Author: Mary Anne Butler

In what online “Star Wars” fans are calling a well-deserved promotion, LucasFilm has added another title to Dave Filoni’s already impressive list. Filoni’s official profile on LucasFilm’s leadership website now reads Executive Producer / Executive Creative Director. You can see the listing here: Fellow title holders include John Knoll and Doug Chiang.  Variety Senior Entertainment Writer Adam Vary points out this isn’t a new position, just a tech update. And yes, Kathleen Kennedy is absolutely still the President of LucasFilm. This is the way.

Marvel Studios fans have several treats on the calendar in the coming weeks. Perhaps the most anticipated is the premiere of Disney+’s next live action series, “Loki.” Starring Tom Hiddleston as the notorious god of mischief, this time travel adventure will no doubt provide fans with all kinds of new reasons to love the trickster. In a brand new clip, Hiddleston attempts to catch fans up on the MCU history of Loki. “Loki” will release on June 11th, 2021 exclusively on Disney+.

For some reason, Disney felt they needed to confirm again the return of the original Sanderson sisters cast for their upcoming “Hocus Pocus 2.” This is one of those film projects we’ve been keeping an eye on since it was first announced back in 2020. As you can see from this very helpful infographic from Disney, Bette Middler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy are all ready to run amok again as Winnifred, Sarah, and Mary Sanderson. Adam Shankman was originally going to be directing the film, but Anne Fletcher was officially announced as taking over the broom. Shankman is…

The short answer to our headline question is YES. The longer, more complicated answer fits pretty well in line with “The Wheel of Time.” As fans of the series know, sometimes the truth comes in a slightly round about way. The upcoming Amazon Prime series, based on the fantasy novels by Robert Jordan (later completed by Brandon Sanderson following Jordan’s death) hasn’t even premiered yet, but a second season is already in process.Rumors have been wild about season 1 completing filming this past week. We were expecting the official Twitter for the show to confirm that news this morning (WoT…

Warner Bros. Pictures announced just a little while ago that their in-limbo stand alone “Batgirl” film is at long last moving forward. Originally a project rumored to be headed by Joss Whedon, this title has been in flux for a decade at least. The last script was penned by Christina Hodson, and today’s news included mentions of directors.However, neither of those named for the hot seat are women. Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (“Bad Boys For Life”) will reportedly be helming the film.Considering WB was the first of the major studios to bring in a female director to helm…

Remember back in February when Netflix announced that Tim Burton was working on a live action “Addams Family” project? Well as of this morning, we can officially report that Jenna Ortega (“Scream,” “The Fallout”) will be taking on leading role of Wednesday Addams in “Wednesday!”Announced this morning by Netflix, Ortega was shown holding a script for the series in this tweet: Ortega shared the same images on her Instagram, saying “New chapter. Hope I can do Wednesday Addams justice. *snaps twice*. Creators Al Gough and Miles Millar serving as showrunners. From the official announcement, we can see that Burton will…

Hot on the heels of the “Batman: Caped Crusader” news this morning, another massive DC Comics animated property is coming to HBO Max. A brand new Man of Steel animated series is also on the way, “My Adventures with Superman.” Jack Quaid (“The Boys”) will voice mild mannered reporter Clark Kent, as well as his glasses-less Kryptonian counterpart, Kal-El aka Superman. THR says he series is described as a kids-and-family animated series following 20-something versions of Superman, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen “as they begin to discover who they are and everything they can accomplish together as an investigative reporting…

Remember last year when rumors were rampant that “Batman: The Animated Series” was getting some kind of revival, reboot, revisit with the launch of HBO Max? We have a little more clarity on that now. Instead of bringing back the incredible cartoon, filmmakers Matt Reeves (“Planet of the Apes,” “The Batman”) and JJ Abrams (“LOST,” “Star Trek 09”) are currently working on developing a new Dark Knight animated property. In truth, it’s kinda like a revival of “Batman TAS,” as Bruce Timm, who co-created with Paul Dini and Mitch Brian,  the cartoon as well as directing several of the iconic episodes,…

If you need yet another Marvel Studios collectable for your shelf…this may be the one for you. The iconic nano Infinity Gauntlet created by Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in “Avengers: Endgame” is certainly a crowd pleaser. Unless you’re a large ego maniac who just happens to be purple? We digress.Entertainment Earth just opened pre-orders for the Marvel Legends Nano Gauntlet from Hasbro. It’s amazing! You’ll want to add the Marvel Legends Avengers: Endgame Nano Gauntlet Prop Replica to your armory – just to make sure things are kept safe in the world. This nifty glove has five articulated fingers…

A look back at Tony Scott’s iconic 1983 fangless vampire film “The Hunger” starring David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve, and Susan Sarandon.