Amazon Has Started Only Letting Prime Members Order Marvel And Star Wars Movies
You can find just about anything that you need on Amazon, but when it comes to certain movies, the online retailer may be starting to make things a bit harder to get. While Amazon has been putting much focus and money on creating original content for its streaming service, customers can still find …
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Ron Howard: Solo: A Star Wars Story has officially wrapped post-production
With little more than a month to go until Solo: A Star Wars Story hits theaters, director Ron Howard announced via Twitter that the movie has finally finished post-production and is ready for audiences. Before it’s released to the public, however, Solo will first premiere at Cannes Film Festival next month.
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Book Review: Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
Look no further than the Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles. From the swamps of Kashyyyk to the deserts of Jakku, from inner-city Coruscant to the vastness of hyperspace, this new Star Wars book will show you the right craft for the job. This handy guide is full of fun facts and …
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Post-Production Has Wrapped On Solo: A Star Wars Story
Ron Howard has officially wrapped post-production on Solo: A Star Wars Story, finally bringing the movie to the end of its long and winding journey to the big screen. Howard, of course, took over the spinoff almost a year ago when original helmsmen Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired by Lucasfilm four …
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‘A Quiet Place,’ ‘Rampage’ lead newcomers at box office
Global success like this means so much,” Johnson posted on his Instagram account Saturday night. “I’m not a Marvel movie. It’s not Star Wars. ‘Rampage’ may as well have been called ‘Dwayne Johnson and his albino gorilla friend’ because it’s such an obscure video game … Thank you guys so much.” …
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‘Avengers: Infinity War’ could make box office history, on its way to an opening weekend that may …
… Hollywood prognosticators now say the tent-pole has a shot at posting the best U.S. opening of all time. The latest box office tracking for “Infinity War” puts its opening weekend haul at $190 million to $235 million. That’s short of the $248 million “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” earned, but analysts say …
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Olympic Trials qualifier, Brazilian race to victory in Disney Star Wars Half Marathon
Charboneau, 29, won the women’s division at the Disney Star Wars Half Marathon — The Dark Side in 1 hour, 21 minutes, 39 seconds. Two-time Disney World Marathon runner-up Vanilson Neves of São Paulo, Brazil, was the top men’s finisher in 1:09:55. More than 15,000 runners completed the third …
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Rumour: Lucasfilm looking to cast Mara Jade in Star Wars: Episode IX
Now, you may want to have your pinch of salt at the ready for this one, but if rumours are to be believed it seems that Disney and Lucasfilm may be set to introduce a major Expanded Universe character into the Star Wars canon with next year’s Star Wars: Episode IX. According to That Hashtag Show, …
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Solo: A Star Wars Story roundup: Runtime, Clint Howard cameo, HD images, and more!
A load of news and nifty images dropped for Solo: A Star Wars Story in recent days. Dork Side of the Force is your one-stop shop for all that is new with the upcoming Star Wars film! Solo: A Star Wars Story is now 34 days away (who’s counting?) with the film reaching a fever pitch of anticipation.
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Book Review: The Star Wars Phenomenon in Britain: The Blockbuster Impact and the Galaxy of …
Craig Stevens is a name familiar to UK Star Wars fans. From his involvement in the fan-driven U.K Star Wars Fan Club as editor and chairman to the modern day as a member of starwarsforum.co.uk, his knowledge and passion for the earliest days of Star Wars fandom in the UK is well known. Starting …
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Verne Troyer: a cult star who sustained a career with dignity and good humour
Kenny Baker found his weird vocation in playing R2D2 in Star Wars. Felix Silla was an Italian circus clown who had work in comedies and scary movies (an habitual generic combination for actors with dwarfism). Zelda Rubinstein made an impression in Chevy Chase’s 1980 comedy Under the Rainbow, …
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Ron Howard Describes ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ as Han’s “Rite of Passage”
Solo: A Star Wars Story is shaping up to be much more than the origin of one of the franchise’s most iconic characters. Not only will the movie reveal how Han Solo became the man we met in A New Hope, but the film will show how he earned his stripes in the first place. This prequel will depict a rite of …
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Star Wars: Galactic Nights Returning to Walt Disney World Resort
For 2018, the event celebrates the newest entry in the Star Wars cinematic saga with event-exclusive projection experience Star Wars: Galactic Destinations adding a journey to a new planet, and new video moments from Solo will be incorporated into an updated version of the Star Wars: A Galaxy Far, …
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Gets Porg-Shaped Vinyl for Record Store Day
A limited edition 10” porg-shaped vinyl record of music from Star Wars: The Last Jedi was made available for Record Store Day 2018 on Saturday. Released by Walt Disney Records, Side A has “The Rebellion is Reborn” while “Canto Blight” is on Side B. Award-winning composer John Williams created …
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Ron Howard Reveals the ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Character Played by Clint Howard
Ron Howard grew up in show business. Not only was he a child star appearing in movies alongside his father Rance Howard, but he made a name for himself throughout his childhood, adolescence and early adult years as the co-star on shows like The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days, not to …
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Star Wars Has It’s First African American Female Director
“Happy to share this historic news,” DuVernay wrote on Twitter. “A black woman directing stories in a galaxy far, far away. First unit director #JJAbrams. Second unit director @VictoriaMahoney. #StarWarsE9 #StarWars.” Mahoney then thanked DuVernay for helping in getting the role. “Catt’s outta the bag.
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Ron Howard Shares Look at Brother Clint in Solo: A Star Wars Story
Director Ron Howard has officially brought his younger brother with him to a galaxy far, far away. While overseeing the final sound mix for the Han Solo origin film, Howard tweeted a behind-the-scenes pic of sibling and longtime collaborator Clint Howard in raw footage from the upcoming Star Wars …
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Amazon is selling Star Wars and Marvel DVDs — but only to Prime members
If you want to buy the new Blu-ray of Star Wars: The Last Jedi from Amazon, you’d better be an Amazon Prime member. The online behemoth seems to be flexing its muscles a bit, leveraging the most popular movie of 2017 in an effort to sell more Prime subscriptions. Slate notes that the discrepancy …
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Star Wars rumors: Star Wars: Episode IX casting for Mara Jade of the Expanded Universe?
Star Wars: Episode IX kicks off filming this summer, which means casting calls are beginning to heat up in full “Force.” One particular name caught our eye, one of great significance to the Star Wars Expanded Universe — now Legends. ThatHastagShow.com revealed that Lucasfilm/Disney is seeking a …
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Star Wars 9 Is Casting a Major Legends Expanded Universe Character?
Shooting is set to begin on Star Wars 9 this summer. J.J. Abrams is currently in the pre-production stage. Since the shooting start date is only a handful of months away, Abrams and casting director Nina Gold are looking for new actors and actresses to pull into the Star Wars universe. One actress is …
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Is Star Wars Expanded Universe Character Mara Jade Coming to the Films?
Luke Skywalker may be dead following Star Wars: The Last Jedi but rumors have it that his wife could be coming to the filmverse that George Lucas started back in the ’70s. Well, at least the woman who was his wife in the ‘Expanded Universe’ stories. According to this latest rumor, Disney is looking to …
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Star Wars 9: Rey’s MOTHER revealed? Huge casting news leaked
When the dust and red sand of Crait had settled, the choices made by Rian Johnson and Disney divided opinion in a way never seen before in the Star Wars universe. Many fans still believe that Lylo Ren was purposefully misleadng Rey and lied about her parents. Is her mother about to be revealed as …
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Star Wars Bits: Mark Hamill Opens Up, ‘Solo’ Moves Ever Closer, and EA Apologizes For Battlefront II
Disney Parks have been doing a great job of filling the numerous locations with all kinds of Star Wars attractions in the lead-up to the new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge land, and now Disney World is bringing back the popular Galactic Nights events to celebrate the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story!
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Ron Howard reveals brother Clint Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Story character
Solo: A Star Wars Story sees a young Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) first meeting Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) and getting recruited for a job by Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson) for a “big-shot gangster” (Paul Bettany). Amid these escapades, Han meets Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover). The trailer …
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The new Star Wars novel goes deep into the past and future of Han Solo
Solo: A Star Wars Story hits theaters in just over a month. The standalone Star Wars film follows in the footsteps of Rogue One: a story that stands apart from the “saga” backbone of the franchise, ie, the story of the Skywalkers and their fight against the forces of evil in the galaxy. But unlike Rogue One, …
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