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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story reshoots changed the ending of the movie

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Earlier this year it was revealed that Gareth Edward’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was getting major reshoots in order to ‘fix’ the movie. While many downplayed these reshoots (after all every major production has them), a new report from THR is claiming new screenwriter Dan Gilroy is set to make millions of dollars from […]

MGM files lawsuit against Buckaroo Banzai writer and director over rights dispute, Kevin Smith departs proposed series

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It was a few months ago that an excited Kevin Smith announced he was developing a TV show based on the 1980s cult classic The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, and it was revealed recently that he was partnering with Amazon Studios on the project. However, it seems there is some dispute over […]

The Week in Star Wars – Final Rogue One trailer, another Star Wars trilogy, Boba Fett movie update and more…

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Another bumper edition of The Week in Star Wars sees the final trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and an update on its box office tracking as well as news on the Boba Fett movie, Han Solo movie themes and more… We’ll kick things off this week with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, […]

Alden Ehrenreich comments on Donald Glover’s casting as Lando Calrissian in the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff

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With the movie recently adding Emilia Clarke to its roster with rumours of another leading lady floating on the internet, our new Han Solo Alden Ehrenreich has been talking about the casting of Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian. “He’s wonderful, I think he’s going to do an excellent job,” he told The Wrap. “He’s such […]

Paul Feig would be “surprised” if Ghostbusters gets a sequel

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With the film now out on Blu-ray and DVD, Paul Feig has been talking about his Ghostbusters remake and his thoughts on the project overall. It had a lot of detractors upon its announcement and the mediocre release and box office figures did little to help its cause, but despite the post-credits tease of a sequel […]

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them earns the lowest box office opening of any Harry Potter movie

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It’s already had another four movies announced with David Yates in the director’s chair, but the opening weekend for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has earned the lowest opening of any Harry Potter movie to date. The film opened to number one against Doctor Strange and Trolls in their third weeks, and earned […]

The Week in Star Wars – Episode VIII character details, Rogue One advance tickets, Game of Thrones star joins Han Solo, new LEGO sets revealed

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It’s a packed edition of The Week in Star Wars as we’ve got some possible character details for Star Wars: Episode VIII, a rumour about the Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer, loads of new posters and featurettes for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and more… We’ll kick things off this week with Star Wars: Episode VIII. […]

Ranking the Harry Potter Films from Worst to Best

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Flickering Myth ranks the Harry Potter films… With Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them hitting cinemas [read our review here], we asked the Flickering Myth writing staff to rank the original Harry Potter series from worst to best. We then took those results and added them all together to create our official ranking, which […]

Examining the Space Jam website, which is still live, 20 years on

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Luke Owen takes you back to the past… It’s amazing to think that Space Jam, the movie which saw Michael Jordan play basketball with Bugs Bunny, turns twenty years old today. What do you remember the most about it? The barrage of ‘making of’ features than ran on every movie show? The fantastic soundtrack featuring […]