The Zone

by **Ribbons** on Fri Nov 21, 2014 5:29 pm

Finally, all of our questions about the purple lightsaber will be answered

by **so sorry** on Fri Nov 21, 2014 5:37 pm

Ribbons wrote:Finally, all of our questions about the purple lightsaber will be answered

They can't honestly expect Samuel L Jackson to go thru an entire movie without saying mother fucker can they?

by **TheButcher** on Sat Nov 22, 2014 7:11 am

10 Star Wars Mysteries the Stand Alone Films Could Answer
How Did Biggs Darklighter Become An X-Wing Fighter?

by **minstrel** on Sat Nov 22, 2014 2:31 pm

TheButcher wrote:Director A.J. Edwards Doing a MACE WINDU ‘Star Wars’ Spinoff???

I think this is ridiculous.

I refuse to shave until this idea goes away.

by **TheButcher** on Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:00 pm

Rumor: 2016 Star Wars Spin-Off Movie Plot Revealed
We’ve heard the 2016 Star Wars spin-off movie is about the group of people out to pull off the ultimate heist in a galaxy far, far away.

Ocean's Eleven in Space!

by **TheButcher** on Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:18 am

EXCLUSIVE: Code Name for 2016 Stand Alone Film Revealed
The code name is: Los Alamos.

by **TheButcher** on Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:43 am

Sony Hack: 10 New Developments

Diana Swartz wrote:Columbia’s head of production speculates about Star Wars films.
The Daily Beast reported on a Sept. 20 email to Pascal from Columbia Pictures President of Production, Michael De Luca, which said Boba Fett is rumored to be the subject of one film,

Episode VII & IX Spoilers!
and Johnson's take will focus on Luke and Leia's storylines.

by **TheButcher** on Sat Jan 10, 2015 11:13 pm

Gareth Edwards' STAR WARS spinoff is looking for a new screenwriter!

by **Ribbons** on Sat Jan 10, 2015 11:41 pm

Oooh, me! Me!

by **TheButcher** on Fri Jan 16, 2015 4:06 am

Ribbons wrote:Oooh, me! Me!

Oooh!Oooh!Oooh!

Will Simon Kinberg Replace Gary Whitta On 'Star Wars' Spinoff?

by **TheButcher** on Fri Jan 23, 2015 2:53 pm

Star Wars: Is The Han Solo Movie Also The Boba Fett Movie?

by **TheButcher** on Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:37 am

Disney CEO Confirms Release Years for ‘Star Wars Episode VIII’ and ‘IX,’ Teases More Trilogies

As one of the few people allowed to visit the set during filming….and one of the fewer who’s seen most of the footage…I can assure the millions of Star Wars fans who have spent the last decade hoping for a new movie this one will be worth the wait. And it’s only the beginning of a new era of exceptional Star Wars storytelling; next year we’ll release our first standalone movie based on these characters, followed by Star Wars: Episode VIII in 2017, and we’ll finish this trilogy with Episode IX in 2019.

by **TheButcher** on Sun Feb 01, 2015 2:33 am

'Star Wars' Spinoff Wants Michael Fassbender as Boba Fett?
Michael Fassbender is reportedly the front runner to play Boba Fett in Disney's first 'Star Wars' spinoff, directed by Gareth Edwards.

"Boba Fett is a mantle. The name, the ship and the armor gets passed down to a successor. That's how he is brought back for the films and explains the character for later stories."

"Fett fans are in for a few surprises. They [Disney] get the cult status of the character, so you're going to see more Boba Fett in the future."

by **TheButcher** on Sun Feb 01, 2015 2:58 am

'Star Wars' Stand-alone Movie Hiring Oscar-Nominated Writer (Exclusive)
Chris Weitz is being brought in to write the 'Star Wars' spinoff being directed by Gareth Edwards after Gary Whitta exited the project this month

Borys Kit & Austin Siegemund-Broka wrote:Sources* tell The Hollywood Reporter that the latest scribe headed to a galaxy far, far away is Chris Weitz, whose credits include the 2002 film About A Boy and Disney's upcoming Cinderella.

He will replace Gary Whitta, who exited the Lucasfilm/Disney project earlier this month after he completed a first draft.

Weitz is both a screenwriter and a director, not to mention an author. He received an Oscar nomination for his adapted screenplay for About A Boy, which he also co-directed. His other directing credits include the Oscar-nominated Demian Bichir drama A Better Life, The Golden Compass (he also wrote the script adapting the Philip Pulman YA fantasy) and — perhaps most notably — The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

*SuperShadow :wink:

by **TheButcher** on Sun Feb 01, 2015 3:06 am

so sorry wrote:
Ribbons wrote:Finally, all of our questions about the purple lightsaber will be answered

They can't honestly expect Samuel L Jackson to go thru an entire movie without saying mother fucker can they?

Why not?
He didn't say it in the prequels, Avengers Captain America 2 or this commercial:
What's in your wallet mother fucker?

by **TheBaxter** on Sun Feb 01, 2015 11:35 pm

TheButcher wrote:'Star Wars' Spinoff Wants Michael Fassbender as Boba Fett?
Michael Fassbender is reportedly the front runner to play Boba Fett in Disney's first 'Star Wars' spinoff, directed by Gareth Edwards.
"Boba Fett is a mantle. The name, the ship and the armor gets passed down to a successor. That's how he is brought back for the films and explains the character for later stories."

"Fett fans are in for a few surprises. They [Disney] get the cult status of the character, so you're going to see more Boba Fett in the future."

if this is true, it's worrying news regarding the approach they're taking to this series. do they really not trust themselves to come up with new iconic characters and feel like they have to bend over backwards and come up with ludicrous shit to explain away having more boba fett around? didn't the prequels teach them anything about the pitfalls of fan service?

by **TheButcher** on Tue Feb 03, 2015 11:19 pm

'Star Wars' Stand-alone Movie to Star A.K.A. Felicity Jones (Exclusive)
Sources say that Aaron Paul and Edgar Ramirez are on the interest list for the male lead.

by **TheButcher** on Fri Feb 06, 2015 7:53 pm

Mel Brooks Wants ‘Spaceballs 2’ If Rick Moranis is Willing

Gig Patta wrote:Internet is going crazy with the possibility of “Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money” being in the works.

Well, not so fast.

Everything hinges on retired actor Rick Moranis reprising the famous role as Dark Helmet. The Canadian actor hasn’t been in anything since he provided his voice for 2006’s “Brother Bear 2.” And he physically hasn’t starred in a movie since 1997’s “Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves.”

“Spaceballs” director Mel Brooks told Adam Carolla’s “Take a Knee” podcast that he’s working on “Spaceballs 2” and already approached the actor to replay Dark Helmet. The movie will only happen if Moranis comes out of retirement for it.

Here’s the quote from the podcast:

“Maybe I could do another musical, maybe I could do another movie. I was thinking about Spaceballs the other day. In Spaceballs, in the movie, Bill Pullman says to me, Yogurt, just plain Yogurt, he says ‘Do you think we'll ever meet again?’ and I say ‘Well, I don't know…maybe in Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money.’ And I'm thinking now, if I did a movie that came out right after Star Wars comes out — maybe a couple of months later — I'd have a big weekend, you know? No matter what, even if it fell on its ass and didn't get its money back…but that first weekend, the anticipation of seeing Spaceballs 2, would…I still have Daphne Zuniga and I still have Rick Moranis if he'd do it, and I've still got me.”

Without Barf (John Candy) and Dot Matrix (voiced by Joan Rivers), the Spaceballs sequel is pretty much farfetched at this point. It’s wishful thinking. A reboot is more likely at this point.

by **TheButcher** on Sun Feb 08, 2015 2:14 am

Matthew Vaughn Interested in Directing a ‘Star Wars Indiana Jones’ Movie

by **TheButcher** on Sat Feb 21, 2015 10:55 pm

io9:
Rumor: Taron Egerton Is Your New Han Solo

by **TheButcher** on Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:59 pm

Lotsa STAR WARS News This Morning!

Nordling wrote:The title of the Gareth Edwards/Chris Weitz (from Gary Whitta's original script) spinoff is called ROGUE ONE, and it will star Felicity Jones. ROGUE ONE will be released in December 2016. That's not very far away!

by **TheButcher** on Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:38 am

Star Wars Rogue One Concept Art Looks Like ‘Halo': Band Of Space Soldiers On a Mission

by **TheButcher** on Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:32 am

Apparently J.J. Abrams Is Frontrunner To Direct STAR WARS: EPISODE IX
Though the Force Awakens director will be skipping the next instalment in the new trilogy (that'll be taken over by Rian Johnson), word is he's at the top of LucasFilm's list of potential Episode IX directors and could well return to helm the final film.

by **TheButcher** on Tue May 05, 2015 11:00 am

'Star Wars: Episode VIII' to Shoot at U.K.'s Pinewood
Filming is due to start in 2016 with a release date scheduled for 2017.

by **TheButcher** on Thu Jun 11, 2015 5:02 pm

STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII Will Be Shot on Film; Rian Johnson Considered 65mm
Rian Johnson says he initially wanted to use 65mm film for the 'Star Wars' sequel, but they'll be shooting on 35mm instead.

by **TheButcher** on Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:15 pm

"We have a new enemy"
STAR WARS AFICIONADO;
NOW FILMING IN THE UK: 'STAR WARS ANTHOLOGY - ROGUE ONE'

by **TheButcher** on Mon Jul 20, 2015 11:52 pm

'Escobar' Star Benicio Del Toro on the Method, Playing Bad Guys and Considering TV and Broadway
"Even when you're playing a horrible person, you have to be having fun playing that horrible person. It makes no sense, it's kind of crazy and schizophrenic, but it's like — it's acting."

‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’ Eyes Benicio Del Toro to Play Villain (Exclusive)

by **Fievel** on Tue Jul 21, 2015 12:34 am

This is interesting. He's not someone I would have ever imagined in a Star Wars film. Could be good!

Having said that, after watching The Kingsman last night I really REALLY want to see Mark Strong play a Jedi or a Sith. I have a total mancrush over his voice.

by **Ribbons** on Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:43 pm

He played something like a Sith to good effect in John Carter, so they could switch it up and make him a Jedi (or something) for Star Wars

by **Peven** on Tue Jul 21, 2015 3:35 pm

Strong has never made a strong impression on me in anything he has been in, from Sherlock to Rocknrolla to John Carter. his screen presence registers as just.....meh, flat for me. if anything he should play someone serving the dark side, though

by **Orcus** on Sun Aug 09, 2015 4:31 pm

Ah, Orcus remembers this thread...

by **TheButcher** on Fri Aug 14, 2015 6:14 am

''He’ll definitely be probably in the high teens, low 20s...''

Star Wars: Boba Fett Anthology movie pushed to 2020

by **TheButcher** on Fri Aug 14, 2015 8:09 pm

Benicio Del Toro on 'Star Wars: Episode VIII' Talks:
"It Looks Like It’s Gonna Happen"

by **TheButcher** on Sat Aug 29, 2015 3:26 am

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK TRAILER in the style of THE FORCE AWAKENS

collider:
Film, Digital, and Big Lenses: Here’s How the New ‘Star Wars’ Movies Are Being Shot
An ambitious mix of formats is bringing this new 'Star Wars' era to life.

aintitcool:
Let's get a little nerdy and talk about the lenses being used on Star Wars: Rogue One.
Forgive the tangent into film class, but I thought some of you guys and gals might be interested in this kinda thing.

by **TheButcher** on Tue Nov 17, 2015 7:06 pm

‘Star Wars’ Has No Ending: Kennedy, Kasdan, and Abrams on the “Forever Franchise”
A new article goes inside the thought-process behind ‘Force Awakens’, ‘Rogue One’, and all future ‘Star Wars’ movies.

WIRED:
Star Wars And Abrams The Quest For The Forever Franchise

by **TheButcher** on Sat Dec 05, 2015 7:03 am

‘Star Wars’ Looking for Female Directors and Writers
A galaxy far, far away will hopefully be getting some diversity.

Spielberg Confirms: Harrison Ford Is The Only Actor Playing INDIANA JONES!!

"I don’t think anyone could replace Harrison as Indy, I don’t think that’s ever going to happen,” Steven Spielberg tells Screen Daily. “It’s certainly not my intention to ever have another actor step into his shoes in the way there have been many actors that have played Spider-Man or Batman. There is only going to be one actor playing Indiana Jones and that’s Harrison Ford."

George Lucas Confirms: Shia LaBeouf Is The Only Actor Playing Mutt Williams!!!

by **TheButcher** on Thu Dec 10, 2015 11:19 pm

/film:
How the Star Wars Standalone Movies Will Be Different
The Saga Films Will Focus on the Skywalker Story
The “Star Wars Story” Movies Will Be Genre Stories

Peter Sciretta wrote:Something I’ve never seen stated before is the fact that the Star Wars Story films will actually be tackling various genre stories set within the Star Wars universe. Kennedy told me “the standalone films can be a wide variety of genres inside the Star Wars universe.”

When asked if Rogue One was Lucasfilm’s heist movie, Kennedy said, “It is to a certain extent.” This is kind of like the approach that Marvel Studios has been taking with their films, with Winter Soldier being a conspiracy thriller and Ant-Man being a comedic heist film.

Star Wars Standalone Movies Will Be Different From Marvel Movies
But Kennedy is only willing to entertain the comparison only so far:
It is definitely in the genre thinking but Star Wars is very different than Marvel in that they basically build their stories around characters, and then they seed those characters in different stories. Star Wars, you know, is a place, it’s a universe, so those stories are constructed a little differently than Marvel.

With the Star Wars Saga movies there is an established feel, tone, and look which can’t be veered from too much. But like the animated series, the Star Wars Story standalone movies can have their own unique feel. Kennedy explained that was the reason for the filmmakers they have hired thus far:
They are really being designed as standalone movies which is fantastic for the filmmakers we bring in, and the actors we hire, because it’s a different sensibility.

by **TheButcher** on Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:03 am

THE STANDALONE OBI-WAN KENOBI MOVIE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN (THINGS WE LOVE)
Could Ewan McGregor’s Last Days in the Desert be a veiled attempt to give us the stripped-down standalone, character-driven Obi-Wan movie we’ve all been waiting for? This teaser trailer proves that it might be.

by **TheButcher** on Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:30 am

Turner Nabs 10 ‘Star Wars’ Movies In Mega Deal With Walt Disney Studios

Nellie Andreeva wrote:In what is believed to be the biggest movie package sold to ad-supported TV networks, Turner has closed a domestic licensing deal with The Walt Disney Studios for the linear basic cable and companion ad-supported on-demand rights to 10 Star Wars movies — last year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, this year’s standalone Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the next three yet-to-be-released movies in the franchise as well as five of the six previous Star Wars films. Additionally, Turner has secured the only Star Wars movie whose rights are not controlled by Lucasfilm/Disney, the original Star Wars: A New Hope, via a separate arrangement with 20th Century Fox, becoming the only basic cable company holding rights to all 11 titles in the collection.

Turner and Walt Disney Studios are not commenting but sources estimate that the 10-title package is in the neighborhood of $200 million. Its sale comes after a highly atypical, year-long on-and-off process. Disney first sent out feelers that it was going to shop The Force Awakens (and other Star Wars movies) a year ago, ahead of the movie’s December premiere. That ultimately didn’t happen, and the movie was officially taken out at NATPE in January. But even after that, the Star Wars package was on the market, then off, then on again, with the selling paused a number of times. Still, the buyers came out in full force. There virtually was no basic cable network that did not bid for the movies but Turner was the most aggressive from the get-go, blowing the others out of the outer.

Using Star Wars as leverage, I hear the Disney package also includes other — mostly underperforming movies, something that is common practice when highly sought after titles are in play. I hear that includes recent releases Alice Through the Looking Glass and Pete’s Dragon. Another aspect of the deal is that it only includes ad-supported on-demand rights, not commercial-free SVOD rights which are part of Disney’s deals with Starz (for The Force Awakens) and Starz’s successor Netfix for the next Star Wars films. It remains to be seen if viewers, who are used to streaming movies with no ads, will embrace watching Star Wars with commercials on demand.

Turner will kick off the Star Wars run with a six-night marathon on TNT featuring the first six movies which starts September 20. The films will also air in December, in conjunction with Disney’s theatrical release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Star Wars: The Force Awakens will make its TNT debut in early 2018, followed in 2019 by this year’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

“The Star Wars movies and characters are beloved across generations, captivating audiences and breaking box office records around the globe for nearly four decades,” said Deborah K. Bradley, EVP of networks optimization, content strategy and commercialization for Turner. “Through this deal, TNT and TBS will be the exclusive basic cable home of one of the most iconic, enduring and valuable movie franchises of all time, giving viewers the chance to watch this amazing collection from the very beginning.”

This is the second big package of Disney-released movies for TNT, which in 2014 closed a deal with Disney-owned Marvel Entertainment for five movies, including Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron and Marvel’s Captain America 3.

Here is the schedule for the six-night Star Wars launch event on TNT:

Tuesday, Sept. 20
8 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
11 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

Wednesday, Sept. 21
8 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
11:05 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: Attack of the Clones

Thursday, Sept. 22
8 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
11:05 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Friday, Sept. 23
8 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: A New Hope
10:45 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: A New Hope

Saturday, Sept. 24
10:45 a.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
1:45 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
4:55 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
8 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
10:45 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Sunday, Sept. 25
5:15 a.m. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
8:15 a.m. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
11:20 a.m. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
2:25 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: A New Hope
5:10 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
8 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
11 p.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
2 a.m. (ET/PT) – Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

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by **TheButcher** on Thu Sep 22, 2016 8:28 am

Disney Already Plotting ‘Star Wars’ For “2021 and Beyond

Peter Sciretta wrote:As for the future of the Star Wars franchise, Iger revealed that he met with Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy yesterday and “mapped out” the ‘Star Wars’ plans that we have ’til 2020.”
“We have movies in development for ‘Star Wars’ ’til then, and we started talking about what we’re going to do in 2021 and beyond. So, she’s not just making a ‘Star Wars’ movie, she’s making a ‘Star Wars’ universe, of sorts.”

by **TheButcher** on Fri Oct 21, 2016 1:45 am

Joss Whedon Wants To Make A STAR WARS Movie
You'd think this would go without saying.

by **TheButcher** on Wed Nov 23, 2016 3:47 am

As Rogue One looms, Lucasfilm develops secret plans for new Star Wars movies
Will another new trilogy arise — or will stand-alone stories rule the galaxy?

by **Ribbons** on Thu Nov 24, 2016 12:51 am

TheButcher wrote:As Rogue One looms, Lucasfilm develops secret plans for new Star Wars movies
Will another new trilogy arise — or will stand-alone stories rule the galaxy?

My take on this: I wouldn't be opposed to some longer-form storytelling down the road, but I really don't want to see them do trilogy after trilogy after trilogy. I can't summon that kind of energy. So I think standalone stories following Episode 9 would be the right course of action.

by **TheButcher** on Thu Nov 24, 2016 6:41 am

Ribbons wrote:
TheButcher wrote:As Rogue One looms, Lucasfilm develops secret plans for new Star Wars movies
Will another new trilogy arise — or will stand-alone stories rule the galaxy?

My take on this: I wouldn't be opposed to some longer-form storytelling down the road, but I really don't want to see them do trilogy after trilogy after trilogy. I can't summon that kind of energy. So I think standalone stories following Episode 9 would be the right course of action.

ANTHONY BREZNICAN wrote:GEORGE’S IDEA
The idea of the standalone movies came from George Lucas himself, before handing off the company to Kennedy and selling Lucasfilm to The Walt Disney Co.

“George talked to me about doing this when I first came aboard,” Kennedy says. “He had often thought about doing it and he had actually written down three or four thoughts and ideas, directions you could go. Obviously inside the mythology there were lots of opportunities. So that was the first conversation I had.”

She wouldn’t specify the ideas he had in mind, but said a young Han Solo movie wasn’t among them. The concept for Rogue One came from John Knoll, a legendary visual effects supervisor from Industrial Light and Magic.

“No, we certainly talked about origin type stories, but we didn’t get into the specifics of that,” Kennedy said. “We talked a lot about the Jedi and the foundational ideas that George had thought about when he created the mythology. It was sort of spit-balling ideas.”

The key question Rogue One will answer: Can a movie full of new characters engage fans as much as the classic ones?

by **TheButcher** on Thu Dec 01, 2016 10:55 am

THR:
Beyond 'Rogue One': Other Potential 'Star Wars' Spinoffs Suggested by Opening Crawls

by **TheButcher** on Sat Dec 24, 2016 7:36 am

Where Does 'Star Wars' Go Next?
With 'Rogue One' a hit, two Heat Vision writers look at the future of the franchise (and no, we don't mean 'A New Hope').

Variety:
The Biggest Bombs and Blockbusters at the 2016 Box Office

Brent Lang wrote:The Biggest Hits:
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (Disney)
Global Box Office: $323.5 million*
Production Budget: $200 million
Why it Made the List:
The first Star Wars spin-off just proved that a galaxy far, far away is vast enough to support non-Skywalker stories. Star Wars should become an annual moviegoing event, much like the Marvel movies. Get ready for everything from Greedo origin stories to road trip movies about hitting up Tosche Station for some power converters!

by **TheButcher** on Thu Dec 29, 2016 2:48 am

‘Star Wars’: Kathleen Kennedy Teases Future Appearances From Forest Whitaker’s Saw Gerrera
The Lucasfilm president reveals they originally intended to dig deeper into the character's story in 'Rogue One'.

by **TheButcher** on Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:04 am

/film:
The Future Of Star Wars Won’t Rely On Legacy Characters, Promises ‘Rogue One’ Screenwriter Gary Whitta

by **TheButcher** on Fri Mar 24, 2017 2:42 am

'Star Wars': Bob Iger Reveals New Han Solo Details and Talks What Happens After 'Episode IX'
Disney CEO Bob Iger is peeling back the curtain on the future of Star Wars.
It's 'Episode X'

by **TheButcher** on Sun Apr 23, 2017 5:22 am

TheButcher wrote:/film:
The Future Of Star Wars Won’t Rely On Legacy Characters, Promises ‘Rogue One’ Screenwriter Gary Whitta

RUMOR: MR. ROBOT CREATOR MAY WRITE STAR WARS ANTHOLOGY FILM
Although there’s still little solid evidence, rumors continue to swirl about a “Star Wars” anthology film centering on Obi-Wan Kenobi.