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Domhnall Gleeson’s role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens ties him to major character?

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Warning – there could be spoilers below… It seems amazing in this day and age of the Internet that a film can keep so much secrecy, but J.J. Abrams has managed to do it with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. That is, apart from a few bits that have slipped through here and there. Today’s […]

Jessica Henwick joins the cast of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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As we await the first trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens this Friday, Lizo Mzimba of the BBC has revealed another cast member for the hotly-anticipated first chapter of Disney’s Star Wars sequel trilogy in British actress Jessica Henwick, whose credits include Spirit Warriors and Silk. She will next be seen in HBO’s epic […]

Rumoured plot for Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars spin-off movie

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Following the news of the first trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens debuting this coming Friday in select IMAX cinemas in the US, some plot rumours have surfaced about the spin-off movie, set for release in 2016 and to be directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla). According to /Film and their “several sources”, the movie will take place before Star […]

Across the Shared Marvel Universe

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Commenting on the Critics with Simon Columb…  Variety’s Maane Khatchatourian covers James Gunn’s Facebook comments regarding shared movie universe building: “The director implies that franchises like “Star Wars,” “Iron Man,” “The Dark Knight” and even “Transformers” and “Twilight” are in the clear because they were conceived as single films and only grew into movie series […]

New rumours of Luke Skywalker’s role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and flashback sequences

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WARNING – POTENTIAL SPOILERS BELOW We’re less than 300 days away from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but the reports and rumours are still coming in thick and fast. We’ve already had rumours that Darth Vader would be in the film in some capacity (possibly in a flashback) and now we have new rumours that […]

Josh Trank says he wasn’t fired from Star Wars, “I want to do something original”

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It was revealed last month that Josh Trank (The Fantastic Four) was not going to direct the next Star Wars spin-off following Gareth Edward’s Star Wars: Rogue One. Reports then suggested that Trank had in fact been fired, and it many claimed it was because of “odd” on-set behaviour on The Fantastic Four and even […]