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  • SWCA: Extended ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3 Footage Teases Mandalore

    SWCA: Extended ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3 Footage Teases Mandalore

    Our very own Hunter Radesi has been busy covering the Star Wars Celebration, as he attended various panels and got to experience what it had to offer. He also got the chance to attend the Mando+ panel all about The Mandalorian and its various spinoffs. Not only did they show off the first footage for Ahsoka, but they even added an extended look at the upcoming third season.

    Hunter shared with us an update on what was added to the trailer that they showed off during the main event, such as quick shots of The Armorer, Bo-Katan, and other Mandalorians. They also showed off some monkey lizards even a look at Boba Frik. Of course, it included a good look at Grogu being adorable with the final shot being the highlight, a ship emerging from the clouds with a destroyed Mandalore beneath it.

  • SWCA: First ‘Ahsoka’ Footage Teases Ezra Bridger and ‘Rebels’ Connection

    SWCA: First ‘Ahsoka’ Footage Teases Ezra Bridger and ‘Rebels’ Connection

    A first look at the upcoming The Mandalorian series, Ahsoka, has been shown off during the Mando+ panel at Star Wars Celebration. Our very own Hunter Radesi has been sharing details from the panel such as the first footage for the upcoming series. It is currently still in production for the last three weeks, and they’ve managed to put together a teaser for the attending fans.

    According to Hunter, they showed off Hera, but we don’t see her face. She’s with some rebels and a droid. Then we get to see Ahsoka wandering through some old ruins, where she takes off her hood. Then we get a mural featuring the Rebels cast before it ends with a tease of Ezra Bridger. Sadly, they haven’t revealed who is playing and it’s simply giving us a strong focus on him as part of the mural before the actor walked in with the back of his head showing but no clear view of who is playing him.

  • SWCA: Babu Frik to Return in ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3

    SWCA: Babu Frik to Return in ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3

    It looks like an iconic character from the Star Wars Sequel trilogy will make their live-action return in the upcoming third season of The Mandalorian. During the Mando+ panel of the Star Wars Celebration event, it was announced that Babu Frik will make his return. While no details were shared on when he might be expected to show up or what role he’ll have but it’s great to know that the popular Rise of Skywalker series will make his return. There is a chance that it may also be someone from his race, but it seems that it could be the character from the sequel film.

    Source: Twitter

  • SWCA: Rick Famuyiwa Now an Executive Producer on ‘The Mandalorian’s Season 3

    SWCA: Rick Famuyiwa Now an Executive Producer on ‘The Mandalorian’s Season 3

    It looks like The Mandalorian’s upcoming third season has received an upgrade to its team. While Jon Favreau remains the lead on The Mandalorian, it was the team of talented directors that he got together that defined the project as one of Star Wars‘ most creative and grounded within the original era. Now, it seems that Rick Famuyiwa, who directed some iconic films like Confirmation and Dope, is now joining the project as an executive producer. He worked on some episodes such as “The Child,” “The Prisoner,” and “The Believer.”

  • ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Continues to Top Expectations, Gunning for $255M+ Worldwide Opening Weekend

    ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Continues to Top Expectations, Gunning for $255M+ Worldwide Opening Weekend

    It’s a true summer box office revival as Top Gun: Maverick is on its way to hype up the industry’s upcoming releases with a record-breaking Memorial Day release. Not only is it beating early expectations, but the return of Tom Cruise as Pete Mitchell after 36 years will establish Paramount’s most successful release at the box office yet. As of now, it’s eyeing $120M for a three-day opening and would still end its four-day weekend at $150M after pulling in $51.8M on Friday. Comscore’s senior media analyst Paul Dergarebedian had to follow to say on the actor pulling gin these numbers.

    Tom Cruise is one of the few true movie stars left in the business. His name on the marquee means something to audiences who have come to trust that his films will be worth every dollar of that movie ticket purchase.

    Paul Dergarebedian

    The film has a strong pull for a four-day weekend and its massive critical success is pulling in a lot. It’s even beating out other Paramount releases to take the top spots and create a new benchmark for the studio. Internationally, the film is beating its $80M projects and is on its route to potentially pulling in $125M over 3-days, which would hint at a potential $255M opening weekend worldwide. It’s generally a great performance and it’ll be interesting to see how its legs perform.

    A+ rating and strong word-of-mouth are definitely playing in its favor, which hasn’t been seen since Spider-Man: No Way Home. So, the film could be another exception within the market but its second weekend will be interesting to see. The strong performance is also thanks to an older demographic which came at the cost of Downtown Abbey: A New Era which dropped 76% in its second weekend as it has a similar base older audience.

    Source: CNN, Twitter

  • Grace VanderWall on the Challenge of Writing an Original Song for ‘Hollywood Stargirl’

    Grace VanderWall on the Challenge of Writing an Original Song for ‘Hollywood Stargirl’

    Grace VanderWall had a lot of weight on her, as not only was she taking the leading role this time around in Hollywood Stargirl, but she also had the challenge of creating a completely unique song for the film. It’s not the first time as she also made one for the first, but this time around she actually had an “assignment” to prepare one and it looks like it caught her by surprise initially, as she talks about the experience during the Disney+ film’s press conference.

    I’ve never done that. I’ve never, like, been asked to write anything about anything before. Like, I’ve never had, like, maybe an assignment is the wrong word. But, like, an assignment. So I was really nervous because I was like, “Oh god, everyone thinks I can do this. And I’ve, like, never done it before.” But it worked out. I did it. And it was easy. But yeah, it was really, really fun. I was so honored that I got to write a song for the movie again. Because I love writing and I love the movie and it was fun.

    Grace VanderWall

    She also highlighted that her biggest challenge was including Elijah Richardson in the song, but he wasn’t cast at the time she was working on the project. So, she started work on it very early in the production process, which added a unique challenge but she still managed to add a memorable song to the film.

  • Live-Action ‘One Piece’ Series Has Added to its Cast

    Live-Action ‘One Piece’ Series Has Added to its Cast

    With only a little over a week to go before we get an update on the upcoming live-action One Piece series. The team has been hard at work on the series that’ll bring one of the most iconic manga franchises to life. Little was known about how they might adapt the East Blue Saga, especially in how they might adapt some of the arcs within a shorter episode count than the manga or anime. It’s certainly going to be quite the challenge, such as potentially skipping some elements. A new listing from ERM may have confirmed the addition of a familiar face from Orange Town.

    As first shared by @OP_Netflix_Fan, it looks like actor Lindsay Reardon has joined the One Piece cast as Mayor Boodle. In case some don’t know, he is the mayor of Orange Town and was the last line of defense when Buggy and his crew took over the town. He was there to fight them off while the rest of the townsfolk stayed in hiding, especially as he tried to protect the dog Chouchou that was trying to keep an eye on the pet store of his owner.

    There have been theories that they might skip Orange Town altogether and mix it with a different storyline to keep its tight pacing together. Set photos showcased what may have been a tent on Buggy’s ship, which led to a theory on our side that they may just have more stories happen on the boats rather than directly on the island, such as Chouchou potentially chasing after Buggy on his ship. The addition of Mayor Boodle may hint that they still could visit the island, or perhaps even that he chases after the puppy.

    Source: ERM

  • ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ Writers Talk Amy Rose and Shadow the Hedgehog

    ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ Writers Talk Amy Rose and Shadow the Hedgehog

    It looks like the screenwriters of Sonic the Hedgehog, Pat Casey and Josh Miller, offered an update on what they are currently working on for the third installment of the Sonic franchise. While they naturally couldn’t give any details away, they did offer an update in regards to their plans for Shadow the Hedgehog at KCC Comic-Con’s Q&A. Many have been highly anticipating their plans for the character since he was first teased in the Sonic the Hedgehog 2‘s post-credit sequence.

    It looks like they don’t have anyone attached yet, or at least no names have been given in regards but Paramount is actively looking for someone. While it doesn’t seem like they’ll keep the original voice from the games like with Tails, they are going down a Knuckles route with a big-name Hollywood actor taking on the role. Keanu Reeves has been a popular choice online that fueled speculation. They also hinted that there are plans to incorporate his Sonic Adventure 2 and even the Shadow the Hedgehog spin-off elements.

    They also played coy on the potential addition of Amy Rose, but something is “in the works,” which further hints that we may get the character’s live-action debut after all. She would make for a great addition and give us a new dynamic with Sonic we probably haven’t seen yet. Miller goes on to highlight that:

    In each new Sonic movie, as long as the people got the appetite for them, we’ll keep adding yet another person from the game universe.

    Josh Miller

    That is not all, as they also hinted that the film is currently eyeing a 2024 release which would potentially would hint at when they start production. They have also hinted that they are aware of a lack of Crush 40 music and it seems they aren’t ruling out the idea of including them in the upcoming threequel.

    Source: KCC Comic-Con via Tail’s Channel

  • ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Concept Art Offers a New Look at Clea’s Full Design

    ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Concept Art Offers a New Look at Clea’s Full Design

    It caught many by surprise when Charlize Theron arrived in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ first post-credit sequence. Not only was it exciting for the actress to join the franchise, but comic fans also finally got introduced to the fan-favorite character of Clea. While her future in the franchise still remains a big question mark, the potential of her having a bigger role moving forward is quite an exciting one.

    Marvel Studios’ Senior Visual Development Illustrator, John Staub, has shared a new piece of concept art that offers a new look at Clea’s final design. There’s a lot of detail that went into adding comic elements into her cape and even pants, though it’s a shame we didn’t get to spend more time with her to get a better look at how the design fully comes together in live-action but it does seem promising for whenever she may return.

    Theron already sold her character with just the short amount of time she had on screen, but it’ll be interesting to see when we might expect her to return. There’s no official confirmation of a third Doctor Strange film yet and with the multiverse falling apart, we may see her return sooner rather than later. With the hints at Incursions, we can expect a lot more multiversal shenanigans moving forward. Clea will also very likely become a cornerstone of how exactly that’ll come together.

    Source: Instagram

  • ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Nabs a CinemaScore of A+

    ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Nabs a CinemaScore of A+

    It’s become somewhat of a tradition to take a look at how films are performing based on their CinemaScore. For those that may not know, it’s an analysis based on viewers that just watched a film that give the latest release a score from A+ to F. Ironically, the rating has been quite frontloaded with most films moving between A+ to B- and a C-rating has commonly been associated with a film not being as well received with general audiences. Top Gun: Maverick has now joined the A+ club, as revealed by CinemaScore.

    https://twitter.com/CinemaScore/status/1530396481273872384

    As such the film has now beaten the 1986’s score of A and highlights the popularity surrounding this legacy sequel. It also joins Spider-Man: No Way Home with the A+ rating which is a showcase of a general audience pleaser and will likely bode very well for its box office going forward. The CinemaScore generally also helps to get a feeling for how the film’s legs might end up being and where it’ll end its box office run.

    Maverick is already overperforming with a potential $142M Memorial Day weekend which beats out the $100M predictions earlier on. It’ll likely also have a good hold throughout the upcoming weeks as more competition starts entering the market like Jurassic World Dominion. So, it’ll be interesting to see where the film might end up moving forward.

    Source: Twitter, CinemaScore