A friend of the late Peter Cushing is suing Disney subsidiary Lucasfilm for their CGI recreation of Cushing in “Rogue One,” 22 years after the actor’s death. According to The Times, film producer Kevin Francis claims Cushing gave Francis control over his image in 1993 when he was preparing to film the TV series “A … Read more
According to Fandango, “ROGUE ONE: A Star Wars Story” is going to be re-released in select IMAX theaters on August 26 and will include an exclusive look at the new Disney+ Star Wars series “Andor”. “Andor” is coming to Disney+ on September 21, and the full trailer has been released. Season 1 of “Andor” follows … Read more
Two years after being announced, we now know that the Cassian Andor series will be coming to Disney+ in 2022. The announcement was just made during today’s Disney’s Investor Day 2020 presentation. The series stars Diego Luna, reprising his role from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The “spy thriller” will take place prior to … Read more
Stellan Skarsgard (“Thor”) and Kyle Soller (“Poldark”) are both in final negotiations to join the cast of the upcoming “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” spin-off series that will air on Disney+. The series is based on the character of Cassian Andor, who was played by Diego Luna in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”, … Read more
Last year, Disney and Lucasfilm announced plans for a Star Wars spinoff series based on characters from “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”. Disney confirmed that the series was in development and would reunite Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) with his droid sidekick K-2SO (Alan Tudyk) for all new adventures set in a time before the … Read more
Diego Luna will reprise his role as Cassian Andor from “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” in an untitled live Star Wars TV series for Disney’s upcoming streaming service, Disney+. From Star Wars.com: Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger announced today that Lucasfilm is in development on a second Star Wars live-action series for Disney+, the Company’s … Read more
Deadline is reporting that martial arts star, Donnie Yen (“Rogue One”), has joined the cast of Disney’s live action version of “Mulan”. Yen will play an new character , Commander Tung, who will be a mentor and teacher to Mulan, played by actress Liu Yifei. According to Deadline: International action star Donnie Yen has been … Read more
Update: Now Amazon says they will be shipping the Doctor Strange Blu-ray within 1 – 2 months. If you recently tried to pre-order Disney titles on Blu-ray such as Doctor Strange, Moana and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story through Amazon, you were out of luck. Unfortunately, you have to look elsewhere because those titles … Read more
From StarWars.com: StarWars.com is excited to deliver some special rebel intel: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the thrilling tale of how the Rebellion stole the Death Star plans, is officially coming home. (Just don’t tell Director Krennic.) The film will arrive in a variety formats, including Digital HD on March 24, and Blu-ray, DVD, … Read more
Our latest photo report brings us to Disney Springs for a quick evening visit. Starbright Holidays Starbright Holidays (the drone show) was still happening while we were visiting, it has since come to an end for the season. It’s worth noting that the Characters in Flight balloon had not yet been taken down for … Read more
One of the most impressive uses of special effects that was shown in “Rogue One” was the resurrection of the character Grand Moff Tarkin, who was played by the late Peter Cushing. Nightline recently visited Industrial Light And Magic (ILM) to find out exactly how the process was done. Source: ABC News
Join hosts Joe Hogarty, Ron D’Anna, Jack McCarthy and special guests Ferdra Ekres and Eric Lancy as they share their thoughts on “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”! This special episode is now available for download through WDW News Today: Original Programing and iTunes!
This behind the scenes featurette for “Rogue One” shows that not only was actor Alan Tudyk providing the voice for K-2SO but he also did the motion capture too! https://youtu.be/FdoKlFAIxdY Source: Star Wars
It looks like one of the characters from “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” will be making the crossover from movie to animated television when Saw Gerrera joins the cast of “Star Wars Rebels: Season 3”! According to Making Star Wars: Rebels Reactions Podcast discovered a pretty awesome Star Wars Rebels poster at Toys R … Read more
Finally, A Prequel To Be Proud Of. A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away….George Lucas introduced the world to Star Wars and what was once just a movie became much more than that. Star Wars became a part of our culture and a worldwide phenomenon. When you think about it, you can’t … Read more
The most recent TV Spot for “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” shows the critics high praise for the movie. Source: Star Wars