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After two years of considerable success, along with a few questions, Disney+ went on a content offensive Friday, showcasing dozens of upcoming and newly appearing (on the service) films and series plus tie-ins across theme parks and consumer products, a Disney+ segment on GMA and a special one-day Disney+ category on J…

Nic Cupac, who was working as a grip on the second unit of Disney/Lucasfilm’s new Indiana Jones movie in Morocco, died suddenly. He was 54. Cupac’s family has not released additional information about the cause of death, but it was not related to the production of the film, the latest installment of the franchise…

Disney+ has released the trailer and unveiled the Japanese and English dub voice casts for Star Wars: Visions, its upcoming anthology series from Lucasfilm composed of short films centered on the Star Wars universe. The series launches September 22 on Disney+. Watch the trailer above. Lucy Liu, Neil Patrick Harris…

On Saturday, key creatives behind Star Wars: Visions appeared at Anime Expo Lite to tease the upcoming anime series, which hits Disney+ on September 22, announcing the names of Japanese studios that have been helping to bring it to life. Lucasfilms’ latest has been billed as an anthology series comprised of short…

On Thursday, Disney+ unveiled a mid-season teaser, offering a look at what’s to come on Star Wars: The Bad Batch. The original animated series from Lucasfilm centers on the exploits of the Bad Batch—the elite and experimental clones first introduced in The Clone Wars—watching as they find their way in a rapidly…

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…

The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences, and inspirations of some of today's great screen artists. Every installment asks the same five questions…

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…