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Bill Hader is part of the Star Wars universe and was credited as a “voice consultant” for BB-8 from Star Wars: The Force Awakens alongside Ben Schwartz. The Barry star is often asked to sign merch featuring the droid but Hader recently opened up about why he stopped autographing altogether. “I do not…

When your Broadway smash hit has just been laureled with a record-breaking 16 Tony Award nominations — three for yourself alone — you need to step up your game. That was the case today — Star Wars Day —  for Hamilton writer/composer-lyricist/star Lin-Manuel Miranda. The show has resumed “Ham4Ham,” the free…

The Force is paying off for Hasbro investors. The toymaker just raised its dividend by 11% as it reported better-than-expected Q4 earnings, due in part to the success of the sale of merchandise tied to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Hasbro shares are up about 1% on a generally down morning for Wall Street. The company…

How disappointing has Q4 been for movie exhibition chains? Even Star Wars: The Force Awakens probably can’t raise the quarter’s domestic box office revenues to the 11% gain over last year that Wall Street analysts anticipated, RBC Capital Markets’ Leo Kulp figures. The “weak performance of the box office so far in…

Pinewood Studios announced today its interim six-month results through September 2015, with profits boosted by Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the latest James Bond installment Spectre shooting at the studio. Pre-tax profits were up 13.2% to $6.5 million, while operating profits were up 186.9% to $10.5 million from…

The best sketch on last night’s Matthew McConaughey-hosted SNL wasn’t live at all.  Two weeks before the release of Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens, director J.J. Abrams popped up on video to introduce “auditions” for the film that mixed in cameos by Emma Stone and Jon Hamm with SNL regulars, reading with the film’s…

Seriously, Star Wars fans, if you don’t want to camp outside in the mall parking lot until Dec. 18, you can get your Star Wars Force Awakens tickets starting tomorrow, (Monday) simply by logging on and going to one of various exhibitor web pages.  News posted on Twitter that Imax, Regal Cinemas, Fandango, AMC Theatres…

The subject was on the top of people’s minds today when Disney COO Tom Staggs appeared at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference. Disney’s share price is down 15.4% since August 4 when the company trimmed some financial forecasts, noting that ESPN had lost some subscribers…

It’s being billed as “Celebrity Nerd-Off” — Garden State trouper and ascender to the Late Show throne will host an evening with the Star Wars: The Force Awakens director on stage at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in downtown Newark on November 21. The event, promising “a wide-ranging on-stage discussion of…

We’ll cut to the chase: The official Star Wars Instagram feed nonchalantly dropped this extremely short teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens about half an hour ago. Normally something this short would barely elicit anything more than an “oh, cool”. But skip to the end. Teased two weeks ago at D23 in the limited…

We knew this was bound to happen. With Marvel having ducked completely out of Hall H for the first time since 2011, and Lucasfilm delivering something closer to a reunion party than a panel full of reveals, Disney appeared to hand Comic-Con 2015 over to its rivals. That was by design of course, because as expected…

Exactly one month and two days ago, the domestic studio rankings were tight and Deadline thought it would be a fun race to follow. Universal sat in third place in market share, behind Warner Bros and Disney. Warner Bros sat atop the rankings, with 20.70% that encompassed $947.3 million spread over 18 releases. Disney…