Justin Simien Learned He was Fired from Lando from Social Media
Justin Simien, director of Dear White People and Disney’s Haunted Mansion, was set to write and act as showrunner for Lando, the Donald Glover-starring Disney+ Solo spinoff about Star Wars character Lando Calrissian. A couple of days ago, we learned that Simien had been replaced by Glover and his brother Stephen last year. But while […]
Donald Glover to Write Lando Series with his Brother
Remember Lando, the Lando Calrissian show Lucasfilm has been planning? Me neither, but it’s in the news again because, in a shocking development you’d never expect on a Lucasfilm project, the series’ writer, Justin Simien, has been replaced. According to an exclusive from Above the Line, Donald Glover (who played Lando in Solo: A Star […]
RUMOR: Princess Leia Recast in Dave Filoni’s Movie?
An exclusive from GiantFreakingRobot claims that Alden Ehrenreich’s Han Solo and a recast Princess Leia will appear in Dave Filoni’s Star Wars movie. Filoni’s film was announced at Star Wars Celebration this year and will serve as the culmination of The Mandalorian and any connected Disney+ Star Wars shows. GFR says that is has trusted […]
Donald Glover Provides Lando Update
In a recent interview with GQ, Donald Glover discussed his return to the Star Wars universe as Lando Calrissian. Glover played the Star Wars icon in the 2018 flop Solo: A Star Wars Story and was announced to star in a spin-off TV series for Disney+ way back in 2020. Check out an excerpt of […]
Solo: One Year Later
The Disney era of Star Wars has no doubt been controversial to many fans. While The Force Awakens and Rogue One were praised by fans and critics, for the most part, The Last Jedi divided the fandom like no other Star Wars film before it. Despite this upheaval in the Star Wars community, I was […]
Corporatism vs. Nerdom: Repeating Industry-Killing Mistakes
Mainstream entertainment companies are really working hard to take the “entertainment” out of the entertainment industry. Marvel, EA, Lucasfilm, Blizzard, Bethesda, Wizards of the Coast – to name a few – are run by executives who only understand the business aspect of the ecosystem and who are more concerned with an ever-growing bottom line that, realistically, can’t just grow […]