After years away from theaters, The Mandalorian & Grogu was supposed to mark the triumphant return of Star Wars to the box office. Instead, the early box office tracking paints a far more uncertain picture for Lucasfilm and Disney. According to a new report from...
It’s official: Skeleton Crew is a flop. It has become the lowest-performing Star Wars project to date. Not a single episode of Skeleton Crew made it onto Nielsen’s streaming ratings charts—a grim first for the once-unshakable franchise.
Daisy Ridley has seemingly confirmed that her upcoming New Jedi Order Star Wars Rey movie will be overtly political, following comments made by the film’s new writer, George Nolfi. As Lucasfilm struggles with audience fatigue and declining interest, it appears the studio is once again prioritizing messaging over storytelling.
The cast of The Acolyte continue to tout the show's ratings, despite the fact that objective numbers show that hardly anyone watched it. However, this group of people seem insistent on doubling down and trying to blame anyone but themselves or creator,...
The Gina Carano lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm is still moving forward, and the former Mandalorian star has provided a fresh update on her legal battle. After being removed from the Star Wars franchise in 2021 due to a fallout with Disney, Carano took legal action, alleging wrongful termination and political discrimination.
It turns out, however, that Natalie Portman may have already BEEN back to the Star Wars galaxy, but her triumphant re-emergence was inexplicably left on the cutting room floor.
Leslye Headland, Harvey Weinstein’s former personal assistant and the creator of Disney’s The Acolyte, has suddenly exited her latest Netflix project, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
Disney’s ill-fated Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, the overpriced and short-lived hotel experience that shut down after barely a year, will not be repurposed for guests, according to a rumor from The Wrap. It will instead reportedly transform into office space for Walt Disney Imagineering.
James Mangold recently spoke about his upcoming Star Wars movie, noting that he doesn’t want to be “handcuffed” by George Lucas’s lore.
The Daisy Ridley-led Star Wars Rey movie has officially tapped its third writer, George Nolfi, in what seems like another chapter in the ongoing saga of delays and turbulence under Kathleen Kennedy’s leadership at Lucasfilm.
A source with an excellent track record has reached out to That Park Place with information regarding Disney projects in development that we believe is tantalizing and worthy of significant consideration. According to our contact, The Walt Disney Company is taking a wait-and-see approach to Frozen 3 and Rey Movie scripts with special attention given to how Snow White, starring Rachel Zegler, performs at the box office in 2025. Despite Moana 2 managing to cross the billion dollar mark worldwide, many feel the film was a cash grab that has harmed the franchise more broadly, especially in regards to its future consumer enthusiasm. If Snow White dramatically underperforms Disney’s desires, it could point to necessary retooling given the current sociopolitical landscape looks nothing like Disney had likely projected when many of these projects were first announced.
This past weekend, numerous access media outlets and Star Wars-centric publications celebrated the perceived success of The Acolyte following the release of Luminate’s 2024 Film and TV report. Headlines and X posts boasted that The Acolyte was Disney+‘s second most-watched series of the year, accumulating 2.7 billion minutes of viewership. However, when the surface-level accolades are set aside and the numbers are examined in greater detail, this supposed victory turns into a major loss and a stark reflection of Disney’s ongoing struggles with the Star Wars franchise and streaming platform Disney+.
In a surprising announcement, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Ryan Gosling is in talks to star in Shawn Levy’s upcoming Star Wars movie, which has reportedly been languishing in development for the past two years.