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We're not entirely sure what happened with director Josh Trank and his departure from the second Star Wars Anthology spin off films. Was he fired or did he really quit one of the biggest opportunities of his life as a filmmaker? According to a new interview, Trank is sticking to the "quitting the project" story, but is astonished at how people are still talking about his departure a month later. Find out more on this news below. Read More »
After what seems like a constant influx of rumors and spoilers surrounding the second Star Wars Anthology spin off, standalone movie, we can now pretty much confirm that Boba Fett is the subject of the upcoming film. In fact, this new project is described as an origin movie, giving fans of the bounty hunter a deeper look into his past, learning how he became the legend we all fell in love with in Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. This will be the fourth Star Wars film to hit theaters after The Force Awakens, Rogue One, and Episode VIII. With director Josh Trank leaving the Disney and Lucasfilm project last week, how will this film progress from now until its 2018 release date! Read More »
It doesn't look like the Force is with director Josh Trank anymore as he has officially announced his departure from the second Star Wars Anthology spin off films. Before today's "May the Fourth be with You" celebration kicked off, the Fantastic Four reboot and Chronicle filmmaker was dropped from the highly anticipated project, which would follow Gareth Edwards' 2016 movie Star Wars: Rogue One in this new standalone series from Disney and Lucasfilm. Was the acclaimed screenwriter and director fired from his job or was there something else going on behind-the-scenes? Was he let go due to recent rumors of his work ethics on the Marvel Comic Book film adaptation? Find out what we know below! Read More »
Ever since appearing in the Australian crime drama Animal Kingdom, filmmakers have been dying to work with actor Ben Mendelsohn. You might recognize the actor from movies like The Place Beyond the Pines, The Dark Knight Rises, Black Sea and the Netflix original series Bloodline, but he's set to star in upcoming movies like Lost River, Slow West, and much more. A new rumor this week has us possibly adding a new project to his resume: the 2016 Star Wars spin off movie starring Felicity Jones and directed by Gareth Edwards, Rogue One! Continue reading to find out more about this casting rumor! Read More »
In a shareholders call this week, Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed some huge news concerning the next two chapters of the Star Wars universe. We learned that the first spin-off, standalone movie project in the Lucasfilm franchise officially has a name and a star! Academy Award nominee Felicity Jones will star in director Gareth Edwards' Star Wars: Rogue One. Iger also announced that Star Wars: Episode VIII, the sequel to J.J. Abrams' 2015 blockbuster The Force Awakens, would officially be written and directed by Rian Johnson (Looper, Brick) and would hit theaters on May 26, 2017. You can check out more on this story HERE, but find out more about Rogue One below! Read More »
We recently reported on screenwriter Chris Weitz taking over writing duties for the 2016 Star Wars stand-alone, spin-off movie project directed by Godzilla filmmaker Gareth Edwards. This week, Weitz opened up about the new Disney and Lucasfilm project, talking about taking over Gary Whitta's script and sharing some information on what we can expect next year when the highly anticipated new adventure hits theaters, one year after 2015's The Force Awakens, directed by J.J. Abrams. Keep reading to find out what the writer had to say about the movie! Read More »
It looks like Academy Award nominee Felicity Jones is the latest star to join the Disney and Lucasfilm Star Wars universe. After rumors of other actresses, including Kate Mara, Rooney Mara and Tatiana Maslany allegedly trying out for a leading role in the 2016 Gareth Edwards stand-alone, spin-off film project, reports this week are pouring in saying Jones has been hired. Other casting speculation is surrounding Aaron Paul (again) and Edgar Ramirez, too. Read More »
Last month, screenwriter Gary Whitta quit as writer of the highly anticipated Gareth Edwards-directed Star Wars spin-off, stand-alone film set to hit theaters after J.J. Abrams' 2015 blockbuster The Force Awakens in 2016. This week, we learned that acclaimed writer and director Chris Weitz has officially been hired by Disney as the new writer for the sci-fi project. Let's examine Weitz's past film work and see what we can expect from this secretive movie project below! Read More »
Though we still have no idea what director Gareth Edwards' 2016 standalone Star Wars film is based on, this week we learned of four high profile actresses that have reportedly auditioned for roles in the spin-off movie! Early rumors and reports speculated that we could see a Han Solo storyline after this year's The Force Awakens, but now our focus is on the actresses that allegedly met with producers for the film. These starlets include 2015 Academy Award nominee Felicity Jones, Kate Mara, Rooney Mara and Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany. Find out more on these actresses and this news below! (SPOILERS to follow) Read More »
We've heard the rumors of a possible Obi-Wan Kenobi standalone movie being one of the Star Wars spin off films coming from Disney and Lucasfilm either in 2016 or later, but new speculation has added on to that claim - literally! Apparently there are new rumors claiming a Kenobi spin off would eventually become a new trilogy franchise for the studios on top of the newest one, which is starting next year with Episode VII. Perhaps the Obi-Wan movies will have epic titles like the Star Wars films, too! Read More »
While we wait around for more Star Wars: Episode VII rumors, spoilers, and/or details, some new speculation around a spin-off project dropped this week. According to some reports, we could see an Obi-Wan Kenobi standalone film! This is just a rumor right now, but maybe we could see Ewan McGregor return to the role? Read More »
Disney's takeover of Lucasfilm has resulted in a great amount of new Star Wars movies being announced, including standalone spin offs from great, young directors like Gareth Edwards and Josh Trank. While the former has his film set for a 2016 release date, Trank has a bit more time and could be working with Fantastic Four collaborator and Star Wars writer Simon Kinberg. In fact, Kinberg recently revealed that he got Trank the directing job with Disney! Read More »
