Disney developing new 'Star Wars' stand-alone movies
CEO confirms speculation of films featuring beloved characters apart from continuing saga.
February 6, 2013
No Comments
CEO confirms speculation of films featuring beloved characters apart from continuing saga.
Star Wars fans waiting for Episode VII, the next of three planned sequels in the franchise, are going to be treated to some stand-alone movies as well.
Thursday, January 31, 2013 New movies this week Stand Up Guys The gist: Three old criminals finally age enough that they can make fun of legendary acting careers full of mafia tropes and wiseguy roles. Just what you need after being in prison for 28 years. R The cast: Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, Julianna Margulies, Katheryn Winnick and Mark Margolis
A DVD featuring the October ‘Love for Levon’ concert held in honor of Levon Helm, the late Woodstock resident and Grammy-winning musician, will be released March 19.
Ohio Governor John Kasich is proposing a new tax in his two-year $63.3 billion budget. Admission ticket prices at entertainment venues as well as some consumer services would all fall under the new law.
Disney said it will soon release spin-off movies based on individual ‘Star Wars’ characters. Yoda is an obvious first choice. (Credit: Lucasfilm) Disney CEO Bob Iger said today that the Hollywood giant plans on making a series of new spin-off films based on existing “Star Wars” characters.
Director Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is set to arrive on home video next month. Warner Bros.
“Extra†is giving a Blu-ray and DVD copy of “Flight†to 5 lucky friends.
The first part of Peter Jackson’s second J.R.R. Tolkien-inspired trilogy, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is coming to home video March 19. A production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures the film will arrive early for Digital Download on March 12th and will then be available on Blu-ray Combo Pack, Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack and 2-Disc DVD Special Edition March 19.
Start cranking out the popcorn and get those costumes out of storage: Four major superheroes are getting big-screen movies this year, and we’ve used our superpowers to try and sniff out any dish we can about the new films.