Disney is once again changing one of its most recognizable characters, this time gender swapping the Genie in its long-running Broadway production of Aladdin. Former The View co-host Sherri Shepherd will take over the iconic role beginning October 16, becoming the...
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...
Major Hollywood trade publications are now acknowledging the rumors that Kathleen Kennedy leaving Lucasfilm may be imminent.
Tom Cruise was recently involved with Star Wars: Starfighter, and confirmed some strong suspicions in the process.
When Star Wars: Starfighter was first announced, one of the biggest questions surrounding the film was how deeply it would lean into traditional Star Wars iconography. For months, Lucasfilm and director Shawn Levy positioned the project as something of a tonal departure—new characters, new conflicts, and a setting five years removed from The Rise of Skywalker.
Now, thanks to an unexpected cameo behind the camera from Tom Cruise, that positioning may already be unraveling.
For once, Disney appears to be making a casting decision that doesn’t feel engineered to spark controversy first and tell a story second. According to Deadline, Kathryn Hahn is in talks to play Mother Gothel in Disney’s upcoming live-action Tangled remake.
For years, Star Wars fans have argued over what went wrong with Disney’s sequel trilogy. Bad planning. Clashing visions. Corporate interference. But according to Mark Hamill, the core failure came down to one blunt creative decision from J.J. Abrams — a decision that...
Disney’s newly revealed Tangled casting may signal more than just another live-action remake—it may point to a quiet but meaningful recalibration after several costly missteps. Australian actress Teagan Croft has been cast as Rapunzel in the live action adaptation of...
Call it an unintended consequence of Disney fandom. According to CNN, Chinese e-commerce platforms have seen increasing interest — and prices — for the highly venomous blue Indonesian pit viper following the release of Zootopia 2. Gary De’Snake, a new character voiced by Ke Huy Quan, has become a worldwide phenomenon. Apparently it’s not just Gary merch that Chinese fans want to bring home.
For the first time in its 40-year history, Back to the Future is now firmly under the Disney streaming umbrella — a development that would have sounded unthinkable for decades. The landmark science-fiction trilogy, long associated with Universal Pictures and carefully guarded by its original creators, has officially landed on Disney+ through a new licensing agreement.