After unveiling the first trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on Friday, Lucasfilm turned its attention to the small screen today by giving fans a first look at The Mandalorian, the upcoming live-action series from executive producer Jon Favreau. Favreau was joined on the panel by Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star […]
Creed II was originally going to feature a cameo from Apollo’s ghost
During a Q&A at Monster Mania Con 42 in New Jersey (via CinemaBlend), actor Dolph Lundgren was speaking about reprising his Rocky IV role as Ivan Drago in last year’s Creed II, during which he revealed that the first draft of the script featured a cameo from Drago’s fallen foe Apollo Creed in ghost form. […]
Sylvester Stallone regrets killing off Apollo Creed in Rocky IV
While wishing Carl Weathers a happy birthday, Sylvester Stallone has said that he regrets killing the character of Apollo Creed in Rocky IV. Carl Weathers’ performance in the Rocky movies is certainly iconic, playing an integral part of those films’ continued success and resonance with generations of fans over the years. The character’s death in […]
Lucasfilm announces cast for Star Wars TV show The Mandalorian
Having been filming for several months now, Lucasfilm has finally revealed the cast for The Mandalorian, executive producer Jon Favreau’s live-action Star Wars series. As previously reported, Narcos and Game of Thrones’ Pedro Pascal has secured the title role of the lone Mandalorian gunfighter, while we also have confirmation on Gina Carano (Deadpool), Carl Weathers (Rocky) […]
Carl Weathers reportedly cast in Star Wars series The Mandalorian
Despite the fact that it’s been filming for over a month now, we’re yet to get any kind of official casting news for Lucasfilm and Jon Favreau’s upcoming Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian. Last month, the folks at Making Star Wars reported that Pedro Pascal (Narcos, Game of Thrones) was in contention for a […]
Carl Weathers and Ken Jeong set for Magnum P.I. guest roles
CBS’ upcoming reboot of Magnum, P.I. has found a couple of guest stars for its first season in Carl Weathers (Rocky, Predator) and Ken Jeong (The Hangover, Crazy Rich Asians), Entertainment Weekly has revealed. Weathers is set to play Dan, “an old-school Marine who’s struggling to pay his bills as a fisherman. A man of […]
Carl Weathers congratulates Michael B. Jordan on his performance in Creed
Michael B. Jordan was stepping into some pretty big shoes when he signed on to star in the upcoming Rocky spinoff Creed. Not only was he essentially taking the franchise over from Rocky himself, Sylvester Stallone, but he, as Adonis Creed, would have to live up to the greatness of his on-screen father Apollo, who […]
