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Obi-Wan Kenobi series to use same revolutionary visual effects as The Mandalorian says Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGrgor, the star of the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series, says the show will make use of The Mandalorian’s revolutionary visual effects technology. The behind the scenes documentaries for The Mandalorian have revealed the new visual effects technology that was pioneered under showrunner Jon Favreau. Called virtual production, environments and locations are rendered on the […]

Ewan McGregor will play Jiminy Cricket in Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

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Ewan McGregor, one of the stars of Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion animated Pinocchio film, has revealed the role he will play in the upcoming adaptation. During a video interview with ACE Universe, McGregor revealed that he will voice that adaptation’s version of Jiminy Cricket and teases he may even have a song. “I’m playing Jiminy Cricket in […]

Rumour: Hayden Christensen in talks for Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi series

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After years of rumours, Hayden Christensen finally made his return to the galaxy far, far away last year as he reprised the role of Anakin Skywalker for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – although his brief voice cameo during the film’s climactic confrontation between Rey and Palpatine wasn’t quite the big return that many […]

Original logline for the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ Star Wars series allegedly revealed

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A new report has presented the supposed original logline for the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ Star Wars series. When it comes to Disney+’s in development Obi-Wan Kenobi series, fans are after any information they can about the highly anticipated return of Ewan McGregor. We know that the show is set between Episode III and IV but […]

Star Wars: Ahmed Best hasn’t heard anything about a Jar Jar Binks appearance in Obi-Wan Kenobi series

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Back in January it was rumoured that Jar Jar Binks would be making his return to the galaxy far, far away with a role in Lucasfilm’s live-action Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars series. However, if that is indeed the case, it seems it’s news to Prequel Trilogy star Ahmed Best, who portrayed the bumbling Gungan in […]

Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars series targeting 2022 premiere on Disney+, Cassian Andor in 2021

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Given that production was recently pushed back until next year for a “retooling” of the project, it shouldn’t come of much of a surprise to hear that we’ll be facing a rather lengthy wait until we see Ewan McGregor back as Obi-Wan Kenobi, with Disney and Lucasfilm now targeting a 2022 premiere date for the […]

Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars series enlists new writer for retooling

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Back in January, it was reported that Lucasfilm has put its planned Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars series on hold to “rethink the story”, with writer Hossein Amini (The Alienist) exiting the project due to creative differences. Well, as revealed by Variety, Lucasfilm has now enlisted King Arthur: Legend of the Sword screenwriter and John Wick: […]

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio voice cast may have been revealed

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Although he’s currently tied up with principal photography on his next feature Nightmare Alley, Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro remains attached to his long-gestating Pinocchio adaptation at Netflix, and it seems we may now know the voice cast that he’s assembled for the stop-motion animated film. During an appearance at a comic convention in Vienna […]

Movie Review – Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)

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Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), 2020 Directed by Cathy Yan Starring Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Ewan McGregor, Rosie Perez, Ella Jay Basco, Chris Messina, Ali Wong, Matthew Willig, and Dana Lee. SYNOPSIS: After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress, and Renee […]

Movie Review – Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)

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Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), 2020. Directed by Cathy Yan. Starring Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Ewan McGregor, Rosie Perez, Ella Jay Basco, Chris Messina, Ali Wong, Matthew Willig, and Dana Lee. SYNOPSIS: After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee […]