39 posts tagged ‘star wars’
Mystery Science Theater 3000's Creator Talks Turkey Day and Season 14
Cult-beloved cult-movie series Mystery Science Theater 3000 has big plans for its crowdfunded 14th season, with a 48-hour version of its traditional Thanksgiving marathon styled as a telethon to help it reach its goal. Ahead of next week’s “Mega Turkey Day Marathon Telethon,” io9 got a chance to talk to MST3K… Read more...
Superman: Legacy Casts Another Deep Cut Comics Character
Russell T. Davies teases a more human Doctor for David Tennant’s latest Doctor Who incarnation. Scarlett Johansson has an update on her Tower of Terror movie. Has The Last of Us found its Abby? Plus, what’s coming on Quantum Leap. Spoilers, away! Read more...
Sure, put Ke Huy Quan in a Star Wars, why not?
Star Wars has had a tough go of it in the last few years. Through a series of financially successful but divisive sequels that seem to diminish in quality with the release of every new Disney+ series, Disney’s Star Wars experiments in fan service and interconnectedness have worn people down (this writer specifically). … Read more...
Taika Waititi "won't be involved" with Thor 5 despite "open relationship" with Marvel
After revitalizing the Thor movies with Thor: Ragnarok and swiftly burying them with Thor: Love And Thunder, Taika Waititi is putting the hammer down. Speaking with Business Insider, the director admits that he “won’t be involved” with the series’ next installment, but in his Waititian way, which is to say… Read more...
If There's a Thor 5, Taika Waititi Won't Be Part of It
In one of those rare cases where the rumor mills are actually accurate, director Taika Waititi confirmed that if Marvel Studios decides to make a fifth Thor movie, he won’t be involved. “I wouldn’t know if that’s [a Thor 5 happening] accurate,” Waititi said to Business Insider. “I know that I won’t be involved.” Read more...
Filming the Star Wars Holiday Special Was Apparently Just as Bad as Watching It
As weird, bad, and awkward as The Star Wars Holiday Special is to watch, apparently, it was just as terrible to film. That’s evident from an exclusive excerpt io9 has acquired from the new book A Disturbance in the Force: How and Why the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened by Steve Kozak. Read more...
Kevin Feige confirms he won’t be making a Star Wars either
So, obviously, Kevin Feige isn’t going to make a Star Wars. We more or less knew that already, but Feige himself confirmed as much in conversation with Entertainment Tonight at the premiere of The Marvels. Asked directly if the film was still on, Feige gave a definitive “No.” Read more...