Peter Cushing To Regenerate For Star Wars - Rogue One?

"It's Alive.....It's Alive" is what British actor Peter Cushing shouted out at the top of his voice during his reign as Victor Frankenstein during the 50's/60's/70's in the Hammer Horror films. In December 2016, Star Wars fans will be shouting out the same thing as rumors have began circulating the newspapers and various movie sites saying that Gareth Edwards, director of the 2016 Star Wars anthology spin-off, Rogue One, will be resurrecting original "A New Hope" actor, Peter Cushing as his character Grand Moff Tarkin via the help of the latest state-of-the-art CGI.
The Tarkin character is said to have quite a lengthy pivotal role in the upcoming prequel, which is set between "Revenge Of The Sith" and "A New Hope", showing the further rise of Vader's Empire and the finishing touches on the newly built first Death Star.
I would love to see how Cushing himself comes back to life as his classic and sinister Tarkin character. Hopefully the film makers of this film will go along the lines of how director Alan Taylor brought Arnold Schwarzenegger's younger 80's T-800 Terminator back to life in this years brilliant Terminator revival "Terminator Genisys" by bringing some guy in with the same body type, get the editors to do some heavy research and build themselves a full CGI character through the power of Motion Capture.
And on that note, Gareth Edwards's team ARE in fact looking through hours of archive footage and there's plenty of facial expressions to play about with but not enough full length body shots to go along with as Peter Cushing was a drama queen on set of "A New Hope" and insisted on wearing slippers rather than his costumes black boots.

Tarkin has been brought back for the Star Wars - Rebels tv show, but that's a computer animated series. The only time he's came back in live-action form was with his extremely short-lived 10 seconds or so cameo at the end of 2005's "Revenge Of The Sith", where he shows up on the bridge of one of the star destroyers along with the newly built Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine. He was then played by Australian "Farscape" actor, Wayne Pygram.  

I think they should just bring back Pygram and just fill his face up with prosthetic makeup like how they done it in 2005. Either this or just go ahead with the full CGI figure but could that work for nearly a whole film? They could even just bring in an actor who could just take on the role. I have an actor in mind and I've mentioned it to a few people and they say he'd be good and that actor is another fellow "Doctor Who" star, Christopher Eccleston, but I guess only time will tell if it's a success or not.

"Star Wars - Episode VII" To Be Set 30 Years After "Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi"

Disney CEO Bob Iger has revealed that "Star Wars - Episode VII" will commence filming in May with the three original heroes returning to their roles, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Leia, with a bunch of new lead roles joining them too for the next gen of the long running sci-fi franchise. Iger has said that the new sequel will be set about 30 years after the events of 1983's "Return Of The Jedi".
Nothing has been said yet on the cast members of the new generation of heroes, jedi's or sith lords but seeing as filming is set to begin in under three months, it can be assumed that casting is secretly been completed.
Also, while Igar was chatting about "Episode VII", this logo above was leaked on the net and it's rumoured to be the logo for director JJ Abrams's galactic sequel. Hopefully this is the films official logo because it's fucking awesome looking. Love what they did with the 7 acting as the A.

Disney Gain Rights For Future "Indiana Jones" Films!

After months of speculation about what happened to the rights for past and future "Indiana Jones" films, Disney have confirmed that they now own the rights to future instalments in the Harrison Ford leading franchise. Paramount will still own the rights for the first four films, but Disney will be the prime studio who will make and distribute any future "Indy" sequels.
This news could back up the rumoured news that was reporting that Disney had to promise Ford an "Indiana Jones V" to get him to star in "Star Wars - Episode VII". Ford is the only guy involved in the long running franchise who's sticking with faith on any new films that have still to get made. There was a rumour at some point that Disney, when they bought LucasFilm, only had rights to reboot the franchise rather than go forward with a fifth, sixth or seventh film.
Now that a fifth film is such a super possibility, old Harrison Ford better get back into shape and get his iconic hat and whip ready for a whole new story.

May The Force Be With WHO?

Eleventh Doctor, well technically Twelfth Doctor now, Matt Smith is so rumoured to be a part of JJ Abrams's new 2015 "Star Wars" movie. That's right geeks, Matt Smith, the present Doctor is reportedly in real talks with the "Star Wars" producers over a key role in the upcoming "Episode VII". There's no word on who he's going to be playing, all we know is that he's up for a role.
Smith would be amazing and I think he deserves loads of blockbuster roles when he leaves the "WHO" universe for good. I can see him playing a Jedi to be honest, but a part of me wants to see him playing an evil Sith Lord.
"Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels" star, Jason Fleming, is also reportedly in talks for a role in the new film also after posting a picture of the script on his Twitter page the other day. No one knows if it's a fake like what wee dick Justin Bieber did with the "Batman Vs Superman" script.

Again, Fleming is only really good at playing villains in movies so I can only see him playing a Sith Lord.......don't know which one though, if it's any from the known villains from the comics, books, etc.

JJ Abrams's "Star Wars-Episode 7" Has New Official 2015 Release Date!

Alan Horn, who is the chairman over at The Walt Disney Studios confirmed that JJ Abrams's "Star Wars" sequel will be released on December 18th, 2015. Filming on the super highly-anticipated sci-fi sequel is set to begin filming sometime in Spring 2014 in Pinewood Studios.

JJ Abrams Still Involved With "Star Trek 3" And "MI-5"

With all this news of "Star Trek" director JJ Abrams been given the chance to direct the 7th installment in the holy grail of franchises, "Star Wars", no one has actually stopped to ask if Abrams will continue his involvement in Paramount's "Star Trek" reboot franchise. The answer is YES!!! Paramount vice chairman Rob Moore has confirmed that Abrams will stay as producer on "Star Trek 3". He's also confirmed to still produce the 5th installment of their "Mission Impossible" franchise too. 

"J.J. will continue to develop projects for us including a new Mission: Impossible, and he is committed to produce another Star Trek."

This is great news for Trekkies. I really hope he can possibly direct it too if he's got the time. He needs to direct the 3rd "Star Trek" film to at least finish his trilogy and then stay on as producer for further sequels. 

JJ Abrams Will Direct "Star Wars-Episode VII"

So "Star Trek" director JJ Abrams is the lucky son of a bitch who's going to be taking the helm of the new "Star Wars" film, possibly the new trilogy. I am literally was jumping and still am after hearing this. THIS IS FUCKING EPIC TO HEAR!!! He said that he wasn't interested in directing the upcoming 2015 sequel, but looks like he was a little liar. According to The Wrap, Steven Spielberg pushed and pushed producer Kathleen Kennedy to sign Abrams on, she listened to the old man and done the right thing.
So Abrams has not only got the rebooted "Star Trek" franchise on his CV, but now a possible "Star Wars" trilogy too.................LUCKY BASTARD!!!

UPDATE: Kathleen Kennedy and Disney have officially confirmed that JJ Abrams WILL indeed be directing "Star Wars-Episode VII" and he seems very pleased about given the chance to do so,

"To be a part of the next chapter of the Star Wars saga, to collaborate withKathleen Kennedy and this remarkable group of people, is an absolute honor. I may be even more grateful to George Lucas now than I was as a kid."

And this is what Kennedy and George Lucas said about Abrams directing it,

Kathleen Kennedy:

"It's very exciting to have J.J. aboard leading the charge as we set off to make a new Star Wars movie. J.J. is the perfect director to helm this. Beyond having such great instincts as a filmmaker, he has an intuitive understanding of this franchise. He understands the essence of the Star Wars experience, and will bring that talent to create an unforgettable motion picture."

George Lucas: 

"I've consistently been impressed with J.J. as a filmmaker and storyteller. He's an ideal choice to direct the new Star Wars film and the legacy couldn't be in better hands."

Zack Snyder Directing "Star Wars" Spin-Off?

So Zack Snyder may not be getting the chance to direct the newly announced "Star Wars-Episode VII", but he may though be getting the chance to direct a new live-action spin-off film instead. Sources are saying that Snyder is in talks with Disney/LucasFilm to direct a spin-off based on the classic "Seven Samurai" film. "Seven Samurai" is a Japanese film which was made back in the 1950's, which was eventually remade in the US and was named "The Magnificent Seven", which is also getting a remake by MGM and starring Tom Cruise. That remakes years off from even having a script so we'll see how that pans out first. This though does seem pretty positive. Snyder has also been seen dinning with Disney execs and Kathleen Kennedy. Maybe he IS directing "Episode VII", but really I thin this'll be more his thing. Don't ask why though.
Some other sources are saying that it could be a "Forces Unleashed" type film spin-off with some "Seven Samurai" goodness added to it too. Either way I'm just happy that this guy could be onboard to be quite honest. I thought "Watchmen" was amazing and "Man Of Steel" looks breathtaking and has already had positive reactions to the footage. This could work well for him!

Disney/LucasFilm Planning Fourth "Star Wars" Trilogy Already?

An insider over at LucasFilm/Disney have revealed that the studio are already planning a fourth trilogy of the "Star Wars" franchise. The plan is to bring back Darth Vader, but in the early days of him becoming a Sith Lord. The insider also revealed that the studio plan to bring back other classic characters in younger forms and in other ways too. So we could see a young Han Solo or a very young Luke Skywalker also.
I like the idea of seeing the rise of Darth Vader once he became a Sith Lord. So the films would act as a 3.5 to "Revenge Of The Sith" and would set up the pre-"A New Hope" story line.

So Look Who's Not Directing "Star Wars-Episode 7" Then!

So here's some news on the directors who have been sent out the treatment for the new "Star Wars" film and have said no to directing. 
First, George Lucas's best friend Steven Spielberg has confirmed that he doesn't want to direct the new film because it's not his genre, 

"It is not my genre, I'ts my best friend George's genre."

Second, Quentin Tarantino has commented and confirmed that he's not interested in taking the helm of the new film, 

"It is not my genre, I'ts my best friend George's genre."

Third, Zach Snyder has confirmed too that he doesn't want to direct the new film(s) either, 

 "i just think doing episode 7, 8 and 9 is just a slippery slope." and "would be a lot of effort." 

Fourth, JJ Abrams has given a much more detailed reason on why he doesn't want to direct the new films, 

"Look, Star Wars is one of my favorite movies of all time. I frankly feel that - I almost feel that, in a weird way, the opportunity for whomever it is to direct that movie, it comes with the burden of being that kind of iconic movie and series. I was never a big Star Trek fan growing up, so for me, working on Star Trek didn't have any of that, you know, almost fatal sacrilege, and so, I am looking forward more then anyone to the next iterations of Star Wars, but I believe I will be going as a paying moviegoer!"

And finally the fifth director was Jon Favreau, who again gave a much detailed reason same as Abrams did, 

"I think both J.J. and I come from a generation of people who formed our whole creative persona around what we experienced as kids from watching those films, and I have had the good fortune of working with George (Lucas)and around George, and whether it is doing a voice on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, or being at the Skywalker Ranch mixing Iron Man - so I have been very happy and lucky to just experience the culture that Lucas has created, both in my own life growing up as a kid and professional - whether it was interviewing him at film fetivals on stage, he is just a really wonderful, talented gifted guy who has changed the business so much, so I am just giddy, first and foremost as a fan, to see what happens with it. I think there is a lot of question marks of how they are going to do it, and who they are going to do it with, and what the story is going to be about; but to say that I am not excited about it is definitely an understatement. We'll see."

I Just Had To Post These Pics Of The Moment George Lucas Thought "SHIT!! WHAT HAVE I DONE?!"

Disney Have Bought LucasFilm For Over $4 Billion!

This is probably the most craziest news ever!!!!! Disney now not only own Marvel, but now they have bought LucasFilm for an expensive $4.5 billion. They now own all rights to all past and future "Star Wars" films and anything to do with the franchise, including the planned live-action TV show. Robert A Iger, who is the Chairman And Cheif Exec Officer Of The Walt Disney Company has confirmed that Disney have made plans for a "Star Wars-Episode 7" and it's set to be released in 2015. The 7th film will now go up against the "Justice League" film and "The Avengers 2".
Iger confirmed that producer Kathleen Kennedy will stay on as the Producer for Episode 7 and future installments and George Lucas will only have the role as Creative Consultant. This is what Iger said about Kennedy and Lucas's roles, It's also been mentioned that Disney plan to release a new "Star Wars" film every two to three years after the 7th film in 2015. There's rumors that original Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill, will be returning for some sort of "passing of the torch" type of scene.

"Ms. Kennedy will serve as executive producer on new Star Wars feature films, with George Lucas serving as creative consultant. Star Wars Episode 7 is targeted for release in 2015, with more feature films expected to continue the Star Wars saga and grow the franchise well into the future."

It's also been mentioned that Disney plan to release a new "Star Wars" film every two to three years after the 7th film in 2015. There's rumors that original Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill, will be returning for some sort of "passing of the torch" type of scene. 
I for one am really super excited about the new films and I just hope they turn out well and Disney doesn't cock up. I also just hope they don't make CGI animated films and make them live-action instead. 

Also, what some people haven't realised is that Disney now own the rights to the "Indiana Jones" franchise too, so we could be seeing a fifth one of them after all and ASAP too. I just hope they don't reboot and start all over with someone like Zac Efron taking the lead. They now have that choice to do that. 

He Just Keeps Babbling On.........

This is seriously wearing thin now. "Star Wars" producer, Rick McCallum is still babbling on about this yet to be seen planned "Star Wars" live-action TV show. He's said that even though the franchise's creator, George Lucas, has plans to retire soon and pass LucasFilm over to producer and close friend, Kathleen Kennedy, this TV show is going happen one day. For now he continues to talk about what we, the fans, are to expect to see in it.
According to McCallum now, the series is will be "Deadwood in space".............so basically "Firefly" with "Star Wars" characters. That's basically it in a nut shell. Here's all of the stuff he's saying about it, "Our biggest problem is that these stories are adult. I mean…these are like Deadwood in space. It so unlike anything you’ve ever associated with George before in relation to Star Wars. These aren’t for kids. I mean, we hope they’ll watch, but it’s not being targeted at 8-to-9 year old boys. The situation we have is that each episode – or if you put two hour long episodes together – is bigger than any film we’ve ever done. It’s on the Avatar level and we’ll only have about $5-6 million we can spend on each episode."
So what he's saying is "Star Wars: R-Rated" then?! If they really are going with the whole "Deadwood in space", then that means gritty themes with slightly brutal violence. Oh, and mega amounts of swearing. The swearing could be fun. Would love to just see Darth Vader say "Fuck Off!" to some we Jedi. 
Oh, and the title is now rumored to be changed from "Star Wars: Underworld" to "Star Wars: Detours". Please, please, please keep it to "Underworld" because "Detours" just sound stupid.

Rick McCullum Discusses Live-Action "Star Wars" TV Series!

More information has come out about the still very possible "Star Wars" live-action TV series. The franchise producer, Rick McCullum has spoken out about it and stated that about 50 scripts have been wrote but at this moment...........they ain't progressing. The series ain't progressing, yet McCullum announced that himself and George Lucas have came up with a potential title for the series. The show is said to be going under the working title of "Star Wars: Underworld".
McCullum is still not convinced that the series will happen, but they have just made up a new title for it, so they must be doing something about it. Just make it into a comic-book series or new cartoons. McCullum said the BIG problem is the costs for each episode of the series. They cost too much for just an episode.
Hopefully one day we'll get to see this live-action TV show of the epic sci-fi franchise.

Joe Johnston Talks "Jurassic Park 4" And Boba Fett Spin-Off!

"Captain America: The First Avenger" director, Joe Johnston has been all over the movie news sites right now because of two things, discussing "Jurassic Park IV" and the fact that he wants George Lucas to do a "Star Wars" spin-off film, featuring Boba Fett aka The Bounty Hunter in the title role......ROCK-ON!!!

First I'll start off with "Jurassic Park IV" news. Johnston has let slip some info on the long-awaited fourth "Jurassic Park" film. This is what he's says about his upcoming dinosaur sequel and his plans for a brand-new trilogy,
"We are in discussions about 'Jurassic Park 4.' The most important thing I can tell you is that it starts a new trilogy that will go off in a different direction — a completely different direction that is very exciting, and different from anything we’ve seen. It starts with the history of the first trilogy, but it spins it off in a completely different direction. That’s all I can tell you."
So does he plan for the new trilogy to be prequels, like the second "Star Wars" trilogy? I'm asking this because he says, "It starts with the history of the first trilogy,". That must mean either the fourth film will be a prequel or the whole second trilogy will be.

And now onto the "Star Wars" Bounty Hunter spin-off news! Johnston has mentioned that he wants "Star Wars" God, George Lucas, to make a BIG screen live-action spin-off film of "Star Wars, featuring Boba Fett aka The Bounty Hunter. Would be pretty AWESOME!!!
This is what he said, "I’m trying to get George [Lucas] to make a feature based on Boba Fett.” Give The Fett his own film Lucas. If he doesn't do it, Johnston will beg for the rights to do it himself!!!

Mutt Williams Says "Indy 5" Isn't Far Away From Filming!

Shia LaBeouf, who played Mutt Williams aka Indy Jr in 2008's "Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull" mentioned, in an interview, that Harrison Ford and himself are set to begin training in the gym for "Indy 5".
This is what LaBeouf said, "I talked to [Harrison Ford]. He said he's staying in the gym, he said he's heard no word, but he does know that [George Lucas] is out there looking for a MacGuffin. He said he's staying in the gym, so it means [the movie is] not so far off. I mean, [George]'s got to let it sit. He's going through his ruminations, which is extensive."
The fifth film was and still is set to be released either next year or 2013, at the latest. 

Indiana Jones And The 3D Converstion?

Okay, seeing that LucasFilm are planning to convert the entire "Star Wars Saga" into 3D, it kinda makes sense that they also plan to convert the entire "Indiana Jones Saga" into 3D as well. That's right folks, Indiana Jones is coming back to the big screen from the beginning in 3D.
No one knows if it'll be before or after the release of "Indiana Jones 5". I guess it depends on how quickly Lucas ans Spielberg make "Indy 5". And also, no one knows if it's true or if it's just a massive rumor at the moment.

Indiana Jones And The Bermuda Triangle?

George Lucas and Steven Speilberg have released some small details about the plot of the 5th Indy film, which is to begin filming next year for a possible 2012 release. Most of the film is centred around the Bermuda Triangle.
It's to be Indy's biggest and greatest adventure yet. And sadly, it's to be his last. Lucas and Speilberg have said that they plan to have this film be the conclusion to the whole franchise.
So that means no Mutt Williams spin-off series of films. Shia LaBeouf is planning to return to the role of Indy's son in the film.