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Dave Filoni & Lynwen Brennan Overtake ‘Lucasfilm’ from Kathleen Kennedy as Co-Presidents

Today, a new report confirmed that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy will step down after over a decade at the studio. Her exit was rumored last year but was quickly shut down by the studio. Director Dave Filoni and producer Lynwen Brennan are expected to take over as co-presidents. Filoni will oversee all creative aspects of... Read More...




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Netflix Announces Acquisition of Warner Brothers Studios For $82.7 Billion

After several weeks of negotiations, Netflix has officially won the bidding war to merge with Warner Bros. Studios for over $82.7 billion. The major streaming service beat out fellow competitors Comcast and Paramount-Skydance for the studio. This marks yet another mega-merger between film studios following Walt Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox in 2019, Warner... Read More...


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Warner Brothers Reverts Course and Rebrands MAX to HBO Max

A surprise rebranding was announced today during Warner Bros. Discovery's Upfront event. After only two years, the studio announced it would rebrand its MAX streaming service to HBO Max. In 2022, shortly after David Zaslav took over Warner Bros. as CEO, he wanted to remove the HBO branding from all streaming services moving forward. As... Read More...


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‘Jason Bourne’ Film Rights Go Up For Sale

Today, a report announced that the film rights for the Jason Bourne franchise have gone up for sale. Original author Robert Ludlum's estate has put the rights up for sale after their longtime partnership with Universal Studios. The previous films starring Matt Damon included The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, and Jason... Read More...


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‘Lucasfilm’ President Kathleen Kennedy Plans To Retire By The End of 2025

Ahead of the Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo, a report announced that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy plans to exit the company by the end of the year. She was not fired, as many random online rumors have suggested, but she has retired after producing many films over her decades-long career in Hollywood. She originally took... Read More...




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‘Paramount’ & ‘Skydance’ Agree To Studio Merger Pending Details

Today, a report announced that Paramount Pictures and Skydance had agreed to an upcoming merger. Skydance beat out fellow studio Sony Pictures alongside Apollo Global Management. The announcement will be made official once Paramount's parent company, Shari Redstone, owns National Amusements, which owns 77% of class A Paramount shares. This comes from the news that... Read More...


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Dave Filoni Has Been Promoted To Chief Creative Officer at Lucasfilm

Today, Vanity Fair announced that longtime Star Wars writer/director Dave Filoni has been promoted to Chief Creative Officer at Lucasfilm. This has been a long time coming, as many fans have grown sour towards President Kathleen Kennedy with her multiple announcements and then abandoning Star Wars projects over the years. These films included Boba Fett (twice),... Read More...


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SAG-AFTRA Reach Tentative Agreement To Kickstart Hollywood Productions

Today, the negotiation committee for SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative agreement with every major Hollywood studio through AMPTP. The strike is officially over after 118 days that effectively shut down all major Hollywood productions. The ongoing actor's strike was similar to the WGA writer's strike earlier this summer. The actors' main concerns were the studio's residuals/bonus... Read More...