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MTV.comAccording to a report from Variety, the “Girls” breakout star is nearing a deal to join “Star Wars: Episode VII” as the movie’s villain. The J.J. Abrams continuation of George Lucas’ classic franchise is set to start filming in the coming months, and if Driver signs on …‘Girls’ star Adam Driver in talks to be […]
Sam Mendes has told the news website of the magazine Empire that he’s backing out of directing the next James Bond movie, or what’s referred to as ‘Bond 24’ for the 24th installment in the iconic spy series. Mendes told Empire: “It has been a very difficult decision not to accept Michael and Barbara’s very […]
George Lucas And Mellody Hobson, the seven-year-long relationship between the legendary filmmaker, creator of Star Wars, and Irish Coffee-lover (I had one with him at the old Aqua Restaurant in San Francisco six years ago), and the businesswoman who is president of Chicago investment firm Ariel Investments has turned into an engagement. First, congratulations! That […]
Disney under Robert Iger has become the only true media giant. It owns Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, Cap Cities / ABC, ESPN, whatever small company this blogger can’t think of, and now Lucasfilm. Disney is fully following Walt Disney’s mission statement: We seek to estimate the future and its bearing on our existence, as well as […]
The man who I remember as giving a look” to Star Wars, even before I heard of the movie was Ralph McQuarrie. This was 1976, and my friend Lars Frykman was then given to quoting seemingly obscure ideas from someone named “Owen Lars.” At first, I thought Owen Lars was someone Lars made up, but […]
On Thursday, 45 years ago, I stayed up late to watch a television show that would come to have a dramatic impact on my life: Star Trek. Star Trek has played a major role in the formation of my friendships, many that I still maintain today. It also impacted what line of work we did, […]
There’s a small controversy brewing in Star Wars and pop-culture fandom about the newly remixed Star Wars: Episode VI – Return Of The Jedi on Blu Ray. There some some, OK many, who don’t like that Star Wars Creator George Lucas added a “no” Darth Vader’s lines toward the end of the movie. I first […]
For sci-fi fans like this blogger, owning the Star Trek Blueprints of the late 70s were like owning gold. Now, Star Wars fans can enjoy the same engineering drawings for the Star Wars movies, but with a big difference: the blueprints are real. They’re featured in a giant, $500 book called the Star Wars Blueprint […]
The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Kennedy Space Center this morning, and high into the sky and eventually into Earth’s orbit. It marks the final launch – the last time in 30 years America will launch a Space Shuttle. For this blogger, who’s saw the passing of the Apollo Space Program and now the […]