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According to Variety, J.J. Abrams is eyeing five actors for the lead role in 2015's Star Wars: Episode VII. This young star will lead the rebooted franchise as the main Jedi apprentice like Luke and Anakin Skywalker from the previous trilogies. Read More »
Carrie Fisher has been claiming for over a year now that she would reprise her role of Princess Leia in J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: Episode VII, but not official confirmation from Disney, Lucasfilm or Bad Robot have backed up this statement. Regardless, the actress has apparently been getting back into shape and has even revealed that she'll be staying in London for 6 months because that's where the movie is being filmed. Read More »
Filming for J.J. Abrams' 2015 blockbuster film, Star Wars: Episode VII, is set to start in May so casting news should be starting very soon. That said, actor Adam Driver is reportedly in final negotiations to star as the film's villain according to The Hollywood Reporter. Read More »
Disney CEO Bob Iger made a number of Star Wars announcements in the company's 2013 Shareholder letter released this week. Some of the updates from Iger included news on the highly anticipated, 2015 film Star Wars: Episode VII directed by J.J. Abrams as well as a new announcement regarding the animated Disney XD series, Star Wars Rebels. Read More »
Star Wars: Episode VII was announced in late 2012, and slowly added updates throughout 2013. Though the updates were sparse, the rumors were not but the confirmations have yet to start. We can (and will) continue to report on any news for the upcoming 2015 film, but the people behind the film won't offer any official news for the time being. In a recent interview, director J.J. Abrams addressed the reasoning behind keeping everything pretty secretive in terms of his new movie. Read More »
One of the bigger announcements for the Star Wars universe besides the new trilogy starting with Episode VII in 2015 is that of the spinoff stories that could become TV shows and movies in the future. An animated series, Star Wars Rebels, is already in the works, but there could be another project coming from Pixar in the near future. Read More »
The latest rumor surrounding J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: Episode VII production is that the new movie could start filming in May of 2014! This, of course, is a little later than the January production date that we were told back in 2013 before the script re-write, but it's coming up quick! If only we knew who's been cast! Read More »
Earlier this month, reports were claiming that Breaking Bad star Jesse Plemons was scheduled to meet with J.J. Abrams and audition for a role in the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII movie. As of this week, the director himself has confirmed this news. Abrams also revealed that the delayed script that he and Lawrence Kasdan have been working on is now complete, opening up the possibility to start casting and filming in early 2014! Read More »
The Big Bang Theory returns with another Season 7 episode on Thursday, but we're looking down the road a bit with not one, but two juicy spoilers about some upcoming installments. Read More »
Earlier this week, we reported that Breaking Bad star Jesse Plemons is the latest actor rumored to be auditioning for a role in the upcoming J.J. Abrams film, Star Wars Episode VII. New reports have added a few other big names to that list including Michael Fassbender and Hugo Weaving. Girls star Adam Driver is also another new name rumored for a role. Now sources are claiming that these new names are the latest batch of actors called in for auditions after an earlier script for the film (written by Michael Arndt) was thrown out and a new scripts (written by Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan) was drafted. Apparently these two scripts were very different and the plotline for the film has officially changed. We've provided some of the information on the new script and characters below. Read More »
CBS' hit sitcom The Big Bang Theory has had no shortage of fantastic guest stars in its six-plus seasons thus far. The list ranges from Bob Newhart to Leonard Nimoy to Stan Lee and more. But the show is about to go to a galaxy far, far away with its newest additions. Read More »
According to numerous reports around the Internet, new Star Wars Episode VII casting rumors have sprung up once again with one television star leading the news. Breaking Bad and Friday Night Lights alumnus Jesse Plemons is the latest young actor rumored to have meetings and auditions set up with director J.J. Abrams for the 2015 blockbuster film. If Plemons acts anything like his AMC character Todd, we should assume he'd be a villain! Read More »
Peter Mayhew portrayed the character of Chewbacca in the original Star Wars trilogy and has forever become an icon to fans all over the world. These days the actor has had his fair share of health issues due to his immense stature, but has kept his spirits up and those of his fans on the popular social media website, Twitter. His latest Tweets involved a large collection of set photos from his days filming the original trilogy. Let’s take a look at some of the photos the actor decided to share with us! Read More »
