Right from the very start, the thing we’ve known about Star Wars series Skeleton Crew is that it centres on a young cast – its codename title, ‘Grammar Rodeo’, was cribbed from a Simpsons episode in which Bart Simpson and his school friends rent a car with a Fake ID and get in over their heads on a road trip adventure. And that’s the kind of realm Jon Watts depicted a group of galactic kids who escape the school and suburbia of their quiet planet, and head off into the stars – where pirates, a Jedi, and danger awaits.
Beyond that deep-cuts Simpsons reference, the biggest reference point here is Amblin – whose films like E.T. and The Goonies saw diminutive characters face real dangers. And it helps that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy_.” Those kids, specifically, are Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Kyriana Kratter, and Robert Timothy Smith, unveiled on stage at Celebration, plus...
Beyond that deep-cuts Simpsons reference, the biggest reference point here is Amblin – whose films like E.T. and The Goonies saw diminutive characters face real dangers. And it helps that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy_.” Those kids, specifically, are Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Kyriana Kratter, and Robert Timothy Smith, unveiled on stage at Celebration, plus...
- 5/5/2023
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - TV
Ever since he broke out as loveable lunkhead Jason Mendoza in existential sitcom The Good Place, Manny Jacinto_.
The series, set over 100 years before the events of the Skywalker Saga, takes place at the tail-end of the High Republic era, recently established in a series of novels and comic books. While it’s a part of the timeline that sees the Jedi thriving, with lightsabers everywhere, Jacinto won’t one of them. Instead, he tells Empire at Star Wars Celebration, he’s “just a regular guy, trying to have a good time, who gets swept up into the High Republic world and the Jedi, whether he likes it or not.” Are we about to get the Star Wars equivalent of Jason Mendoza, the quintessential ‘regular guy, trying to have a good time’?
For Headland, the series – which she pitched as ‘Frozen meets Kill Bill’ – isn’t just a chance to...
The series, set over 100 years before the events of the Skywalker Saga, takes place at the tail-end of the High Republic era, recently established in a series of novels and comic books. While it’s a part of the timeline that sees the Jedi thriving, with lightsabers everywhere, Jacinto won’t one of them. Instead, he tells Empire at Star Wars Celebration, he’s “just a regular guy, trying to have a good time, who gets swept up into the High Republic world and the Jedi, whether he likes it or not.” Are we about to get the Star Wars equivalent of Jason Mendoza, the quintessential ‘regular guy, trying to have a good time’?
For Headland, the series – which she pitched as ‘Frozen meets Kill Bill’ – isn’t just a chance to...
- 5/5/2023
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - TV
Star Wars has always been about epic journeys – whether it’s Luke Skywalker’s transformation from farm boy to Jedi Master, Din Djarin’s foray into fatherhood in The Mandalorian, or Rey’s path to self-discovery in the sequel trilogy. His journey just got a thrilling new destination.
Speculation abounds as to what that movie will involve – is it another step in the wider Mandalorian-Ahsoka-Thrawn story, or could it be the culmination of the whole thing? “Culmination is an interesting word,” teases Filoni, speaking to Empire at Star Wars Celebration. “The way I look at it, there are [small] stories, and then there’s the big story of the day, too. A New Hope, Empire and Return Of The Jedi tell the important parts of the tale that really define the history of the period. There are all kinds of sub-stories underneath that. We’ve been building all these small stories.
Speculation abounds as to what that movie will involve – is it another step in the wider Mandalorian-Ahsoka-Thrawn story, or could it be the culmination of the whole thing? “Culmination is an interesting word,” teases Filoni, speaking to Empire at Star Wars Celebration. “The way I look at it, there are [small] stories, and then there’s the big story of the day, too. A New Hope, Empire and Return Of The Jedi tell the important parts of the tale that really define the history of the period. There are all kinds of sub-stories underneath that. We’ve been building all these small stories.
- 5/5/2023
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
As Star Wars Day – aka May the Fourth, with The Force ready to awaken on the big screen once more.
Now, it’s a question of when those three upcoming movies are expected to arrive – and, as Kennedy tells Empire, that’s simply a case of when they’re ready. “I’ve often brought up Bond,” Kennedy tells us at Star Wars Celebration. “That’s every three or four years and there wasn’t this pressure to feel like you had to have a movie every year. I feel that was very important to Star Wars. We have to eventise this.” The simple answer is, nothing is likely to hit the multiplexes until at least 2025. “It’s much better to tell the truth,” she says, “that we’re going to make these movies when they’re ready to be made, and release them when they’re ready to be released.
Now, it’s a question of when those three upcoming movies are expected to arrive – and, as Kennedy tells Empire, that’s simply a case of when they’re ready. “I’ve often brought up Bond,” Kennedy tells us at Star Wars Celebration. “That’s every three or four years and there wasn’t this pressure to feel like you had to have a movie every year. I feel that was very important to Star Wars. We have to eventise this.” The simple answer is, nothing is likely to hit the multiplexes until at least 2025. “It’s much better to tell the truth,” she says, “that we’re going to make these movies when they’re ready to be made, and release them when they’re ready to be released.
- 5/4/2023
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
Throughout her screen career, Andrea Riseborough.
It’s the kind of recognition that’s set to not only boost Riseborough’s profile considerably, but will get To Leslie (and several of the actor’s other smaller projects) to far bigger audiences. “I love film and the most wonderful part of the process is sharing it,” she tells Empire in a major new career-spanning interview, taking place just days after her Oscar nomination was announced. “Usually [after release] you have a moment to look back and think, ‘Okay, that was that,’ and you close that chapter. But when the chapter feels nowhere near being closed and it’s only been seen by three people at the Angelika, you feel so despondent and you start really losing faith in the power that something very pure can break through all the noise. Sometimes you want to jump out of your own industry because that thing...
It’s the kind of recognition that’s set to not only boost Riseborough’s profile considerably, but will get To Leslie (and several of the actor’s other smaller projects) to far bigger audiences. “I love film and the most wonderful part of the process is sharing it,” she tells Empire in a major new career-spanning interview, taking place just days after her Oscar nomination was announced. “Usually [after release] you have a moment to look back and think, ‘Okay, that was that,’ and you close that chapter. But when the chapter feels nowhere near being closed and it’s only been seen by three people at the Angelika, you feel so despondent and you start really losing faith in the power that something very pure can break through all the noise. Sometimes you want to jump out of your own industry because that thing...
- 2/16/2023
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
Actress Elizabeth Hurley ("The Royals") poses for Brit brand "Karen Millen", launching part 3 of the 'Icons' campaign, photographed by Zoe McConnell:
"...in 'The Royals', the charming, duplicitous, 'Prince Robert' is crowned 'King of England'.
"'Prince Liam' and his recently dethroned uncle 'Cyrus' form an unlikely alliance.
"'Queen Helena' (Hurley) struggles...
"...to control her unruly brood...
"...as she figures out her role in the palace.
"Then after a heated on again-off again relationship...
"...bodyguard 'Jasper' tries to capture the heart of 'Princess Eleanor'...
"...just one more time...
"...as they are about to face their biggest obstacle yet..."
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"...in 'The Royals', the charming, duplicitous, 'Prince Robert' is crowned 'King of England'.
"'Prince Liam' and his recently dethroned uncle 'Cyrus' form an unlikely alliance.
"'Queen Helena' (Hurley) struggles...
"...to control her unruly brood...
"...as she figures out her role in the palace.
"Then after a heated on again-off again relationship...
"...bodyguard 'Jasper' tries to capture the heart of 'Princess Eleanor'...
"...just one more time...
"...as they are about to face their biggest obstacle yet..."
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- 9/19/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The director of “Don’t Worry Darling” is dispelling some rumours.
In a new interview with Variety, Olivia Wilde addressed a report that star Florence Pugh was paid as much as three times less than co-star Harry Styles on the film.
Read More: Olivia Wilde Drops First Teaser For ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Starring Boyfriend Harry Styles And Florence Pugh
Olivia Wilde – Photo: Zoe McConnell for Variety
“There has been a lot out there that I largely don’t pay attention to,” Wilde said.
“But the absurdity of invented clickbait and subsequent reaction regarding a nonexistent pay disparity between our lead and supporting actors really upset me,” she continued. “I’m a woman who has been in this business for over 20 years, and it’s something that I have fought for myself and others, especially being a director. There is absolutely no validity to those claims.”
Other anonymously sourced reports also claimed...
In a new interview with Variety, Olivia Wilde addressed a report that star Florence Pugh was paid as much as three times less than co-star Harry Styles on the film.
Read More: Olivia Wilde Drops First Teaser For ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Starring Boyfriend Harry Styles And Florence Pugh
Olivia Wilde – Photo: Zoe McConnell for Variety
“There has been a lot out there that I largely don’t pay attention to,” Wilde said.
“But the absurdity of invented clickbait and subsequent reaction regarding a nonexistent pay disparity between our lead and supporting actors really upset me,” she continued. “I’m a woman who has been in this business for over 20 years, and it’s something that I have fought for myself and others, especially being a director. There is absolutely no validity to those claims.”
Other anonymously sourced reports also claimed...
- 8/24/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
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