The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire George Lucas’ Lucasfilm Ltd, including the rights to the popular Star Wars franchise. There is also talk of a 2015 release for Star Wars: Episode 7. As readers of this blog already know, there have been rumors… Read More »Disney to Buy LucasFilm, Make Star Wars 7
One of the most watched DVDs in our home is the volume of Pixar animated shorts. It chronicles the artistic and technological journey of the company from The Adventures of Andre and Wally B in 1984 (when they were still a part of Lucasfilm) and… Read More »Pixar Shorts Volume 2 Now Available for Pre-Order
If there is one slight against the Pixar brain trust, it’s that it’s a boy’s club. I don’t think it’s a matter of intent, but rather it evolved that way out of the initial friendships that helped create Pixar. Brenda Chapman was the first woman… Read More »Pixar’s first female director leaves
Update: New Video of the Star Tours II 3D footage that was shown at the expo below. The eventually arrival of Star Tours 2.0 was worst kept secret over the last few years. From artists at Lucasfilm talking about their work to Anthony Daniels reporting… Read More »Star Tours 2.0 In 3D Arriving in 2011
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you “Darth Mater” a one of a kind Star Wars and Cars Die Cast Mashup from Pixar, Lucasfilm, and Mattel. Tell me you don’t want this now. Alright, everyone put your pocket books down for a minute. There’s only one… Read More »Darth Mater Strikes Back – Die Cast Tow Mater Star Wars Mashup
Not that you need another excuse to visit Star Wars Weekends, but Studios Central has an update on a new guest speaker and an exciting opportunity to see an exclusive clip of the upcoming animated Star Wars film, “The Clone Wars”. Steve Sansweet, head of… Read More »Steve Sansweet to be at Star Wars Weekends, Preview The Clone Wars
It was last year about this time when Anthony Daniels (C3PO in the Star Wars trilogies), talking at the 30th Anniversary Star Wars Celebration, let slip that he had recorded some tracks for a new version of Star Tours. Needless to say, that generated a… Read More »Star Tours 2.0 confirmed (again)
Ratatouille brought in a very tasty $29 million at the box office this weekend placing it second behind that 80’s toy film. That puts the latest film from Pixar over the $115 million mark with hardly any worldwide box office included. The real competition opens this week with Harry Potter returning to his wizardly ways… Read More »Morning Round Up – July 9th