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Studio Ghibli’s Star Wars short Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies hitting Disney+ on Saturday

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After teasing a mystery collaboration with Lucasfilm on its social media channels, it has now been announced that famed Japanese anime house Studio Ghibli has produced an original animated Star Wars short entitled Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies – and best of all, it’s hitting Disney+ this Saturday! Studio Ghibli is the anime company […]

Studio Ghibli teases mystery collaboration with Lucasfilm

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Well, here’s some potentially exciting news, as Studio Ghibli – the famed anime company co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata and Toshio Suziki – has taken to social media to tease a mystery collaboration with Lucasfilm, the home of the Star Wars saga. https://twitter.com/JP_GHIBLI/status/1590720957676949504 As yet, there’s no further indication as to what this collaboration […]

Dark Horse announces new Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures titles

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Having made its return to the galaxy far, far away with the all-ages Star Wars comic book publishing license, Dark Horse Comics is set to delve into the High Republic era with three new titles: the eight-issue Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures from writer Daniel Jose Older and artist Toni Bruno, the four-issue Star […]

Cinema Might Just Be Back!

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the hopeful signs of recovery for the theatrical industry thanks to F9 and Black Widow… Don’t call it a comeback! Okay…maybe quietly whisper it, but cinema might just be back. An industry that has struggled to adapt to restrictions and reinvention, to full on lockdowns (and closing), to rescheduling of big […]

The Marvel Cinematic Universe Indie Director Conundrum

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Tom Jolliffe on Marvel Studios bringing indie directors into a huge studio set up to direct its pictures… Indie cinema has been on something of an upsurge in recent years. Whilst there is still the general feeling that mainstream entertainment, namely anything under the Disney wing, is monopolising the cinemas, we’ve still seen an increase […]

Modern Mainstream Film: Passable and Disposable?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at modern mainstream cinema. Is it being led by disposable content over long-standing legacy?  The pace at which the world evolves can be frightening sometimes. You blink, suddenly you look around and you’re 40, you’ve got a house, wife, kid and you make groaning noises when you bend down to pick something […]

The Spiderwick Chronicles series adds Momona Tamada and Alyvia Alyn Lind

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The Disney+ series The Spiderwick Chronicles has made more additions to its cast. According to Deadline, Momona Tamada (The Baby-Sitters Club) and Alyvia Alyn Lind (Chucky) will have recurring roles. They will star alongside leads Lyon Daniels (We Can Be Heroes) as Jared Grace, Noah Cottrell (Punky Brewster) as Simon Grace, Mychala Lee (Truth Be Told) as […]

Lin-Manuel Miranda joins Disney+’s Percy Jackson series as Hermes

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Lin-Manuel Miranda is the herald of the gods, as Deadline reports that the filmmaker, singer, and performer will star in the upcoming Disney+ Percy Jackson series, set to star as the Greek god Hermes. Miranda will play “the messenger god who looks out for travelers and thieves and is a bit of a trickster himself. […]

Star Wars: Andor Episode 10 Review – ‘One Way Out’

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Chris Connor reviews the tenth episode of Star Wars: Andor… Andor has built a huge degree of tension and stakes through its episodic storytelling, allowing the various threads to intertwine and feel a key part of the series. Here in the tenth episode ‘One Way Out’, the thread of the past two episodes of the […]