The Acolyte’s Star and Showrunner Insult Star Wars Fans, to Nobody’s Shock
This one has been around for a couple of days, but it took me a while to figure out what I thought about it because it seems so weird and random. The Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte has now premiered, and by all accounts (which doesn’t include mine because I’m not watching it, so I have […]
The Acolyte Clip: “Awake” and Runtimes Revealed
Yesterday, the official Star Wars YouTube channel released a half-minute-long clip from the upcoming Disney+ series The Acolyte, titled “Awake.” Today, they released an even shorter trailer entitled “It’s Coming.” Additionally, Bespin Bulletin has revealed the runtimes for the series’ first four episodes. Check out “Awake” here: And “It’s Coming”: The Acolyte’s first four episodes have the following runtimes, courtesy of Bespin Bulletin: Episode […]
Giancarlo Esposito Joins Captain America 4 Amid Reshoots
Considering the back-and-forth over the past few years, this was almost certainly going to happen eventually, but I don’t think anyone expected it to happen this way. Murphy’s Multiverse was the first to break the news that Giancarlo Esposito will appear in Captain America: Brave New World, the upcoming Marvel film starring Anthony Mackie as […]
Gina Carano Strikes Back
Gina Carano, the once badass MMA fighter turned Mandalorian star, has filed her response to Disney’s attempt at dismissing her complaint. This comes one month after Disney and Lucasfilm have filed paperwork to have Gina Carano’s wrongful discharge and sex-discrimination suit tossed out. In their motion to dismiss, Disney states: “to publicly trivialize the Holocaust by comparing criticism […]
Sigourney Weaver Starring in Mandalorian Movie?
Hollywood scoop master Jeff Sneider reports that Sigourney Weaver is in talks to join The Mandalorian and Grogu, the atrociously-titled film spinoff of Disney+’s most successful title. The Hollywood Reporter later confirmed the news. The movie is directed by Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau, with him, Dave Filoni, and Kathleen Kennedy producing. Weaver is known for sci-fi […]
Disney Files Motion to Dismiss Gina Carano’s Lawsuit
Disney wants to make Gina Carano’s lawsuit go away. If you’ll remember, the former MMA star was fired from her Star Wars role by Disney and Lucasfilm ostensibly for sharing a post in her Instagram stories – but actually, she argues, for her political opinions concerning forced pronoun declarations and her unwillingness to submit to a […]