April 9th, 2021074PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE JOINS INDIANA JONES CAST If adventure has a name…it must be Indiana Jones! Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Solo: A Star Wars Story) will star alongside Harrison Ford, who is returning to the role of the legendary hero archaeologist, for the fifth installment of the iconic franchise. In addition, the...
December 10th, 20200394Future Lucasfilm Projects Revealed Get ready for Patty Jenkins’ Rogue Squadron film, an Ahsoka Tano live-action series, the return of Hayden Christensen and much, much more. Today at The Walt Disney Company’s Investor Day event, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy announced a staggering number of new films, series, and surprises...
September 27th, 20190114Deborah Chow to Direct Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Exclusively on Disney+ Fresh off The Mandalorian, Deborah Chow will helm the upcoming live-action series starring Ewan McGregor, with Hossein Amini confirmed as writer. Deborah Chow has been tapped to direct the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series that is exclusively for Disney+. Ewan McGregor will...
May 7th, 20190256Big news from a galaxy far, far away! According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney has announced the release dates for three new Star Wars films. They will be hitting theaters in December of 2022, 2024, and 2026. Titles have yet to be revealed, and it's not clear if these are films being developed by Rian Johnson, or David Benioff and...
September 5th, 20180156The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be awarding the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to Lucasfilm president and producer Kathleen Kennedy, and her husband and frequent collaborator, producer Frank Marshall. Find out more from the official press release below: The Kennedy/Marshall...
February 9th, 20180209Entertainment Weekly has posted an interview with Ron Howard, director of Solo: A Star Wars Story. Howard discusses his history with George Lucas, how his involvement in Solo came to be after original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller departed the project -- and he also shares that Lucas himself directed a small bit of the film. The...
February 9th, 20180140It's always been understood that Han Solo traveled in some shady circles prior to the events of Star Wars: A New Hope. Now, in Solo: A Star Wars Story, we get to meet some of the characters who inhabited those circles. Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton, and Paul Bettany play three individuals who end up shaping Han into the man we...
February 7th, 20181176When discussing Solo: A Star Wars Story with Entertainment Weekly, Alden Ehrenreich confirmed he talked with Harrison Ford about Han Solo, and received advice from the legendary actor. EW got a few more details from Lucasfilm president, Kathleen Kennedy. There are no spoilers in this piece, so feel free to check out what she had to say...
November 9th, 20171136***Breaking Star Wars News!*** RIAN JOHNSON, WRITER-DIRECTOR OF STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI, TO CREATE ALL-NEW STAR WARS TRILOGY Lucasfilm is excited to announce that Johnson will create a brand-new Star Wars trilogy, the first of which he is also set to write and direct, with longtime collaborator Ram Bergman onboard to...
September 12th, 20175131Breaking News from StarWars.com! J.J. ABRAMS TO WRITE AND DIRECT STAR WARS: EPISODE IX THE ACCLAIMED FILMMAKER WILL RETURN TO HELM THE FINAL FILM IN THE SEQUEL TRILOGY. J.J. Abrams, who launched a new era of Star Wars with The Force Awakens in 2015, is returning to complete the sequel trilogy as writer and director...