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JJ Abrams Told Daisy Ridley Star Wars is “A Religion”

virginiakublawi | Jan 27, 2024 | 0

Daisy Ridley recently sat down with Inverse to discuss her new film, Sometimes I Think About Dying. Inevitably, the inescapable topic of Star Wars came up. Ridley recalled The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams saying the following when she was cast: “This not a role in a movie… This is a religi...

Adam Driver: Kylo Ren Originally Wasn’t Redeemed

virginiakublawi | Dec 13, 2023 | 0

Adam Driver recently appeared on The Rich Eisen Show and discussed his role as Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. This conversation primarily concerns Kylo’s redemption and how his character arc changed throughout filming the movies. Rich asked if Driver knew he was playing “Vader 2.0,”...

Warner Bros. Suspends Deals with Big Name Producers

AlexGherzo | Sep 7, 2023 | 0

Warner Bros. Discovery is cutting costs amid the actors’ and writers’ strikes. After CEO David Zaslav claimed the studio was set to lose $300-500 million due to the strikes, The Hollywood Reporter has learned from sources that Warner Bros. is suspending its deals with several producers, includin...

Barbie’s Success Means More Mattel Movies

AlexGherzo | Jul 27, 2023 | 0

A host of other Mattel properties are getting ready to go party with Barbie. Variety exclusively reports that, upon Barbie’s massive success, Mattel is preparing fourteen of their IPs for the movie treatment. CEO Ynon Kreiz, who took over Mattel in 2018, has had a vision for a “Mattel Cinematic ...

Warner Bros. Buys Stephen King Book Billy Summers

AlexGherzo | Feb 3, 2023 | 0

The next Stephen King adaptation is facing a rocky road to the big screen. (At least, I think it’s the next one; his work has been mined more than California during the Gold Rush.) Deadline exclusively reports that Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to one of King’s newer novels, Billy Summers...

Batman: Caped Crusader Canceled

AlexGherzo | Aug 23, 2022 | 2

Batman is going back to the Batcave – at least as far as HBO Max is concerned. Variety reports that Warner Bros. Discovery has canceled Batman: Caped Crusader, an animated series from Bruce Timm, JJ Abrams, and Matt Reeves. But that’s not all; a bunch of animated TV movies have been canceled as ...