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‘Of course Jar Jar is my favorite character’ Lucasfilm At “Star Wars” Celebration in 2019, Lucas recorded a video message for “The Phantom Menace” 20th anniversary panel, where he said (via Indiewire): “Thank you for coming to the Celebration. [‘The Phantom Menace’] is one of my favorite movies and of course Jar Jar is my favorite character. Ahmed [Best], you did a fantastic job. It was very, very hard.” Whatever you think of Jar Jar, it was nice to see Lucas make a public show of support for Best, who revealed the year before that he had contemplated suicide due to the media backlash he received over his association with the character....

‘Approaching every season like its own chapter’ Epix In her /Film review of “From,” Vanessa Armstrong called it a “perfectly average high concept show from the executive producers of ‘Lost’ [that] makes a point of not keeping its secrets for long.” The executive producers in question are Jeff Pinkner and Jack Bender, the latter of whom also directed the first four episodes of “From” season 1. The show is created by John Griffin and also counts “Avengers: Endgame” directors Anthony and Joe Russo among its executive producers....

Jessica Henwick And Hugo Weaving To Star In Kitty Green’s Social Thriller The Royal Hotel Marvel Studios By Shania Russell/April 12, 2022 1:07 pm EST Jessica Henwick dabbled in Dornish whip-fighting on “Game of Thrones,” mastered the art of sword-fighting for Marvel’s “Iron Fist,” and survived a trip through “The Matrix Resurrections,” but now she faces her toughest challenge yet — backpacking through Australia! It may not sound as flashy as her kickass action moments in prior roles, but if it gets Henwick back onscreen, who can complain?...

Kaley Cuoco Isn’t Sure If They’ll Make Flight Attendant Season 3 HBO Max By Valerie Ettenhofer/May 31, 2022 6:04 pm EST “The Flight Attendant” finished its second season this past week, and the star of the HBO Max series apparently isn’t exactly eager to reboard for a third round. In a conversation with People, actor Kaley Cuoco expressed some hesitation over the idea of a third installment of the show, saying, “I think, for me, at this moment, the plane has landed....

New Bridgerton Season 2 Promo Teases Anthony And Edwina’s Romance Netflix By Debopriyaa Dutta/March 18, 2022 12:23 pm EST Attention, duke and viscount lovers, the newest teaser promo for “Bridgerton” season 2 has just dropped. Shifting its focus from Simon (Regé-Jean Page) and Daphne’s (Phoebe Dynevor) romance in season 1, the upcoming season of “Bridgerton” will revolve around Daphne’s brother, Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey), and the intense, complex love-triangle(ish) dynamic between him and sisters Kate and Edwina Sharma (Simone Ashley and Charithra Chandran), who have arrived at the ton from Mumbai, India....

Outlander Season 6 Premiere Sets The Stakes For A Tumultuous New Season Starz By Vanessa Armstrong/March 6, 2022 10:00 pm EST It’s been a long time since we’ve gotten more “Outlander.” The sixth season was delayed, like everything, because of the pandemic, but after too long, the show is finally back with the season’s first episode, “Echoes.” “Echoes” is super-sized in a lot of ways — at an hour and 20 minutes, it is long, for one....

Rian Johnson’s Poker Face Series Adds Dascha Polanco, Lil Rel Howery Alongside Natasha Lyonne Lucasfilm By Jeremy Smith/June 3, 2022 5:17 pm EST In this age of peak television where just about every series requires showrunners to oversee multi-season story arcs (and viewers to watch episodes the moment they go live for fear of social-media spoilers), it is a balm to the old-school soul to know that Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne are out here making a throwback case-of-the-week series for Peacock....

The Lost World may explain Indiana Jones 5 Universal Pictures Arguably, the one memorable thing about “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” is its ending, where a cargo ship brings the Tyrannosaurus rex back to the mainland, allowing it to escape to wreak havoc on San Diego. With its title, Spielberg’s movie openly acknowledges the influence of Harry O. Hoyt’s 1925 silent film, “The Lost World,” where explorers bring a brontosaurus back to London, and it goes on the rampage....

That Cube Remake Is Still Happening, And Lionsgate Is Looking For A New Direction Cineplex Odeon/Trimark Pictures By Valerie Ettenhofer/May 24, 2022 5:54 pm EST Vincenzo Natali’s mind-bending cult classic “Cube” is a dark hidden gem. The 1997 film is a relentless, sci-fi-tinged horror story about five strangers trapped in a series of seemingly endless trap-rigged cubes. In 2015, Lionsgate began plotting out a “Cube” remake, but the film never came to fruition....

The 14 Best Brian De Palma Movies Ranked Universal Pictures By Nick Bartlett/Jan. 31, 2022 12:42 pm EST Of all the prominent Movie Brat directors (Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, et al), Brian De Palma is arguably the most polarizing. Lauded by critics like Pauline Kael, he has also been accused of misogyny and plagiarism, while in terms of box office numbers he has undeniably had more misses than hits....

The Book Of Boba Fett’s Theme May Hint At The Show’s Main Villain Lucasfilm By Lyvie Scott/Dec. 29, 2021 1:49 pm EST It’s been a long time coming, but “The Book of Boba Fett” has finally made a main event out of one of the most hallowed minor characters in “Star Wars” history. Boba Fett has been overrun with theories and speculation since he was first introduced to the “Star Wars” canon, and his highly-anticipated turn to Disney+ is no different....

The Cast Of It’s Always Sunny Has A Real Bar In Philadelphia You Can Visit FX By Andrew Housman/Feb. 2, 2022 11:31 pm EST Those who happen to find themselves in Philadelphia have an opportunity to make their lives just a little bit sunnier. Co-stars and married couple Rob McElhenney and Kaitlyn Olsen, a.k.a. Mac and Dee from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” are also business partners as the proprietors of Mac’s Tavern, a bar found in the middle of the City of Brotherly Love....

The Expendables 3 Stunt That Almost Cost Jason Statham His Life Lionsgate By Matthew Bilodeau/May 13, 2022 9:23 am EST Getting a new “Expendables” movie means once again playing the game of “let’s see how many action stars can we fit on the poster.” With all those big names competing for screen time amid action giants like Sylvester Stallone and Jet Li, you’re naturally going to have them attempting to recreate the movie moments that made audiences fall in love with them in the first place....

How Bat-tech and practical effects make movie magic First up, the Batmobile featured in “The Batman,” henceforth known as the Pattmobile, is all kinds of badass. It only actually makes two appearances in the three-hour film, but Matt Reeves made incredible use of practical effects to rip-roaring success. Guns blazing and fires raging on are no match for the Pattmobile in one show-stopping sequence, because Batman is always prepared for a death-defying villain chase....

The Origin Story Of Star Wars’ Opening Crawl By Steven Ward/Jan. 3, 2022 1:56 pm EST The opening crawl to the various “Star Wars” movies has become as crucial a piece to their mythos as much as the Force and lightsabers. It’s one of the most momentous parts that come with experiencing the films — especially in a dark movie theater. Those iconic words, “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…,” materialize before John Williams’ explosive fanfare kicks in and we’re ready to go....

The Proud Family: Louder And Prouder Trailer: The Disney Channel Original Animated Series Gets A Streaming Revival Disney+ By Joshua Meyer/Jan. 17, 2022 1:54 pm EST It’s been over 20 years since “The Proud Family” kicked off its initial run as the first Disney Channel original animated series. With a theme song by Solange Knowles and Destiny’s Child, the show first aired from 2001 to 2005, crossing over with “Lilo & Stitch” at one point and culminating in “The Proud Family Movie,” which acted as the series finale....

Tom Cruise Is Feeling The Need To Tease Top Gun: Maverick In AFC Championship Pre-Game Message Paramount Pictures By Ben F. Silverio/Jan. 30, 2022 4:38 pm EST What’s more American than football on a Sunday? Fans are in for quite the match up this afternoon as the Cincinnati Bengals face off against the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2022 AFC Championship game on CBS and Paramount+. But before one of these two teams head to Super Bowl LVI against either the Los Angeles Rams or the San Francisco 49ers, a legendary cinematic figure was there to give a grand introduction to both teams before the game takes off....

We Own This City: Release Date, Cast, And More HBO Max By BJ Colangelo/Feb. 15, 2022 4:24 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) The team behind the groundbreaking series “The Wire” are back with another Baltimore-based crime series for HBO. “We Own This City” focuses on the real systemic abuse of the Baltimore police department in 2015, and showcases how the now 40-plus year “war on drugs” in the United States led to the militarization of police, a rise in mass incarceration, and became a vehicle for continued systemic corruption....

Why Some Thought The Lion King Was Just A Copycat Of This Anime Walt Disney Animation Studios By Fatemeh Mirjalili/March 25, 2022 5:49 pm EST It doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone that “The Lion King,” Disney’s Africa-set family classic, is one of the most loved animated films of all time. It’s one of Disney’s highest-grossing films, and the company’s first to have not been a retelling of a classic tale (such as “Cinderella” or “Beauty and the Beast”)....

Why The Scrubs’ Writers Room Let Neil Flynn Improv So Much On The Show NBC By Sandy Schaefer/June 3, 2022 5:37 pm EST One could argue the key to “Scrubs” and its wide appeal is that it offers viewers their pick of three different leads to latch onto: J.D. (Zach Braff), Elliot (Sarah Chalke), and Turk (Donald Faison). But if you’re like me, the character who really keeps you looking back fondly on Bill Lawrence’s beloved medical dramedy is Neil Flynn’s Janitor....