Well, we can lay to rest those rumours about Kathleen Kennedy’s tenure at Lucasfilm coming to an end, as Deadline is reporting that Kennedy has just signed a three-year contract extension to remain as president of the company through to 2021. Kennedy took over Lucasfilm from George Lucas following the company’s sale to Disney, and […]
Rumour: Kathleen Kennedy stepping down from Lucasfilm
After taking up position as President of Lucasfilm following George Lucas’ sale to Disney, Kathleen Kennedy has overseen the relaunch of the Star Wars saga, with the first three Disney-backed films – Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi – enjoying enormous box office success […]
Lando: A Star Wars Story in development at Lucasfilm? Well, not quite
Reports are circulating on the internet that Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy has announced that the next Star Wars Anthology movie will focus around the character of Lando Calrissian, played by Donald Glover in Solo: A Star Wars Story. The original story, from Premiere France, quoted Kennedy as stating that: “We think that the next spinoff will […]
Exclusive Interview – Rian Johnson on the reaction to The Last Jedi, “delicious fanboy tears” and his new Star Wars trilogy
Tom Beasley sits down with Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson ahead of the film’s release on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK… Three months after its cinema release caused backlash and controversy all over the internet, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is finally due on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK. Featuring […]
Indiana Jones 5 to begin filming April 2019
With Ready Player One hitting theaters next week, director Steven Spielberg is already beginning to turn his eye to the next film in the Indiana Jones franchise. Appearing at the Empire Awards last night, Spielberg revealed that Indiana Jones 5 will begin production in April 2019 in the UK for its July 20, 2020 release date. “It’s always worth the trip […]
Jon Favreau will write and produce Star Wars live-action TV series
Its only been a couple days since Star Wars Rebels aired its series finale, but we already have news on the next television series from the galaxy far, far away. Rather than another animated series, Lucasfilm has announced a live-action series that has long been rumoured to be in development. What’s more, Jon Favreau (The Jungle Book) […]
Ron Howard was reluctant to replace Phil Lord and Chris Miller on Solo: A Star Wars Story
It’s fair to say that Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story has had a difficult production, with the studio firing original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller with just weeks of filming to go due to creative differences, and Ron Howard then coming on board to oversee extensive reshoots and complete the Anthology movie. Speaking […]
Harrison Ford served as a “covert adviser” on Solo: A Star Wars Story
He may have handed over the role to Alden Ehrenreich, but it seems that Harrison Ford wasn’t entirely out of the loop when it comes to Han Solo’s next big screen adventure in Solo: A Star Wars Story, with Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy revealing to EW that Ford provided “vital insights into the character he has […]
Game of Thrones’ David Benioff and D.B. Weiss to make new series of Star Wars films
It has certainly been a busy time for Star Wars fans with the recent release of The Last Jedi, the upcoming spin-off Solo: A Star Wars Story and the conclusion of the television series Star Wars Rebels later this month. There’s much more to look forward to, though, as Lucasfilm and Disney have announced a new series of Star Wars films will be coming […]
Reed Morano linked with Star Wars after meeting with Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy
Back in October, Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy confirmed that we will see a female director at the helm of a Star Wars movie at some point, and with the studio now busy planning the next decade of Star Wars movies, it seems we may have an idea of one female filmmaker on the Lucasfilm shortlist. […]