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Benicio Del Toro offered Star Wars: Episode VIII villain role

July 21, 2015 by Gary Collinson

According to The Wrap, Lucasfilm has made an offer to Benicio Del Toro (Guardians of the Galaxy, Inherent Vice) to play the villain in Star Wars: Episode VIII, the 2017 follow-up to J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Apparently, the role was initially offered to Joaquin Phoenix (The Master), who decided to pass – […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Benicio Del Toro, Star Wars, Star Wars: Epiosde VIII

Guillermo del Toro has an idea for a Jabba the Hutt Star Wars movie

July 14, 2015 by Gary Collinson

One of the earliest names mentioned as a possible contender to direct Star Wars: The Force Awakens was that of Guillermo del Toro, the man behind cult favourites such as Blade II, Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth and Pacific Rim. The director subsequently revealed that he’d been contacted to sound out his interest, although he kindly rejected […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Guillermo del Toro, Star Wars

Jeff Goldblum returns to Jurassic Park, Unbreakable/Split sequel announced, Mad Max sequels and more – Daily News Roundup

April 27, 2017 by Luke Owen

MORE MAX With the great critical success of Mad Max: Fury Road, it came as no surprise that there was a lot of talk of more adventures from George Miller’s universe. However, since then, we’ve not heard much else. In a recent interview Miller has revealed that there are plans in place for a trilogy saying, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Daily News Roundup, Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Glass, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Jurassic World 2, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Mad Max, Star Wars

Adam Driver compares Star Wars: Episode VIII to The Empire Strikes Back

September 14, 2016 by Luke Owen

With many comparing Star Wars: The Force Awakens to George Lucas’ A New Hope, it would make sense that one of the movie’s stars is comparing the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VIII to The Empire Strikes Back. “It’s similar to how The Empire Strikes Back has a different tone,” Adam Driver told Collider. “For that people […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Adam Driver, Star Wars, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode VIII

Men’s Rights Activists claim their boycott cost Star Wars: The Force Awakens millions

January 4, 2016 by Luke Owen

Prior to the release of one of the trailers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the hashtag #BoycottEpisodeVII began to trend worldwide by Men’s Rights Activists who were upset over the film’s casting. They claim that the characters of Rey and Finn took central roles away from white actors and the most prominent website for Men’s […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Spoilers: J.J. Abrams talks Rey’s backstory in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

December 21, 2015 by Luke Owen

Warning: some minor spoilers from Star Wars: The Force Awakens in this post… We’ve heard from J.J. Abrams and the rest of the writing crew from Star Wars: The Force Awakens talk about R2-D2’s role in the movie, and now the group have also been giving some details about Rey’s story. If you’ve seen the […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Rey, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Spoilers: More cameos revealed in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

December 21, 2015 by Luke Owen

Warning: this post does contain spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens… Many of the original Star Wars cast – including Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels and Tim Rose – returned to their roles in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but it was revealed over the weekend that there was a prequel […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Jurassic World congratulates Star Wars: The Force Awakens on their record-breaking opening weekend

December 21, 2015 by Luke Owen

It was revealed yesterday that Star Wars: The Force Awakens had earned around $517 million worldwide, earning it the biggest domestic opening weekend of all-time, and today it was announced that more accurate number was actually $528 million, which makes it the biggest weekend of all-time, beating the previous winner Jurassic World. Well, Amblin at least they took […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Jurassic World, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Rumour: More “evidence” that Yoda will be in Star Wars: Episode VIII

September 1, 2016 by Luke Owen

Earlier in the year we might be seeing Master Yoda in Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII after reports that Frank Oz was in London to work, and the Skelig Michael Island recreation had been set up to allow puppetry. Well, some new “evidence” has emerged that might confirm it further. A Reddit poster named Skywalkergal (via […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Star Wars, Star Wars: Episode VIII

Spoilers: J.J Abrams explains R2-D2’s role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and how it connects to A New Hope

December 21, 2015 by Luke Owen

As the title suggests, there are some spoilers from The Force Awakens in this piece… One of the questions holding over Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the role of R2-D2, and how he conveniently came back online at the end of the movie to help The Resistance find the location of Luke Skywalker. Well, […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: R2-D2, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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