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Kathleen Kennedy Takes Over LucasFilm from George Lucas
1 June 2012 8:22 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Filmmaker George Lucas is retiring from LucasFilm, the company he founded in 1971. Producer Kathleen Kennedy has been named as his successor. The Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope director will still serve as chief executive, and will be a co-chairman alongside his successor for one year. Here's what George Lucas had to say about stepping away from LucasFilm.
"I've spent my life building Lucasfilm, and as I shift my focus into other directions I wanted to make sure it was in the hands of someone equipped to carry my vision into the future. It was important that my successor not only be someone with great creative passion and proven leadership abilities, but also someone who loves movies."
The 58-year-old Kathleen Kennedy has served as producer alongside both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg on such blockbusters as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Goonies, Back to The Future, Schindler's List, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull »
- MovieWeb
Kathleen Kennedy to co-chair Lucasfilm as George Lucas 'moves forward with retirement'
1 June 2012 1:03 PM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Turns out George Lucas wasn’t bluffing with all that talk about retiring. Lucasfilm Ltd. announced today that Steven Spielberg’s longtime producing partner Kathleen Kennedy is joining the production company as co-chair. Lucas will retain his position as CEO but Kennedy’s new role will allow him to “move forward with his retirement plans,” according to a press release.
A former president of the Producers Guild of America, Kennedy has produced seven films that received Academy Award Best Picture nominations, including E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, War Horse, Seabiscuit, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, after having started out as »
- Christian Blauvelt
DVD Review - Red Dog (2011)
31 May 2012 11:49 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Red Dog, 2011.
Directed by Kriv Stenders.
Starring Koko, Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, John Batchelor, Noah Taylor, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Loene Carmen and Luke Ford.
Synopsis:
The remarkable story of the legendary Red Dog and the small mining community of Dampier, Western Australia.
Last year, as canine sensation Uggie carved a path to international superstardom in The Artist, another dog actor, Koko, was quietly going about his business Down Under as the lead in Australian director Kriv Stenders’ Red Dog. Based on Louis de Bernières book of the same name, Red Dog tells the remarkable true story of the ‘Pilbara Wanderer’ – a legendary Aussie dog who became famous for his travels around the North West region of Australia in the 1970s. A huge hit in its native country (where it is the third-biggest home-entertainment release of all-time behind Avatar and Finding Nemo), Red Dog went largely unnoticed when it enjoyed a brief »
- flickeringmyth
Retiring? George Lucas Says He's Stepping Away
31 May 2012 11:08 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
George Lucas is retiring.
Again.
"I'm moving away from the company, I'm moving away from all my businesses, I'm finishing all my obligations and I'm going to retire to my garage with my saw and hammer and build hobby movies," the "Star Wars" director told Empire Magazine. "I've always wanted to make movies that were more experimental in nature, and not have to worry about them showing in movie theaters."
If that sounds familiar, that's because you've heard Lucas say this before.
"I’m retiring," Lucas told the New York Times back in January while on a press tour for "Red Tails," which he produced. "I’m moving away from the business, from the company, from all this kind of stuff."
Lucas also made similar comments back with "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" was released.
Of course, retiring for Lucas doesn't necessarily mean "retiring." He's still producing a number of projects, »
- The Huffington Post
George Lucas Intends to Distance Himself from Lucasfilm
30 May 2012 12:55 PM, PDT | The Movie Pool | See recent The Movie Pool news »
Soon after the prequel films finished up with Revenge of the Sith, George Lucas started making comments that he'd like to 'retire' and go back to making more experimental films in much the same tone as his original student film Thx 1138. Seven years later, that hasn't really happened as he's remained strongly invested in Lucasfilm and the projects being made from it. Now though, he might be finally doing it.
This comes from an upcoming interview with Lucas in Empire Magazine (thanks to our friends at TheForce.Net for pointing it out), in which he claims that he'll be moving away from Lucasfilm in order to focus on smaller things. Here's what he said:
I’m moving away from the company, I’m moving away from all my businesses, I’m finishing all my obligations and I’m going to retire to my garage with my saw and hammer and build hobby movies. »
- feeds@themoviepool.com (Jordan Maison)
'Star Wars' Unscripted: A Look Back At George Lucas And Hayden Christensen's Very Awkward Interview
25 May 2012 7:14 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
One of the best things about working online all day is the ability to watch an infinite amount of strange/hilarious/bizarre videos. For the 35th anniversary of "Star Wars" (which is today!), Moviefone has decided to unearth such a clip. Back in 2005, George Lucas and Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker) sat down for an early edition of Moviefone's Unscripted. (The video was done for the promotion of "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.") Their taped discussion is perhaps one of the most awkward "Jedi"-related videos in existence. Whereas the prequels came across as straight up awful, this video is so awful it's good. For your enjoyment, the full video has been posted above. Below are the seven most awkward moments from their discussion. 1. Hayden reading off the teleprompter. (0:27) 2. When George asks Hayden whether Darth Vader wears briefs or shorts. (Uh, we think you mean boxers, George.) Somehow, the »
- Alex Suskind
'Red Tails' on DVD: George Lucas on making a 'real dogfight movie' -- Exclusive Video
22 May 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Never count George Lucas out. That was the takeaway this past January from the surprise, if modest, box office success of Red Tails, the gee-whiz actioner about the Tuskegee Airmen that the Star Wars director had tried to bring to the big screen for 23 years. Despite mixed reviews, it won over audiences with its old-fashioned patriotism, earnest cast of mostly non A-listers, and visceral flying sequences, earning a solid ‘A’ CinemaScore. Oh, and $50 million in box office grosses, more than holding its own against brawnier January fare like The Grey and Underworld Awakening.
It’s hard to believe, then, that Red Tails almost never happened. »
- Christian Blauvelt
10 Things To Like About Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones After 10 Years
4 May 2012 11:06 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
With Stars Episode I: The Phantom Menace getting the 3D upgrade earlier this year and Darth Maul returning to Clone Wars, the Star Wars hype machine is still running at full steam but in amongst all of these Episode I celebrations there’s another event going on in the Star Wars galaxy that isn’t getting shouted about. This May 16th, Episode II: Attack of the Clones is ten years old. So I thought, given the May the fourth adopted Star Wars day, this was a good time to look back at ten things that make the second instalment in the Star Wars prequel trilogy so great.
The Build Up, The Trailers & The Hype
The build up to The Phantom Menace was one that was full of excitement for me and in many ways the last time I would experience the build up to a movie in the old fashioned way. »
- Marcus Doidge
'Avengers' Scores Highest Superhero Midnight Opening Ever
4 May 2012 10:08 AM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
It doesn't compare to the incredible midnight debuts of the last few Harry Potter and Twilight movies, but The Avengers still registered a pretty remarkable $18.7 million at midnight. That's the eighth-highest midnight opening ever, and it edges out The Dark Knight ($18.5 million) for best superhero midnight debut in history. While the first weekend of May has historically been a great time to open tentpole comic book adaptations, high school and college students are still in class and don't tend to turn out in huge numbers at midnight. Prior to The Avengers, the best tally for a Summer kick-off title was Spider-Man 3 at $10 million, and Iron Man 2 only earned $7.5 million in its midnight debut (that's also the previous best tally for an Avengers movie).If The Avengers follows the pace of Spider-Man 3, it would wind up with an opening weekend over $280 million. The Iron Man 2 pace translates to a $320 million debut. »
- Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
Happy Star Wars Day and May The Fourth Be With You!
4 May 2012 10:00 AM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
May the 4th is upon us once again, which means it’s time for us to wish our awesome fans a Happy Star Wars Day! Even though Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was released on May 25th, 1977, due to the clever (force/fourth) pun, May the 4th has become known among fans as Star Wars Day. With that being said, May the Fourth be with you… always.
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Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope was released on May 25th, 1977 and stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Peter Mayhew. The film was directed by George Lucas.
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back was released on May 21st, 1980 and stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker. The »
- Jason Moore
The Week in Spandex - The Avengers, Thor 2, Iron Man 3, The Dark Knight Rises, The Wolverine, Kick-Ass 2 and The Not-So-Amazing Spider-Man?
30 April 2012 12:01 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Our weekly round-up of the big news stories from the world of movie superheroes…
After years of anticipation, Marvel's The Avengers has finally launched it's attack on the global box-office and with advance ticket sales for the North American release this coming Friday outselling Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger combined, there's every chance that Joss Whedon's epic superhero team-up could challenge the record opening weekend of $169.2 million set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 last year. 'Avengers Assemble' opened here in the UK this past Thursday, banking £2.5 million for the third highest opening day behind Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and if you're interested, you can take a look my review here [short version: it's fantastic]. For those of you yet to see the film, »
- flickeringmyth
The Avengers takes $13.3m on record opening weekend
29 April 2012 9:32 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
After setting an opening day record last Wednesday, Disney's The Avengers has gone on to post the eighth biggest opening weekend of all time.
The film now ranks behind. both installments of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, The Two Towers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Star Wars: Episode III on the list of the Australian box office's most successful opening weekends.
The Avengers took $13,288,146 across 621 screens, equating to a screen average of $21,398, placing it in front of The Simpsons Movie ($13,230,894) and Shrek 2 ($13,158,161) and just behind Star Wars prequel Revenge of the Sith ($13,350,781).
Written and directed by Joss Whedon, The Avengers features an ensemble of superheroes (including Aussie Chris Hemsworth as the god Thor) teaming up to save the Earth from the threat of an invading alien army. The film's total gross now stands at $19.3 million. »
- Amanda Diaz
Box Office: Biggest International Opening Weekends
29 April 2012 3:24 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Biggest International Opening Weekends Box Office: Ninth Biggest International Opening Weekend – The Avengers David Yates’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 with Daniel Radcliffe, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint — $314,000,000 Rob Marshall’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides with Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush — $260,400,000 David Yates’ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint — $236,000,000 Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 with Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco — $230,544,376 Michael Bay’s Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon with Shia Labeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel — $219,810,798 Gore Verbinski’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End with Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley — $216,000,000 David Yates’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 with Daniel Radcliffe, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint — $205,000,000 David Yates’ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix »
- Zac Gille
Stunning Ben Kenobi, Desert Nomad Statue
27 April 2012 1:01 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Check out this incredibly awesome statue of Ben Kenobi, Desert Nomad. The statue was created by Joe Allard and Tom Gilliland, and it's a representation of Obi-Wan in the years between the films Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. The concept for the artists were to "imagine the life of Kenobi as he became the reclusive, mystical figure of Tatooine." They also went on to explain,
It also allowed us to have fun imagining both Ewan McGregor and Alec Guinness as the character, but at different ages than we have seen them in the films.
The statue was sculpted in castiline and wax, with a sculpey base. Some of the lightsabers were sculpted by hand, and Tusken Raider weapons were output from digital models (which is why they look clear).
There's a lot of great detail, and I love how they managed to combine the look of both McGregor and Guinness. »
- Venkman
Box Office: Avengers Assemble Earns £2.5M In The UK; Demand At An All-Time High
27 April 2012 10:21 AM, PDT | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
Marvel Avengers Assemble has continued breaking box office records with an amazing £2.5 million opening in the UK yesterday. This has made Joss Whedon's film the third biggest Thursday opening ever and cinemas have been met with such a huge demand, they have added additional screening after sell out showings yesterday. 1) Star Wars III: Revenge Of The Sith - May 19th 2005: £3,509,547. 2) Harry Potter And Order Of The Phoenix - July 12th 2007: £3,486,348. 3) Avengers Assemble - April 26th 2011: £2,547,617 Meanwhile, UK critics have come out in droves to praise Avengers Assemble. The Sun call the film "phenomenal" and give it 5*. "Avengers Assemble has emerged as the smartest, wittiest, and most unapologetically entertaining comic-book adaptation of the modern era," says The Times in their 5* review. In three more 5* reviews, The Sunday Mirror praises it as, "fantastic superhero entertainment," while Heat calls it "supremely entertaining," and Nuts »
Marvel's Avengers Assemble has third biggest UK debut, shatters box office records overseas
27 April 2012 9:45 AM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
The Summer blockbuster season is off to a flying, smashing, arrow-slinging, butt-kicking, hammer-wielding start with Marvel's new Avengers Assemble.
Unleashed in UK cinemas yesterday (April 26) and arriving in the Us on May 4, the film is fast becoming the must-see action-adventure movie of 2012.
And new figures just sent to us show that Avengers Assemble has taken an incredible £2.5 million at the UK box office on its opening day.
Fans flocked to see the hugely anticipated superhero movie, making it the third biggest Thursday opening of all time:
1) Star Wars III: Revenge Of The Sith - May 19, 2005: £3,509,547.
2) Harry Potter And Order Of The Phoenix - July 12, 2007: £3,486,348.
3) Avengers Assemble - April 26, 2011: £2,547,617
The huge demand across the country to see the film has also led to extra screenings to keep up with demand.
Marvel Avengers Assemble has also seen record-breaking openings across Europe while Australia saw their second highest opening of all time, »
- David Bentley
Topher Grace Explains 'Star Wars' Edits
26 April 2012 4:54 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
In early March, a small group gathered to watch an 85-minute version of all three "Star Wars" prequels combined. This was not sanctioned by Lucasfilm. This was done by an actor that you know named Topher Grace. The reports were that Grace wanted to become an editor, so he practiced on the prequels. This isn't entirely true. For the first time, Grace explains why he edited "The Phantom Menace," Attack of the Clones" and "Revenge of the Sith" into one film.
Grace is in New York to support his role in the Tribeca Film Festival entry "The Giant Mechanical Man." In the indie film, he plays Doug, a cocky motivational speaker who courts Jenna Fischer's Janice, to the dismay of nice guy Tim (Chris Messina). Here, in an interview that went longer than anticipated (as requested by Grace once we got into the "Star Wars" topic), Grace reveals his »
- The Huffington Post
8 New The Odd Life Of Timothy Green Photos
19 April 2012 1:33 AM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Check out 8 new photos from the upcoming family-friendly Disney drama, The Odd Life of Timothy Green! Jennifer Garner (Pearl Harbor, Catch Me if You Can, Juno) and Joel Edgerton (Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, The Thing, Warrior ) play Cindy and Jim, a [...]
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- Allan Ford
Patrick Read Johnson’s 5-25-77 to Finally Get Released This Year (For Real This Time?)
17 April 2012 10:40 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
If you thought it was weird that The Cabin in the Woods sat on the shelf for so long before being released, well, then you clearly aren't familiar with the epic saga of Patrick Read Johnson's 5-25-77. It's been 7 years now since I first wrote a post about Johnson's movie, an autobiographical coming of age story about a young aspiring filmmaker whose life changes forever after seeing Star Wars in the summer of 1977. At the time, they were aiming to have it in theatres around the same time as Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. That clearly didn't happen, but almost every May since then we've been hearing reports that it could finally see the light of day. Now this year, those same reports have cropped up again... will 2012 be the year we actually get to watch it? This time around, the news comes courtesy of Variety's Jeff Sneider, »
- Sean
Box Office: ‘Hunger Games’ Beats ‘Titanic 3D’ and ‘American Reunion’ and Continues Its Path to Legendary Status
10 April 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
The 1990s are so 13 years ago. At least, that was the attitude this weekend when two films with roots in the last decade of the 20th Century came, saw, and had their proverbial butts kicked by something that is very much 2010 and beyond. The Hunger Games made this third weekend in release its bitch, pulling out another $33.1m and breaking past the coveted $300m mark, tying with Revenge of the Sith as the sixth fastest film to do so. The Lionsgate film was also able in its third week of release to surpass every film in the Twilight franchise, but comparisons between the two were dead, buried, resurrected, and staked in the heart about two-and-a-half weeks ago. With an additional $157.1m in foreign markets – Australia and the UK rank highest with $16.7m and $15.7m, respectively – The Hunger Games if officially a worldwide, cinematic phenom, nearing the half billion mark. The “is he or isn’t he” game »
- Jeremy Kirk
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