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Building up anticipation for Maestro starring Bradley Cooper, Netflix recently shared set photos from its upcoming original film. The movie serves as a biographical film based on the life of American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator Leonard Bernstein. Maestro is co-written and directed by Bradley Cooper and produced by Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Todd Phillips. Bernstein is best known for his work in the Broadway musical West Side Story and is considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time. The set photos show Bradley Cooper both playing a young Leonard Bernstein alongside Carey Mulligan as Bernstein’s wife Felicia Montealegre, and serving as director. But many are talking about the prosthetic transformation used to age Cooper to play an aged Bernst...

The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau confirmed during Star Wars Celebration that they are already working on the fourth season, despite the third season not being release until early 2023. When speaking to CinemaBlend, Favreau shared that the process of writing the script of the fourth season is already in the works. He praised how much he is enjoying the television format, claiming that he can touch on many aspects of things slowly without cramming everything up into “hour-and-a-half, two hours,” adding, “We get to tell stories slowly. So now, as Dave [Filoni]‘s doing Ahsoka, it’s very much informing the writing that I’m doing for [The Mandalorian] Season 4. It becomes – how should I put it – more precise.” “When I was writing the first season of Mandalorian, I could do anything,...

Following the recent announcement from Disney+ that season three of The Mandalorian will premiere in February 2023, star Pedro Pascal has revealed that he would like to take the adventures of the helmeted hero to the big screens. Pascal, who plays Din Djarin, has explained to Variety that he is ready for his character to receive a film adaptation. He responded, “Don’t you think it’s inevitable? I, personally, I have no, truly, I have no idea, but that would be a dream come true. Not that any more dreams could possibly come true! Maybe I’ve had my fill.” While Pascal revealed very little on what he expects the direction of his character should take, he showed great enthusiasm for extending the series drama to a full-length film, “I love going to the movies. Going back and just being able to...

Flea made his Star Wars debut with a special appearance in Obi-Wan Kenobi, which just premiered on Disney+. Readers who have yet to watch the two-episode premiere should be warned of the spoilers ahead. The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist portrayed the role of a bounty hunter hired by Third Sister Reva Severand, played by Moses Ingram, to kidnap 10-year-old Princess Leia, played by Vivien Lyra Blair, from Alderaan. Ewan McGregor‘s Obi-Wan goes to rescue Leia after her adoptive father asks for this big favor, leading him straight to Reva. Flea’s character supposedly meets his demise in the second episode, and it remains to be seen if he returns in the future. Obi-Wan Kenobi marks Flea’s first acting role of 2022, but he is also expected to appear in Damien Chazelle’s Babylon, which will premi...

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has provided an interesting update on an upcoming project in the National Treasure franchise. In a recent reddit AMA for Top Gun: Maverick, a user asked if the producer had “[a]ny plans to work with Nicolas Cage again any time soon,” to which Bruckheimer responded, “Absolutely. I love Nicolas, he’s a brilliant actor and we are currently working on a script for National Treasure.” Although he did not disclose if the script is for National Treasure 3 or the TV series, it seems likely that Cage will be returning to that franchise at one point. In March 2021, it was confirmed that a National Treasure TV series was in the works over at Disney+ with a younger cast. Production began in February 2022 and in April, it was announced that Justin Bartha will be reprising his...

Taika Waititi‘s upcoming film in the Star Wars universe could be releasing in 2023. In a recent interview with Total Film, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy shared that while a release month is not yet confirmed, the Waititi project will most likely hit theaters in late 2023. She added that they are still focused on creating movies in the Star Wars universe that will tie in with the TV series, “As we leave the saga, we have all this great, exciting work happening on the television side that informs so much about where we’re going. We want to be very intentional about that. And we have great talent that we’re working with – people who care so deeply about what the next iteration of Star Wars is and about getting people back into movie theatres, so we can really come out with a bang. That...

Lucasfilm recently announced a new animated anthology series slated to expand the Star Wars universe titled Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi. The series will explore many prequel era Jedi giving fans an understanding of the back story involving Count Dooku before he fell to the Dark Side, his apprentice Qui-Gon Jinn and the fan-favorite character Ahsoka Tano. With the introduction of Ahsoka, the series also teases the future Padawan, as revealed in new promotional teaser images of the teaser. The Star Wars official Twitter page posted two images that teased audiences of the “origins of Ahsoka.” In one image, it shows a group of Togrutas in a dimly lit room, with one holding an infant Ahsoka. It is speculated that this is the mother. In another more vibrantly depicted image set in a Togruta vil...

HBO and Mark Ruffalo are facing a lawsuit regarding a fire in upstate New York while filming for a TV series, I Know This Much is True, in May 2019. According to reports, the lawsuit alleges that production stored kerosene, heating oil and other flammable products on site. What triggered the reaction of the locals was due to the production team not cleaning up the aftermath. Locals who lived near the incident claimed that the fire subjected them to dangerous toxins and carcinogens and suffered damage to their homes. In addition, locals also claimed that HBO failed to restore the area affected after the blaze, leaving behind “uncovered and unabated debris pile” and “toxin spills” of “wind-driven dust and gaseous dispersion.” They are now seeking an unspecified settlement from HBO and Mark R...

Paramount Pictures is calling this one of its biggest movies ever with Top Gun: Maverick soaring into the weekend box office with $151 million USD. The feat is major for star Tom Cruise, who has now achieved his career-best opening weekend and first film to surpass $100 million USD on opening weekend. The sequel earned an estimated $124 million USD in ticket sales on Sunday, raising the global figure to approximately $248 million USD by the end of the weekend. Paramount’s president of domestic distribution said, “These results are ridiculously, over-the-top fantastic. I’m happy for everyone. I’m happy for the company, for Tom, for the filmmakers.” Deadline also reports that the global number is the best Cruise has also seen but for producer Jerry Bruckheimer it is his second-best three-day...

The 2022 Star Wars Celebration has been replete with exciting announcements from the galaxy far, far away, and on its final day, the Lucasfilm franchise has just released the official trailer for season two of Star Wars: The Bad Batch. In its first season — which just concluded last August — viewers got to delve into the worlds of Clone Force 99 aka The Bad Batch as well as their young companion and sister clone Omega. In a recent panel at the Star Wars Celebration, a panel presentation was held to discuss the new season to confirm that there will be a time jump for the series and fans will get a the opportunity to see a more grown version of Omega as well as the entire team receiving updated armor looks. This is already seen in the trailer above as we can now see Omega with a helmet and H...

The 2022 Star Wars Celebration has been replete with exciting announcements from the galaxy far, far away, and on its final day, the Lucasfilm franchise has just released the official trailer for season two of Star Wars: The Bad Batch. In its first season — which just concluded last August — viewers got to delve into the worlds of Clone Force 99 aka The Bad Batch as well as their young companion and sister clone Omega. In a recent panel at the Star Wars Celebration, a panel presentation was held to discuss the new season to confirm that there will be a time jump for the series and fans will get a the opportunity to see a more grown version of Omega as well as the entire team receiving updated armor looks. This is already seen in the trailer above as we can now see Omega with a helmet and H...