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Damon Lindelof Speaks Out on Getting Pink-Slipped from ‘Star Wars’

@Damon Lindelof Damon Lindelof is revealing details about his recent departure from the upcoming Star Wars project. In an interview with Esquire, he declared flatly “I was in more than talks to join the Star Wars universe. I joined the Star Wars universe and was asked to leave.” In March, it had been reported that…

Edward Moran

May 1, 2023

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Star Wars Editor Marcia Lucas Criticizes Kathleen Kennedy and J.J. Abrams’ Sequel Trilogy

Marcia Lucas, the acclaimed editor of the original Star Wars trilogy, has expressed her unhappiness with the way Disney approached the franchise’s recent sequel trilogy. The filmmaker, who won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing in 1977 for A New Hope, stated that she wasn’t very happy with the final three movies in the…

Karen Benardello

September 20, 2021

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The Hazy Days of Art College 1994

©Courtesy of Dekanalog Like many young people, the Chinese art students in this film largely ignore politics. Very few of them could have conscious memories of the Cultural Revolution, unlike superstar Chinese artists Ai Weiwei, Cai Guo-Qiang, and Wang Guangyi. However, these artists-in-training consciously aspire to their level of success. They also hope to make…

Joe Bendel

April 25, 2024

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‘Boy Kills World’: Exclusive Video Interview with Director Moritz Mohr

©Courtesy of Lionsgate Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel German-born filmmaker Moritz Mohr has been directing short films and television for almost two decades, but with Boy Kills World, he takes on his first feature film, a violent and gory revenge thriller starring Bill Skarsgård (It, Barbarian) as the…

Edward Douglas

April 24, 2024

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Ron Howard’s JIM HENSON IDEA MAN // Trailer / Disney+ May 31

©Jim Henson Idea Man, Courtesy of Disney+ The legendary James Maury Henson was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, and filmmaker who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets. Now, the “Sesame Street” and “The Muppet Show” icon is at the center of Academy Award winner Ron Howard‘s latest documentary, “Jim Henson…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

April 24, 2024

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Shogun May Not Return for a Second Season on FX

© 2024, FX. All Rights Reserved. Despite popular and critical acclaim, Shogun may not be returning for a second season on FX, says showrunner and co-creator Justin Marks. Marks told The Hollywood Reporter this week that the production team may have run out of creative juice to expand on what James Clavell had written in his…

Edward Moran

April 24, 2024

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Damon Lindelof Speaks Out on Getting Pink-Slipped from ‘Star Wars’

Star Wars Editor Marcia Lucas Criticizes Kathleen Kennedy and J.J. Abrams’ Sequel Trilogy