George Lucas and Johnny Depp were among the inductees as Disney Legends at the D23 Expo this year. The ceremony, conducted by Disney CEO Bob Iger Friday morning included Andreas Deja, who animated villains like Jafar from Aladdin and Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, Carson Van Osten, comic strip artist and story man who created the Mickey...
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Jar Jar Binks may be the most reviled character in the Star Wars universe. The character was voiced by Ahmed Best in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and the rest of the prequels, but it could have gone a very different way. In an interview with Vice, Best says that Michael Jackson almost had the role. According to Best, George Lucas...
George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, has just been revealed as one of this year’s Kennedy Center honorees. This will be the event’s 38th year and the gala always proves to be star-studded and fabulous. This year, President and Mrs. Obama will be in attendance, among others. The fundraising event, in support of the Washington, D.C. Arts...
On this week’s Most Craved, The Boy Next Door and The Fast and the Furious director Rob Cohen joins myself and my co-hosts Silas Lesnick from ComingSoon.net and William Bibbiani from CraveOnline to talk about the trailerpalooza that was this past week. Seriously, I feel like that is all I’ve been writing about since Star Wars...
One of the great mysteries surrounding The Force Awakens is exactly how much of George Lucas’ preliminary outlines remain in the screenplay JJ Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan took over from Toy Story 3/Little Miss Sunshine writer Michael Arndt. The big rumor making the rounds back when that change occurred was that Arndt was fleshing out a...
It’s been years since Lucasfilm completely dove into the world of pure fantasy with one of their movies, which means they were overdue for a new story addition to that genre. Their latest 3D animated film Strange Magic is just about to hit theaters this weekend, and because it’s so close to the release date, George Lucas is doing the...
Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer hit theaters and the Internet on Thanksgiving weekend and fans went crazy. Some of us loved it. Some of us made fun of the lightsaber design. All of us were excited. So, what did the father of Star Wars George Lucas think? Did he even watch it? He did, indeed! “I saw the trailer,” Lucas told Page Six...
After a mega project like Star Wars: Episode VII began making it’s way into production, a lot of “what if” questions will start to rise. For instance, what was George Lucas’s opinion on there being more Star Wars films being made without his directing talent? Maybe he secretly thinks he missed the opportunity to tell...
Today we have a new poster for George Lucas’ next film, Strange Magic and its freaking adorable. The film will be based on William Shakespeare’s play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream.’ Here is the official synopsis: Strange Magic is a madcap fairy tale musical inspired by “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Popular...
George Lucas and Lucasfilm may have handed the Star Wars reigns to Disney, but they’re still making movies. Today we have the first trailer for their upcoming animated musical Strange Magic. Here is the official synopsis: “Strange Magic, a new animated film from Lucasfilm Ltd., is a madcap fairy tale musical inspired by A Midsummer...