EXCLUSIVE: Gina Carano will open up about being let go from The Mandalorian in a sit-down interview with The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro, which we can preview here on Deadline.
The interview, due to run Sunday on The Ben Shapiro Show, is Carano’s first on-camera sit-down since she was booted from the hit Disney+ Lucasfilm…
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EXCLUSIVE: Less than 24 hours after her explosive ouster from Star Wars series The Mandalorian for incendiary social media posts, Gina Carano has hit back at her detractors and revealed a new movie project she is making with conservative website The Daily Wire.
Carano told us today: "The Daily Wire is helping make one…
In the wake of Gina Carano’s controversial social media posts, Lucasfilm has released a statement Wednesday night, with a spokesperson saying “Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future. Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their…
EXCLUSIVE: Momita "Mo" SenGupta has joined Lucasfilm as EVP Physical Production.
SenGupta recently served as the EVP of Production at Viacom and VP of Production at Netflix where she oversaw all physical production for original series in the US and the UK.
As EVP of Physical Production at Lucasfilm, SenGupta will…
R2D2 and C3PO are getting their own adventure on Disney+.
The streamer is developing A Droid Story featuring the duo. It will be an animated series produced by Lucasfilm Animation and ILM.
Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy said, "As we continue to develop new stories, the intersection of animation of visual…
The Willow television adaptation has been handed a series order at Disney+.
Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu will direct the pilot for the series, which is slated to begin production next year.
This comes 18 months after news of the development of the adaptation of the movie, directed by Ron Howard from a story…
With social distancing requirements apt to give a boost to virtual reality, especially in public places like theme parks, Lucasfilm and Oculus VR specialists are joining forces for a new Star Wars attraction.
Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge is an original story that will include multiple styles of gameplay and…
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains details about the series finale of Star Wars: Clone Wars "Victory and Death” on Disney+.
For Star Wars: The Clone Warsproducer-scribe-supervising director-animator Dave Filoni, the animated series has represented a 15-year journey that began when he arrived at Lucasfilm from…
When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…
Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker has officially crossed the $1B mark globally, becoming Disney’s 7th release of 2019 to the milestone. The epic saga-ending installment is also the 9th film of the year to get there (along with Sony’s Spider-Man: Far From Home and Warner Bros’ Joker). The Star Wars…
FRIDAY UPDATE:Disney/Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker hit an upward offshore trajectory on Thursday versus Wednesday, adding $24.4M in 52 material markets for an international box office cume of $282.3M so far. December 26 was good for a 45% bump over Christmas Day and repped 15% of the initial weekend's…
