It’s not quite a public endorsement from the man himself, but Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy has told The Hollywood Reporter that George Lucas is one of only a handful of people to have seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and that the creator of the saga “really liked it.” Kennedy added that Lucas will attend the […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens rated PG-13 for “sci-fi action violence”
With J.J. Abrams locking in the final cut of Star Wars: The Force Awakens this past weekend, the Classification and Ratings Administration has officially rated the film PG-13, for “sci-fi action violence”. Here in the UK, the BBFC is yet to give the film a certificate, but it’s expected that it will receive a 12A classification. […]
More Star Wars: The Force Awakens footage coming this Thursday
Disney has really pulled back the curtain on Star Wars: The Force Awakens this past week, releasing a fantastic international trailer along with a first TV spot, and it seems we’ll be getting more footage this Thursday! Disney-owned ABC has announced that it is set to air an “exclusive special look” at the upcoming blockbuster […]
Terminally ill cancer patient gets his wish and sees Star Wars: The Force Awakens early
Earlier this week we brought you the heart-breaking story of a Star Wars fan who is terminally ill with cancer, and was unlikely going to live before the release of the much anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He made a public plea to Disney and Lucasfilm to see the film early as his dying […]
Terminal cancer patient asks J.J. Abrams to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens early as his dying wish
Cancer sucks, we just wanted to put that out there. Remember a couple of years ago when a terminal cancer patient asked J.J. Abrams to see an early cut of Star Trek Into Darkness as his dying wish? Well this chap is trying the same tactic, only this time with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. […]
Kevin Smith has seen a chunk of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and says it took him back to 1977
While he didn’t admit it fully due to legal papers he’d signed, Kevin Smith revealed on the latest episode of his Hollywood Babble On podcast that J.J. Abrams has shown him “a chunk” of Star Wars: The Force Awakens – and he was very praising of what he saw. “I saw a buddy of mine, a filmmaker friend, who […]
SDCC: Wade Wilson to get a symbiote makeover in Deadpool: Back in Black
The Merc with a Mouth is set to encounter the alien symbiote in a new five-issue miniseries entitled Deadpool: Back in Black from the creative team of Cullen Bunn (Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars) and Salvador Espin (The Deadpool Killogy). Comic Book reports that the series will take place after Marvel’s 1980 Secret Wars series and explores an […]
Universal sets Shrek 5 and Edgar Wright and David Walliams’ Shadows for 2019
Last month it was reported that NBC Universal was looking to revive the Shrek franchise following its acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, and now Universal’s Jeffrey Katzenberg has revealed to THR that Shrek 5 has been given a 2019 release date. Universal plans on releasing two DreamWorks Animation films each year, beginning in 2019 and starting […]
J.J. Abrams says that Anton Yelchin will not be replaced for Star Trek 4
Last month, young actor Anton Yelchin tragically lost his life in a freak automobile accident, and now producer J.J. Abrams has confirmed that Yelchin won’t be replaced in the role of Chekov for the fourth Star Trek film, which was just announced yesterday. ““I would say there’s no replacing him. There’s no recasting. I can’t possibly […]
Image Comics’ Black Magick heading to the small screen
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that producer Michael London (The Illustionist) is developing a TV adaptation of Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott’s Image Comics series Black Magick, with a view to launching it on cable or a streaming service. Black Magick “centers on Rowan Black, a robbery-homicide detective in the fictional port city of Portsmouth, […]
