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Star Wars: The 10 Best Quotes

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Ricky Church with the 10 best quotes from the Star Wars saga… Anyone whose anyone will recognize lines like “Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope’, “No, I am your father” or “May the Force be with you”. The Star Wars saga is chalk full of memorable lines that can be applicable for any […]

The Week in Disappointment – Aquaman, Star Wars, Prometheus, Fantastic Four, Deadpool, Gods of Egypt

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Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Charles Roven gives brief update on Aquaman development, villain rumour emerges” This week’s big controversy: Will the villain in Aquaman be Black Manta or Ocean Master? The answer: Yes. It will be one of those two. I haven’t read a thing about the Aquaman movie […]

Rumoured details on Forest Whitaker’s character in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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Earlier this month, the folks at Making Star Wars posted some rumours about Mads Mikkelsen’s role in the upcoming Anthology movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and now the site is back with some minor details about Forest Whitaker’s character. According to the report, Whitaker’s character is said to be a good guy, who could […]

Rogue One will have “more realistic” alien characters than Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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With Disney pushing a return to more practical-based effects for its Star Wars universe compared to the CG-heavy approach of the prequels, creature designer Neal Scanlan has been talking to MTV about the alien characters set to inhabit Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, stating that director Gareth Edwards has been pushing for more realistic […]

Rumoured plot details for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story concerning Mads Mikkelsen’s character

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Now that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is behind us, expect Rogue One: A Star Wars Story to become the target of rumour-mongering and speculation as we count down towards the release of Lucasfilm’s first Anthology movie this December. Sure enough, some potential details have surfaced concerning Mads Mikkelsen’s character – thought to be called Galen […]

Rumour: Christopher McQuarrie polishing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story script

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If rumours are to be believed, Gareth Edwards’ upcoming Star Wars anthology film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has enlisted some Oscar-winning talent to polish its script. According to Latino-Review, Lucasfilm has brought in Christopher McQuarrie, screenwriter of The Usual Suspects and director of this year’s box office hit Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, […]

Colin Trevorrow teases Star Wars: Episode IX prep

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Last month it was confirmed that Jurassic World helmer Colin Trevorrow will follow J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Rian Johnson (Star Wars: Episode VIII) by closing out Disney’s Sequel Trilogy as he tackles directing duties on 2019’s Star Wars: Episode IX. While we’re some time away from Trevorrow venturing to a galaxy […]

The Week in Disappointment – Ghostbusters, Wolverine, Matt Damon as Daredevil, Prometheus 2, Hayden Christensen returning to Star Wars and more

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Every week the entertainment world provides us with the unfortunate, the inexcusable, and the questionable. Here are this week’s disappointments. Annie Potts and Sigourney Weaver to appear in Ghostbusters reboot. None of this is surprising or even worthy of mention. When they figure out how to get Harold Ramis to appear in the film, wake […]

Why Disney’s firm grip on Star Wars is choking the life out of Rogue One

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Anghus Houvouras on why Disney’s firm grip on Star Wars is choking the life out of Rogue One… Recently I wrote the following statement about film franchises in my review for Star Trek Beyond: Franchises are whores. They always have been—painted trollops far more interested in money than meaning. Any amount of love or passion obtained […]