Speaking with Deadline in an exit interview, Kathleen Kennedy effectively acknowledged that Indiana Jones has no active future at Lucasfilm following the commercial collapse of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. During the interview, Deadline directly challenged...
David Ellison has taken the battle for Warner Bros beyond boardrooms and court filings. It has gone international. According to a new report, David Ellison — CEO of Skydance Media and the driving force behind Paramount Skydance — has embarked on a full-scale European...
Lucasfilm is once again playing cleanup duty — and this time, the spotlight is squarely on Dave Filoni, Andor, and long-simmering rumors that the series succeeded in spite of the studio’s internal creative hierarchy rather than because of it. Following a recent report...
Hollywood’s media class has a familiar response whenever a high-profile franchise release fails to resonate with audiences: the problem isn’t the show, it’s the fans. That narrative is once again being deployed following the debut of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, as...
The proposed Netflix Warner Bros. deal continues to move from speculation to serious industry reckoning, as Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has now publicly laid down a specific commitment regarding theatrical releases should Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros....
A long-simmering question surrounding Star Wars and Lucasfilm leadership has now turned into a rare public contradiction — one that places outgoing Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and filmmaker Rian Johnson directly at odds. In a recent interview reflecting on...
Is the Star Wars Rey movie still happening? When Kathleen Kennedy laid out the future of Star Wars in her Deadline exit interview, she named nearly every major project still lingering at Lucasfilm — stalled films, scripts on hold, and ideas pushed years into the...
For the first time, Kathleen Kennedy has publicly confirmed that the long-discussed James Mangold Star Wars film is no longer moving forward as planned. In her Deadline exit interview, Kennedy acknowledged that Mangold’s highly touted project — often referred to as...
As Kathleen Kennedy prepares to exit Lucasfilm, her farewell interview with Deadline reads less like an honest assessment of her tenure and more like a final attempt to rewrite the narrative — one that once again places the blame on Star Wars fans themselves. Rather...
Kathleen Kennedy is officially leaving Lucasfilm (for real this time...) bringing an end to her 14-year tenure overseeing Star Wars under Disney. This confirms a recent rumor by PUCK News. The announcement confirms a leadership transition that Disney appears eager to...
The early performance of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is shaping up to be a serious warning sign for Paramount+, with the show’s free YouTube premiere delivering alarmingly weak engagement numbers that undercut the platform’s entire conversion strategy and marked the...
The Nick Reiner defense has entered a far more precarious phase following the sudden withdrawal of his high-profile attorney and subsequent reassignment to a public defender — a development that has fueled reports and speculation that family funding for his legal...