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Elizabeth Olsen is looking forward to time away from Marvel and playing Wanda

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The future of Elizabeth Olsen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe isn’t clear, and with her recent comments, it seems the actress is enjoying her time away from Wanda Maximoff and the MCU. In a pre-strike interview with Times of London, the actress spoke on branching out to new roles, including Candy Montgomery in Max’s Love […]

Revisiting the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

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Were a generation of fans too harsh on the Prequel Trilogy? Tom Jolliffe revisits The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith to see whether they’re worthy of reappraisal, and how they hold up post-Disney Sequel Trilogy… Remember Spaced? The much loved and all too shortly lived sitcom from Edgar Wright, […]

Star Wars: Ahsoka character posters showcase Jacen Syndulla and Mon Mothma

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Disney+ has shared this week’s Star Wars: Ahsoka character posters for ‘Time to Fly’ in Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly) – now Chancellor of the New Republic in this first post-Return of the Jedi appearance timeline-wise from the Rebel leader – along with Jacen Syndulla (Evan Whitten), the young son of General Hera Syndulla and the […]

Star Wars: Ahsoka Episode 3 Review – ‘Time to Fly’

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Chris Connor reviews the third episode of Star Wars: Ahsoka… After a promising two-part opening, Ahsoka’s third episode sees the action pick up as both our heroes and their adversaries continue their search for Grand Admiral Thrawn, and by association Ezra Bridger. This episode may be slighter shorter than the opening two episodes but is […]

Ahsoka opens strong but behind Star Wars juggernauts like Obi-Wan Kenobi and The Mandalorian

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Ahsoka isn’t the biggest hit in Star Wars history but is opening on par with an Emmy-nominated series. A new report from Deadline breaks down the viewership numbers for Star Wars: Ahsoka Episode 1 and notes that “Samba TV reports that the Live+5 day viewership for the first episode of Disney+/Lucasfilm’s new series Ahsoka drew […]

The already finished The Spiderwick Chronicles series no longer heading to Disney+

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Disney+ will not advance with The Spiderwick Chronicles, as reports say the studio is moving away from the project. Deadline notes the real kicker is the eight-episode series from Paramount Television Studios & 20th Television has been completed, which means Paramount is currently shopping the project to other potential buyers. The Spiderwick Chronicles is based […]

Marvel’s X-Men ’97 gets the Pop! Vinyl treatment from Funko

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Funko has unveiled a wave of Pop! vinyl figures for the eagerly-anticipated Disney+ animated series Marvel’s X-Men ’97 which includes Cyclops, Gambit, Bishop, and Magneto in their classic X-Men: The Animated Series costumes; check them out here…  SEE ALSO: Marvel Studios’ X-Men ’97 joins Hasbro’s Marvel Legends Series action figure line “Storm and Wolverine try to […]

Star Wars: Ahsoka character posters showcase Chopper, Huyang and Marrok

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Following yesterday’s Ahsoka premiere, Disney+ has shared three new character posters for the Star Wars series featuring Hera’s astromech Chopper, Ahsoka’s trusty architect droid Huyang, and the former Imperial Inquisitor turned mercenary Marrok; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Read our review of Ahsoka’s premiere episodes Set after the fall of the Empire, Ahsoka follows the former […]

Star Wars: Ahsoka Episodes 1 & 2 Review

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Chris Connor reviews the opening two episodes of Disney’s Star Wars: Ahsoka… Following a slightly underwhelming response to the third eason of The Mandalorian, there is a lot riding on the success of the latest Disney + Star Wars series Ahsoka, which sees the fan favourite and Anakin Skywalker’s former Padawan continuing to search for […]