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‘Star Wars Resistance’ Gets Tangled In A Web Of Dilemmas In “A Quick Salvage Run” Star Wars Resistancehas now certainly sailed intoThe Last Jediera. After a harrowing hyperspace jump away from the First Order clutches, the Colossus is out of the needed hyperfuel to make another space jump to safety. Kazuda Xiono (Christopher Sean) hopes the Resistance base on planet D’Qar can refuel them. But those who watchedThe Last Jediknow the Colossus won’t find salvation in the base....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Built Too Many Sets, George Lucas Says WhenGeorge Lucasfirst filmed the originalStar Warsin 1976, he was limited to the technology available at the time — practical effects, sets, and his own visual effects company that he had formed the year before.Star Wars, now known asStar Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, was filmed on a small budget compared to the big-budget spectacles of the modernStar Warsfranchise....

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2’ Adds WWE Star Sheamus As Rocksteady Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2found a Bebop inGary Anthony Williams, and now it’s got a Rocksteady as well. WWE superstarSheamushas been confirmed to play the classicNinja Turtlesvillain, who serves as a henchman to big bad Shredder (Brian Tee). See the first photo of our newNinja Turtles 2Rocksteady on set after the jump. Sheamus (real nameStephen Farrelly) revealed his own casting, by posting a photo of himself with co-stars Williams and Tee on Twitter....

‘Top Gun’ Gets IMAX 3D Re-Release In February The danger zone will be located right in your local IMAX theater. Looks like Paramount has come up with a plan for the 3D version ofTony Scott’s classic 1986 action film,Top Gunafterreportedly being uncertainabout how and when to release it.Top Gunis getting an IMAX 3D re-release on August 22, 2025, in advance of its 2D and 3D Blu-ray debut on February 19. Scott oversaw the 3D conversion before his passing earlier this year....

‘Toxic Avenger’ Reboot Casts Kevin Bacon As Villain To Battle Peter Dinklage Kevin Baconis about to get his hands dirty. TheTremorsandFootloosestar has been cast in Legendary’sThe Toxic Avenger, a reboot of the ultra-low-budget franchise that began with a 1984 film that inexplicably spawned multiple sequels, an animated series, a comic, and a stage musical.Peter Dinklage(Game of Thrones) has already been cast in the lead role, and Bacon will be playing the villain....

A Majestical Photo: ‘Hunt For The Wilderpeople’ Star Julian Dennison Joins ‘Deadpool 2’ Julian Dennisondidn’t choose the superhero life, the superhero life chose him. Or rather, that’s how I like to think negotiations went down when the breakout star fromHunt for the Wilderpeoplewas announced to join the cast ofDeadpool 2— via a very fitting Instagram photo from Ryan Reynolds depicting the diminutive Dennison being given a piggy back ride by Deadpool....

Box Office: Quantum Of Solace Is The Biggest Bond Ever With $27M Friday; Possible $71.5M Weekend Craig…Daniel Craig. The actor is now responsible for the biggest James Bond opening as Quantum of Solace (Sony) has followed spectacular overseas openings with a monstrous $27M opening day in the US. That is about 30% better than the previous best single day for a Bond film. ALL-TIME BEST SINGLE DAY GROSSES FOR THE 007 FRANCHISE Friday, June 17, 2025 – Quantum of Solace – $27M (estimated)...

Casting Bits: Lindsay Lohan As Elizabeth Taylor, Caterina Murino In ‘In Search Of Ingrid’, Paul Rudd In ‘Parks & Recreation’ Though everyone knows Marilyn Monroe isLindsay Lohan’s deceased classic Hollywood legend of choice, it may beElizabeth Taylorshe’ll be playing next. Lohan has entered early talks to star in the Lifetime original movieElizabeth & Richard: A Love Story, about the tempestuous, Vatican-condemned romance between Taylor and actorRichard Burton. Oh boy. I can’t do better than this old quote fromSlate(viaDeadline) about the things the two had in common, so I won’t try: “Both had domineering stage mothers, little semblance of a real childhood, fame from a young age, substance abuse issues, public emotional outpourings, and copious amounts of tabloid drama....

Clint Eastwood Had An Unusual Commitment To Unforgiven’s Script When a big-name Hollywood director first optioned David Webb Peoples' script for “Unforgiven,” Peoples was not so far removed from his work co-writing another classic film, “Blade Runner.” Yet “Blade Runner” came out in the summer of 1982 and “Unforgiven” would not ride into theaters until the summer of 1992. In the 10-year gap, People’s “Unforgiven” script would pass from Francis Ford Coppola, the director of “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now,” to Clint Eastwood, who eventually won two Academy Awards for producing and directing the film (and received a Best Actor nomination for starring in it as well)....

Cool Stuff: ‘Tron’ Papercraft Didn’t find thatTRON: LegacyLight Cycleyou so desperately wantedunder the tree this holiday season? Sorry to hear that. You can, however, build your own with nothing more than a color printer and some paper. TheDisney Familywebsite has some templates and instructions so that you can fold your way into ownership of Kevin Flynn, Sam Flynn and Clu’s Light Cycles, a Recognizer and more. Check out photos of the finished products and find out where to get instructions after the break....

Cool Stuff: Hot Toys Robocop ED-209 Sixth Scale Figure Sideshow Collectiblessent me a sample of Hot Toys’RobocopED-209 Sixth Scale Figures. Lets unbox this figure and take a look at whats inside the box. After the jump you will find photos of the Hot Toys Robocop ED-209 Sixth Scale Figure, alongside my thoughts on the product. I grew up watching Robocop, and it remains one of my favorite science fiction films of the 1980’s....

Cool Stuff: WETA’s $6000 Steampunk Raygun I never understood the concept of having weapons on display in your living room. But the idea of having fake steampunk-like rayguns on display sounds more appealing, I’m not sure why. When WETA isn’t making big screen magic in Lord of the Rings, they are making Dr Grordborts Infallible Aether Oscillators line of rayguns. The Rayguns are a line of 1:1 scale antique styled, limited edition, sci-fi hand weapon props....

Danny McBride Doesn’t Want A Supernatural Michael Myers In ‘Halloween’ Starring in anAlienmovie, co-writing aHalloweenfilm, and a second season ofVice Principalson the way, it’s a good time to be aDanny McBridefan. McBride andDavid Gordon Green, who directed most of season 2 ofVice Principals, are working on getting Michael Meyers back in theaters next October. According to McBride, the man in the iconic mask will no longer be some unkillable entity. Below, McBride discusses the newHalloween rebootand going back to the simplicity ofJohn Carpenter’s classic....