According to Steven Soderbergh, The Hunt for Ben Solo—like its central character—is dead. The proposed Star Wars film was developed by Soderbergh, Jules Asner (writing under her pseudonym Rebecca Blunt), and star Adam Driver. While then–Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and future president and COO Dave Filoni reportedly supported the concept, Driver has said Disney executives ultimately rejected it.
In a move that has set the film preservation and Star Wars communities abuzz, the British Film Institute (BFI) has announced that it will publicly screen the original 1977 cut of Star Wars — not A New Hope, not the 1997 Special Edition, but the raw, unaltered classic that lit the spark for one of the most influential sagas in cinematic history.
The legal battle between Gina Carano and Disney has just entered a new—and potentially game-changing—phase. Following a federal judge’s decision to grant Carano’s motion to compel, Disney has been ordered to turn over key internal compensation records tied to The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, The Book of Boba Fett, Andor, The Acolyte, and the upcoming The Mandalorian & Grogu film. The ruling forces the entertainment giant to hand over verified spreadsheets and actor contract data within 20 days—a significant victory in Carano’s ongoing wrongful termination lawsuit.
In a major legal victory for Gina Carano in her legal battle against Disney, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has granted a motion to compel Disney to turn over key documents related to how other Star Wars actors were compensated—including big names like Pedro Pascal, Rosario Dawson, and the cast of The Mandalorian & Grogu. The order comes after eight months of what Carano described as Disney’s “deflection and stalling” in her wrongful termination lawsuit.
John Boyega has revisited his experience with the Star Wars franchise in a new Apple TV+ documentary, offering fresh comments that are once again stirring debate among fans. In Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood, Boyega shared his views on the franchise’s perceiced lack of representation and takes aim at the fanbase instead of the studio.
A strange thing is happening in Hollywood media. Months after Disney quietly canceled The Acolyte, the narrative around the show is being aggressively reengineered using the misleading metric of “demand.”
Just when we thought Disney’s Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser was dead and buried, it’s crawling back from the wreckage. Jay over at the Drunk3PO YouTube channel—a trusted voice on all things Disney—recently covered the announcement of a fan-funded documentary attempting to immortalize the final days of the Galactic Starcruiser. Titled Halcyon Daze: The Final Voyages of Disney’s Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser, the documentary has raised over $18,000 via Kickstarter, aiming to glorify what can only be described as one of Disney’s most expensive missteps in recent history.
Disney’s ongoing shift toward dismantling traditional family dynamics continues, now confirmed once again in its latest Marvel offering, Agatha All Along. Following months of speculation, showrunner Jac Schaeffer recently revealed at PaleyFest that Agatha’s son, Nicholas Scratch, was conceived by Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) and Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza), with no father involved. The move echoes a similar controversial reveal in last year’s The Acolyte, where it was confirmed that twins Osha and Mae were likewise conceived by two women, leaving a father figure deliberately absent.
Rachel Zegler wants you to believe she’s all about kindness and acceptance. In her recent Allure magazine interview, she spoke at length about how her portrayal of Snow White is meant to inspire a “new dawn of kindness and acceptance.” According to Zegler, movies like Disney’s Snow White can help fight division, teach audiences to reject anger, and promote unity. But when you look at how Zegler treats people in the real world—particularly those who don’t conform to her worldview—her version of “kindness” starts to look a lot more selective. Take, for example, the way Rachel Zegler treated actress Gina Carano.
Investors and movie industry buffs might want to reconsider listening to "reported budgets" coming out of the trades in regards to Disney films. A new article from Caroline Reid at Forbes has shattered the narrative on what Disney is spending behind-the-scenes. When...
For decades, fans of Star Wars have pleaded for the original theatrical cut of the 1977 classic to be made available on streaming platforms. Yet, despite Disney’s ownership of the franchise, the unaltered version—without the A New Hope subtitle or the controversial changes made in later releases—remains elusive. However, for a brief moment, a solution seemed to emerge from an unexpected source.
In feel-good news, Warwick Davis won the highest honor of prize at the BAFTA Film Awards: the Fellowship prize.
Warwick Davis is known for many roles throughout cinema. His most notable characters are Professor Flitwick and Griphook in Harry Potter, Willow in Willow, and the Ewok Wicket in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
A new rumor has surfaced from Film Threat’s Chris Gore and Alan Ng, suggesting that Disney has been quietly looking to sell Star Wars for the past seven months—but reportedly, there have been no takers.