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J.J. Abrams consulted with George Lucas about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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With December’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, director J.J. Abrams faces the mammoth task of not only trying to get the anti-Star Wars: The Last Jedi fans back on board with the Sequel Trilogy, but also delivering a fitting conclusion to the Skywalker Saga, spanning all nine Episodes over the past 42 years. Speaking […]

J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy confirm Emperor Palpatine return in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Well, it looks like Billy Dee Williams’ Lando Calrissian isn’t the only Original Trilogy cast member set to make his return to the galaxy far, far away for the first time in the Sequel Trilogy in December’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, as both director J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy have confirmed […]

Rian Johnson isn’t bothered if J.J. Abrams retcons The Last Jedi in Star Wars: Episode IX

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With a trailer for Star Wars: Episode IX expected to arrive at Star Wars Celebration next weekend, we’ll soon have our first glimpse at the closing chapter of Disney’s Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, and what is being billed as the final instalment of the Skywalker Saga. Given the hugely divisive reaction to 2017’s Star Wars: […]

Guillermo del Toro to direct Zanbato for J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot

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As revealed by Collider, Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) is teaming with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions for Zanbato, a new project which he is set to write and direct. While plot details are being kept under wraps, the film reportedly follows a young girl between the ages of 10 and […]

Star Wars: Episode IX wraps filming as J.J. Abrams shares behind-the-scenes image

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Having returned to close out the Sequel Trilogy after launching things back in 2015 with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, director J.J. Abrams has announced that filming has now wrapped on December’s still-untitled Star Wars: Episode IX. “It feels impossible, but today wrapped photography on Episode IX. There is no adequate way to thank this […]

J.J. Abrams and Jennifer Garner reuniting for My Glory Was I Had Such Friends

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Deadline is reporting that Alias creator J.J. Abrams and star Jennifer Garner are set to reunite for My Glory Was I Had Such Friends, a new limited drama which has received a straight-to-series order from Apple. Based on Amy Silverstein’s 2017 memoir, My Glory Was I Had Such Friends “showcases the power of friendship and […]

Disney and Lucasfilm viewing Star Wars: Episode IX as a “course correction” for the franchise

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Although Disney has enjoyed enormous financial success with the Star Wars saga since its acquisition of Lucasfilm, things haven’t been going too smoothly as of late. In December, the Mouse House released Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which – despite being a critical and commercial hit – proved to be hugely divisive amongst the fanbase, […]

New TV spots for WWII zombie horror Overlord

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Ahead of its theatrical release next month, Paramount Pictures has unveiled another two TV spots for the J.J.Abrams-produced World War II supernatural action thriller Overlord; check them out below or watch them over on our YouTube channel… SEE ALSO: Final trailer for J.J. Abrams’ WWII zombie flick Overlord brings the gore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5MxKp1uCW4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5l8l1NLQS0 With only hours […]

World War II supernatural thriller Overlord gets a new TV spot

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With the release of Overlord a little over three weeks away, a new TV spot has arrived online for World War II supernatural action thriller which you can watch here… SEE ALSO: Final trailer for J.J. Abrams’ WWII zombie flick Overlord brings the gore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XwPDDr7_Ss With only hours until D-Day, a team of American paratroopers drop into […]