The Last Starfighter, 1984. Directed by Nick Castle. Starring Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Kay E. Kuter, Catherine Mary Stewart, Dan O’Herlihy, and Dan Mason. SYNOPSIS: A video game whizzkid ends up being recruited to join a team of starfighters to defend an alien planet from attack. It takes about five seconds of the opening credits […]
Blu-ray Review – The Last Starfighter (1984)
The Last Starfighter, 1984. Directed by Nick Castle. Starring Lance Guest, Dan O’Herlihy, Robert Preston, and Catherine Mary Stewart. SYNOPSIS: Arrow’s new Blu-ray of The Last Starfighter features a new restoration based on a 4K transfer as well as a batch of new interviews and two new commentary tracks. They also ported over some old […]
Rogue One screenwriter developing The Last Starfighter reboot
The Book of Eli and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story screenwriter Gary Whitta has taken to social media to reveal his next project, a reboot of the 80s cult sci-fi The Last Starfighter! Whitta is currently working on the script with co-writer Jonathan Betuel, and has shared some early concept art from illustrator Matt […]
The Last Starfighter spinoff may be heading to TV
Over three decades after the release of the sci-fi fantasy film The Last Starfighter, a report from Variety claims that a TV spinoff of the cult classic, entitled The Starfighter Chronicles, is in the works. The original writer of the 1984 film, Jonathan Betuel, is working with virtual reality company Surreal to give viewers a unique and […]
Star Wars writer Gary Whitta trying to get The Last Starfighter remake off the ground
Star Wars spin-off writer Gary Whitta is currently in demand as a filmmaker, but the one thing he is keen on is getting a remake of The Last Starfighter off the ground. Now Whitta isn’t the first man to attempt this. Seth Rogen was looking to get a remake of the 1984 cult movie written by […]
