Since Disney launched their in-house streaming service Disney+ last November, the company have gradually been filling up their content library, and few names in that library come bigger than Star Wars. Last month they added the franchise’s most recent release The Rise of Skywalker, leaving just one missing from their live-action line up. Solo may not have been the most successful Star Wars movie (it was the least), nor is it the most popular, but fans will have noted its absence. Not for much longer.
Every month comes and every month this article demands to be written. It’s a tragic, inescapable fact that movies leave streaming services all the time, but it’s a privilege to be able to inform you when their number is up. I well up every time. No joke. I put a box of Kleenex on standby. Honest.
Remember a few days ago when we had a glimpse at how Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man could look in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 (via fan art, that is)? Well, the same artist – Instagrammer Camille Vialet (@cvialet_art) – has now followed that up with an attempt at realizing Andrew Garfield’s animated alter-ego.
Percy Jackson is coming back to our screens in the form of a new Disney+ TV show, and we’ve got a fresh development update from Rick Riordan – author of the novels and a writer on the upcoming series.
Blumhouse are so relentless, and formidable, with their horror production that I doubt even a pandemic couldn’t stop them frightening us. One of the myriad titles they have prepped in the vault is a reboot/remake of cult 90s horror The Craft . We don’t know yet when the film will be released (it’s possible the pandemic has added to the uncertainty), but when it does, few will have more emotional investment than its producer Doug Wilk. That’s because he also produced the original – one of his first film credits. Speaking to ComicBook.com, Wilk discussed how he approached returning to it:
When does an unprecedented phenomenum become precedented? Where once the idea of major film studios eschewing theatrical film releases was unthinkable, COVID-19 has forced all of them to adjust. Angelina Jolie’s newest movie, fantasy drama The One and Only Ivan, is the latest to follow that path. The film is to be released exclusively on Disney+ this August 21 in lieu of any multiplex screenings. Unlike many films (Black Widow, No Time to Die, you know the names) affected by the pandemic , this represents only a minor delay – the new premiere date is one week after its original slate.
You’d think that being offered an iconic role in a franchise you’ve loved since childhood would invoke feelings of joy, pride, excitement, probably some fear too. But not annoyance. Definitely not annoyance. Or so you’d think. I’ll allow Simon Pegg to explain how he came to feel “irked” when J.J. Abrams offered him the part of Scotty in his Star Trek reboot. In a new career retrospective with Vanity Fair, the actor recounted his experience of being offered the part:
Before Star Trek: Picard’s first episode had even aired, a further season had already been commissioned, such was CBS’ confidence in the series. Fast forward to now with its maiden run aired and digested, and the simple question on our lips is where does the show go next?
