As we heard yesterday, Disney’s legal department have already swung into action for a leaked image from the new Star Wars movie, serving a take-down notice on the image-sharing website Imageshack for hosting a still from The Force Awakens. As James mentioned, this isn’t exactly news, but it is a reminder that studios hold things close to the chest. They’ve …
Have no doubt, when Star Wars found a new home, it ended up with a company that is even more litigiously inclined than the might Lucasfilm. Disney takes no nonsense, as was demonstrated yesterday. The company got a subpoena against the image-sharing website Imageshack. The offending article: A still from the new Star Wars movie. The Hollywood Reporter writes: The …
Mark Hamill has been out doing press interviews for NBC’s upcoming Christmas special Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas, a stop-motion animated musical based on the original Broadway play and the 2003 movie. So of course the press (in this case Yahoo! Movies) were enthusiastically asking questions all about that; of course NOT! Obviously people were asking him about a potential reboot …
Lightsabers! Special effects!, X-Wings! Fan overreaction to a small part of the plot! Yep, looks like Star Wars: The Force Awakens is checking every box in the list for required Star Wars tropes. And now, it can check silly names off of that list as well. Last Updated: December 12, 2014
As per usual, a JJ Abrams trailer for a movie was filled with more questions than answers. But never underestimate a Star Wars fan. We’ve taken the biggest hair comb we could find to search for answers in the sands of the Tattooine desert. Here’s what we’ve found so far. Last Updated: December 1, 2014
Ladies and gentlemen, the Force has awakened. Or will awaken. Is awakening. Whatever the semantics, Episode VII finally has an official title in Star Wars: The Force Awakens! The announcement was made in the most low-key of manners as the official Star Wars twitter account just slipped it in like no big deal when reporting on the fact that the …
Every year in the gaming industry, there is a familiar buzz that starts building …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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