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‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3 To Begin Airing On Disney+ In February 2023

May 26, 2022 3:53 pm

Star Wars Celebration is finally back after the pandemic squashed previous plans to launch the huge fan event. The Lucasfilm panel revealed some new details about their upcoming wave of shows, including a new ...

‘Book Of Boba Fett’: Jon Favreau Says Jabba’s Death Led To “Power Vacuum” & Opportunities To Play In Gangster Genre

Christopher Marc

November 29, 2021 11:35 am

News, Television

While Lucasfilm is reportedly having issues trying to figure out their next "Star Wars" feature film after they pumped the breaks on Patty Jenkins' project "Star Wars: Rogue Squadron," these issues don't exist...

‘Star Wars: Rangers Of The New Republic’ Series Seemingly Shelved & Will Be Absorbed Into Other Lucasfilm Stories

Christopher Marc

November 28, 2021 12:11 am

News, Television

When Lucasfilm fired “The Mandalorian” actress Gina Carano in February of this year, it caused some domino effect problems for their projects in development. Two months earlier, at the big Disney Investors Day...

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‘The Mandalorian’: Jon Favreau Confirms Mark Hamill Was On Set To Film Cameo

Rafael Motamayor

December 27, 2020 11:45 am

News, Television

With a show as secretive as "The Mandalorian," it's hard to get confirmations on things that are not clarified in the closing credits. Case in point, who exactly played Luke Skywalker in the season 2 finale? T...

‘The Book Of Boba Fett’: Robert Rodriguez Joins Favreau & Filoni As Exec Producers & Disney Confirms Mando S3 Still Coming

Edward Davis

December 21, 2020 9:55 am

News, Television

Following the blow-up-the-Internet finale of "The Mandalorian" on Friday, creator, writer, director, and showrunner Jon Favreau, did the beginning of his victory lap on Good Morning America. And he answered so...

Dave Filoni & Jon Favreau Also Creating ‘Rangers of The New Republic’ ‘Star Wars’ Series For Disney+

Rodrigo Perez

December 10, 2020 8:16 pm

News, Television

Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy dropped major bombs tonight, though one of them was not a "Boba Fett" series as rumored. Instead, Kennedy dropped two bombshells: Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, the creators of "The ...

‘The Mandalorian’ Launches Second Season With Confident, Action-Packed Episode [Review]

Brian Tallerico

October 30, 2020 9:50 am

Features, News, Reviews, Television

Remember blockbusters? The closest anyone will get to that blockbuster feeling in Fall 2020 is the second season of Disney+’s flagship series, “The Mandalorian,” which dropped its premiere this morning, a litt...

New ‘Mandalorian’ Season 2 Trailer: The Galaxy’s Toughest Babysitting Bounty Hunter Seeks Out Jedi

Rodrigo Perez

October 19, 2020 9:54 pm

News, Television, Trailers

About a year or so ago, Bob Iger said, the future of "Star Wars" lay in television, at least new film franchises were up and running. Yesterday, in a restructuring of media and entertainment division announcem...

Jon Favreau Doesn’t Rule Out ‘Mandalorian’ Feature Film Spinoffs: “There’s No Rulebook Now”

Charles Barfield

October 15, 2020 2:02 pm

News, Television

If you wanted to hire someone to possibly create a new cinematic universe based on existing IP, you could do a lot worse than filmmaker Jon Favreau. After directing “Iron Man” and “Iron Man 2,” Favreau would g...

James Caan Says No ‘Elf’ Sequel Was Made Because Of Feud Between Will Ferrell & Jon Favreau

Charles Barfield

September 21, 2020 2:15 pm

News

To say that “Elf” is a beloved Christmas film is a gross understatement. Released back in 2003, the Will Ferrell film has become a holiday classic over the past couple of decades. And as we’ve seen time after ...

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