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SPOILER: Major character confirmed for Star Wars: Episode VIII

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WARNING: THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THIS NEWS STORY. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Still with us? Good. There has been some debate as to where Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker has been in the promotional material for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but after some folk spotted him on set for Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII, […]

The Week in Star Wars – New footage from The Force Awakens, new character posters, no more Slave Leia merchandise and more

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In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, we have new character posters, comments from Daisy Ridley and John Boyega about The Force Awakens and a rumour about Disney’s plans for the future of Slave Leia… J.J. Abrams previously said that there won’t be anymore trailers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but a new […]

Sony’s biggest movies of 2015 are all Adam Sandler projects

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While he was mocked in the press earlier this year for the poor box office opening of Pixels, Adam Sandler is still a bankable star over at Sony. It’s not been a great year for the studio, but their three biggest domestic releases of 2015 so far have all been Sandler projects. The current top three films are […]

Possible new synopsis for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice reveals Lex Luthor’s plan

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As we near towards the end of 2015 (only a few weeks left before Christmas folks), we look towards 2016 and one of its biggest releases: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. We’ve had a synopsis for the movie already, but German cinema chain Odeon have posted a possible new synopsis for the movie on their […]

The Week in Star Wars – No more trailers for The Force Awakens, J.J. Abrams on Luke Skywalker, Harrison Ford, Gwendoline Christie and Kevin Smith discuss the movie, classic character rumoured to return

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Following last week’s bumper edition of The Week in Star Wars, it’s a slightly shorter version this time round. But we do have J.J. Abrams talking about the lack of Luke Skywalker and trailers while Kevin Smith talks about seeing “a chunk” of the movie and how it made him feel… After all the theories coming […]

The Week in Star Wars – New poster and trailer for The Force Awakens, J.J. Abrams responds to “anti-white” claims, box office predictions, Luke Skywalker turning to the Dark Side and more

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It’s a packed edition of The Week in Star Wars following a new poster and trailer for The Force Awakens alongside some record breaking ticket sales, #BoycottStarWarsVIII, Luke Skywalker turning to the Dark Side and more… Well, what a week this has been. We’ll kick things off with last Sunday’s new poster for Star Wars: The […]

Friday the 13th reboot delayed again, will now be released in 2017

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Through a deal with Warner Bros. over the distribution rights to Interstellar, Paramount Pictures picked up the rights to once again produce movies based on Friday the 13th. But since then, the road back to Camp Crystal Lake hasn’t been plain sailing. Originally slated for release on March 3rd, 2015, Friday the 13th was pushed back […]

October 21st 2015 – How Much Did Back to the Future Part II Get Right?

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Luke Owen celebrates Back to the Future Day… Well guys and girls, it’s finally here. The day Marty, Doc and Jennifer arrive in “the future”. The day Biff steals the time machine and goes back to 1955 to create an alternate 1985 by giving his younger self the Greys Sports Almanac that tells him every […]

Theory: Luke Skywalker is Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Luke Owen with a wild fan theory for Star Wars: The Force Awakens… “There has been an awakening, have you felt it?” Kylo Ren is the new big baddy of the Star Wars Universe. The leader of the First Order, he’s a man who is obsessed with the work of Darth Vader and will use […]

J.J. Abrams responds to “anti-white” remarks against Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Prior to the trailer being released, a Twitter trend called #BoycottStarWarsVII caught the Internet’s attention, as loud vocal complaints were being made about Star Wars: The Force Awakens being “anti-white”. The group rejected the idea that the movie had such a diverse cast, calling the film “anti-white propaganda” and that J.J. Abrams was a “Jewish activist” . Whether […]