Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard has been brought in to complete the hotly-anticipated “Star Wars” Han Solo spinoff after directing duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller were sacked, Lucasfilm said Thursday. Lord and Miller, the pair behind the acclaimed “The LEGO Movie” and “21 Jump Street,” were dropped after clashing with the studio’s chief Kathleen Kennedy … Read more
A spinoff movie of the “Star Wars” franchise about the early life of smuggler and crack pilot Han Solo has lost its two directors, the production company behind the project said on Tuesday. Directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller left the project due to creative differences, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said. Lord and Miller “are … Read more
The date was 1977, and no one had yet worn a copper bikini to bed, made “whooshing” lightsaber noises with a broomstick or yelled “May the Fourth be with you” at strangers. But that was all about to change as a 33-year-old Californian filmmaker named George Walton Lucas Jr. prepared to release his third feature … Read more
Warner Bros. released the official full-length trailer for long-anticipated sci-fi sequel “Blade Runner 2049” on Monday at an event in Los Angeles with stars Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford. Denis Villeneuve’s follow-up, set some 30 years after the events of cult classic “Blade Runner” (1982), sees Ford reprise his role from Ridley Scott’s original as … Read more
He may be struck down for blaspheming, but US wrestling champion turned action hero Dave Bautista thinks the hotly-anticipated sequel to cult sci-fi movie “Blade Runner” is better than the original. The six-time WWE world champion, whose role in Denis Villeneuve’s “Blade Runner 2049” remains a close secret, filmed in Hungary last year alongside Ryan … Read more
“Star Wars: Episode IX,” the sequel to the upcoming “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and ninth installment of the space franchise, has been set for a Memorial Day 2019 release, Disney announced on Tuesday. The film, which continues the saga started by 1977’s “Star Wars,” will open on May 24, 2019. This will be a … Read more
The Federal Aviation Administration will not pursue enforcement action against actor Harrison Ford after he mistakenly landed a small plane on a taxiway at a Southern California airport, his attorney said. The veteran actor on February 13 landed his plane on the taxiway of a Santa Ana airport, flying directly over an American Airlines Boeing … Read more
Hollywood star Harrison Ford is to avoid punishment over a near-miss at a California airport as he was piloting his private plane, his lawyer told AFP on Monday. Ford, a seasoned pilot and vintage plane collector, was approaching John Wayne Airport in Orange County in February when he headed toward a taxiway rather than the … Read more
Sony kicked off the annual CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas Monday with an array of stars and plenty of thrills in never-before-seen footage of its upcoming slate of movies. Hollywood decamps to the Nevada desert for four days every year for the gathering, where theater operators are offered exclusive previews the movies they can expect … Read more
It’s every budding actor’s dream – a starring role in a TV show or film that becomes a major hit. But then they try to move on – and find that their iconic character just won’t let them. The latest actor to complain about being shackled to his famous alter ego is Alfonso Ribeiro. You … Read more
US actor Harrison Ford has been involved in a near-miss while flying his plane in California, US media say. They say Ford, aged 74, was instructed to land on a runway at John Wayne airport in Orange Country on Monday. But instead he mistakenly landed on a parallel taxiway, passing over a waiting American Airlines … Read more
US actor Harrison Ford has been involved in a near-miss while flying his plane in California, US media say. They say Ford, aged 74, was instructed to land on a runway at John Wayne airport in Orange Country on Monday. But instead he mistakenly landed on a parallel taxiway, passing over a waiting American Airlines … Read more
Hollywood star Harrison Ford was involved in a near-miss at a California airport as he was piloting his private plane, officials and US media said on Tuesday. Ford, a seasoned pilot and vintage plane collector, was approaching John Wayne Airport in Orange County, NBC reported, when he headed towards a taxiway rather than the runway, … Read more
Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, is in intensive care after suffering a heart attack during a flight, her brother says. Fisher, 60, went into cardiac arrest minutes before the end of the London to LA flight. Passengers attempted to revive her with CPR and she was taken to hospital … Read more
US actress Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, has suffered a heart attack during a flight, reports say. Fisher, 60, went into cardiac arrest on the London to LA flight, the LA Times newspaper said. Passengers attempted to revive her with CPR and she was taken to hospital when the … Read more
Carrie Fisher says her affair with “Star Wars” co-star Harrison Ford wasn’t love — it was lust. “I was in infatuation,” she told Ellen DeGeneres on her daytime show Tuesday. “Probably, love is more mature.” Fisher says in her new memoir, “The Princess Diarist,” that she and Ford had an affair on the set of … Read more
“It was Han and Leia during the week, and Carrie and Harrison during the weekend.” Talk about a blast from the past! Carrie Fisher has FINALLY answered one of the longest-running “Have they or haven’t they” questions regarding her romantic history with Harrison Ford. The actress finally confessed the two indeed had a romantic relationship … Read more
A production company behind the latest Star Wars movie has been fined £1.6m ($2m) after Harrison Ford broke his leg on set. The actor was injured in June 2014 at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire as he reprised his role as Han Solo. He was struck by a metal door on the set of the Millennium … Read more