Duncan Jones is currently working on the Warcraft movie based on the popular video game series, but the film adaptation will come out a little bit later than originally expected. Read More »
We're getting closer and closer to some new Star Wars Episode VII announcements since filming is supposed to start early in 2014, but right now our focus is on the writer/director J.J. Abrams. The young director has taken on a huge task, especially now that he took over writing duties with LAwrence Kasdan, but some pressure has been taken off of his shoulders with the release fate of his film being pushed to December 2015. Read More »
Right after one character was confirmed for Star Wars Episode VII (R2D2, by the way) new casting rumors and speculation have surfaced. According to numerous sources, Doctor Who star Matt Smith has auditioned for a role in J.J. Abrams' 2015 film. Also, another British actor posted a photo a familiar looking red script on Instagram. Read More »
We all know that there isn't much news about Star Wars Episode VII coming out these days besides the usual casting rumors and boring Disney updates. So when Bad Robot (J.J. Abrams' production company) posted the included photo below on its Twitter account, we all got a bit more excited for the film thanks to one thing: R2D2! Read More »
There are plenty of websites out there that have already confirmed rumors of Harrison Ford reprising his role of Han Solo in J.J. Abrams' 2015 film Star Wars: Episode VII, but the actor himself has refused to give a straight answer on the matter. In fact, his latest response is maybe the most aggravating answer to date! Read More »
Chiwetel Ejiofor is an easy Oscar contender thanks to his powerful performance in this year's 12 Years a Slave, so it might not come as a surprise that the actor was spotted waiting to meet with director J.J. Abrams at the Bad Robot offices. Thanks to the well-timed unrelated meeting with Britain's The Times reporter Rhys Blakely, we have an eyewitness placing Ejiofor in the waiting room of Abrams' offices. Does this mean that the rising star was meeting with the director about the current Star Wars: Episode VII production? Read More »
Star Wars: Episode VII just hit a bit of a snag this week with writer Michael Arndt pulling out of the project. Luckily, the film's director J.J. Abrams has stepped in to finish the script with Empire Strikes Back co-writer Lawrence Kasdan. So we lost one great writer, but picked up one of the guys responsible for (arguably) the best Star Wars movies. Read More »
With all of the hype around the upcoming J.J. Abrams-directed Star Wars: Episode VII, it's easy to forget about the Star Wars projects that have either been canceled (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) or put on indefinite hold. One example of the latter is an animated series entitled Star Wars: Detours. It was created by Robot Chicken creator Seth Green that poked fun at some of the more notorious Star Wars characters like Darth Vader. Basically Green expanded on his Robot Chicken bits of the same nature. In short, Disney and Lucasfilm did not want to have such a comedic look into this universe on the air while the upcoming films are being produced. Read More »
There are plenty of casting rumors surrounding Star Wars: Episode VII, involving a never-ending list of actors. But what if a musician wanted in on the 2015 J.J. Abrams film? To answer that question, Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age "auditioned" for the a role in the Star Wars film in a special sketch with YouTube comedy channel "Stinky Mike." Read More »