Remember how it felt when the original Star Wars trilogy was finally released on DVD? Blu-ray didn’t even exist yet, but it was such a fight to convince Lucasfilm to release the films on DVD. George wasn’t a supporter of the format, and tested the waters with the prequel trilogy first. But man, when Episodes […]
2015 was a great year to be Franchise Fred. There were an unprecedented amount of franchise installments. In one sense, it was simply a practical matter. There are now more franchises to service that have been created in the past 50 years of cinema. However, it does also speak to the interest in continuing stories. […]
There’s a big movie opening this week. It’s called Sisters and it stars comedy duo Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. What movie were you thinking of? At the press conference for Sisters, Fey and Poehler shared their plan for dominating the weekend of December 18, when Sisters opens. “We have a social media hashtag: #YouCanSeeThemBoth,” […]
John Boyega became a fan icon in the Edgar Wright produced Attack the Block. Even back then he would tell us how much he loves Yoda, and now he gets to be in the new Star Wars. Boyega plays Finn, whom we met in the first trailer running through the desert without his storm trooper […]
When George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney, Kathleen Kennedy inherited the mantle that included Star Wars. Now with the first of at least five new films opening next week, Kennedy spoke at a press conference for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Since she was sitting on a panel with Harrison Ford, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega […]
The press conference for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was divided into two panels. The first had director J.J. Abrams along with cast members Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Lupita Nyong’o and Carrie Fisher, as well as screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan, moderated by Abrams’ friend Mindy Kaling. As director, Abrams fielded the most questions and had the most answers […]
Adam Driver plays the mysterious new character Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with his mask and light saber with extra beams. Given how secretive his role is, he tried to tell us as much as he could about Kylo Ren and the film at the press conference. I’ve included every quote Driver […]
Daisy Ridley is the new face of Star Wars and you won’t actually see Lupita Nyong’oo’s face in The Force Awakens. Ridley has the role of Rey, whom we see in much of the trailer’s action. Nyongo plays the character Maz Kanata via motion capture. Ridley and Nyong’o were on a panel together for the […]
Carrie Fisher is never afraid to say what she thinks, and she is an accomplished author, screenwriter and stage performer. So you can expect not everything she said at the press conference for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, in which she returns as Princess Leia, was to be taken seriously. I’ll do my best to […]
Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan was on the first panel of press conferences for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The screenwriter of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi shared some insights about Episode VII and the greater Star Wars universe as a whole. Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens December 18 with early shows […]