George Lucas’ Star Wars series is a cornerstone of modern science fiction. What began as an ambitious space opera has evolved into one of the most successful and beloved franchises in history. For decades, Star Wars has captivated multiple generations of fans and remains one of the most celebrated fictional universes ever created.
Despite its iconic status, the Star Wars franchise has faced criticism, especially following Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm. Kathleen Kennedy has frequently been a focal point of these critiques. Nevertheless, the franchise continues to thrive.
Evidence of this can be seen in the franchise’s major plans for the upcoming D23 fan event, set to take place next week. According to our information, Lucasfilm has some exciting surprises in store for fans!
Lucasfilm has officially announced that fans will have the chance to “learn more about your favorite Star Wars series and celebrate three Star Wars legends: composer John Williams,...
Despite its iconic status, the Star Wars franchise has faced criticism, especially following Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm. Kathleen Kennedy has frequently been a focal point of these critiques. Nevertheless, the franchise continues to thrive.
Evidence of this can be seen in the franchise’s major plans for the upcoming D23 fan event, set to take place next week. According to our information, Lucasfilm has some exciting surprises in store for fans!
Lucasfilm has officially announced that fans will have the chance to “learn more about your favorite Star Wars series and celebrate three Star Wars legends: composer John Williams,...
- 8/3/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Comic Basics
The Halloween haunt industry is big business these days, and Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights is no longer the only major theme park event to attend during spooky season. Six Flags Fright Fest just announced this year’s massive lineup, loaded with houses based on iconic horror properties, and now Hersheypark in Pennsylvania has grabbed hold of the bloody baton.
Hersheypark amusement park today announced the return of its Hersheypark Halloween seasonal event and Dark Nights immersive haunt experience for more haunting dates than ever before from Friday, Sept. 13 through Nov. 3, 2024.
Here’s everything you need to know…
“For 25 days, including Halloween night on Thursday, Oct. 31, guests can experience five haunted houses, including the all-new Estate of Evil haunted house, three Scare Zones with the new Darkstone’s Hollow: Battle for Spring Creek scare zone, 50 attractions and dark coaster rides, Hershey’s Trick-or-Treat Trail and more – all included with a Hersheypark Halloween ticket.
Hersheypark amusement park today announced the return of its Hersheypark Halloween seasonal event and Dark Nights immersive haunt experience for more haunting dates than ever before from Friday, Sept. 13 through Nov. 3, 2024.
Here’s everything you need to know…
“For 25 days, including Halloween night on Thursday, Oct. 31, guests can experience five haunted houses, including the all-new Estate of Evil haunted house, three Scare Zones with the new Darkstone’s Hollow: Battle for Spring Creek scare zone, 50 attractions and dark coaster rides, Hershey’s Trick-or-Treat Trail and more – all included with a Hersheypark Halloween ticket.
- 6/26/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
For All Creatures Great and Small fans, some great, big news: Masterpiece announced on Friday that the series based on James Herriot’s iconic collection of stories has been renewed for Seasons 5 and 6.
Each of the two seasons will consist of six episodes plus Christmas specials, airing Stateside here on PBS.
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It was also announced that Callum Woodhouse, who was off-screen for Season 4, will return for the fifth season as Tristan Farnon. (Siegfried’s brother...
Each of the two seasons will consist of six episodes plus Christmas specials, airing Stateside here on PBS.
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It was also announced that Callum Woodhouse, who was off-screen for Season 4, will return for the fifth season as Tristan Farnon. (Siegfried’s brother...
- 2/23/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Jared Harris, Joseph Fiennes & Sheila Atim Leading A+E/Sky’s ‘Royal Kill List’
Jared Harris, Joseph Fiennes and Sheila Atim are leading an A+E Networks/Sky series about King Charles I from Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story producer 72 Films. Royal Kill List is Sky History’s latest docu-drama following in the footsteps of the likes of Royal Bastards: Rise of The Tudors and The Royal Mob. The three-part series looks back at one of the most seismic events in British royal history. In 1649, for the first and only time, a British monarch was publicly executed, having been tried and convicted of treason by Parliament. This bloody spectacle heralded 10 years of Britain as a republic before, in May 1660, the monarchy was restored with the accession of King Charles II. Told through dramatic reconstruction, Atim for the Royalists, Harris for the Regicides, and Fiennes for King Charles II will play out the Jacobean tragedy,...
Jared Harris, Joseph Fiennes and Sheila Atim are leading an A+E Networks/Sky series about King Charles I from Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story producer 72 Films. Royal Kill List is Sky History’s latest docu-drama following in the footsteps of the likes of Royal Bastards: Rise of The Tudors and The Royal Mob. The three-part series looks back at one of the most seismic events in British royal history. In 1649, for the first and only time, a British monarch was publicly executed, having been tried and convicted of treason by Parliament. This bloody spectacle heralded 10 years of Britain as a republic before, in May 1660, the monarchy was restored with the accession of King Charles II. Told through dramatic reconstruction, Atim for the Royalists, Harris for the Regicides, and Fiennes for King Charles II will play out the Jacobean tragedy,...
- 12/14/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSNext week, we are holding a launch event for Issue 3 of Notebook in London. Join us at the Ica London on September 28 for a screening of a new 4K restoration of Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt, followed by a conversation between issue contributor Erika Balsom and critic Simran Hans. We are sorry to say that the event is now sold out, but you can still enter our competition to win a pair of tickets. Lee Kang-sheng’s Instagram seems to indicate that he and Tsai Ming-liang shot another installment of their ongoing Walker series in Washington, DC: a few images are posted here.REMEMBERINGPressure.Horace Ové has died aged 86: His debut Pressure (1975) is considered the first full-length feature by a Black British filmmaker; it centers on a Trinidadian teenager living with his family in West London,...
- 9/20/2023
- MUBI
‘The Traitors’ Host Claudia Winkleman Wins Edinburgh Award
The Traitors host Claudia Winkleman is to receive the Outstanding Achivement Award at this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival. Winkleman has been a BBC stalwart for years and has been hosting smash hit Strictly Come Dancing since its inception two decades ago. More recently, she hosted BBC breakout The Traitors, winning over audiences and awards juries for her warm, light touch approach. She also hosts Channel 4’s The Piano and a BBC Radio 2 weekend show. Winkleman will receive her award during an In Conversation with Kirsty Young to discuss her career and highlights from the past three decades. “I am humbled and honoured to accept this Outstanding Achievement Award,” she said. “I am ridiculously lucky and work with extraordinary people, so this is actually for them and not for me.” Last year’s award was won by Motherland and Cunk on Earth star Diane Morgan.
The Traitors host Claudia Winkleman is to receive the Outstanding Achivement Award at this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival. Winkleman has been a BBC stalwart for years and has been hosting smash hit Strictly Come Dancing since its inception two decades ago. More recently, she hosted BBC breakout The Traitors, winning over audiences and awards juries for her warm, light touch approach. She also hosts Channel 4’s The Piano and a BBC Radio 2 weekend show. Winkleman will receive her award during an In Conversation with Kirsty Young to discuss her career and highlights from the past three decades. “I am humbled and honoured to accept this Outstanding Achievement Award,” she said. “I am ridiculously lucky and work with extraordinary people, so this is actually for them and not for me.” Last year’s award was won by Motherland and Cunk on Earth star Diane Morgan.
- 7/25/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Emmy winner Kit Connor (Heartstopper) has been set to lead feature mystery-horror One Of Us, which will begin filming in Belfast, Northern Ireland later this month.
In the allegorical film, members of a family begin dying one by one at a funeral, while Youngest (Connor) searches for the stranger in their midst.
Callum Woodhouse (The Durrells), Charlotte Hope (The Spanish Princess), Siobhan Fallon-Hogan (Rushed) and Ian Beattie (Game Of Thrones) will also star in the feature, which heralds from the Jung School and Northern Ireland Screen and marks the debut of writer-director Stefan van de Graaff.
Raquel Baldwin is producing, with Robert Machoian co-producing and van de Graff executive-producing. Bianca Cline is rounding out the team as Director of Photography. Cline recently worked on feature Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, which is Oscar nominated for Best Animation.
Connor is best known for Heartstopper, Rocketman and His Dark Materials.
In the allegorical film, members of a family begin dying one by one at a funeral, while Youngest (Connor) searches for the stranger in their midst.
Callum Woodhouse (The Durrells), Charlotte Hope (The Spanish Princess), Siobhan Fallon-Hogan (Rushed) and Ian Beattie (Game Of Thrones) will also star in the feature, which heralds from the Jung School and Northern Ireland Screen and marks the debut of writer-director Stefan van de Graaff.
Raquel Baldwin is producing, with Robert Machoian co-producing and van de Graff executive-producing. Bianca Cline is rounding out the team as Director of Photography. Cline recently worked on feature Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, which is Oscar nominated for Best Animation.
Connor is best known for Heartstopper, Rocketman and His Dark Materials.
- 3/10/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Inspired by the recent success of The Last Of Us, Wind Sun Sky Entertainment (Wss) is teaming up with Productivity Media to adapt an episodic scripted series based on the Roblox platform game Creatures Of Sonaria.
Published by Twin Atlas, the popular game spans exotic worlds of monsters, dragons and critters. The adaptation of the game into a narrative universe will be overseen by former Lucasfilm exec Catherine Winder, now Wss CEO/EP, and Jay Bennett, VP Creative Franchise Strategy at Wss, with Productivity Media financing.
Wind Sun Sky is also adapting Roblox game Twilight Daycare Series.
“I am very excited to work with Catherine, Jay and the innovative team of storytellers at Wss to add narrative depth to our characters and in turn further engage and delight our fans in a whole new way,” said Twin Atlas’s Samuel Garcia.
“As the partnership of Pmi and Wss expands,...
Published by Twin Atlas, the popular game spans exotic worlds of monsters, dragons and critters. The adaptation of the game into a narrative universe will be overseen by former Lucasfilm exec Catherine Winder, now Wss CEO/EP, and Jay Bennett, VP Creative Franchise Strategy at Wss, with Productivity Media financing.
Wind Sun Sky is also adapting Roblox game Twilight Daycare Series.
“I am very excited to work with Catherine, Jay and the innovative team of storytellers at Wss to add narrative depth to our characters and in turn further engage and delight our fans in a whole new way,” said Twin Atlas’s Samuel Garcia.
“As the partnership of Pmi and Wss expands,...
- 2/14/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The YA adaptation boom of the 2010s is a fascinating time, filled with potential franchises that never took off, some that lingered far beyond their expiration date, and others that remained successful till their final curtain call. The landscape had never been more fruitful for teens and, especially, young girls to have something for them at the box office. But if you weren’t already in love with an established book, like Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games,” the odds weren’t in your favor that your favorite adaptation would get more than a single feature.
In February 2013 Warner Bros. released “Beautiful Creatures,” an adaptation of Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl’s 2009 novel. The story follows Southern boy Ethan Wate (Alden Ehrenreich) and his growing attraction to newcomer Lena Duchannes (Alice Englert). Ethan soon realizes Lena comes from a long line of witches, and on her 16th birthday her soul will...
In February 2013 Warner Bros. released “Beautiful Creatures,” an adaptation of Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl’s 2009 novel. The story follows Southern boy Ethan Wate (Alden Ehrenreich) and his growing attraction to newcomer Lena Duchannes (Alice Englert). Ethan soon realizes Lena comes from a long line of witches, and on her 16th birthday her soul will...
- 2/14/2023
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
On April 7, rock icons Kiss will release the next installment of their Off The Soundboard official live bootleg series with Kiss – Off The Soundboard: Poughkeepsie, New York, 1984. Recorded live at the Mid-Hudson Arena on November 28th, 1984, during the Animalize World Tour, this is the fifth in a series of live releases by the band and will be available to stream and download, with a 2-lp standard black vinyl set, CD, and a limited edition 2-lp set pressed on 180g custard yellow vinyl which are available to pre-order now exclusively through the Official Kiss online store, Here.
The multi-platinum band’s fifth authorized Soundboard live release comes from the November 28th, 1984 Animalize Tour show at the Mid-Hudson Arena in Poughkeepsie, NY, featuring the only known soundboard recording with guitarist Mark St. John. While the tracks “Young And Wasted” and “Rock And Roll All Nite” from this historic show are incomplete due...
The multi-platinum band’s fifth authorized Soundboard live release comes from the November 28th, 1984 Animalize Tour show at the Mid-Hudson Arena in Poughkeepsie, NY, featuring the only known soundboard recording with guitarist Mark St. John. While the tracks “Young And Wasted” and “Rock And Roll All Nite” from this historic show are incomplete due...
- 1/28/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
“Creatures” Now available on all major streaming and cable platforms in North America (US/Canada) and UK/Ireland “Gremlins” meets “Kill Bill” and “Shaun Of The Dead” A class of astronomy students and their fearless teacher, Dr. Serling, get more than they bargained for on their latest field trip when they witness an alien spaceship crash-landing in …
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- 3/9/2022
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Weta Digital has tapped Ken Kamins, and former Disney COO Tom Staggs, and Google SVP Jeff Huber to its Board of Directors. The appointments come as the Peter Jackson studio has offices planned in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The trio join Weta Digital board members Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Sean Parker, Joe Letteri and CEO Prem Akkaraju.
“Tom, Jeff and Ken are extraordinary additions to the board of Weta Digital,” said Prem Akkaraju, Global CEO of Weta Digital. “They have established best practices at the highest levels of company management, in entertainment and digital technology. Their combined business acumen and collective depth of experience perfectly positions Weta Digital for exponential growth. Opening offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco enables storytellers to tap Weta’s production pipeline and work with concept designers, animation supervisors and other key creatives, in both the US and New Zealand. Weta Digital’s expansion...
“Tom, Jeff and Ken are extraordinary additions to the board of Weta Digital,” said Prem Akkaraju, Global CEO of Weta Digital. “They have established best practices at the highest levels of company management, in entertainment and digital technology. Their combined business acumen and collective depth of experience perfectly positions Weta Digital for exponential growth. Opening offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco enables storytellers to tap Weta’s production pipeline and work with concept designers, animation supervisors and other key creatives, in both the US and New Zealand. Weta Digital’s expansion...
- 12/17/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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