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Disney CEO gave shareholders a treat with the first look at the Star Wars spinoff series Obi-Wan Kenobi, with Ewan McGregor reprising his role as the Jedi sage. And boy oh boy, this looks like it should have been a movie. Dropping May 25 on Disney+, Obi-Wan Kenobi begins 10 years after Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith,…

Disney confirmed that it’s definitely dropping Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ next year, with the series to take place following the events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. No specific release date was mentioned. A Disney+ Day sizzle reel shown off to the press ahead of time didn’t display any new clips…

Hayden Christensen is set to reprise his role as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in Disney+'s latest Star Wars spinoff. He will feature in Ahsoka, which is set to start production in 2022, alongside Rosario Dawson, who plays the eponymous character, the Jedi Padawn of Anakin Skywalker, who appeared in The…

“The most beautiful thing of all,” Ewan McGregor said today about the return of Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader in the upcoming Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi, part of Lucasfilm’s Star Wars franchise. McGregor made the comment in an Obi-Wan Kenobi featurette played during Disney Investor Day where Christensen’s…

Voltage Pictures will be handling foreign sales on the new Emma Roberts and Hayden Christensen romantic comedy Little Italy. Pic will debut during this year’s AFM in Santa Monica, CA. Directed by Donald Petrie, Little Italy follows Nikki (Roberts), a young chef-in-training, who begins dating her childhood friend Leo…

EXCLUSIVE AND UPDATED, 10:22 AM: Samuel Goldwyn Films, which released the former faith-based film Fireproof to phenomenal box office success, has just acquired Giving Films’ 90 Minutes in Heaven and will distribute the film on September 11 in 800 theaters. Based on Don Piper's New York Times  best-selling…

The weekend is chalk full of new Specialty releases, though most will likely be low performers in terms of dollars at the box office. Entertainment One is opening Nicolas Cage and Hayden Christensen starrer Outcast with limited runs and will likely find tepid returns at the theatrical box office, though it may shine…

Nicolas Cage is “The White Ghost” in Arclight Films’ Outcast, an English-language period action pic set in 12th century China that also stars Hayden Christensen and Yifei Liu (The Forbidden Kingdom). The Chinese/Canadian/French co-production was shot on location in China under stunt pro-turned-director Nick Powell (The…

EXCLUSIVE: The erstwhile Anakin Skywalker has returned to Paradigm for representation. Actor-producer Hayden Christensen departed the agency back in 2010 for UTA after passing on a number of big projects, his former rep told Deadline then. He’s had a four-year break from acting since. Christensen just recently wrapped…

Looks like the Force is truly strong with this one after all. Star Wars' Hayden Christensen and his brother Tove were handed a new life yesterday in their suit with USA Network over Royal Pains. The brothers allege that the idea for the USA series was lifted from their much-circulated Housecall show concept and they…

I’ve been given the following statement from Paradigm: “We have mutually parted ways with Jim Osborne. Jim will work closely with the agency and the clients he was responsible for during the transition and beyond.” Hmm, do you think the move follows Friday’s departure of client Hayden Christensen for UTA and…

FRIDAY UPDATE: I’ve just heard from Paradigm’s Jim Osbourne, who tells me Hayden Christensen moved to the agency’s David Guillod 5 months ago and offers this explanation about the actor: “He wouldn’t read for Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter, he passed on Afterlife opposed Liam Neeson, he passed on Cheri opposite Michelle…