“Will one of you finally give me what I desire?” [credit: Sony ] Sony broke a months-long game of silence today with a wide-ranging PS5 showcase, announcing two new Marvel games from Insomniac, a remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and a March release date for Gran Turismo 7, among other news. […]
Star Wars: Visions is a series of nine short films from seven Japanese anime studios. [credit: Disney ] Disney’s expansion of the Star Wars universe continues apace. On Tuesday, the company released a trailer for Star Wars: Visions, a series of short animated films that debuts on Disney+ on September 22. Visions will look strikingly […]
Enlarge / No, the Collider interview doesn’t mention Jar Jar, but who doesn’t love an opportunity to put JJ next to Star Wars’ other big “JJ”? (credit: Sam Machkovech / Lucasfilm / Getty Images) An upcoming interview with filmmaker JJ Abrams will span the entirety of his career, and that means it includes significant statements […]
Enlarge / Meta-sitcom/adventure series WandaVision was one of Disney+’s most successful recent shows. (credit: YouTube/Disney+) Analysts expected Disney+ to reach 109 million subscribers in Disney’s most recent financial quarter, but the streaming service fell short, landing at 103.6 million. The shortfall resulted in lower revenues than expected for the company and a small stock price […]
Kingston Fisher Lourd Rydell is celebrating his first Star Wars day the right way! Billie Lourd took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a snap of her newborn son observing May the Fourth by honoring his late grandma, Carrie Fisher, who died in December 2016 at age 60. The pics showed the baby dressed up […]
This week’s one-two Disney+ news punch revolves around Star Wars—a PB-and-choc combo of TV series that has so far paid off richly, especially after the shaky conclusion to the franchise’s latest film trilogy. Coming May the Fourth. (Oh, I get it—I just said that date out loud.) [credit: Disney ] First up is the newest […]
Loki from Loki. [credit: Disney ] Today is a red-letter day for Disney property announcements: release dates have been set for the Disney+ series Loki and Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and the new Spider-Man film has a new name. We’ll start with a href=”https://arstechnica.com/tag/spider-man/”>Spider-Man. Following a marketing stunt in which three different stars of the movie […]
It looks like we’re about to get a case of The Empire Strikes Back. On February 12, Gina Carano announced her latest partnership with conservative news website The Daily Wire. Just days after we learned that Disney had parted ways with the actress, who portrayed Cara Dune on The Mandalorian for the first two seasons, Gina […]
Shares in Disney were up as much as 2% in pre-market trading on Friday as the company beat expectations on subscriber growth and profits.
Gina Carano has been exiled from a galaxy far, far away. Carano starred as Cara Dune in the first two seasons of The Mandalorian, Disney+’s first television entry into the Star Wars universe. The character was an initial fan favorite, but the actress became controversial for her political social media posts. Related: John Boyega SLAMS […]