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Star Wars Original Trilogy receiving theatrical roadshow re-release in the States in August

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The original Star Wars trilogy is heading back to the big screen this summer, with the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain organising a special roadshow triple-bill of A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi across more than 20 cities in the States. “It’s always been a dream to show the original […]

Christian Bale was reportedly sought for a role in the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff

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Earlier today, we brought you the news that Woody Harrelson is the front-runner for the role of Han Solo’s mentor in the upcoming Star Wars spinoff movie, and now there is word that Christian Bale was also considered for the part. Borys Kit of The Hollywood Reporter tweeted “True that Disney & Lucasfilm wanted someone big […]

Woody Harrelson in early talks for Han Solo spinoff film

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With the upcoming Han Solo standalone film gearing up for production in February, it appears that directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller are starting to round out the supporting cast for the Star Wars spinoff. According to Variety, the next addition could be Woody Harrelson, who is in early talks for the role of the titular iconic […]

Rumoured details on Benicio Del Toro and Laura Dern’s Star Wars: Episode VIII characters

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While much of the focus at the moment is on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the folks at Making Star Wars have offered up a few rumoured details on two new characters set to debut in the galaxy far, far away in next year’s Star Wars: Episode VIII. According to the site, who had a […]

Rian Johnson shares photo from the Star Wars: Episode VIII edit

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Rian Johnson has shared the first image from the edit of Star Wars: Episode VIII – although it doesn’t really show an awful lot. The director shared the image via Instagram with the post, “day one!” Check it out below: Day one! A photo posted by Rian Johnson (@riancjohnson) on Aug 15, 2016 at 7:15pm […]

John Williams will begin scoring Star Wars: Episode VIII in a few weeks

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At 84 years of age, John Williams is one of the oldest living movie music composers, but that isn’t going to stop him from returning to the Star Wars franchise for the eighth time in about four decades to score 2017’s Star Wars: Episode VIII. In fact, during a show at the Tanglewood in Massachusetts […]

Future Filmmakers panel offers info on Star Wars: Episode VIII and Han Solo movie

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Lucasfilm brought the curtain down on Star Wars Celebration Europe this afternoon with the Future Filmmakers panel, which saw Rian Johnson, Phil Lord and Chris Miller offering up a few minor details about Star Wars: Episode VIII and the young Han Solo movie respectively. First up came the announcement that for the first time in […]

Rumoured Star Wars: Episode VIII scene description details an epic Jedi battle

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Warning: Possible spoilers for Star Wars: Episode VIII follow… Over the past couple of months we’ve had a few spy reports from the set of Star Wars: Episode VIII – including a rumoured cameo from Tom Hardy and a scene featuring Laura Dern’s character and Oscar Isaac’s Poe Dameron – and now the folks on Making Star Wars have a […]

Rumour: Bottom star Ade Edmondson cast in Star Wars: Episode VIII

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Now, this one comes from The Sun, so it could very well be as fictional as it is surprising, but according to the UK tabloid The Young Ones and Bottom star Ade Edmondson has bagged himself a role in Disney and Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: Episode VIII. According to the report, Edmondson impressed director Rian Johnson […]