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Disney, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm present at D23
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Watch behind-the-scenes footage from Star Wars: The Last Jedi here.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson showed behind-the-scenes footage from his upcoming December tentpole and brought some of his stars on to the stage at D23 in Anaheim, California, on Saturday.
Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Gwendoline Christie, Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern and Benicio Del Toro joined the director and Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn.
Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman are producing Star Wars: The Last Jedi, with J.J. Abrams, Tom Karnowski and Jason McGatlin serving as executive producers. The film is set to open in Us on December 15.
Horn brought Kevin Feige to the stage for a sequence on Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War, which opens on 4, 2018, and is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo.
The release will mark Marvel Studios’ tenth anniversary and Feige unveiled the official 10th anniversary logo before ushering on to the stage Robert Downey Jr., [link »
- jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’: 6 New Character Posters Will Have You Seeing Red
11 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
As we saw in the first Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer, red is a bit of a prominent color, at least as far as the red smoke coming out of some landspeeders. Today, at D23, Disney unveiled six new Star Wars: The Last Jedi character posters that carried on with the red color motif. It’s a nice look, and it helps distinguish these new movies from the ones that came before. The watchword today at the presentation seemed to be “unexpected”, and this certainly doesn’t look like the marketing campaign we got for Star Wars: The Force … »
- Matt Goldberg
Disney Parks Reveal New Attractions Based around ‘Star Wars’, Pixar, ‘Tron’, and More
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Today at D23, Disney announced some of the cool new attractions they have coming to their parks and resorts. As we reported yesterday, the biggest new theme park is Star Wars land, officially called Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. According to a press release, Galaxy’s Edge will feature two anchor attractions. The first will put visitors inside the middle of a battle between The First Order and the Resistance while the other will let attendees share piloting duties on the Millennium Falcon to achieve a shared mission. Per the press release, “Representing the largest single-themed land expansion at … »
- Matt Goldberg
Sarah Jones Family V. Csx: Location Manager Charley Baxter’s Big Reveal
11 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
The Csx defense rested late yesterday in the civil trial brought against them by the family of 27 year-old camera assistant Sarah Jones who died on live train tracks when her supervising crew placed her there knowing that they did not have permission. The crime took place in Georgia on the first day of shooting the Gregg Allman biopic Midnight Rider. As they presented their defense, Csx brought the film’s location manager Charles Baxter to the stand and entered into… »
‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Character Posters Debut At D23
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In addition to giving rabid Star Wars fans a behind-the-scenes look at the highly anticipated Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Disney also unveiled a set of new posters at D23. With a deep crimson palette, the posters serve up drama by giving us a peek at five key characters of the franchise. The posters for Episode VIII of the pop culture sci-fi staple include Jedi-in-training Rey (Daisy Ridley), the fearless Finn (John Boyega), the villainous Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), the Jedi… »
At D23, Disney Showed Off Its Mighty Star Wars, Marvel, and Pixar Muscle — Full Report
14 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim once again demonstrated its unrivaled franchise power through Marvel, Lucasfilm, Disney and Pixar, as well as the unique mining of its animated legacy. And, in highlighting its social relevance, the emphasis was on diversity and unity in conquering prejudice and hate.
On Friday, the Expo was ecstatic over the hilarious clip of Vanellope (Sarah Silverman) getting snarky with all of the Disney princesses in “Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2” (November 21, 2018) — the ultimate Mouse House strut. It was also refreshing to learn that Holly Hunter’s mom, Helen/Elastagirl, will be the star of Brad Bird’s “Incredibles 2” (June 15, 2018).
However, on Saturday, Disney wowed them with clips and behind-the-scene footage from “Mary Poppins Returns,” “A Wrinkle in Time,” Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” and “The Lion King.” The challenge, of course. is balancing originals with remakes and sequels, but with such »
- Bill Desowitz
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