Easy guide to production
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Ever since Star Wars: The Force Awakens premiered in theaters, fans have taken note that there were shots in the trailers and officially released photographs which didn't make it into the final cut. Over the Easter weekend, a trailer for these deleted scenes … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley has confirmed she in talks to play Lara Croft in the reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise. While speaking to THR at the Empire Awards in London, the Force Awakens star said there “have been conversations” about her taking over the … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Star Wars is the crown jewel in Lucasfilm's stable of films, which is why Disney spent over four billion dollars securing the production studio. But with it they also get another popular franchise with Indiana Jones. Earlier today Disney chairman Alan Horn … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Star Wars: Episode VIII is just under 2 years away, but we're now starting to see bits and pieces of the upcoming film. Unlike The Force Awakens, director Rian Johnson is apparently going to be a bit more lax with allowing behind the scenes information to make it … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) There are currently two major Star Wars films in production right now: Episode VIII and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. LucasFilm and Disney have been keeping a tight lid on both films, so very little is known outside of speculation and tantalizing tidbits of … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) As we all know, Paramount is coming down hard on Axanar Productions, and their one million crowdfunding campaigns to make a professional-level Star Trek web series. But the legal action that the studio is taking may actually be more of a gamble than some realize, on … [Read more...]
By Heath McKnight (doddleNEWS) I think we can all agree JJ Abrams and his cast & crew knocked Star Wars: The Force Awakens out of the park. Huge critical acclaim, plus it made over $922 million in North America, and over $2 billion globally. But that doesn't mean it isn't impervious to our … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) "It's a bold new world. The First Order deploys aerial forces to repel the Resistance..." Sounds like the first line in the crawl of Star Wars: Episode VIII? Well, it could be. But in a case of life imitating art, news has come out that Disney will be spending … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) While Paramount is busy shutting down some fan films that raise over a million dollars to create the professional-level movies and shows not officially affiliated with Star Trek, the fan film community was wondering how Disney would handle the movement, now that … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Once George Lucas started down the path of the special editions for the original Star Wars trilogy, he just couldn't help himself. With each new version of the films, he inserted digital assets to make Tatooine appear larger, CGI dinosaurs ridden by stormtroopers, … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Lucasfilm and Disney surprised fans by releasing a special announcement trailer for Star Wars: Episode VIII, which just started production. Take a look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQQMLE4FuIQ The first shots are from the island where Luke … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) The second Star Wars anthology movie centering on a young Han Solo will be released in May 2018. The news comes courtesy of Disney CEO Bob Iger who made an announcement about the first spinoff movie, Rogue One, which is about to complete principal photography. He … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again. That is the one sentence that best defines the Universal classic sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica, and if you take a look at the history of the franchise, it becomes clear that it's a saga all by itself. … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) There's an old famous terrible joke: "Where does an 800 pound gorilla sit?" The answer is, of course, "Anywhere it wants to." In this case that 800 pound gorilla is Star Wars: Episode VIII, and it decided to get up from its May 2017 release date and sit down at … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) For a film about space travel, none of the past Star Wars films has ever traveled to the final frontier to shoot space on film. If director Colin Trevorrow has his way, Star Wars: Episode IX will be the first to shoot in space. During the 'Power of Story: The … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Just a few days ago one of Hollywood's best cinematographer, Roger Deakins, said that film is over. With the collapsing infrastructure to support the medium and very few choices in stock, he just doesn't see it being a viable alternative to digital … [Read more...]
