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Showing posts with label Star Wars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Star Wars. Show all posts

Monday, June 2, 2014

STAR WARS CASTS LUPITA NYONG'O AND GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE

'Star Wars: Episode VII' casts Lupita Nyong'o and Gwendoline Christie

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

JJ ABRAMS IS OFFERING A PART IN STAR WARS VII


WIN A PART IN STAR WARS VII FOR CHARITY

http://youtu.be/XfNiC9iKM0Q


Best prize ever! J.J. Abrams is offering a member of the public a part in STAR WARS VII, all in the name of charity.
http://yhoo.it/1lEzSlQ

We’re excited to share this special announcement from J.J. Abrams: You could be in Star Wars: Episode VII and support a great cause. Enter here: http://bit.ly/BeInStarWarsEpVII ‪#‎ForceForChange‬
See Official Rules for details.


 

Wednesday, April 30, 2014


Can you guess which stars turned down these famous film roles?

Courtesy of  Emma Daly  http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-04-30/can-you-guess-which-stars-turned-down-these-famous-film-roles

Superman, James Bond, Gravity and more hugely successful films could have had a different name on the poster. See if you can guess which famous faces gave these iconic roles a miss...


When it comes to iconic movie roles it's hard to imagine anyone else playing the part.
Could anyone else have got Gandalf just right? Could another actor have yelled 'Show me the money' quite the same way and could anyway else have carried off Neo in The Matrix?

Well, here's some actors and actresses that had the chance to take on these famous roles, but turned them down. But can you guess who?

Can you guess which stars turned down these famous film roles?
Big-name stars have passed on films including Superman, Jerry Maguire, James Bond and Gravity, but can you guess who?

Saturday, April 26, 2014

THE FUTURE OF STAR WARS - EXPANDED UNIVERSE


Future of ‘Star Wars’ Will Rely Only on Past Movies, Animated TV Series

Courtesy Marc Graser, Senior Editor
http://variety.com/2014/biz/news/future-of-star-wars-relies-on-past-movies-animated-tv-series-1201164253/

2 EXCLUSIVE VIDEO CLIPS

(1) The Star Wars Expanded Universe: Past, Present, and Future
http://youtu.be/VUm0Lo6DL-E



(2) Star Wars Rebels: WonderCon 2014 Exclusive Clip
http://youtu.be/a8uJXFxfmiE



Lucasfilm and Disney have given “Star Wars” fans official insight into where they plan to take the sci-fi saga.

While George Lucas had built a world around “Star Wars” through movies, TV shows, comicbooks, novels, videogames and other forms of entertainment, storylines were developed by separate teams creating what’s been called an “Expanded Universe” that veered away from what was seen onscreen by audiences.

As a result of the plethora of “Star Wars”-related characters, creatures, spaceships and worlds created for those properties, Lucasfilm has formed a new story group to oversee all “Stars Wars” creative development, according to Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, that will connect all aspects of storytelling moving forward.

Onscreen, the first new canonical material to appear will be the animated series “Star Wars Rebels” (see a clip presented at WonderCon below), followed by the J.J. Abrams-directed “Star Wars: Episode VII,” set for release on Dec. 18, 2015.

In print, the first new books to come from the group include novels from Del Rey Books, such as the John Jackson Miller-penned “Star Wars: A New Dawn,” set before the events of “Star Wars Rebels” and offering insight into the backstories of key characters Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla, with input directly from executive producers Dave Filoni, Simon Kinberg and Greg Weisman.

“A New Dawn” will be published in hardcover and as an e-book on Sept. 2, followed by “Star Wars: Tarkin,” by James Luceno, on Nov. 4; “Star Wars: Heir to the Jedi,” in January, by author Kevin Hearne; and “Star Wars: Lords of the Sith,” by Paul Kemp, in March.

Lucas may have enabled other people to play in the world of the “Star Wars” Expanded Universe, but “he set the films he created as the canon,” Lucasfilm posted on the StarWars.com site Friday. “This includes the six ‘Star Wars’ episodes, and the many hours of content he developed and produced in ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars.’ These stories are the immovable objects of ‘Star Wars’ history, the characters and events to which all other tales must align.”

“We have an unprecedented slate of new ‘Star Wars’ entertainment on the horizon,” Kennedy said in a statement. “We’re set to bring ‘Star Wars’ back to the bigscreen, and continue the adventure through games, books, comics, and new formats that are just emerging. This future of interconnected storytelling will allow fans to explore this galaxy in deeper ways than ever before.”
That includes the launch of a new “Star Wars: Legends” banner that will keep tales from the Expanded Universe in print.

Lucasfilm added that elements from the Expanded Universe, like the Inquisitor, the Imperial Security Bureau and Sienar Fleet Systems created in role-playing games of the 1980s, are story elements in “Star Wars Rebels.”

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

DISNEY PLANNING MOVIE BASED ON " IT'S A SMALL WORLD "



Disney Planning Movie Based on ‘It’s a Small World’

Courtesy of http://variety.com/2014/film/news/disney-planning-movie-based-on-its-a-small-world-1201161476/
          
Film Reporter@Variety_DMcNary

Disney is ramping up a movie version of its venerable “It’s a Small World” theme park ride with Jon Turteltaub directing.

Jared Stern is writing the script and will produce with Turteltaub and “The Lego Movieproducer Dan Lin.

The ride was created by WED Enterprises and debuted at the New York World’s Fair in 1964. It was rebuilt after the fair, installed in Disneyland and now operates as a boat ride in five Disney parks.
“It’s a Small World” features over 300 audio-animatronic dolls from all over the world singing the upbeat title song, which promotes peace and understanding. The song was written by Disney’s staff songwriters Robert S. Sherman and Richard B. Sherman after  Walt Disney had told the brothers to craft a tune that could be easily translated into multiple languages.

Turteltaub recently directed “Last Vegas” for CBS Films and the two “National Treasure” movies for Disney. Stern’s credits include “The Watch” and “The Internship”; he’s also working with Lin as a writer on the “Lego” sequel.

Stern is repped by WME, managers Marc Provissiero and Helena Heyman and attorney Karl Austen. Turteltaub is repped by WME, managed by David Lonner at Oasis and attorney Steve Warren.
News was first reported on Deadline.com.