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The Cast and Crew Talks The Mandalorian

brettstevens | Apr 16, 2019 | 0

The Mandalorian shot its way into Star Wars Celebration on Sunday as Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni took to the stage to introduce some main cast members of the show, as well as a trailer. While the latter was not released online, we did get some new details on the characters. First up, we have &hellip...

Full Cast for The Mandalorian Announced

brettstevens | Dec 20, 2018 | 0

It looks like The Mandalorian, the first live-action TV show in a galaxy far, far away, has finally announced its full cast. Although I’ve already written about how concerned I was that Gina Carano had joined the series, with the likes of Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad) and Werner Herzog (Jack R...

Disney Releases First Lion King Trailer

brettstevens | Nov 23, 2018 | 0

The Pride Lands are about to get the live-action treatment as the first teaser for Jon Favreau’s remake of The Lion King has been released. Like most people of my generation, I loved The Lion King growing up. It was the first movie I saw four times in the theater (a record that has since … ...

Gina Carano to Fight Her Way Through The Mandalorian

brettstevens | Nov 15, 2018 | 0

It looks like MMA star Gina Carano is about to trade the ring for outer space. Variety reports that Carano has been cast in the Pedro Pascal-led The Mandalorian. Her exact role in the project is being kept quiet. Carano has had a couple of starring roles, most notably the Steven Soderbergh directed�...

Why I’m Excited: The Mandalorian

brettstevens | Oct 27, 2018 | 0

Like most fans, I’ve heard several stories about a potential Star Wars live action TV show. First, former Lucasfilm executive Rick McCallum talked about the idea for a show called Star Wars: Underworld seemingly being developed in tandem with a still in the works Clone Wars animated TV series. Af...

Jon Favreau’s Star Wars Series Called The Mandalorian

AlexGherzo | Oct 4, 2018 | 0

As the franchise chugs along under the Disney banner, Jon Favreau has revealed that the name of his live-action Star Wars series will be The Mandalorian. Making the announcement on his Instagram account, Favreau also released the synopsis for the sci-fi show… After the stories of Jango and Bob...