Category: News

  • 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 >

  • 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 >

  • 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 >

  • Star Wars fans are already queuing up for The Force Awakens

    Star Wars fans have already started gathering in front of the Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard in anticipation of Thursday’s midnight screening of The Force Awakens. Read More >

  • J.J. Abrams wants Selma director Ava DuVernay to helm Star Wars

    J.J. Abrams has named Selma’s Ava DuVernay as the director he wants to make the next available Star Wars film. Read More >

  • Idris Elba to star in Stephen King’s The Dark Tower

    Idris Elba is reportedly in talks to star in the film adaptation of The Dark Tower. According to Deadline, Elba is the frontrunner to play Roland Deschain, who would likely square off against Matthew McConaughey as the villainous Man In Black. The first instalment of The Dark Tower will focus on the first book in the series, The Gunslinger,… Read More >

  • 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 >

  • 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 >

  • 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 >

  • 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 >