At Disney‘s D23 Expo in Anaheim, California this weekend, I got a chance to chat with Oscar Isaac who plays Poe Dameron in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He talked about the film and being at D23. “It’s been great,” he said. “We’ve had to be so secretive about everything. So to slowly start showing little...
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At Disney‘s D23 Expo this weekend, I got a chance to chat with Captain America: Civil War stars Chris Evans and Anthony Mackie after the big Marvel segment of the live-action presentation. These two were an absolute riot, gushing about what we saw in the Civil War footage and about Evans‘ insane love for Disney. I got to see...
At Disney‘s D23 Expo in Anaheim, CA this weekend, I got a chance to speak to John Boyega who plays Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I’m not going to lie. I had a fangirl moment when he told me he liked my anime Princess Leia shirt and told me I should get one like it with Finn on it. Boyega told us a bit about his experience...
At the Disney D23 Expo this weekend in Anaheim, California, I got a chance to chat with the cast of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, including Daisy Ridley, who plays the lead character Rey. Ridley talked about whether or not the expectations on the film affected her acting process at all. “No. I think it probably helped that I didn’t...
Alright, here we go. Lucasfilm released new information about Rogue One today. We learned that they have begun principle photography. They also released two images: The banner above and the cast photo below. For those of you who don’t know, Rogue One is the start of the new standalone Star Wars stories series. Rogue One is the story of a group...
As was previously rumored, Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) has been confirmed as the director for Star Wars Episode IX. The news comes straight from D23 this morning. Not much else is known about the film, but it is speculated that Rian Johnson, director and writer of Episode VIII, will contribute as a writer. Episode IX is slated for a 2019...
Mia Wasikowska, who will reprise her role as Alice for Alice Through the Looking Glass, spoke to the audience at D23 about the plot of the upcoming film. “With the introduction of Time (the character), there’s time travel in the film, and you see characters at various parts of their lives,” she said. Time will be played by Sacha...
At D23, director Jon Favreau spoke about the upcoming live-action The Jungle Book film. “It’s okay if we talk about some Disney movies here, right?” he said. “When we first sat down and discussed making a live-action version of The Jungle Book, the question was if we’d be adding to the tradition, to something we...
During Marvel‘s portion of D23‘s Live Action panel, Chris Evans, a.k.a. Captain America, made a surprise appearance to introduce the trailer for the upcoming Captain America: Civil War. While the trailer is not yet released, we know it begins with Cap, Falcon and Black Widow going after Crossbones! Following this, Ant-Man is...
At D23 Expo’s much anticipated Live Action panel, Marvel kicked things off with some news and concept art regarding Doctor Strange. The film’s star, Benedict Cumberbatch is currently in the UK, but sent a recorded message to the audience at D23: “I”m very lucky and excited to be playing Doctor Strange for Marvel...