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Star Trek Into Darkness Trailer Leaks: Benedict Cumberbatch Plays Khan?
The first trailer for JJ Abrams' Star Trek sequel Into Darkness has emerged online today (December 5, 2012), with trekkies already drooling all over their keyboards at the menacing voiceover provided by Benedict Cumberbatch. It's...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 06 December 2012
Netflix Lock Down Significant Demographic With Disney Deal
Disney films on Netflix are due to become the norm in 2016, as the pair have signed a deal which grants exclusive TV distribution rights to Netflix to stream Disney flicks, making them the first...
By Jack de Aguilar in Movies / TV / Theatre on 04 December 2012
Matthew Vaughn To Direct New Star Wars Film? Jason Flemyng Slips Up
Has the cat been let out of the bag too early? Last week, with rumors swirling around whose going to get involved in the recently announced new trilogy of Star Wars films, actor Jason Flemyng...
By Contributor in Movies / TV / Theatre on 03 December 2012
A Week In Movies Featuring: Star Wars, Gambit, Hitchcock, Movie 43, Now You See Me And Much More!
The big movie news this week was that Disney has signed Lawrence Kasdan to return to the franchise to write Star Wars Episode VIII. He cowrote both The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the...
By Staff Writer in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23 November 2012
Iconic Star Wars Writer To Return For New Films
As the maniacal excitement dies down after the initial news that the Star Wars franchise had been bought by Disney for an enormous sum of over four billion dollars, and the revelation that there would...
By Lorna Greville on 23 November 2012
Oscar Winning Screewriter Michael Arndt Set To Pen Next Star Wars Movie
It appears that the force is strong between Star Wars' new owners Disney and Michael Arndt, the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind the films Little Miss Sunshine and Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 3 after it has emerged that...
By Joe Wilde on 10 November 2012
Pigtroopers? Rovio Launch Angry Birds Star Wars Edition For 99 Cents!
Hmm, we wonder why Rovio chose to launch their Angry Birds Star Wars edition this month? Anyway, they have, and it's available for just 99 cents at the Apple App Store. The new game puts...
By Michael West in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 08 November 2012
Is This A Good Idea? Harrison Ford Possibly Returning As Han Solo
Han Solo was one sexy guy back in the day, hoo boy. The wild man of Star Wars, the outsider, the man who didn’t care, did he set our hearts a-throbbing at Contact towers. He...
By Contributor in Movies / TV / Theatre on 07 November 2012
'Get Rid Of The Original Characters' Appeals Star Wars Author Ahead Of New Films
Remember when someone wrote a load more Star Wars books in 1991 set five years after the events of the original film trilogy? We don’t, but that’s probably because we’re Trekkers hypnotised by the wordsmithery...
By Contributor in Movies / TV / Theatre on 06 November 2012
Could Anna Kendrick Play Princess Leia In Star Wars Episode 7?
The Jedis have spoken, and it's Anna Kendrick who they want as Princess Leia in Star Wars Episode 7, the first of the movies in the new Disney franchise. The film should hit theaters in...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 05 November 2012
Star Wars Episode 7: Where Will The Saga Take Us Next?
Director, George Lucas, at the New York premiere of 'The Adventures of Tintin'With Disney’s acquisition of LucasFilms this week, first on the agenda is a seventh Star Wars film – something that has split opinion...
By Joe Wilde in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31 October 2012
Bambi In Space? Disney Buys Lucasfilm To Reignite Star Wars Franchise
Disney is to purchase Lucasfilm, founded by George Lucas, for a whopping $4.05 billion in a deal that will pave the way for several new Star Wars films. In a move that has left sci-fi...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 31 October 2012
George Lucas Sells Star Wars Production Company To Disney For $4 Billion
Filmmaker George Lucas has passed on the Star Wars torch to bosses at Disney after selling his production company for a whopping $4.05 billion.The movie mogul founded Lucasfilm in 1971 and since then he has...
By WENN on 30 October 2012
Rovio Entertainment To Launch Angry Birds Star Wars
Angry Birds Star Wars will mark the next chapter of an incredible gaming story, reports NME. The bird-flinging franchise has teamed up with Lucasfilm Ltd. to bring gamers the ultimate sci-fi and gaming synthesis.When Angry...
By Jack de Aguilar on 09 October 2012
Angry Birds’ Turn To The Dark Side: Star Wars Fans, Prepare To Explode With Excitement
Lucasfilm Ltd has announced a somewhat unlikely partnership with Rovio Entertainment, aka, the company behind Angry Birds. That's right Star Wars fans, your favourite characters. Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader.and the little metal one.are to be...
By Michael West on 09 October 2012
Remaining Star Wars Prequels Will Get 2012 3d Release In 2013
The might of the Star Wars franchise appears to know no bounds. According to the Cinema Blend blog, Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace is currently ranked as 2012's 50th highest grossing movie....
By WENN on 28 August 2012
George Lucas Retiring
George Lucas is still planning to retire. The 'Star Wars' director is hoping to give up on Hollywood and make small scale movies at home for his own enjoyment. He told Empire magazine: ''I'm moving...
By Bang Showbiz on 01 June 2012
Harrison Ford To Appear In Blade Runner Sequel?
Harrison Ford looks set to appear in the 'Blade Runner' sequel. The 69-year-old star - who is well known for his titular role in 'Indiana Jones' and portrayal of Han Solo in the original 'Star...
By Bang Showbiz on 28 May 2012
Liam Neeson And Ralph Fiennes Had Titans 'Bromance'
Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes had a ''godly bromance'' on new movie 'Wrath of the Titans'.Liam and Ralph play king of the gods Zeus and Hades, god of the underworld, respectively in the mythical blockbuster...
By Bang Showbiz on 30 March 2012
Johnny Depp Crucial To 21 Jump Street
Johnny Depp's '21 Jump Street' cameo was ''crucial'' to the movie. Star and executive producer Jonah Hill says he always wanted Johnny to make an appearance in the big screen adaptation of the TV show...
By Bang Showbiz on 15 March 2012
Topher Grace Edited Star Wars Film
Actor Topher Grace indulged his love of Star Wars by spending nine months editing together the three prequels to make one 85-minute movie.The Spider-Man 3 star is a big fan of George Lucas' sci-fi franchise...
By WENN on 08 March 2012
Darth Vader Character Designer Ralph Mcquarrie Dies, Aged 82
The Star Wars character designer Ralph MCQuarrie has died, aged 82. Washington Post reports that MCQuarrie passed away on March 3, 2012 at his Berkeley, California home, having suffered complications from Parkinson's disease. MCQuarrie also...
By Lew Irwin on 05 March 2012
Star Wars' Jake Lloyd Vows Never To Act Again
Former Star Wars child actor Jake Lloyd has told how he quit acting after school bullies mocked his Hollywood career and made life a "living hell".Lloyd decided on an early retirement from acting because he...
By WENN on 05 March 2012
George Lucas Pays Tribute To Star Wars Artist Mcquarrie
George Lucas has paid tribute to Ralph MCQuarrie, the artist who helped him bring his Star Wars vision to the big screen, after his death on Saturday (03Mar12).MCQuarrie was 82 years old when he passed...
By WENN on 04 March 2012
Hairy Actor Sam Worthington
Sam Worthington is so hairy he looks like he is wearing a ''woolly jacket'' when he is naked.The Australian actor - who is best known for his turn as a former US marine in sci-fi...
By Bang Showbiz on 24 February 2012
Little Anakin Lands Video Deal With Boba Fett
The child star who played Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace is teaming up with the man behind Boba Fett for a new music video.Jake Lloyd, now a 22-year-old filmmaker, has been commissioned...
By WENN on 09 February 2012
Stormtroopers Share Popcorn At Star Wars 3d Screening
Star Wars cinemagoers in London were stunned this week, when a team of Stormtroopers marched into the screening of Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D at the Apollo Cinema in Piccadilly Gardens, reports...
By Lew Irwin on 09 February 2012
Movie Reviews Red Tails
If, as George Lucas has announced, Red Tails , his take on the all-black Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, turns out to be his last Hollywood movie, he's going out in a blaze of...
By Lew Irwin in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20 January 2012
George Lucas Couldn't Get Studios To Support His Red Tails Movie
Movie studio executives turned down the chance to distribute Star Wars creator George Lucas' new war movie Red Tails - because they didn't think the big-budget epic about the heroic African-American Tuskegee Airmen would be...
By WENN on 11 January 2012
George Lucas Gives Determined Parents Of Sick Princess Leah Rare Helmets
Movie mogul George Lucas has pledged his support to the family of a desperately ill little girl named after one of his most iconic Star Wars characters.Little Leah Esquenazi, who is nine months old, is...
By WENN on 05 December 2011
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