In case you weren't aware, it turns out that Chewbacca can have a bit of an attitude. Joonas Suotamo, who portrays the Wookiee in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, revealed that a brief conversation he has with Rey in the movie basically sees Chewie taking a shot at the piloting skills of Poe Dameron.
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It isn't broken, and the Academy isn't going to fix it. Just like last year's ceremony, the 2020 Academy Awards will be going without a traditional host — the first time this has happened in back-to-back years in nearly four decades. The 2019 Oscars were among the more well-received in recent years.
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Carrie Fisher's daughter played a much bigger role in The Rise of Skywalker than you might think. Billie Lourd, who appeared in The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker as Lieutenant Connix, had a crucial second role in the final film of the Skywalker saga.
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Star Wars fans may be tough to please, but the creator of the beloved franchise is even tougher. According to We Got This Covered, George Lucas wasn't just iffy on J.J. Abrams' decision to bring back Emperor Palpatine for the concluding chapter of the Skywalker Saga — he was downright peeved.
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Not all cats have nine lives. It might seem dramatic to declare director Tom Hooper's Cats as an utter disaster, but at this point, the facts are indisputable: something went seriously wrong with the film, and we now know what it was.
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Fans of Rose Tico, Kelly Marie Tran's breakout character from The Last Jedi, were dismayed to find that she was given short shrift in the concluding film of the Skywalker Saga. During a recent interview, the actress offered up details on one of her cut scenes, and it sounds absolutely bonkers.
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2019 was a fantastic year for film and TV alike, and the year's awards season rewarded creatives' efforts with glamorous evenings and plenty of golden statues. In 2020, the world is still celebrating — starting with the 2020 Golden Globe Awards. Here's the full list of winners from the night.
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He's a certified rocketman. Welsh actor and singer Taron Egerton won big at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards, taking home the trophy for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy for his performance as music legend Elton John in the Dexter Fletcher-directed biopic Rocketman.
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With host Ricky Gervais at the helm of the 2020 Golden Globes, audiences probably had certain expectations for the often offensive and shocking comedian. He certainly delivered, but not in the way that many may have anticipated.
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker featured the return of an iconic villain in Emperor Palpatine, and while some fans felt that his presence could have been explained a heck of a lot better. According to the flick's editor Maryann Brandon, his return was almost explained in far greater detail.
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The MCU is getting more inclusive as we enter a new decade. During a Q&A at the New York Film Academy, Kevin Feige, the mastermind behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe, announced that the T in LGBTQ+ will be represented in the MCU before too long.
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It was no small task giving General Leia one last hurrah in The Rise of Skywalker. The movie's co-writer Chris Terrio recently revealed that multiple sources were used to cobble together both the visual and audio aspects of Leia's appearance — including elements that were over three decades old.
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A long-standing theory about how Emperor Palpatine orchestrated three generations of the Skywalker line has seemingly been put to rest right along with him. Lucasfilm Story Group Creative Executive Matt Martin recently addressed a long-simmering idea about Anakin Skywalker.
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Disney and Lucasfilm are being accused of some hardcore tomfoolery by the Twitterverse. An in-depth analysis of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker's final shot by one intrepid user has sparked an interesting rumor with serious implications for the character of Kylo Ren/Ben Solo.
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The next solo outing for the Master of the Mystic Arts will contain some surprises. Marvel boss Kevin Feige recently shared that Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will introduce some never-before-seen characters into the MCU — ones that he promises we won't be expecting.
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In case you missed it — like most everyone did — The Rise of Skywalker revisited one of the galaxy far, far away's most iconic locations. The opening scene, in which Kylo Ren mounts an assault on a mysterious cult in search of Darth Vader's wayfinder, takes place on the planet Mustafar.
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The Star Wars rumor mill never shuts down. We Got This Covered is reporting not only that fan favorite character Ahsoka Tano will feature in an upcoming flick set in the galaxy far, far away, but that Lucasfilm and Disney already have an actor in mind for the part: Captain Marvel's Brie Larson.
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Still confused after watching The Rise of Skywalker? There's a reason for that. According to The Rise of Skywalker co-writer and director J.J. Abrams, some of the more prescient details within the final film of the Skywalker saga were left vague on purpose.
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With the release of The Rise of Skywalker, J.J. Abrams has finally delivered to both its keen, hawk-eyed obsessives and general audiences the final answer of who and what Rey really is. The writer-director recently opened up to explain the meaning behind the big Rey twist.
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The Star Wars film franchise has featured its share of iconic romantic moments, but fans hoping for a specific budding romance in The Rise of Skywalker likely ended up disappointed. Here's why one fan-favorite pair never became anything more than friends.
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Two characters in the Skywalker Saga are apparently tied together in an unexpected way. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — The Visual Dictionary contains a passage which suggests that Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams) and former Stormtrooper Jannah (Naomi Ackie) are father and daughter.
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Well, that explains that... sort of. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker writer/director J.J. Abrams was recently captured on video explaining to a group of fans the oddly undefined relationship between Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and Rey (Daisy Ridley) in the sequel films.
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Hated The Rise of Skywalker? J.J. Abrams actually agrees with you — kind of. During a Q&A after a screening of the film at the Academy, Abrams addressed the widespread criticism of his latest film and the final movie in Star Wars' long-running Skywalker saga.
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It's been three years since the world lost Carrie Fisher, the actress who played Princess Leia (later General Leia Organa) in the Star Wars franchise for nearly 40 years. She left behind an immense legacy — and an after-death letter that her brother, Todd Fisher, recently discovered.
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Get ready for a bit of a bummer, true believers. Mighty Marvel might be running like a well-oiled machine, but according to writer/director James Gunn, it's going to take a little longer than we might like for that machine to pump out Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
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Well, isn't this ironic? Just days after Donald Trump not-so-humbly bragged about his appearance in a much-loved Christmas classic, it was reported that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation removed the disgraced politician's cameo from Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Here's why.
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Cats, which had drawn fire for its unsettling visual effects long before its release thanks to its insane trailers, is continuing to do so for the fact that it was apparently shipped to theaters with those effects unfinished. One egregious example of this in particular has turned some heads.
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