– by ELI COLON – While “Star Wars: Episode VII” rumors continue to swirl around the net, we knew for some time that the new Star Wars movie would be filmed in London. And now director J.J. Abrams has confirmed when he’s expecting to start production. In a conference call over the w[...]
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Alan Horn talks Star Wars: Episode VII
– by JOSUE SANCHEZ – After what seemed to be a brief period of quiet — about two weeks — on the “Star Wars” front, we now have news, and lots of it. Cinemacon was last week and at the Disney presentation, Disney Studios chief Alan Horn had some “Star Wars: E[...]
Harrison Ford Confronts Chewbacca
– by ELI COLON – Director J.J. Abrams is deep in the development stage of the highly anticipated “Star Wars: Episode VII,” and while there’s still no official word on the film’s plot or its characters — especially when it comes to Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison For[...]
Disney Re-names Brad Bird Film
– by ELI COLON – As news continues to spread over Disney and Lucasfilms officially announcing J.J. Abrams as the “Star Wars: Episode VII” director, the other sci-fi film from Disney that is still garnering some interest from online fans is the Brad Bird film– especially due to [...]
Is the Force with J.J. Abrams?
– by JOSUE SANCHEZ – Well, by now you may already know Disney has bought Lucasfilm and is quickly moving ahead with a new “Star Wars” series of movies. Also, the web has been conjecturing nonstop who the possible candidates would be to take on the challenge of directing the first fil[...]
Robopocalypse Postponed Indefinitely
– by ELI COLON – Director Steven Spielberg announced this week that his expected next sci-fi movie, “Robopocalypse,” has been put on an indefinite hold, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Here’s more from Spielberg’s spokesman Marvin Levy on why the project is being delayed ind[...]
Star Wars: Episode VII Updates
– by ELI COLON – After last week’s huge announcement of Disney acquiring Lucasfilm and planning to develop “Star Wars: Episode VII” for a 2015 release, a ton of news (and rumors) have come out this week about the next “Star Wars” installment. Let’s begin with the news that ju[...]
George Clooney in Talks to Star in 1952
– by ELI COLON – George Clooney “is negotiating” to star in Brad Bird’s extraterrestrial film “1952” for Disney, Variety is reporting. The script to “1952” was co-written by Damon Lindelof and his writing partner Jeff Jensen. The title of the film came from Lindelof’s dis[...]
Disney to Release Star Wars VII in 2015
– by SEAN GERSKI – On April 1 of every year, plenty of otherwise responsible websites like to put up stories that are 100 percent fictional as April Fools’ gags. Reading the following news felt to me like one of those times. Not only has The Walt Disney Co. purchased George Lucas’[...]
Audio Pioneer Ray Dolby Receives Honor
Since 1986, the Berlin International Film Festival has presented the Berlinale Camera to film personalities or institutions to which it feels particularly indebted and wishes to express its thanks. At the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, Ray Dolby will be awarded the Berlinale Camera[...]
A Trailer for ‘The Phantom Menace’ in 3D
– by ADAM POYNTER – George Lucas — who has always enjoyed pushing boundaries and exploring new territory — is re-releasing all six films from the “Star Wars” saga in spectacular 3D. Beginning with “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace” this[...]
More Than 1 Million ‘Star Wars’ Blu-ray Sets Sold
– by ALEXA MILAN – Leading up to the Sept. 16 release of the complete “Star Wars” saga on Blu-ray, some fans of the franchise were miffed about the reported changes George Lucas made to the movies for their new format. But the complaints weren’t enough to keep the compl[...]
‘Star Wars’ Blu-Rays Feature More Alterations
– by JOSUE SANCHEZ – All six “Star Wars” movies are ready to hit the store shelves again on Sept. 16, this time as ultra-super-remastered Blu-rays, but you probably already knew that. That’s why this article isn’t about the Blu-ray release for the movies. Instead,[...]
Harrison Ford Settles a Feud
– by JOSUE SANCHEZ – Harrison Ford was a guest on the “Jimmy Kimmel Show” recently and Kimmel could not let such an opportunity go by without filming one of his hilarious, sometimes shocking, video sketches. Well, we have it for you (below), and it is already making its round[...]