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Disney renews IMAX deal for Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean and more

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Walt Disney and IMAX have today announced that they has renewed their deal through to 2017, which covers a host of live-action and animated tentpole releases from the Mouse House. Falling under the near deal are Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: Episode VIII, Star Wars: Rogue One, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor […]

Star Wars franchise to be available digitally this Friday

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It’s amazing to think that in 2015, the Star Wars franchise is not available for digital download – or on any legal streaming service. Well, that is about to change. Negotiations between 20th Century Fox and Disney have finally come to a close after a long, long time and they have announced that all six […]

John Williams on scoring Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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There may be a different studio and director behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but when Episode VII opens in cinemas this December one thing that will be very familiar is the music of John Williams. The composer, who has scored all six previous movies in the Star Wars saga, has been talking to Vanity […]

John Williams to record Star Wars: The Force Awakens score in Los Angeles

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John Williams is set to break tradition when it comes to the score for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with the official Star Wars site revealing that the composer will record the score for the hotly-anticipated first chapter in Disney’s Sequel Trilogy in Los Angeles, rather than utilising Abbey Road Studios and the London Symphony […]

Artist Stuart Immonen joining Marvel’s Star Wars comic

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Marvel Entertainment and Lucasfilm has announced that artist Stuart Immonen (All-New X-Men, All-New Captain America) is set to join writer Jason Aaron on Marvel’s flagship Star Wars comic book series from issue #8. Here’s an early look at Immonen’s (not final) cover for Star Wars #8… The historic return of Star Wars™ to the House […]

It’s a Trap: Why ‘The First Gay Star Wars Character’ is a war on common sense

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Anghus Houvouras on why ‘the first gay Star Wars character’ is a war on common sense… I never thought much about sex while watching Star Wars. Sure, like many men my age I felt certain stirrings seeing Princess Leia in her slave girl ensemble, barely able to understand what was happening in the deepest recesses […]

Rumour: Lucasfilm working on three live-action Star Wars series for Netflix

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Take this one with a healthy pinch of salt, but Cinelinx is reporting that Lucasfilm is set to follow the Netflix model of fellow Disney subsidiary Marvel by launching a series of live-action Star Wars shows on the streaming service – three, in fact. Back in March, the same site claimed that development was underway […]

Michelle MacLaren has met with Lucasfilm over Star Wars Anthology movie

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With Josh Trank vacating the director’s chair on the second Star Wars Anthology movie, Disney and Lucasfilm have a vacancy for a filmmaker in a galaxy far, far away, and now Jeff Sneider of The Wrap is reporting on Meet the Movie Press that Michelle MacLaren has met with the studio about the project. MacLaren, […]

Josh Trank exits Star Wars Anthology spin-off movie

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Having been absent from the ‘Gareth Edwards and Josh Trank’ panel at Star Wars Celebration last month due to “flu”, it has been announced tonight that Josh Trank (Chronicle, Fantastic Four) has vacated the director’s chair on Disney’s second Star Wars Anthology standalone movie. “After a year of having the incredible honor of developing with […]