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Indiana Jones set to return to Cannes Film Festival with Dial of Destiny premiere

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Fifteen years ago he was the hottest ticket on the croisette as Kingdom of the Crystal Skull swung into the Cannes Film Festival for its world premiere, and now Indiana Jones is once again going to follow those iconic red-lines on the map towards the French Riviera, with the news that Indiana Jones and the […]

Questlove to direct live action The Aristocats for Disney

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Disney have found a cat-wrangler for their live-action adaptation of their 1970 animated classic The Aristocats in the form of the Academy Award winning director of Summer of Soul and all-round musical legend Questlove. According to Deadline Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson, founding member of the iconic Philadelphia hip hop band, The Roots, will direct what they’re labelling […]

Star Wars: Who is The Mandalorian’s Kelleran Beq?

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Olly Dyche on The Mandalorian’s Kelleran Beq (spoilers for the latest episode follow)… Who saved Grogu? It’s the one question that has been looming over Star Wars fandom for quite some time. Ever since we learned the name of The Mandalorian’s beloved ‘Baby Yoda’, his past as a Jedi youngling and more importantly the small […]

Luke Skywalker, Grogu and Cad Bane Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett figures unveiled by Hasbro

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Hasbro has unveiled two upcoming Star Wars action figure releases inspired by The Mandalorian spinoff series The Book of Boba Fett, with a Star Wars: The Black Series Luke Skywalker & Grogu two-pack and a Star Wars: The Vintage Collection Cad Bane; check out the promotional images here… STAR WARS: THE BLACK SERIES LUKE SKYWALKER […]

Damon Lindelof exits his Star Wars movie, Lucasfilm bringing in new writer

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AbovetheLine.com reports that Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson will no longer write the script for the Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy-helmed film. Sources close to the situation note, “Lindelof and Britt-Gibson turned in a draft of the script in mid-February and parted ways with the project just days later.” During SXSW this year, Lindelof sparked conversations about this […]

The Mandalorian: Who Saved Grogu from Order 66?

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Olly Dyche explores the candidates who could have saved The Mandalorian’s Grogu from Order 66… The Mandalorian is without a doubt the best Disney project of the last two decades, absorbing its audience in exhilarating set pieces, great characters and the kind of emotional storytelling that made us fall in love with the franchise in […]

The Daniels to direct episode of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew on Disney+

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Fresh from their Academy Award winning experiences with the multiverse, Everything Everywhere All at Once directors The Daniels are heading to a galaxy far, far away to direct Disney+ Star Wars series Skeleton Crew.  According to One Take News, and since reported by other outlets, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, collectively known as The Daniels, […]

The Mandalorian Season 3 Episode 3 Review – ‘The Convert’

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Ricky Church reviews the third episode of The Mandalorian season 3… The Mandalorian’s latest episode ‘The Convert’ was something of a mixed bag with a great action set-piece and intriguing aspects to Mandalorian culture, but a different story with a wildly different tone taking up the majority of the episode. The main positive is viewers […]

Disney’s Bob Iger promises “a whole set of different Avengers” in the MCU

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Kevin Feige isn’t the only one at Disney with a say on what happens with Marvel. Since taking over the company again, Bob Iger has been pulling no punches regarding what the Mouse House needs to do to fix its issues. One of the most significant weaknesses for Disney is the Marvel Studios’ side of […]