YouTuber and media commentator Kristian Harloff states that Embo will be the main villain in The Mandalorian and Grogu. Embo was a bounty hunter in The Clone Wars voiced by supervising director Dave Filoni, who is, of course, now CFO at Lucasfilm. Filoni will reprise the role, according to Harloff. Embo was never a main …
***SPOILERS*** “The Real Good Guys” opens where “We’re Gonna be in So Much Trouble” left off, with the kids and their parents in Jod’s hands. The parents assume Jod is a Jedi, and the kids are forced to play along. Jod takes Fern and Undersecretary Fara to meet the Supervisor. Wim clashes with his dad …
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The Hollywood Reporter revealed yesterday that Baylan Skoll has been recast in Ahsoka. In season 1, Ray Stevenson portrayed the former Jedi working for Grand Admiral Thrawn. Despite serving the erstwhile Imperial Officer, Skoll had his own mysterious motives and became the only universally acclaimed aspect of the Ahsoka series. His entrance with his Padawan, …
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***SPOILERS*** “We’re Gonna Be in So Much Trouble” opens on At Attin with the kids’ parents desperately trying to contact them. They’re all caught and stunned except for Fara, who gets the message past the barrier. Meanwhile, the kids have mixed feelings about going home. The pirates arrive at At Attin and can’t pass the …
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***SPOILERS*** In “You Have a Lot to Learn About Pirates,” Neel’s mom brings Wendle a tool to get a message out past the barrier. This doesn’t go well, and he’s caught by a droid, but Fara gets him out of trouble. Meanwhile, Jod and the kids nervously wake up SM-33. He’s had his circuits rewired …
***SPOILERS*** In “Can’t Say I Remember No At Attin,” the crew flies back to Atlanta Attin… or so they initially think. SM-33 soon tells Jod that they’re actually on At Acchrin, another of the Jewels of the Galaxy. The children encounter two factions, the Troik and the Hattan. The Troik take them to their stronghold, …
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In a Deadline exclusive, Sony Animation announced Bob Persichetti and Justin K. Thompson as the directors of Beyond the Spider-Verse, the final film in the trilogy that began in 2018 with Into the Spider-Verse. Persichetti and Thompson are veterans of the franchise, being on the direction teams for Into the Spider-Verse and Across the Spider-Verse, respectively. Persichetti also executive …
I’ve been looking forward to The War of the Rohirrim since I first heard of it. The people behind the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy are involved, and this is just one animated movie, so I wasn’t worried about it becoming bloated or self-indulgent like the Hobbit movies. The animation looked sleek and impressive, …
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Yesterday, Netflix and DR Movie Co. put out the first full trailer for Castlevania: Nocturne season 2. Nocturne takes place around 300 years after the events of Castlevania, the animated series based on the popular video game franchise, and follows Richter Belmont, a descendant of Trevor and Sypha. The series is an adaptation of the …
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Deadline reports that Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman) is in talks with Disney to direct a live-action remake of Tangled (2010). The remake is described as a “revival” of the of the animated movie, Disney’s 50th in their animated classics line. This label can be confusing and oftentimes contradictory, but it’s supposed to separate Walt …
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