Despite being one of the most highly anticipated movies of all time, Star Wars: The Force Awakens managed to maintain an unprecedented level of secrecy surrounding its production and story. However, not everyone is great at keeping a secret. It has now come to light that General Leia herself, Carrie Fisher, told British television host Graham Norton the plot of the film over a year ago.
In just a few short days Star Wars: The Force Awakens has done what some movies could never hope to accomplish during their entire theatrical run. One by one, box office milestones keep tumbling in the face of the newest outing from a galaxy far, far away. We had long assumed that the movie would experience this sort of success, but now we have the concrete data to back it up.
After all of the nail-biting anticipation, press tours, and an aggressive marketing campaign, Star Wars: The Force Awakens finally made its way to theaters this weekend. Of course, odds are you probably already know that because the movie has absolutely annihilated the box office in the days since its release.
Few characters from the Star Wars mythos are as beloved as scruffy looking nerf herder Han Solo. As the iconic role that helped propel Harrison Ford to stardom, Solo is one of the best on-screen anti-heroes of all time. While both Ford and Solo make a return in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ford has admitted that he fought hard for the character not to survive the events of Return of the Jedi.
If Daredevil proved that Netflix was the perfect home for a dark, gritty Marvel property, then Jessica Jones pushed the limits of what that platform could do for the studio. The most recent series produced by Marvel Studios tackled some truly somber topics, but did so with such a careful, masterful skill that it has left pretty much the entirety of the audience begging for more.
DC and Marvel currently find themselves in the midst of a heated arms race, with both brands continuing to snatch up actors left and right to increase the already dense populations of their ever-expanding universes (film and/or television alike). However, what are the odds of an actor crossing the demarcation line and working for both comic book-based brands?
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is on the verge of embarking on a journey into a new phase in its existence. On a literal level, the franchise will commence its Phase 3 films with the release of Captain America: Civil War, but on another level, it’s beginning a new era in which the old roster of Avengers will slowly be supplanted by newcomers.
Apocalypse is coming, and only the strong will survive. Well… The strong or the incredibly fast. We’ve known for some time that Evan Peters’ iteration of Quicksilver would make a return in X-Men: Apocalypse, and the recent trailer showed a brief but glorious glimpse at his new running sequence. However, just how difficult was it to pull off this scene?
When the topic of conversation shifts to the most iconic comedy films of all time, Monty Python and the Holy Grail almost always rears its head. The 1975 film from the British comedy troupe has become famous for its employment of silly humor set against the backdrop of the Middle Ages. While relatively tame by today’s standards, the film evidently went through the wringer with censors back in the 1970s.
It wouldn’t be a polarizing statement to admit that Avatar is a polarizing film. Released back in 2009, the film was – and in many ways still is – a technical marvel that went on to become one of the highest grossing movies of all time. Despite the success, not everyone was impressed with James Cameron’s story of indigenous creatures of an exotic planet battling human colonists.
Quentin Tarantino has developed one of – if not the – most respectable reputations in Hollywood for producing high quality films. His latest film, The Hateful Eight, will hit theaters later this month, but it seems the modern directing icon hasn’t stopped looking forward to future potential projects.
There has been an awakening. Have you felt it? Abrams' wallet sure has. Star Wars: The Force Awakens hasn’t even formally hit theaters yet and somehow it has already managed to break numerous records with no sign of slowing down any time soon. With the release of the film only days away, it is now becoming apparent that the film is making more money in pre-sales than many films make during their entire run in theaters.
There are Star Wars fans, and then there are Star Wars fan boys. Saturday Night Live released a video last night highlighting the difference. It’s hilarious, but it also has something to say for fully grown adults who perhaps take the act of collecting Star Wars memorabilia a bit too far. Check it out below.
While Luke Skywalker is technically the main character of the Star Wars saga, arguably no other member of the central ensemble has ever rivaled the popularity of Han Solo. Harrison Ford’s combination of intensity and charisma grounded the original trilogy and definitively added to the series’ appeal.
After winding back the clock on the Alien universe with 2012’s Prometheus, Ridley Scott is poised to continue that story with the upcoming Alien: Covenant. As the tale of Prometheus becomes more and more intertwined with that of the Alien franchise, Scott has admitted that he will be brining back versions of the monsters that premiered in the 1979 sci-fi horror classic.
Marvel Studios is currently batting a thousand on Netflix, having completely nailed gritty street level adventures with Daredevil and Jessica Jones earlier this year. However, we’ve only reached the halfway mark on the way towards seeing the full roster of The Defenders get their own series. Next up is Luke Cage, and according to star Mike Colter, the series will certainly stand out against its peers.
