Disney has revealed the release date for a number of their upcoming films today, including Star Wars: Episode IX, which debuts on May 24th, 2019. While the flick was rumored to be moving to a spring slot a while back, this is the first confirmation we have and marks an interesting departure for the studio, as The Force Awakens premiered in December and The Last Jedi is set for the same release window, as well.
The Hollywood Reporter brings word tonight that Breaking Bad alum Aaron Paul and Emily Ratajkowski have both signed on to star in Welcome Home, a thriller that's got George Ratliff behind the camera to direct for Voltage Pictures.
Ahsoka Tano has been a fan favorite character ever since she first debuted in The Clone Wars as Anakin Skywalker's apprentice, and her popularity saw a massive resurgence when she was reintroduced as "Fulcrum" in Disney XD's Star Wars Rebels. Though Ahsoka seemingly met her end after a duel with Darth Vader in the season 2 finale, "Dawn of The Apprentice," the episode concluded with enough hints that we would see the powerful force-wielder again... in some capacity, at least.
Despite being introduced in the post-credits scene of the first Avengers movie and going on to be fleshed out a little in Guardians of The Galaxy, Thanos still hasn't really done very much in the MCU aside from sit in a chair and issue threats. Of course, that's all going to change when he's reintroduced as the big bad of Avengers: Infinity War next year, but we're still not really sure what the catalyst will be for him waging war against the combined might of the Guardians and Earth's Mightiest Heroes - aside from a desire to gather all of the Infinity Stones together, that is.
It's tough to say which of Marvel's Netflix shows is the best. All four have been tremendously strong (though Iron Fist definitely stumbled more than the others), but a pretty good case can be made for Jessica Jones being the most impressive. We've only had one season of it so far, but those 13 episodes were amongst the most compelling, gripping and engaging television we've ever seen. As such, expectations are through the roof for season 2 - which is currently shooting - and as production continues on, we're starting to learn a little bit more about what to expect.
First announced at Disney nearly 20 years ago, the long-gestating clone assassin film, Gemini Man, has been stuck in development hell forever. Numerous directors, actors and writers have flirted with the project over the past several years, but so far, nothing has materialized. Until now, that is. That's because The Hollywood Reporter is telling us that there's finally some movement this week, as Ang Lee has entered talks to direct.
Thor: Ragnarok is going to be different. That much we can say with absolute certainty, and if anyone still has any doubts about it, we'd direct you to the film's first trailer, which more than proved that the God of Thunder's third solo outing will be a far cry from what came before - and that can only be a good thing. That's not to say that Thor and its sequel, The Dark World, were bad, but they do stand as some of the MCU's weaker entries. As such, it's exciting to hear that things will be changing pretty significantly for Ragnarok.
Marvel has seen huge success with their Netflix shows. Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and even Iron Fist (though to a lesser extent) have all been winners for the studio, spawning a small screen universe for their heroes to play around in. Later this year, the gang will finally all meet up for The Defenders, which is going to bring together just about every character we've encountered on these shows thus far.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens was a great film. No one can deny that. It introduced a whole new generation to that galaxy far, far away and also relaunched the franchise on the big screen in a wholly satisfying manner. However, longtime fans will have no doubt noticed the many similarities between the J.J. Abrams-directed flick and A New Hope, especially when it came to the general plot beats and themes running throughout the movie.
On May 21, David Lynch's critically acclaimed and highly influential TV show, Twin Peaks, returns to our screens for a brand new limited series, and Showtime has released a new, three-minute trailer this week which recaps the terrifyingly bizarre events of the past two seasons and the prequel film, Fire Walk With Me. To be fair, even ardent Twin Peaks fans found the show difficult to follow at times, as many aspects of the plot were kept deliberately vague and open to interpretation - so this primer really only highlights the major moments that propelled the narrative forward.
