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Get ready for a whole lot of STAR WARS!

By Kervyn Cloete
April 18, 2013
in :  Entertainment
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In galaxy far, far away known as Las Vegas, CinemaCon is in full swing, with last night seeing Disney getting their presentation on. And the House of Mouse certainly didn’t waste any time in dropping the bombshells as they have now confirmed that starting from 2015, we’ll have a new Star Wars movie released every single year! Last Updated: April …

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Mark Hamill confirms that original trio in talks for STAR WARS: EPISODE VII

By Kervyn Cloete
February 21, 2013
in :  Entertainment
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This week saw a flurry of Star Wars related articles flying hither an thither on the Internet, all to do with rumours that first Harrison Ford and then the rest of the original main trio, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, would be returning for Star Wars: Episode VII. With the geeky stakes on this one being so high, rumours were …

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And your first two STAR WARS spinoff films are…

By Kervyn Cloete
February 7, 2013
in :  Entertainment
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Why, it feels like just yesterday that Lucasfilm finally officially announced that they were going to be doing spinoff Star Wars movies, outside of Episodes VII to IX, and then we all got stupid grins on our faces and started our geeky speculating as to what and who these movies should be about. Oh wait… That was yesterday! And less than …

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Zack Snyder is NOT making a Star Wars spin-off movie. Sigh

By Kervyn Cloete
January 15, 2013
in :  Entertainment
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Well crap. Right now you should have been fanboy-foaming at the mouth as you read this crazy article I typed up last night all about how Zack “I love slow-mo” Snyder was developing a new standalone, spin-off Star Wars movie. Instead, I woke up this morning to find breaking news that that actually isn’t the case. Ergh. Stupid reality getting in …

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ABC might produce that Star Wars live-action TV series

By Kervyn Cloete
January 11, 2013
in :  Entertainment
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American TV network ABC is apparently in the geek business. They’re currently in production with the Joss Whedon directd/scripted pilot episode of Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.– a spin-off from the Avengers franchise – but apparently having a grip on just comic geeks is not good enough. Word has now come out that they’re also considering the long in development (seriously, Yoda was still in diapers …

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Extras! Hugh Jackman joins First Class sequel, Star Wars writers may be working on spin-off movies, Gandalf gives Bilbo a sting, Shawn Levy tells the Story of Your Life, and the TMNT Blu Ray design is cheesy, very cheesy! Plus much more!

By Kervyn Cloete
November 29, 2012
in :  Entertainment
Comments Off on Extras! Hugh Jackman joins First Class sequel, Star Wars writers may be working on spin-off movies, Gandalf gives Bilbo a sting, Shawn Levy tells the Story of Your Life, and the TMNT Blu Ray design is cheesy, very cheesy! Plus much more!

Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: November 29, 2012

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Star Wars sequel news update: Was Matthew Vaughn just confirmed as the director for Episode VII?

By Kervyn Cloete
November 28, 2012
in :  Uncategorised
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After a bit of a turkey fueled lull in the Star Wars rumour mill, English actor Jason Flemyng, may just have let slip that his longtime friend and frequent collaborator, director Matthew Vaughn, may be the man to bring Star Wars back to the big screen. To quote that great thespian Keanu Reeves: “Whoa”. Then to quote our very own Matthew …

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Star Wars sequel update: Disney hire original Star Wars writer, X-Men writer/producer for the new films

By Kervyn Cloete
November 21, 2012
in :  Entertainment
5

Well, they’ve said it, and now they’re proving it. Disney and Lucasfilm really do want to recapture the magic of that original Star Wars trilogy. Although it’s not been officially announced, it’s almost become commonly accepted knowledge that for the new trilogy, Disney/Lucasfilm want the old cast to return. And it looks like the old gang of Luke, Han and …

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