Disney has had a truly catastrophic year. The coronavirus saw an end to a staggering amount of revenue streams for the company, from the cancellation of live sports (aired on ABC and ESPN) to the total decimation of its theme parks domestically and abroad, not to mention the lack of theatrical movies and the still-total shutdown of the cruise industry. In light of so much … Continue reading Disney Announces Dramatic Restructuring!!
While the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards are still a few days away, the Creative Arts Emmys have been going on all week to single out additional exceptional work on the year’s best television, and a big early winner is The Mandalorian. It should come as no surprise that the Disney+ series is doing incredibly well in the crafts categories, as the brains behind the first-ever … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Has Already Picked Up Five Emmys!!
In the Star Wars spinoff series The Mandalorian, Disney+ had a watercooler hit on their hands. The streaming service’s flagship series, created by Jon Favreau, brought a number of instantly iconic moments, characters, and pop culture touchstones into the zeitgeist, from “this is the way” to freaking Baby Yoda, and ended with its fans begging for a Season 2. Luckily, we now have our first look at The … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Gets a First Trailer!! Check It Out!!
The first The Mandalorian Season 2 images have arrived, hot on the heels of the news that the hit Disney+ series will return this October. Once again executive producers Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni are calling the shots, and while the story of the first-ever live-action Star Wars series’ second season is under wraps, the end of Season 1 set up a pretty epic hunt. … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Gets First Images!!! Check It Out!!
The Disney+ series The Mandalorian finally has a Season 2 release date — and it’s sooner than you think. The Mandalorian is currently riding very high thanks to the whopping 15 Emmy nominations it recently received in categories running the gamut from Outstanding Drama to Outstanding Guest Actor to Outstanding Visual Effects. Now, The Mandalorian is hopping from one high note to another as it gears up for … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Gets a Release Date!!
The 2020 Emmy nominations have arrived! As usual, HBO dominated the proceedings but it was a limited series — Watchmen — that took the cake. Damon Lindelof‘s radical adaptation of the graphical novel racked up 26 nominations overall, more than any other program, including half of the directing nominations and nods for Regina King, Jean Smart, Jeremy Irons, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jovan Adepo, and Louis Gossett Jr.. On the Best Drama Series side, Succession and Ozark appear … Continue reading ‘Watchmen’ Dominates Emmy Nominations 2020!! Check Out the Full List!!
In news that isn’t all that surprising, Star Wars Celebration 2020 has been canceled, per an official statement from Disney and Lucasfilm. The annual Star Wars-centered convention, which mixed panels devoted to the history of the franchise with others pointing towards its future in movies, television, videogames, theme parks and more, will not return next year as not to clash with Disney’s other big fan … Continue reading ‘Star Wars Celebration 2020’ Has Been Canceled!!
Jon Favreau has given us a much-needed update on where The Mandalorian Season 2 is at in its production timeline. We’ve been getting fun Mandalorian casting updates by the metric ton in recent months, including news Timothy Olyphant, Temuera Morrison, and Katee Sackhoff would all be joining the Season 2 cast. But, even amidst all of this casting news, fans are (most likely) champing at the bit to know if The Mandalorian Season 2 is … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2: Jon Favreau Provides Update!!
After the massive success of its first season, The Mandalorian is stacking up a heck of a cast for Season 2. Last week brought the latest exciting new addition, Deadwood and Santa Clarita Diet star Timothy Olyphant, who signed on to play a mystery character in the upcoming season of the Disney+ series. Well, mystery no more! The good folks over at /Film have delivered some new details … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2: New Details About Timothy Olyphant’s Mystery Character Revealed!!
Who else should be added to the cast of The Mandalorian, the Disney+ Star Wars show that feels the most like a gritty western than any other entry in the canon? How about a guy best known for revitalizing gritty television westerns? Per the Hollywood Reporter, Timothy Olyphant is the latest actor to be added to season 2 of The Mandalorian. While no details are known about what character … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Adds Timothy Olyphant to Cast!!
A new but very familiar face will be joining The Mandalorian Season 2: Katee Sackhoff as a live-action version of her Star Wars: The Clone Wars character, Bo-Katan Kryze. It’s been a big, buzzy couple of days for fans of the Disney+ original series. News of Sackhoff’s casting comes just days after we learned Temuera Morrison, who played Jango Fett in the Star Wars Skywalker saga prequel trilogy, will play iconic Mandalorian … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2: Katee Sackhoff Cast as Bo-Katan Kryze!!
Temuera Morrison, who played Jango Fett in 2002’s Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, has been cast as Boba Fett in season two of The Mandalorian on Disney+, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Boba Fett’s appearance was first teased in the season one episode “The Gunslinger,” which showed a mysterious figure approaching the apparently lifeless body of Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen). Boba Fett isn’t expected to factor … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2: Temuera Morrison to Play Boba Fett!!!
The galaxy is far, far away, but the time is now: On May the Fourth, Robert Rodriguez finally is confirmed as director for Season 2 of Disney+’s The Mandalorian. The Sin City and Spy Kids filmmaker tweeted a photo of himself with “the biggest star in the universe.” Baby Shark? No, Baby Yoda. “I am truly humbled to say I now have had the very rare privilege of … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2: Robert Rodriguez Confirmed as a Director!!
To celebrate his May the Fourth, director Peyton Reed of Ant-Man fame tweeted out a pic that certainly makes it seem like he’s directing at least one episode of season 2 of The Mandalorian, Disney+’s hit Star Wars show. Reed, having posted a set photo of his director’s chair with Pedro Pascal‘s Mando mask, will be joining a season one list of directors that includes luminaries like Deborah Chow, Rick Famuyiwa, Dave Filoni, Bryce Dallas Howard, and … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2: ‘Ant-Man’s Peyton Reed Set to Direct an Episode!!
This is not a drill, friends: Taika Waititi is confirmed as the director on a new Star Wars movie. The news arrives on Monday, May 4, one of the most exciting days in the Star Wars fandom and just a few months after fans got to enjoy Waititi in droid form on Disney+ original series The Mandalorian. So, what exactly do we know so far about this new Waititi-directed movie? According to … Continue reading Star Wars’: Taika Waititi to Direct and Co-Write New Film!!
It will be a little while yet before we see Season 2 of Disney+’s The Mandalorian–and no, the fake Season 2 trailer doesn’t count–but the Star Wars‘ series streaming service has a little surprise in store for fans. This coming Star Wars Day, May 4th, Disney+ will roll out Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian, a new docu-series hosted by Jon Favreau that goes behind the scenes … Continue reading ‘Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian’ Trailer Teases the Disney+ Docuseries!! Check It Out!!
Star Wars, what a concept! A new series set in a galaxy far, far away is coming to Disney+, Variety reports, and Russian Doll co-creator Leslye Headland is attached as writer and showrunner. No plot details quite yet, but the report notes that the series will be female-centric and take place in a different corner of the Star Wars universe than the streaming service’s other … Continue reading ‘Star Wars’: ‘Russian Doll’ Co-Creator Working on New Series for Disney+!!
In a surprise to absolutely no one, it appears as though Disney and Lucasfilm are very interested in making The Mandalorian Season 3 a reality—even if we’re still months away from the release of Season 2 of the Disney+ Star Wars series. The first-ever live-action Star Wars TV show launched on Disney+ last fall to immense fan response and wide critical acclaim, as creator/showrunner Jon … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’: Disney+ Already Working on Season 3!!
While Disney+ rummages around for fresh content, they’ve decided to tide over Star Wars fans by offering them a docuseries for The Mandalorian. The upcoming Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian will be an 8-episode behind-the-scenes look at the making of the show. While The Mandalorian is a pretty light series all things considered (he does a job, Baby Yoda looks cute, rinse, repeat), it made some … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’: Disney + Launches a Documentary Series!!
There’s a rumor spreading from MakingStarWars.net that Jamie Lee Curtis was spotted on The Mandalorian Season 2 set and could be making an appearance on the Disney+ live-action Star Wars series. No sources have confirmed the rumor, but the site has shared that Curtis was either “there for a set visit” or could possibly “have a role in the series” due to their reporting of her … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’: Jamie Lee Curtis Rumored to be Appearing in Season 2!!
Michael Biehn has joined the cast of The Mandalorian Season 2 as a rival bounty hunter from the Mando’s past, according to reports by Slash Film and Making Star Wars. Very little is known about his character at this point, or how large his role will be, but the actor is a welcome addition to the cast of the hit Disney+ series. The idea of … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Casts Michael Biehn As a Bounty Hunter!!
We’re still months away from The Mandalorian season 2 dropping on Disney+, but a new scoop from Slashfilm reports that a fan favorite will be there waiting for us when it does. Rosario Dawson joins the series as Ahsoka Tano, marking the first time the Clone Wars and Rebels character will appear in live-action. Ahsoka debuted in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the animated film … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2: Rosario Dawson Cast as Ahsoka Tano!!
Gina Carano, the former MMA fighter who plays Cara Dune in the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian, confirmed on her Instagram account that Season 2 of the hit streaming series has finished filming. The actress shared a photo of her on the set of the hit series to announce that the show has finished production, which puts it well on track for its scheduled … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Wraps Filming!!
At long last, Bob Iger’s reign at Disney has come to an end. The Walt Disney Company announced today that effective immediately, Iger is stepping down as CEO and assuming the role of executive chairman. Bob Chapek, who most recently served as chairman of Disney parks, experiences and products, will assume the role of CEO, effective immediately. Iger was an executive at ABC when Disney … Continue reading Bob Iger Steps Down as Disney CEO!!
There’s a mysterious new disturbance in the force. Sleight filmmaker J.D. Dillard and Luke Cage writer Matt Owens are reportedly teaming up to work on a new Star Wars movie — but it’s not yet clear whether the new Lucasfilm project is intended to head to theaters or find a home on Disney+. Per THR, Dillard and Owens have been tapped to develop the project, which has no known plot or character … Continue reading ‘Star Wars’: ‘Sleight’ Director and ‘Luke Cage’ Writer Working on New Movie!!!
Part of the appeal of The Mandalorian is how practical it all felt, to the physical Baby Yoda puppet to the desert planet landscapes that evoked old Westerns. A new behind-the-scenes video courtesy of Industrial Light & Magic goes inside just how Jon Favreau and Co. used never-before-seen tech to create the various worlds of The Mandalorian. Not to be hyperbolic or anything but what … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Behind-the-Scenes Video Reveals the Groundbreaking VFX!! Check It Out!!
Bob Iger is just out here droppin’ bombs. On a Walt Disney Company’s Fiscal First Quarter 2020 Financial Results Conference Call, which is normally exactly as fun as it sounds, the Disney CEO revealed release dates for new, hotly anticipated Disney+ shows WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, alongside the release date for The Mandalorian season 2. But that’s not all Iger confirmed about the new adventures … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Spin-Off Series Teased by Bob Iger!!
It sounds like Disney Plus was a rousing success. Walt Disney Company disclosed as part of its quarterly earnings release on Tuesday the first subscriber figures for the streaming service, revealing that Disney+ has signed up 26.5 million subscribers in its first three months. Considering that basically only includes subscribers from the U.S., Holland, Australia and New Zealand, those numbers are insanely robust and surpassed … Continue reading Disney + Touts Whopping 26.5 Million Subscribers!!
The future of the Star Wars franchise is female, according to Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedy. While on the red carpet at the 2020 BAFTAs on Sunday, Kennedy re-affirmed Lucasfilm’s plans to bring in a female director to helm a Star Wars feature film in the future. Sure, the decision may ruffle the feathers of staunch, old guard fans who are used to things being done a certain way in this … Continue reading ‘Star Wars’: Kathleen Kennedy Says a Female-Directed Movie Is Happening!!
George Lucas‘s canceled Star Wars: Underworld TV series has had footage leak online. Hardcore Star Wars fans have wondered for a long time what the show was going to look like and now we finally have a pretty solid idea. Technically, the video shown below is test footage for the abandoned series, along with a look behind-the-scenes included. The long-talked about series was first developed … Continue reading ‘Star Wars: Underworld’: Leaked Test Footage Reveals the Canceled TV Show!! Check It Out!!
Taika Waititi is being eyed to direct a new Star Wars movie for Lucasfilm once he wraps Thor: Love and Thunder for Marvel, according to the Hollywood Reporter. It’s unclear whether this is the same project that Kevin Feige is producing, or a separate one entirely. Waititi recently directed the last episode of The Mandalorian, which was very well received by Disney+ subscribers. He also … Continue reading ‘Star Wars’: Taika Waititi Eyed to Direct A Movie!!
When The Mandalorian Season 2 rolls around later this year, expect to see more of Giancarlo Esposito’s Moff Gideon. The Breaking Bad actor didn’t appear in the Disney+Star Wars series until the penultimate episode of the first season, but we did get the feeling we’d just been introduced to the series’ Big Bad. Gideon seemed to know a lot about the show’s heroes—Pedro Pascal’s Mandalorian, … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Will Have More Moff Gideon!!
It’s being rumored that Marvel is eyeing Pedro Pascal to play the role of Mark Spector, the titular character, in the upcoming Moon Knight Disney Plus series. It’s said Pedro Pascal is on a shortlist of actors to play Moon Knight, but that nothing is set in stone, but that Marvel wants him on board to be Mark Spector Moon Knight. Pedro Pascal is of … Continue reading ‘Moon Knight’: Now Pedro Pascal Rumored For Lead Role!!
There are plenty of fans that would say “The Mandalorian” succeeds, in large part, to the fact that the series doesn’t rely so heavily on nostalgia and established “Star Wars” characters. That being said, Disney, being the moneymaker it is, has a great idea for Season 2 — what if “The Mandalorian” had even more established characters making appearances? Ugh. According to Deadline, “insiders” tell … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’: Season 2 Will Reportedly Feature Established Skywalker Saga Characters!!
The first season of The Mandalorian, everyone’s favorite bounty-huntin’, Baby Yoda-rescuin’, mask-wearin’ Disney+ series, just came to its eight-episode close. And yet, we’re sure you’re already hungry for me. How long will you have to wait until you can consume season 2 of the Star Wars expanded universe masterpiece? Well, creator Jon Favreau just took to Twitter to eliminate some of the suspense: We’ll be getting season 2 … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’: Jon Favreau Teases Season 2 Release Date!!
Star Wars is a cultural phenomenon. It’s been so weird watching episodes of The Mandalorian these past few weeks because it’s the future of the franchise—not an Earth-shattering event that’s decades in the making, but a weekly series that comes at you gradually without the weight of mammoth expectations. Of course, there will still be movies and those movies will be important, but we now … Continue reading ‘Star Wars’: Special Look Reveals Impact on Culture!! Check It Out!!
Disney+ has released a new teaser for The Mandalorian. The upcoming Star Wars live-action series is going to be a huge draw for the streaming service, and Disney knows it, which is why they’ve revealed pretty much nothing about the series. The show arrives in less than one a week, and I can’t give you a plot synopsis other than “The Mandalorian goes on adventures.” … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’: Latest Trailer Reveals New Footage!! Check It Out!!
“I have never met a mandalorian,” growls Nick Nolte‘s Kuiil. “I’ve only read the stories.” Soon enough, we’re all going to meet The Mandalorian, the upcoming gritter-than-usual Disney+ Star Wars series available to stream November 12. But to make sure our whistles are fully whetted, Disney just released a brand new look at the series, with a tantalizing reveal of Fennec Shand, the fearsome assassin played by Ming-Na Wen (Mulan). And … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’: Ming-Na Wen’s Character Revealed in New Teaser!! Check It Out!!
Things are apparently a bit turbulent right now in a galaxy far, far away. Hot off the heels of a brand new trailer for The Mandalorian, Deadline dropped the news that David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the showrunner duo who brought Game of Thrones to HBO, have exited their deal with Disney and Lucasfilm to create a Star Wars trilogy all their own. Until now, … Continue reading David Benioff and D.B. Weiss Exit ‘Star Wars’ Deal!!
Disney has released a new trailer for The Mandalorian, the live-action Star Wars series created by Jon Favreau (Iron Man, The Lion King) for the streaming service Disney+. The show stars Pedro Pascal as an intergalactic gunfighter presumedly descended from the same warrior race that gave us both bounty hunters Jango and Boba Fett. The series also stars Carl Weathers, Nick Nolte, Gina Carano, Giancarlo … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’: New Trailer Teases the First Live Action Star Wars Series!! Check It Out!!
For further evidence that the Streaming Wars have only just begun, look to today’s release of new character posters for the upcoming Disney+ series The Mandalorian—on the same day that the embargo lifted for reviews of Apple TV+’s original content. Indeed, there’s certainly an attempt to steal some thunder here, but Disney+ doesn’t have to try too hard with the first-ever live-action Star Wars TV … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Character Posters Teases the New ‘Star Wars’ Series!! Check It Out!!
Disney+ arrives in less than a month, but the “Plus” in “Disney Plus” might as well be a dollar sign. “Disney$” is reportedly plunking down $1 billion in original programming alone, though the bulk of that budget goes to new stories in well-known and established franchises. Chief among them are the Star Wars story The Mandalorian and the serialized Marvel mini-movies The Falcon and the … Continue reading ‘Hawkeye’: Disney+ Series Reportedly Cost $200 Million!!
Rogue One co-writer Tony Gilroy has been brought in to write the pilot for a prequel series on Disney Plus that will center around Diego Luna‘s character Cassian Andor. Gilroy has also signed on to direct multiple episodes of the untitled show, which he will shape alongside Stephen Schiff, who remains onboard as showrunner. Alan Tudyk is expected to reprise his role as Andor’s droid … Continue reading ‘Cassian Andor’ Series Adds ‘Rogue One’ Writer Tony Gilroy!!
Two new poster have been revealed for the upcoming live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian featuring Pedro Pascal’s titular bounty hunter, Gina Carano’s Cara Dune, and Taika Waititi’s assassin droid IG-11; take a look here: The Mandalorian sees Pedro Pascal (Game of Thrones) leading a cast that includes Gina Carano (Deadpool), Carl Weathers (Rocky), Nick Nolte (Afflication), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Emily Swallow (Supernatural), Omid Abtahi (American Gods), Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok), … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Gets Two New Posters!! Check It Out!!
Serious Star Wars nerds will be pleased by a new image from The Mandalorian that was just released. The first-ever live-action Star Wars TV show is set to debut on Disney+ in November, and we now have confirmation that the series will involve a race of creatures known as Trandoshans. The reptile-lookin’ humanoids made their Star Wars debut in Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back via the … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’: New Image Reveals a Fight with the Trandoshans!! Check It Out!!
In the flurry of all the news about Disney’s upcoming streaming service Disney+ out of D23, something pretty major got lost in the shuffle: how the episodes will be released. While Netflix made popular the “binge model” in which all episodes of a season are released at once, available to watch as quickly as possible, it appears Disney+ will be taking a more traditional approach … Continue reading Disney+ Will Release Episodes Weekly!!!
Disney and Lucasfilm have released the first trailer for The Mandalorian, the live-action Star Wars TV show created by Jon Favreau for Disney+. The series stars Game of Thrones alum Pedro Pascal as a “lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy” after the fall of the Empire in Return of the Jedi and before the rise of the First Order in The Force Awakens. … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Trailer Introduces Pedro Pascal’s Intergalactic Gunfighter!! Check It Out!!
After much speculation, Disney has confirmed that Ewan McGregor will be reprising his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a Disney+ series, the studio announced Friday at its D23 Expo in Anaheim. “We have all the scripts written and we’re ready to start shooting next year,” said Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy. The Obi-wan series will be the third live-action show spun-off from the Star Wars universe, … Continue reading ‘Obi-Wan’: Ewan McGregor Confirms Filming Series Next Year!!!
Update: Deadline has confirmed that McGregor will lead an untitled Disney+ series about Obi-Wan Kenobi. This is now the third Star Wars series slated for Disney’s streaming service after The Mandalorian and an untitled series that follows Rogue One‘s Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) and K-2SO (Alan Tudyk). Presumably, there will be an official announcement of sorts at D23, which is in Anaheim next weekend. Our … Continue reading Ewan McGregor to Lead an Obi-Wan Series for Disney+!!!
While reports erroneously made the rounds the other day that the legendary Robert Richardson would be serving as the cinematographer on the upcoming reboot The Batman, we now know who will actually be handling DP duties on the highly anticipated film. Oscar-nominated Rogue One and Foxcatcher cinematographer Greig Fraser will be behind the camera on the film, reuniting with his Let Me In director Matt Reeves … Continue reading ‘The Batman’ Adds ‘Rogue One’ and ‘Vice’ Cinematographer Greig Fraser!!
