Following the news that Donnie Yen has been cast in Star Wars: Episode VIII, we’ve got a new rumour for the Gareth Edwards directed spin-off Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. According to Yahoo! Singapore, Chinese actor and director Jiang Wen has joined the cast. Wen is perhaps best known for his Let the Bullets Fly, […]
Rumour: Felicity Jones’ Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One character the daughter of an iconic villain?
As director Gareth Edwards (Godzilla) begins production on the first Star Wars spinoff, a new rumour has emerged concerning the character set to be played by Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) in Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. The official announcement stated that Jones will be playing a Rebel soldier, and now notorious “scooper” El […]
Sherlock actor Jonathan Aris joins Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One
As director Gareth Edwards (Godzilla) gears up to start principal photography on Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One, BBC reporter Lizo Mizimba has uncovered what is likely to be a minor piece of casting news, with British actor Jonathan Aris (Sherlock) set to play a character called Senator Jebel. SEE ALSO: Ben Mendelsohn says it’s “looking […]
Ben Mendelsohn says it’s “looking positive” that he’ll join the cast of Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One
With second unit production currently under way and first-unit set to start in three weeks, we should start to see the cast of the Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One emerge officially pretty soon. But there have rumours for a few months that Ben Mendelsohn is set to join Felicity Jones and Forrest Whitaker. Deadline are now […]
The Week in Star Wars – Pre-Comic Con 2015 Edition: Han Solo spin-off movie confirmed, Darth Vader & Boba Fett in Rogue One and more
In this pre-Comic Con edition of The Week in Star Wars, the Han Solo movie has been confirmed, there’s a couple of possible cameos in Rogue One and more… It had been rumoured for quite some time that one of the Anthology movies for Star Wars would be focused on Han Solo. We’ve heard news […]
Boba Fett, Bossk and more rumoured to appear in Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One
Following the rumour that Darth Vader will be set to cameo in Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One, we’re getting new reports that other Original Trilogy and Prequel Trilogy characters will be showing up in the first spin-off movie. Bloody-Disgusting are claiming that the movie will feature loads of Bounty Hunters, many of which were seen in […]
Donnie Yen reportedly joins Star Wars: Episode VIII
It’s certainly an exciting time to be a Star Wars fan, what with Lucasfilm gearing up for a marketing blitz on Star Wars: The Force Awakens ahead of its December release, as well as kicking off production on Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. Now it seems we may have our first piece of […]
The Week in Star Wars – First Order Stormtrooper details, LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens sets revealed, Rogue One begins filming and more
In this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars, new information about the First Order Stormtroopers revealed, plenty of LEGO Star Wars bits and pieces and the secret history of Obi Wan Kenobi… Kicking things off with only a couple of bits of The Force Awakens news (which is bound to explode this coming week […]
Filming on Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One is underway
This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone seeing as though the film is out next year, but reports are coming in that second unit production has already begun for Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. These reports have come from the Bothan spies from Making Star Wars and Star Wars Aficionado and even suggest that […]
Forest Whitaker boards Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One
Add another point of diversity to the Star Wars universe, because Forest Whitaker has just booked a trip to that infamously whitewashed galaxy far, far away. According to Variety, the Academy Award winner has boarded Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. Unfortunately, there are no details on Whitaker’s role, so it’s impossible to tell at this stage if he’ll […]
