120 posts tagged ‘disney’
Jodie Whittaker Reflects on Leaving Doctor Who: 'I’m Always the Doctor'
Gizmodo,
It’s been a long time in the making, but as Doctor Who celebrates its 60th anniversary this weekend, it enters a new era—one that will, at least, close the book on the recent tenure of Jodie Whittaker’s 13th Doctor. But as the actress begins to launch her own next chapter, she is still fondly looking back on her time… Read more...
Fantastic Mr. Fox is the best Thanksgiving movie
AV Club,
Thanksgiving gets totally bulldozed by Christmas, doesn’t it? There are certainly far fewer shows and movies to watch to get in the spirit of the thing. Sure, we’ve got some Thanksgiving episodes and a handful of films explicitly or tangentially about the holiday, including the beloved-but-dated classic Planes, Trains… Read more...
Neil Young is boycotting Twitter/X
Neil Young just wants to keep rockin’ in a free world. Last year, the prolific folk artist made headlines for pulling his music off Spotify in protest of the streamer platforming Joe Rogan and his anti-vaccination rhetoric. Now, Young is also retracting his business from Twitter/X in protest of (who else) Elon Musk. Read more...
Star Wars enters a new era as Ahsoka's Dave Filoni becomes Chief Creative Officer
To some Star Wars fans, Clone Wars architect Dave Filoni is the second-coming of George Lucas—the one man who can be trusted with Star Wars lore now that Disney is running things. To others, he represents nearly all of the franchise’s silliest missteps, pulling Star Wars away from the stories and characters of the… Read more...
Paramount+ Chopped Its Movie Streaming Library in Half
While most customers probably have Paramount+ subscriptions for series-watching purposes (the many Star Trek shows and Yellowstone spin-offs are its big franchises), having access to a vast library of movies is also a perk. Or it was a perk: according to a new survey, the number of available feature titles is fewer… Read more...
Dave Filoni Just Got a Bigger, More Important Star Wars Job
It sure seems like there’s gonna be a second season of Ahsoka since its creator, Dave Filoni, just got a big promotion. Filoni is now the chief creative officer of Lucasfilm, which means that he’ll play a much bigger role in the direction Star Wars stories take in the future. Read more...
WandaVision Creator Jac Schaeffer Explains Her Approach to the Marvel Series
WandaVision—the very first Marvel series to hit Disney+, all the way back in January 2021—is finally getting a snazzy home release. It’s nicely timed, now that series co-star Teyonah Parris is currently featuring in The Marvels, and WandaVision spin-off Agatha: Darkhold Diaries waits in the wings. Read more...
It’s not Iman Vellani’s problem that The Marvels is a bomb
Marvel’s The Marvels is having a pretty lousy time at the box office, having already gotten the worst opening in MCU history and then a huge drop-off in its second week, but star Iman Vellani—who plays Ms. Marvel, a.k.a. Kamala Khan—isn’t phased by it. In fact, it sounds like she doesn’t particularly care about the… Read more...