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Star Wars: The Force Awakens surpasses $800 million domestically, and takes over China’s box office
Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues its record breaking turn at the North American box office, pulling in $41.6 million this weekend and rocketing Episode VII‘s total domestic earnings up to an astonishing $812 million — making it the first film in history to surpass $800 million in the United States and Canada. The Revenant… Read More >
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Tops Avatar to Become Highest Grossing Domestic Release of All Time
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has topped Avatar to become the highest grossing US domestic release of all time. According to Box Office Mojo, the domestic total gross for The Force Awakens now stands at $750,230,824. Avatar sits just below that with $749,766,139 (although it does have a domestic lifetime gross of $760,507,625, which includes… Read More >
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens behind-the-scenes photos released
Good news for all you Star Wars fans out there (so probably most of you): some wonderful new behind-the-scenes photographs from The Force Awakens have surfaced on Dan Mindel’s Instagram account, who was Director of Photography on the film. So what do we have in terms of content? While the really good stuff will probably be saved… Read More >
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J.J. Abrams says Episode VIII script is so good he wishes he’d written it
J.J. Abrams’ longtime friend Greg Grunberg, who plays Snap Wexley in The Force Awakens, has revealed to The Washington Post that J.J. Abrams has read the script for the next Star Wars movie, and his reaction to it was such that he has “never hear[d] him express regret like that”. According to Grunberg: “He read… Read More >
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Lawrence Kasdan: “Star Wars is its own genre”
Legendary screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan, has stated his opinion that “Star Wars is its own genre”. He made the comment in a recent interview with Wired, where he goes on to say “It’s not really science fiction. It’s really something on its own, fantasy and myth and science fiction and Flash Gordon and Akira Kurosawa all… Read More >
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Ron Howard reveals he was offered to direct The Phantom Menace
Ron Howard is a superb director of popcorn entertainment. Not only has he directed the excellent Rush, Apollo 13, Frost / Nixon and more, but now it turns out that he may once have had the opportunity to direct Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace. Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the red-haired filmmaker revealed the incredible offer from… Read More >
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Is Mark Hamill keeping a Force Awakens secret the size of ‘Luke, I am your father’?
Wow. In a recent interview with PC Gamer, Mark Hamill has revealed that he’s keeping a massive secret for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. A secret so big, it would seem, it’s as huge a deal as the ‘Luke, I am your father’ reveal from The Empire Strikes Back – something so massive, that he’s getting paid… Read More >
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Star Wars: new details about Kylo Ren
Actor Adam Driver recently discussed his Star Wars: The Force Awakens character Kylo Ren with Empire, describing Ren as a religious fanatic (obsessed with Darth Vader) who’s not necessarily evil, or a Sith Lord. “When they think of their actions as morally justified, it makes them dangerous and unpredictable,” Driver told the entertainment magazine. “There’s no… Read More >
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The Force Awakens – Leia’s new title revealed
Leia is no longer a Princess. In the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens, she will be referred to as “General.” Director J.J. Abrams revealed the character’s new title to Entertainment Weekly, saying “But… there’s a moment in the movie where a character sort of slips and calls her ‘Princess.’” Abrams also spoke about his… Read More >
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens – new images released
Entertainment Weekly has released a bunch of new images of J.J Abrams’ upcoming blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Beginning with Harrison Ford as Han Solo. John Boyega as Finn. Here’s a new look at Daisy Ridley’s Rey. The classic duo: C-3PO and R2-D2. New set photos, courtesy of EW, featuring Han Solo, Kylo Ren,… Read More >
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