Month: July 2018
No Man’s Sky: How to Acquire Warp Drive Technology
GTA Online: How to Get the Red Dead Redemption 2 Stone Hatchet Weapon
Opinion: Why The Dark Knight Is Still the Best Superhero Movie Ever
What Got Cut From Deadpool 2?
GTA Online: Everything New in After Hours
Doctor Who 101
Lucasfilm Made the Right Choice for Leia’s Appearance in Ep. 9
Regardless of their thoughts on recent Star Wars movies like The Last Jedi and Solo, it’s safe to say many Star Wars fans have been looking to the release of Episode IX with a degree of trepidation. The untimely passing of actress Carrie Fisher has cast a pall over the latest sequel. Star Wars: Episode IX was intended to be the most Leia-centric film in the new trilogy, and director J.J. Abrams and his crew had to find some way of working around Fisher’s absence.
We finally learned Friday how Lucasfilm plans to proceed from here. Episode IX will make use of archival footage left over from The Force Awakens, allowing Fisher to reprise her most iconic role one final time. It may not be the perfect solution to the Leia dilemma, but it’s the best option Lucasfilm has.
Amazon Orders Horror Anthology from Lena Waithe
Amazon has given a two-season order to a new horror anthology series, THEM, executive produced by The Chi creator Lena Waithe and Little Marvin, who also wrote the script. Jennifer Salke, the Head of Amazon Studios, made the announcement at Amazon’s Television Critics Association summer press tour presentation on Saturday.
The anthology’s first season, THEM: Covenant, is set in 1953, and centers around Alfred and Lucky Emory, who move their family from North Carolina to an all-white neighborhood in Los Angeles. According to Amazon, “the family’s home on a tree lined, seemingly idyllic street becomes ground zero where malevolent forces both real and supernatural threaten to taunt, ravage and destroy them.”
Lord of the Rings TV Series Taps Star Trek Writers
At the 2018 Television Critics Association summer press tour, the head of Amazon Studios, Jennifer Salke, announced the writing team that will help adapt the streaming provider’s Lord of the Rings TV series.
JD Payne and Patrick McKay, writers of the upcoming Star Trek 4 film, will write and develop the hotly anticipated series.
been a very thoughtful process… it’s such a vast world, there are so many different ways to go with that project, and thanks to Sharon Tal Yguado
, she led the charge on bringing so many different people to pitch us… there was a lot of time spent talking about ideas and different takes. We’re very excited to bring Payne and McKay on to move to the next step of this development process,” Salke explained at Amazon’s TCA presentation.