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Pop Cult Corner – Star Wars director fantasy picks, Disney streaming opportunities, and Marvel alter-egos

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Hello, welcome to Pop Cult Corner, a new feature exploring the latest pop culture talking points from the worlds of TV, film and the wider industry. This first edition will be looking at Disney, particularly the Star Wars and Marvel properties – two behemoths in today’s popular culture. I’ll be giving my random pick for the new […]

New images from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Pacific Rim: Uprising trailer, Shazam casting and more – Daily News Roundup

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NEW JEDI IMAGES We’ve posted a few new images from Star Wars: The Last Jedi yesterday [see here], and then we got a brand new look at the film’s mysterious villain Supreme Leader Snoke thanks to a Topps trading card, along with a new shot of Luke Skywalker. Check them out here. DRACULA: ORIGINS Stop […]

New promo posters and character portraits for Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Following on from Force Friday II this past Friday, it looks like Disney and Lucasfilm are ramping up the marketing for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and today we’ve got a couple of new promotional posters for December’s hugely-anticipated blockbuster, along with illustrated character portraits featuring Rey, Luke, Leia, Kylo Ren, Finn and Poe. Take […]

Inhumans opens strong, Doctor Who in the MCU, Bad Boys 3 still alive and more – Weekend News Roundup

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INHUMANS OPENS STRONG It may have been demoted from a big screen blockbuster to a small screen TV show, but Marvel’s Inhumans has had a strong showing in its IMAX release. According to Boxofficemojo, Inhumans brought in around $2.6 million worldwide – pretty good considering the season four finale of Game of Thrones made $1.4 […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer confirmed for Monday Night Football, tickets to go on sale following launch

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Well, it looks as though Mark Hamill did indeed let slip details of the next Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer, as we have just received official confirmation from Disney that the trailer will indeed premiere during ESPN’s Monday Night Football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears. Monday Night Football starts at 5:15 p.m. […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi concept art shows new Luke Skywalker costume

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So far, we’ve seen Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker sporting a few different costumes in Star Wars: The Last Jedi – the Jedi robes he wore in the final shot of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a darker, raggy outfit (which according to the action figure, is his Jedi Exile costume), and the above, assumed to be […]

Mark Hamill on Luke Skywalker’s story between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens

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Aside from a brief outline of events – he forms a new Jedi Order, is betrayed by Kylo Ren, and heads off to Ahch-To for a self-imposed exile, we know very little of what Luke Skywalker has been up to in the galaxy far, far away between the end of Return of the Jedi and […]

New image of Rey from Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Along with all of the Star Wars: The Last Jedi reveals – including the LEGO sets, Funko Pop! Vinyl figures, Hasbro action figures and Hot Toys Cosbabies – this Force Friday II has brought us a new image of Daisy Ridley’s Rey from December’s hotly-anticipated sequel, which sees the young Jedi striking a pose with […]

New promo image of Luke Skywalker from Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Thanks to Hungarian film magazin Cinemánia Mozimánia, we’ve got a brand new and rather nice promotional image of Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and it looks like the beloved character is all business! Check out a textless version of the magazine cover here thanks to Reddit user Max-Max-Maxxx (via Star […]