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Hollywood: If You Can’t Build It, Don’t Bother

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Samuel Brace on practical effects and CGI… Fantasy is better when fantasy looks real. For the most part, cinema is our escape, a door of which to travel through, a portal to somewhere that isn’t here. To suspend our disbelief is part and parcel of going to the movies, and the best of these movies […]

Ranking the Star Wars Universe (2016 Edition)

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Flickering Myth ranks the Star Wars Universe… This article is dedicated to the memories of Carrie Fisher and Kenny Baker. May the Force be with you both. For 40 years, we’ve enjoyed the adventures and battles between the Jedi and Sith, in a galaxy far, far away. We’ve seen the fall of the Jedi Order, the […]

Ben Mendelsohn says there’s an “enormously different” version of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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Given the amount of footage we saw during the marketing campaign which was absent from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, it seems pretty clear that the much-publicised reshoots played a huge role in shaping the final cut of the blockbuster Anthology movie. So it will come as little surprise to hear that star Ben Mendelsohn […]

Star Wars: Episode VIII named 2017’s most anticipated movie

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With 2016 almost over and attention now shifting to 2017’s exciting line-up of movies, ticket site Fandango has been polling its visitors as to the most anticipated films of the next twelve months, and it will come as absolutely no surprise to hear that Star Wars: Episode VIII tops the list. The follow-up to Star […]

Kathleen Kennedy teases bigger future plans for Rogue One’s Saw Gerrera

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Of all the characters featured in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Forest Whitaker’s Rebel extremist Saw Gerrera seems to be the one that will act as connective tissue between the standalone anthology film and the rest of the Star Wars universe. Originally appearing in several episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Gerrera will next pop up in Star Wars […]

ILM’s John Knoll on digitally recreating a key character for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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One of the big talking points coming out of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was the return of Grand Moff Tarkin, with Industrial Light & Magic digitally recreating the likeness of Peter Cushing, some 22 years after his death. Given Tarkin’s ties to the Death Star, it was perhaps inevitable that the character would […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has now passed $600 million worldwide

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It was only just a couple days ago Rogue One: A Star Wars Story crossed the $500 million mark, and now the Star Wars spin-off has reached another milestone, passing $600 million worldwide. Yesterday the Gareth Edwards-directed film earned $22.5 million in North America and $19.7 million internationally. This brings its North American gross to $340.6 million and international to […]

Carrie Fisher had completed her work on Star Wars: Episode VIII

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In the wake of the tragic news about Carrie Fisher’s unfortunate passing, many fans have wondered in the back of their minds what this means for Star Wars: Episode VIII and future films in the franchise. The sequel to The Force Awakens, directed by Looper’s Rian Johnson, wrapped filming  in July and is currently in the middle of post-production. […]