Rumored Rise of Skywalker Leak Could Change Everything for the Franchise

A newStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerleak suggests a flashback scene will play with “our perspective” on the events in the latest trilogy. When Carrie Fisher passed away at the end of 2016, many were curious how Leia Organa would continue to be portrayed on the big screen. She had already finished her work onThe Last Jedi, so that movie was fine. However, when it came time to announceThe Rise of Skywalker, Lucasfilm revealed they would be using unseen footage fromThe Force Awakensand would not be using another actress or digital effects to take her place....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Krystal Banks

Samurai Jack Returns in 2016 with a New Season

Adult Swim is excited to announce that Jack is Back. Creator and executive producerGenndy Tartakovskycontinues the epic story ofSamurai Jackwith a new season that will premiere on Adult Swim’s Toonami block in 2016. The new season is currently in production in Los Angeles at Cartoon Network Studios. Adult Swim has released the firsttrailerfor the return ofSamurai Jack, along with a new poster. Samurai Jack originally aired for four seasons on Cartoon Network, with a 52-episode run that aired between 2001 and 2004....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 328 words · Vicki Cisneros

San Andreas Review: The Rock Delivers Big, Dumb Disaster Fun

San Andreasis exactly what you expect, a big, schlocky disaster film with a hardscrabble family at the center. It’s entirely formulaic with no surprises, but sometimes that’s not a bad thing. The beauty of popcorn cinema is checking your brain at the door, strapping on your 3D glasses, and watching hundreds of CGI buildings topple like Legos. The screenplay byCarlton Cusesticks like glue to the classic ten pages and a bang blueprint....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 493 words · Brandi Rivera

Santiago Cabrera on His Future as the Captain of the U.S.S. Stargazer

Chilean actor Santiago Cabrera plays Cristobal “Chris” Rios, the former pilot ofLa Sirenaand current Starfleet Captain of the U.S.S.Stargazer, onStar Trek: Picard. Cabrera also portrays the emergency holograms aboard La Sirena. An earlier model of theStargazerwas Admiral Picard’s (Sir Patrick Stewart) first ship, which he later described in theStar Trek: The Next Generationepisode “Relics” as an “overworked, underpowered vessel, always on the verge of flying apart at the seams.” In the second season ofStar Trek: Picard, Captain Rios is in command of Picard’s former ship....

July 7, 2025 · 4 min · 693 words · Jocelyn Townsend

Shazam! Actor Asher Angel Anticipates Crossover Movies in the DCU

There are new plans being formed for the next decade with the creative future of the DCU, and this has at least oneShazam!star feeling excited. Released in 2019,Shazam!followsAsher Angelas Billy Batson, a young boy with the ability to transform into the titular superhero (as played by Zachary Levi). As the film was a big success for Warner Bros., a sequel was put into development, and Angel will reprise his role for the upcoming sequelShazam!...

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 420 words · Cynthia White

Sound of Freedom Director Explains Why Disney Shelved the Film

The filmmaker behind this year’s surprise hitSound of Freedom,Alejandro Monteverde, has offered us some insight into why Disney decided to shelve the movie following their acquisition of 20th Century Fox. Speaking exclusively with MovieWeb, the talented Alejandro Monteverde laid out the timeline and the reasons why it has taken a while for audiences to see the action-drama on the big screen. “I think what happened was the following. You know, when Disney bought Fox, imagine all the content that there was to go through....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 511 words · William Gomez

Star Wars 9 to Wrap Shooting in February 2019

It looks likeStar Wars 9is going to have a pretty lengthy shoot. A new report indicates that director J.J. Abrams and his crew are expected to wrap production on the latest adventure in a galaxy far, far away come February 2019. There is no word on a specific wrap date, but February seems like a pretty realistic timeline as these movies take a very long time to film, given their massive scope and multiple filming locations....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 480 words · Robert Holden

Star Wars Holiday Special Tops List of Worst Christmas Movies & TV Shows in New Study

A new study has given theThe Star Wars Holiday Specialthe unfortunate honor of being named as the most “boring” of all Christmas movies, TV shows, and specials. Conducted by Uswitch, the study analyzed IMDb reviews for negative phrases to reveal which titles people apparently liked the least. Perhaps it’s not much of a shock to franchise fans, but at the top of the list was theStar Wars Holiday Special. “We’ve all heard of the epic multimedia franchiseStar Warsthat has flooded our screens from 1977 to the present day,” the study reads....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 484 words · Brandon Wolfe

Star Wars Rebels Episode 4.12 Recap: The Mortis Gods Return

Star Wars Rebelsfinally sheds light on the mystical Loth-wolves. The gigantic, furry beasts with the ability to teleport are linked to the Jedi temple on Lothal.Wolves and a Doorhas Phoenix Squadron on a daring mission to uncover the secrets of the temple. We also get an appearance…drum roll please…from Emperor Palpatine, voiced by the great Ian McDiarmid. The plot does indeed thicken. Wolves and a Dooropens with Ezra (Taylor Gray) bringing his compatriots up to speed....

July 7, 2025 · 4 min · 841 words · Brian Wilson

Stephen Lang Wept After Reading Avatar 5 Script

Considering we haven’t yet seen one sequel to James Cameron’sAvatarit is hard to conceive that scripting has been done onAvatar 5, and it seems that star Stephen Lang was moved to tears after reading the script for the fourth sequel. Lang has been announced by Cameron as the villain in all of hisAvatarsequels, and in a recent interview with Collider to coincide with the release ofDon’t Breathe 2, the subject of the epic story of Pandora came up....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 532 words · Eric Castillo

Sunny

The magnetic performers Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation) and Hidetoshi Nishijima (Drive My Car) joined MovieWeb’s Matt Mahler for a discussion about their new Apple TV+ series, Sunny. They touched on their characters, Nishijima’s English-language debut, and the show’s themes of loneliness and technology.The highly anticipated, darkly comedic sci-fi mystery show Sunny will premiere globally with the first two of 10 episodes on Wednesday, July 10, followed by one new episode weekly through September 4 exclusively on Apple TV+....

July 7, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Victoria Butler

Suzanne Somers Wants to Do Playboy Again for Her 75th Birthday

Suzanne Somerswants to do Playboy again in honor of her 75th birthday. The 73-year old actress revealed the news in a recent interview. Somers posed topless on social media earlier this year and it quickly went viral. However, that was not Somers' intention when she had her husband take the picture. Regardless, it spread all over the internet and went “Kardashian,” as she says. In a new interview, Suzanne Somers was asked about the possibility of posing forPlayboyagain....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 541 words · Andrew Reid

The Crow Remake Begins Shooting in Early 2018

It may finally be happening. Don’t get your hopes up just yet, but it sounds like the long-awaited reboot ofThe Crowis moving forward. The project was dropped several months ago by Relativity Media, who had been working onThe Crowremake for a very long time. However, Sony stepped in quickly and gave the project new life. And, if creator James O’Barr is to be believed, they fully intend to make the movie next year....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 459 words · Amanda Garcia