How Much Money Star Wars: The Last Jedi Will Make Globally
There are no blockbuster events quite as significant as the Star Wars franchise. The past three Decembers have brought two main sequels and the franchise’s first standalone film, making an insane amount of money with each new installment. Star Wars: The Last Jedi was the most recent addition to the …
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‘A ferocious fighter who rose to the top of Hollywood’: Film producer whose credits include The …
‘A ferocious fighter who rose to the top of Hollywood’: Film producer whose credits include The Hunger Games and Star Wars dies from lung cancer at … After becoming a full-time producer in 2011, she worked on The Hunger Games, Cinderella, Power Rangers and the Star Wars spin-off Rogue One.
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‘Star Wars’ Shocker: ‘Last Jedi’ Needed 37 Whole Days To Top $600M
So the question is whether Star Wars Episode IX acts like Jurassic Park III (another relative downturn that ends the franchise for a while) or Batman Forever (a crowd-pleasing retooling that ends up making a bit more than Batman Returns domestically and worldwide). As noted, The Empire Strikes Back …
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Ron Howard leads tributes after ‘Star Wars’ producer Allison Shearmur dies, aged 54
The movie executive and producer – who represented the likes of Walt Disney, Universal and Paramount as an executive – worked on a number of high-profile projects during her career, earning producer credits on such films as The Hunger Games franchise, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the …
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Allison Shearmur, ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Hunger Games’ producer, dead at 54
Shearmur worked as a producer on some of the biggest movie franchises in Hollywood in recent years, including “A Star Wars Story” and the upcoming “Solo: A Star Wars Story.” She also produced the “Hunger Games” movie series and worked on casting Disney’s “The One and Only Ivan” with Angelina …
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How Star Wars Rebels May Have Teased Ahsoka’s Return
Not too many episodes are left in Star Wars Rebels, and there are still kind of a lot of characters arcs that need to be completed. One character whose story hasn’t been visited in a season and a half is none other than Ahsoka, who seemingly perished after a lightsaber battle with Darth Vader back in the …
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‘Star Wars’ and ‘Hunger Games’ Producer Allison Shearmur Dies at 54
Allison Shearmur, who produced the Hunger Games films, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story, died Friday, a source tells The Hollywood Reporter. She was 54. No cause of death was immediately available. Shearmur was an executive at Paramount and Lionsgate …
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Could The Handmaid’s Tale’s Director Be Helming A Star Wars Movie?
One of the biggest television stories of 2017 was The Handmaid’s Tale. The dystopian series captured the zeitgeist and achieved remarkable critical acclaim, winning Emmys and a Golden Globe for best drama series. The Handmaid’s Tale also put Hulu on the map and marked the streaming service as …
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Shots fired: Denis Villeneuve says his Dune will be “Star Wars for adults”
Today, in “You come at the Emperor, you best not miss” news: Director Denis Villeneuve—whose recent sci-fi film credentials are pretty impeccable, given the critical response to Arrival and Blade Runner 2049—has taken some stabs at the massive, unstoppable Star Wars franchise. Talking to Fandom …
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‘Star Wars’ and ‘Hunger Games’ Producer Allison Shearmur Dies at 53
Allison Shearmur, who produced the Hunger Games films, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story, died Friday, a source told The Hollywood Reporter. She was 53. No cause of death was immediately available. Shearmur was an executive at Paramount and Lionsgate …
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‘Star Wars’ toy sales fall as movie tie-in fatigue sets in
The warning signs for the toy industry started last year when “Cars 3” — considered a surefire success — proved lackluster for licensees such as Mattel Inc. Now, toy makers’ big bets on movie tie-ins look downright bleak. Playthings based on the “Star Wars” saga — the franchise that kicked off the whole …
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Star Wars Han Solo movie trailer will be released with BLACK PANTHER or Super Bowl?
Several brand new concept art images featuring ship designs from the movie have surfaced on eBay from a person claiming to have been associated with the Star Wars ‘Red Cup’ (Han Solo) project.
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The Final Trailer for Star Wars: Rebels Is Here, and We Grilled Dave Filoni for Answers
On February 19, Star Wars: Rebels will begin the second half of its fourth and final season, which will hopefully answer all (or at least some) of the questions we’ve had about the series since day one. Now, we have a new trailer for those episodes—and with it, predictably, come even more questions.
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Star Wars gets virtual in Visalia
Star Wars fans rejoice — Star Wars has officially come to Visalia via Virtual Reality. “Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay” is a virtual experience like no other, officials said. The 8-minute interactive experience lets people dive into the movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi to meet with Droids on General Leia’s ship …
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Star Wars Rebels’ epic finale trailer brings back some truly iconic characters
Star Wars Rebels’ final episodes look every bit as epic as The Last Jedi in a trailer that brings back huge characters from the franchise’s mythos. The final six episodes of A New Hope’s animated prequel will send the Force-sensitive Ezra (Taylor Gray) on one last mission to stoke a rebellion against The …
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6 Highlights from the Star Wars Rebels Mid-Season Four Trailer
StarWars.com ranks 5 highlights from the Star Wars Rebels mid-Season Four trailer, featuring Emperor Palpatine and much more.
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Director Hilariously Proves One Controversial Moment Makes Perfect Sense
Days after explaining why he chose not to feature the Knights of Ren in the movie, Johnson is now sending a message to those who think Luke Skywalker projecting a vision of himself to fight Kylo Ren makes no sense in the Star Wars galaxy. As it turns out, not only does it make sense, but the director …
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Star Wars Rebels Season 4 Final Episodes Air Dates Announced
As detailed on StarWars.com, the fourth and final season of the series will play out over three weeks with back-to-back episodes premiering every Monday night on Disney XD. The first of the final episodes, “Jedi Night,” will debut on February 19 at 9pm PT/ET. The 90-minute conclusion will air on March …
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Original ‘Star Wars’ Emperor Actor Ian McDiarmid Returns
On Friday, Disney released a new trailer for the final season of Star Wars Rebels. Larger recapping the entire series thus far, the trailer also teases the idea that young Ezra Bridger might turn to the Dark Side of the Force. Cackling his famous cackle, Emperor Palpatine says “Ezra Bridger, finally mine!”.
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‘Star Wars Rebels’ Finale Date Confirmed, So, Who Is Gonna Die?
For three and a half seasons, Star Wars Rebels has been an exciting, generally acclaimed story that fills in some important gaps in the history of a galaxy far, far away. But, the end is near, as on Friday Disney revealed when the second part of the fourth and final season would premiere, and confirmed …
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Star Wars Rebels Midseason Trailer Reveals Emperor Palpatine And An Epic Battle
Star Wars Rebels is gearing up for its final season on Disney XD, and the midseason finale back in November ended on a wild cliffhanger that had one character in mortal peril, another character on a potentially deadly rescue mission, and the rest of the rebels working desperately to try and recover from …
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There’s an All-Female Cut of ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Now, Because Justice
Earlier this week, a “men’s rights activist” edited out all the women from Star Wars: The Last Jedi because, well, who needs ’em, right? The entire cast of the movie roasted him to smithereens, and everyone else in their right mind could clearly see what an inane idea it was. But that was never going to be …
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Rian Johnson Destroys Star Wars Haters With Series of Silent Tweets
Star Wars: The Last Jedi has its share of detractors, but there is one criticism that director Rian Johnson has effectively shut down, and he didn’t have to say a word. Of the criticisms that are out there in regard to The Last Jedi, one, in particular, takes issue with Luke being able to project himself to the …
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Rian Johnson Claps Back Against Force Powers Criticism
Contrary to what Rey initially believed about the Force in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the mystical energy field created by all living things is more than just a power that lets Jedi control people and make things float. It’s so much bigger. Over the the course of the main Star Wars saga, we’ve seen other ways …
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‘Star Wars’ Gets Spicy ‘Dune’ Insult from ‘Blade Runner’ Director
“Most of the main ideas of Star Wars are coming from Dune so it’s going to be a challenge to [tackle] this… The ambition is to do the Star Wars movie I never saw. In a way, it’s Star Wars for adults. We’ll see.” The idea that Star Wars is a Dune rip-off largely comes from the documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune, …
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