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Hayden Christensen returning as Darth Vader for Star Wars: Obi Wan Kenobi series

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Here’s some huge Star Wars news coming out of Disney’s Investor Day event – Hayden Christensen is set to make his return to the galaxy far, far away with the Prequel Trilogy star set to reprise his role as Darth Vader in the Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series. The news was revealed by Kathleen […]

Star Wars: Andor gets official logo and teaser featurette

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Last week it was announced that filming is underway on Disney+’s second live-action Star Wars series, the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story prequel series focussing on Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor, and now during the Disney Investor Day virtual presentation, we have an official title, logo and teaser featurette for Star Wars: Andor. SEE ALSO: […]

Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni developing The Mandalorian spinoffs Star Wars: Ahsoka and Star Wars: Rangers of the New Republic

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Disney kicked off its virtual Investor Day event by announcing that it will be bringing “roughly” ten Star Wars series to the Disney+ streaming service over the next few years, and now two of those have been officially announced. As revealed on the live-stream, The Mandalorian’s Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni are working on two […]

Ridley Scott and Noah Hawley team for Alien TV series

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During Disney’s Investor Day virtual presentation, it has been announced that Ridley Scott is set for a return to the Alien universe for a brand new TV series at FX. Scott is set to team with Fargo and Legion creator Noah Hawley on the live-action series, the franchise’s first foray onto the small screen, and […]

Disney+ to launch ten Marvel series and ten Star Wars series

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The Walt Disney Company is currently holding its Disney Investor Day 2020 conference, with the virtual event kicking off with the news that the Disney+ streaming service is set to launch “roughly” ten Marvel series, ten Star Wars series, and fifteen live-action/animated and Pixar series “over the next few years”. Presumably the ten Marvel series […]

Rachel McAdams returning for Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

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Although it was reported earlier this year that she’d be sitting out the sequel, Deadline now brings world that Rachel McAdams has just closed a deal to return as Christine Palmer in Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The follow-up to 2016’s Doctor Strange sees Sam Raimi replacing Scott Derrickson in the […]

Michelle Pfeiffer returning as Janet Van Dyne in Marvel’s Ant-Man 3

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With Ant-Man 3 set to go into production next year, Michelle Pfeiffer has confirmed that she is set to reprise her Ant-Man and the Wasp role as Janet Van Dyne in the Marvel Phase Four sequel. “I’m supposed to do Ant-Man, the third one,” Pfeiffer told the Ladies First podcast when asked about her future projects. […]

Dafne Keen confirms that Fox was developing a Logan spinoff for X-23

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Back in 2017 in the months following the release of Logan, director James Mangold revealed that he was tossing around ideas for a spinoff movie focussing on Dafne Keen’s Laura, a.k.a. the adamantium-clawed young mutant X-23. Now, speaking to Elle to promote her TV series His Dark Materials, Keen has confirmed that a spinoff/sequel was […]

Amanda Seyfried turned down Guardians of the Galaxy because she didn’t think anyone would want to see it

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During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Mamma Mia star Amanda Seyfried has been talking about her decision to pass on the role of Gamora in Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy, with the actress stating she feared the movie could “bomb” as she didn’t think anyone would want to see it. “I didn’t want to […]