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Why You Should Avoid All Movie Marketing

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Neil Calloway argues that believing the hype only leads to disappointment… I can pinpoint the precise moment the scales fell from my eyes and I stopped believing the hype. It was a morning in 1999, and George Lucas was sitting in a shed not far from where I now live, autographing a pair of boxer […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Rian Johnson and Daisy Ridley on the importance of Rey’s parentage

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It’s already been confirmed that this December’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi will “absolutely address” the question of Rey’s parents, providing an answer to one of the biggest mysteries from 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But just how important will this reveal prove to be to the story? In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, […]

The Cinematic Universe Fascination: A Bigger Picture Obsession

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Tom Jolliffe on Hollywood’s fascination with the shared cinematic universe… Marketing, labelling, packaging. It’s everywhere. In cinematic terms it’s more important than ever. Everything is governed by men with clipboards. Or the modern equivalent. I suppose it’s all tablets now. I’m a cave dwelling Cro-Magnon man, so I wouldn’t know but there’s an inherent need […]

Rian Johnson discusses Carrie Fisher’s role in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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While there’s plenty of excitement for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the release will be certainly bittersweet, given that it will mark the final time we get to see Carrie Fisher in the role of Leia Organa, the actress having sadly passed away this past December.During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, writer-director Rian Johnson has […]

Rian Johnson and Mark Hamill think you should avoid all Star Wars: The Last Jedi marketing

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Details on Star Wars: The Last Jedi have flowed a little more steady recently. We’ve had plenty of comments from the cast, as well as sneak peeks at some truly bizarre (and yes – adorable) alien species that will be introduced to the Star Wars universe. This is just the tip of iceberg, apparently, as director […]

Ron Howard shares set videos from the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff featuring a speeder junkyard

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Since Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm, there’s been intense levels of secrecy surrounding the likes of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: The Last Jedi.That extended to the as-yet-untitled Han Solo spinoff… until Ron Howard came on board as a replacement for directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller. […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’s K-2SO gets a Premium Format Figure from Sideshow

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Sideshow Collectibles has unveiled its K-2SO Premium Format Figure from the blockbuster anthology movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The limited edition piece is available to pre-order now, priced at $650 and is expected to ship September-November 2018; take a look at the official promotional images here…SEE ALSO: Pre-order via Sideshow Collectibles K-2SO measures 22” tall, […]

John Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran on Finn being a big deal in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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After defecting from the First Order and passing himself off as a “big deal” in the Resistance in an effort to impress Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Boyega’s Finn now finds himself a core part of the good guys in December’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi – although it seems he’s not […]