’ spin-off, Rogue One). Abrams penned the script with Chris Terrio for its […]

STAR WARS IX Sees Leia Returning, Announces Cast And Production Start Date

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Actress Carrie Fisher’s untimely passing on December 27, 2016 was going to be an inevitable challenge if Disney had planned on reviving the role of General Leia Organa. To say the least, it’s a challenge the studio is officially ready to meet as they’ve announced the cast for the tentatively untitled ninth chapter of the Star Wars saga following The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. Best of all is the return of actress Kelly Marie Tran who took a string of abuse from the terrible, horrible, no good ends of the SW fan community – so much that she deleted her Instagram back in June. I’ll say this, guys: Let’s be better from here on. Thanks in advance. STAR WARS: EPISODE IX CAST ANNOUNCED RETURNING AND NEW CAST MEMBERS WILL JOIN TOGETHER FOR THE FINAL INSTALLMENT OF THE SKYWALKER SAGA. Star Wars: Episode IX will begin filming at London’s […]

Boba Fett Spin-Off Confirmed In STAR WARS Franchise With James Mangold To Direct

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Disney/Lucasfilm I actually thought that a Boba Fett film spin-off was already in the works as Disney Lucasfilm was ramping up a new slate of Star Wars IP long prior to The Force Awakens. I suppose it took all this time to make it official and now it is, courtesy of an exclusive at Borys Kit’s Heat Vision column at THR on Thursday. This update came hours before the official theatrical release of Ron Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, and with even more movies and television content getting new life at the studio. What’s more is that James Mangold is up to write and direct the film per the studio’s on-going process of developing non-canonical films focused on specific characters in the Star Wars universe, including recently announced films surrounding Lando Calrissian (previously played by Billy Dee Williams and succeeded this weekend by Donald Glover in an origin capacity) […]

Anime Spin-Off, STAR WARS RESISTANCE, Takes Flight This Fall!

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Disney and Lucasfilm have already begun production on what’s been described as a new anime-inspired series in the form of Star Wars Resistance. Chalk this up to the number of animes you’ll be strenuously catching up with if not already, which reminds me, I still have viewing of my own to do! This fall, welcome to the Resistance! StarWars.com is thrilled to announce that production has begun on Star Wars Resistance, an exciting new animated adventure series about Kazuda Xiono, a young pilot recruited by the Resistance and tasked with a top-secret mission to spy on the growing threat of the First Order. It will premiere this fall on Disney Channel in the U.S. and thereafter, on Disney XD and around the world. Featuring the high-flying adventure that audiences of all ages have come to expect from Star Wars, Star Wars Resistance — set in the time prior to Star […]

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY Offical Trailer Flies High In Friendly Company

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We’re just a little over a month shy of the Out Of Competition premiere of Solo: A Star Wars Story at Cannes next month. Expect reactions to arise, and with it, more angst from fans – a good number of who may still be writhihg in pain from the last in-canon film from director Rian Johnson who sits at the forefront of a new trilogy in development ahead of the ninth entry. Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star Wars Story, an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes. The official trailer is now online and more to […]

STAR WARS Is Getting A Live-Action Series With Jon Favreau Scripting And Executive Producing

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The announcement caused a stir on Thursday but word that Jon Faveau has been tapped to steer a forthcoming live-action Star Wars series is enticing enough for fans. I get the ballyhoo though, and frankly, I’m not discussing the supposed controversy here – otherwise just Google it and make your own judgments. Rather, just that Favreau is helping advance a Star Wars series that further branches out the interstellar saga is fine by me. Read the announcent below from the Star Wars website: Lucasfilm is excited to announce that Emmy-nominated producer and actor Jon Favreau has signed on to executive produce and write a live-action Star Wars series for Disney’s new direct-to-consumer platform. Favreau is no stranger to the Star Wars galaxy having played roles in both the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series and in the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story. “I couldn’t be more excited about […]

STAR WARS Adds More Movies To Its Slate From ‘Game Of Thrones’ Creators

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Tired of Star Wars? Welp…too bad. Save your franchise fatigue for someone who cares because Disney and Lucasfilm are stretching their muscles and setting the course for more movies with the help of Game Of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. The two men behind the smash-hit, Emmy Award-winning television series are to write and produce a new series of Star Wars films that will be seperate from the Skywalker saga and the forthcoming titles now in development under Star Wars: The Last Jedi helmer Rian Johnson’s care. “David and Dan are some of the best storytellers working today,” said Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm. “Their command of complex characters, depth of story and richness of mythology will break new ground and boldly push Star Wars in ways I find incredibly exciting.” “In the summer of 1977 we traveled to a galaxy far, far away, and we’ve been dreaming […]

Rian Johnson To Create New STAR WARS Trilogy; Will Write And Direct Tenth Film

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Disney is feeling the Force with filmmaker Rian Johnson, and with The Force Awakens helmer J.J. Abrams back at the helm for the ninth installment of Star Wars which is currently slated for 2019. Just over a month from the release of Johnson’s own contribution with Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the official Star Wars website is hailing fans with news of Johnson’s involvement on the creation of a brand new trilogy. The Looper helmer will write and direct the forthcoming tenth installment to boot with longtime collaborator Ram Bergman onboard to produce. Further cast and crew details are still pending while The Last Jedi still has Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver, and stalwarts Mark Hamill and the late and lovely Carrie Fisher shepherding Disney’s latest volume of the longstanding space opera centered on interplanetary politics and conflict, and epic battles between the forces of good […]

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STAR WARS IX Lands J.J. Abrams To Direct

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Lucasfilm There’s been much ado with who would helm the third installment of the newest Star Wars canon but it now appears that J.J. Abrams is the man who will take the chair to direct. Abrams shepherded the 2015 holiday hit, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac starring, grossing more than $2 billion dollars among its accolades. STAR WARS: EPISODE IXTHE ACCLAIMED FILMMAKER WILL RETURN TO HELM THE FINAL FILM IN THE SEQUEL TRILOGY. J.J. Abrams, who launched a new era of Star Wars with The Force Awakens in 2015, is returning to complete the sequel trilogy as writer and director of Star Wars: Episode IX. Abrams will co-write the film with Chris Terrio. Star Wars: Episode IX will be produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Abrams, Bad Robot, and Lucasfilm. “With The Force Awakens, J.J. delivered everything we could have possibly hoped […]

Punch It! Filming Begins For The Han Solo Star Wars Spin-Off

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The new Han Solo spin-off film still doesn’t have an official title, but we now have our first look at a cast photo marking the start of principal photography at Pinewood Studios as of Monday. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie) are directing the film as one of several current spin-offs for Disney and Lucasfilm’s on-going Star Wars saga in lieu of Rian Johnson’s coming Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The film, opening on May 25, 2018, stars actor Alden Ehrenreich as inspired by Harrison Ford’s portrayal of Han Solo, next to Finnish actor and basketballer Joonas Suotamo as loyal Wookie companion, Chewbacca, and will explore the events of both heroes leading up to the main canon’s second chapter that began with Episode IV: A New Hope. Disney’s recently-cast Simba for the upcoming live-action installment of The Lion King and co-star of Sony and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, actor […]

Disney Casts Its Han Solo Spin-Off Star

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Well, it was a matter of months or longer, but now it looks like the production behind the forthcoming Han Solo spin-off has reached a new plateau. Deadline reports that Hail, Caesar! co-star Alden Ehrenreich has officially been cast to play the title role, with the looming possibility of a cameo in Gareth Edwards’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The news comes as one of a few updates including that of character actor Spencer Wilding being tapped to suit up as Darth Vader just a few days ago, all since the Han Solo spin-off was announced last summer. Other candidates for Han Solo included finalists like Transformers: Age Of Extinction co-star Jack Reynor and Kingsman star Taron Egerton. The Lego Movie pair Phil Lord and Chris Miller are directing from a script by Jon Kasdan and his father, Star Wars: Episodes V, VI and VII writer Lawrence Kasdan who […]

THE RETURN OF THE TRILOGY Kicks Off Roadshow This Summer For Alamo Drafthouse

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It may be infathomable for some to comprehend even re-releasing classic movies like any of the Star Wars films to the big screen, but it all really depends partly on strategy. Thus, the collective love hasn’t been lost at all with the staunch approval from fans over the latest efforts from J.J. Abrams and one forthcoming via director Rian Johnson this winter as the new wave of reinvigorated Star Wars fandom continues, and if it won’t be too much for you come this summer, then you’re in for a real treat. As it stands, the original trilogy itself from director George Lucas is always and forever one worth celebrating, and so you’re forgiven if you’re one of the millions of people in the world who would line-up for anything and everything Star Wars. As such, that courtesy now extends to those who plan on attending The Return Of The Trilogy, […]

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Comes Home Beginning On April 1!

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The pressure was on for director J.J. Abrams in the months leading up to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and lo and behold, the efforts have been met with praise, and a gross thusfar of well over $2 billion dollars globally in ticket sales. As for the film, well…things happened, people died and Rey herself, played by actress Daisy Ridley, ended up with lightsaber skills of her own thus bringing a new heroine into the mix (despite initially being shortchanged her own toy in her likeness). Alas, the bar has been set for the new trilogy which now on par for a tie-in this December, Rian Johnson’s sequel a year thereafter and others to come, and so now we welcome, naturally, a home release of Abrams’s own film scheduled for the first week of April. Save for digital copy, the ensuing Blu-Ray and DVD will be packed […]