Peter Mayhew Movie News

  • Star Wars fans petition for original Chewbacca to be in the Han Solo movie

    Star Wars fans have formed a petition to get original Chewbacca, Peter Mayhew, a part in the upcoming Han Solo spin-off movie.

    Star Wars fans have formed a petition to get original Chewbacca, Peter Mayhew, a part in the upcoming Han Solo spin-off movie.
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  • Peter Mayhew revealing pages from original Star Wars script - leading to a big announcement

    Here at Flickreel, we love Chewbacca. And that means we love the actor who has portrayed him since 1977’s original Star Wars movie, Peter Mayhew – and he’s given us another reason to appreciate his Wookie antics.

    Back when Mayhew was cast for…

    Here at Flickreel, we love Chewbacca. And that means we love the actor who has portrayed him since 1977’s original Star Wars movie, Peter Mayhew – and he’s given us another reason to appreciate his Wookie antics.

    Back when Mayhew was cast for George Lucas’ Star Wars, the screenplay pages he received from the director were very different. And now the actor has declared that he will be tweeting pages from that early draft every day, leading up to ‘a big…
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  • Disney isn't using any of George Lucas' ideas for The Force Awakens

    In a recent interview with Cinema Blend, George Lucas was asked to divulge some of the ideas which he says he had cooked up for a new Star Wars trilogy before Lucasfilm was acquired by Disney back in 2012. He said:

    “The ones that I sold to…

    In a recent interview with Cinema Blend, George Lucas was asked to divulge some of the ideas which he says he had cooked up for a new Star Wars trilogy before Lucasfilm was acquired by Disney back in 2012. He said:

    “The ones that I sold to Disney, they came up to the decision that they didn’t really want to do those. So they made up their own. So it’s not the ones that I originally wrote.”

    Depending on how you look at it, this could either be a relief or a disappointment. Lucas created…
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  • The Raid actors to appear in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Martial arts stars from The Raid: Redemption and The Raid 2 are set to appear in J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Twitch Film has learned. The Raid lead Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian and Cecep Arif Rahman will all appear in The Force Awakens,…

    Martial arts stars from The Raid: Redemption and The Raid 2 are set to appear in J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Twitch Film has learned. The Raid lead Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian and Cecep Arif Rahman will all appear in The Force Awakens, however it is currently unknown in what capacity. They’ll likely be putting their combat skills to good use though, as J.J. Abrams has committed to using real-life stunts in place of a purely digital effects-approach.
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