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Daisy Ridley’s Rey Skywalker Will Be Key To ‘Star Wars’ Franchise’s Future

©Courtesy of Disney Daisy Ridley, who will reportedly appear as the character of Rey Skywalker in several upcoming Star Wars films, is attracting notice as a major force in the franchise. According to an anonymous source quoted in The Hollywood Reporter, Ridley “is the most valuable cinematic asset, in some ways the only one, Star Wars…

Connie Nielsen Confused That Wonder Woman 3 Was Cancelled

Connie Nielsen, who played Queen Hippolyta in the DC Extended Universe, has admitted she doesn’t understand why Wonder Woman 3 was cancelled. While recently promoting Gladiator II, she told Den of Geek that she’s confused that DC Studio decided not to make the second Wonder Woman sequel. Before the release of the series’ first follow-up,…

Gal Gadot Details Her Epic Production of ‘Cleopatra’

Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot still has Cleopatra in her sights, even though the producers seem to be taking their time in bringing the picture to the screen. After all, it’s been a solid sixty years since the last epic production of Cleopatra—the iconic 1963 film that starred Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. But Gadot…

Gal Gadot is Developing ‘Wonder Woman 3’ with James Gunn

Despite new management changes over at the DC Universe, it appears that Gal Gadot will still be involved in the Wonder Woman franchise. Gadot made her debut as Diana Prince back in 2016, when she appeared in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. She starred in Wonder Woman (2017) and its sequel Wonder Woman 1984…

Wonder Woman Director Patty Jenkins Denies Walking Away From the Series’ Third Installment

Patty Jenkins has revealed that she didn’t choose to walk away from the planned third installment in her Wonder Woman movie series. The director’s revelation comes after Warner Bros. announced last week that it wouldn’t be moving forward with the anticipated project, Vanity Fair is reporting. After the second Wonder Woman sequel was cancelled, it…

DC’s New Regime Nixes ‘Wonder Woman 3’

DC Studios is scrapping plans for Wonder Woman 3, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The reason for the cancellation is being attributed to the new regime at DC, whose co-chair James Gunn and Peter Safran apparently feel WW3 does not fit into their priorities moving forward. It was originally expected that Patty Jenkins would have…

Production on Patty Jenkins and Rian Johnson’s Star Wars Films Stopped Due to Creative Differences

Production on Patty Jenkins’ planned Star Wars film, Rogue Squadron, has ceased due to the creative differences she’s had with executives from the franchise’s production company, Lucasfilm. The filmmaker and the company’s executives, including senior VP Michelle Rejwan, were unable to agree on a script for the planned feature, according to a recent report from…

Scarlett Johansson Suing Disney Over ‘Black Widow’ Release Plan

Marvel’s Black Widow was released several weeks ago in theaters and on Disney+, and has enjoyed a moderately successful opening, especially during the pandemic. But its positive reception wasn’t enough to appease star Scarlett Johansson since, according to a lawsuit filed against The Walt Disney Co. in Los Angeles Superior Court, that strategy breached her…

Patty Jenkins Talked about Her Creative Control on Star Wars: Rogue Squadron

Director Patty Jenkins is making major developments in the pre-production stage of her anticipated Star Wars standalone movie, Rogue Squadron. The Emmy Award-nominated filmmaker revealed that she’s working towards a December 2023 release date for the feature, which she’s already putting together a crew for, during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Jenkins also shared…