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Director Jon M. Chu talks about receiving death threats over Jem and the Holograms and its box office disappointment

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The big screen adaptation of Jem and the Holograms didn’t go down well with fans of the original show – or movie goers in general – taking just $1.7 million on its opening weekend and failing to crack the top 10. The following day, director Jon M. Chu to deliver a keynote speech for Film Independent Forum, […]

J.J. Abrams says it’s “no accident” that Luke Skywalker is missing from Star Wars: The Force Awakens poster and trailer

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Since the release of the new poster and trailer last week, there has been a lot of speculation among fans about where Luke Skywalker is in the marketing for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Many feel that he’s jumped to the Dark Side, and going by the thread of comments from this article, there are a […]

Dan Stevens joins monster movie Colossal

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The cast of Nacho Vigalondo’s Colossal is starting to take shape, as ComingSoon are reporting that Dan Stevens (The Guest) has been cast to star alongside Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises). Colossal met some legal issues earlier in the year, when Japanese studio Toho threatened action against Vigalondo for promoting the film as a […]

Kevin Smith has seen a chunk of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and says it took him back to 1977

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While he didn’t admit it fully due to legal papers he’d signed, Kevin Smith revealed on the latest episode of his Hollywood Babble On podcast that J.J. Abrams has shown him “a chunk” of Star Wars: The Force Awakens – and he was very praising of what he saw. “I saw a buddy of mine, a filmmaker friend, who […]

The Week in Star Wars – New poster and trailer for The Force Awakens, J.J. Abrams responds to “anti-white” claims, box office predictions, Luke Skywalker turning to the Dark Side and more

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It’s a packed edition of The Week in Star Wars following a new poster and trailer for The Force Awakens alongside some record breaking ticket sales, #BoycottStarWarsVIII, Luke Skywalker turning to the Dark Side and more… Well, what a week this has been. We’ll kick things off with last Sunday’s new poster for Star Wars: The […]

Tom Holland says his Spider-Man performance is inspired by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield

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With Captain America: Civil War set for release next April, we can expect to see our first look at Tom Holland as the new Peter Parker/Spider-Man pretty soon (though he wasn’t seen in the D23 footage). Holland will be the third actor to take on The Friendly Neighbouhood Wall-Crawler in ten years following Tobey Maguire […]

TV show Krypton will be a prequel to Man of Steel and the DC Extended Universe

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A common complaint from fans of Arrow and The Flash is that they don’t connect to the DC Cinematic Universe the same way Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter and Daredevil do with the MCU. Well, David Goyer has revealed that Krypton, the Superman-less show he is currently developing, will serve as a prequel to Man of Steel […]

David Goyer talks about being giddy following a screening of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

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Following the news yesterday that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice may have set Warner Bros. back nearly half a billion dollars to make, writer David Goyer has been talking about his reaction to a screening of the film. “I think just the kind of giddiness in being a kid that grew up going to the […]

Mark Hamill wanted Luke Skywalker to go to the Dark Side – and he told J.J. Abrams about it

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With all of the talk of Luke Skywalker being a bad guy in Star Wars: The Force Awakens [including Luke Owen’s theory that he’s actually Kylo Ren], The AV Club have unearthed this tremendously coincidental video. Filmed ten years ago, Dinner for Five on IFC featured directors and actors sitting around and talking about their projects. In […]