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 abandoned Star Wars projects over the years. These films included Boba Fett […]
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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 […]
WGA Reach Tentative Agreement With Every Major Hollywood Studio
Today, WGA and the AMPTP released a joint statement that the Writers Guild has reached a tentative deal with every major studio to end the ongoing writers’ strike effectively. The almost 11,000 members must still ratify the agreement, but the WGA leadership has already accepted their terms have been met after 146 days on strike. […]
RUMOR: Walt Disney Courting Jennifer Lawrence For A ‘Tinkerbell’ Live-Action Movie From Producer Reese Witherspoon
Walt Disney is hard at work adapting a slew of their animated properties into live-action projects. Earlier this year, Disney released Peter Pan & Wendy on Disney+, which met with some positive reactions from fans of the classic story. According to Daniel Richman on Patreon, the studio is looking to develop a Peter Pan spin-off […]
RUMOR: Disney Courts Florence Pugh For The ‘Tangled’ Live-Action Movie
Recently, Daniel Ritchman revealed on his Patreon (Followed by our friends over at The DisInsider) that Walt Disney wants to move forward with a Tangled live-action movie. In 2020, the studio put into production screenplays for several big IPs to be made into feature films. The scripts included Tangled, Frozen, and the recently announced Moana. […]
SAG-AFTRA Go On Strike! Screen Actors Guild Fail To Reach Agreement With Hollywood Studios
Today, the Screen Actors Guild has announced they will officially go on strike today as they failed to reach an agreement with AMPTP (on behalf of the major Hollywood Studios). The strike will effectively halt every major film and television currently in production indefinitely, including Deadpool 3 and The Gladiator 2. This strike is similar […]
‘Tron: Ares’ Adds Sarah Desjardins and Cameron Monaghan
Today, Deadline announced that actor Cameron Monaghan has joined the cast of Tron: Ares for Disney. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed the casting and added that Sarah Desjardins has also joined the cast. Monaghan is best known for his brilliant role as The Joker on Gotham and his time on Shameless. While Desjardins is best known […]
Johnny Depp Open To Working With Disney On ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Again
Today, People Magazine revealed that actor Johnny Depp has softened his stance on working with Disney again on any future project. The actor became bitter towards Disney and WB after he was removed from several of their high-profile projects following the abuse allegations and very public defamation trial last summer with ex-wife Amber Heard. Warner […]
Greta Lee & Jodie Turner-Smith Both Join Disney’s ‘Tron: Ares’
Today, Variety announced that actresses Greta Lee and Jodie Turner-Smith both have joined the cast of Disney’s Tron: Ares. Turner-Smith is best known for her role in Queen & Slim. While Lee has garnered some acclaim for her role in Past Lives. They join the previously announced Evan Peters and Jared Leto as the AI […]
Evan Peters Boards Disney’s ‘Tron: Ares’ As The Main Villain
Today, The Hollywood Reporter has announced that actor Evan Peters has joined the cast of Disney’s Tron: Ares. He will star opposite Jared Leto as they reenter The Grid. The report states they are unsure who the actor will play, but “the script calls for a soldier in the computer world and an awkward gamer […]