Star Wars: Natalie Portman reveals why her children still haven’t seen the prequel trilogy

Remember blockbusters? The closest anyone is going to get to that blockbuster feeling in Fall 2020 is the second season of Disney+’s flagship series, “The Mandalorian,” which dropped its premiere this morning, a little less than a year after the show debuted with the streaming service in November 2019.

Now that ‘Rise of Skywalker’ has been released on all platforms for what feels like 10 years already, the dust has settled on Disney’s “Star Wars” sequel trilogy, and we can maybe begin to take stock of what worked and what clearly didn’t. And we can also discuss what might have been, such as with the unmade ‘Episode 9,’ tentatively titled “The Duel of the Fates,” which is a story that actor John Boyega thinks could have better suited his character, Finn.

About a year or so ago, Bob Iger said, the future of “Star Wars” lay in television, at least new film franchises were up and running. Yesterday, in a restructuring of media and entertainment division announcement (read: more layoffs), Disney announced its “primary focus” for entertainment is streaming.

Terry Flores Industrial Light & Magic’s Dennis Muren will receive the VIEW Conference’s 2020 Visionary Award during this year’s event, which is taking place both in-person in Turin, Italy, and virtually.The longtime VFX maven is best known for his work on the original “Star Wars,” as well as “The Abyss,” “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” and “Jurassic Park.” Currently he is creative director and senior visual effects supervisor and ILM, working on the company’s ground-breaking techniques and

Details about George Lucas‘ unused original treatment for the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy have been as exciting as they’ve been hard to come by. Lucasfilm is understandably keeping the treatment close to the chest, but every time we’ve caught a glimpse of the franchise creator’s plans, it’s been a conversation starter.

The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal has stated his desire to turn the Disney+ Star Wars spin-off TV series into a movie.The second season of Jon Favreau’s show is set to arrive on the streaming service later this month.Speaking to Variety for a new cover feature ahead of the release of the second season of The Mandalorian, Pascal said he would “love” to make a movie based on the show, but has yet to hear official discussions about the possibility from bosses.“I think that the work is so beautiful

Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas‘s daughter, Willa is just a few months old, but she’s already collecting gifts from her parents’ famous friends. The Game of Thrones actress, 24, and the “Sucker” singer, 31, took to their separate Instagram accounts on October 14, to share a sweet gift from Natalie Portman— a hardcover children’s book, titled Natalie Portman’s Fables.

If you wanted to hire someone to possibly create a new cinematic universe based on existing IP, you could do a lot worse than filmmaker Jon Favreau. After directing “Iron Man” and “Iron Man 2,” Favreau would go on to see his two films spawn dozens more and an entire Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Star Wars book has revealed that Rey was previously called Winkie.An extract of Star Wars: Fascinating Facts by Pablo Hidalgo was shared on social media, explaining how the character eventually played by Daisy Ridley in the sequel trilogy grew from George Lucas’ original idea.“In George Lucas’ original outline, she was a 14-year-old girl named Taryn,” the page posted on Twitter reads.

YouTube personality James Hobson has finally done what so many movie nerds before him have dreamed about: He created a functional — and potentially deadly — lightsaber fit for a real Jedi.Many a “Star Wars” fan have tried to create a genuine lightsaber, but have only succeeded in achieving the look through the use of non-retractable metal tubing and light — in other words, a glorified flashlight.However, the self-dubbed “Hacksmith” employed what no builder has yet — the principles of laser

During a Zoom interview on “The Graham Norton Show” on Friday, the Star Wars actor revealed that he will play the iconic Jedi Master as filming for a yet-titled Obi-Wan Kenobi origin series begins in March, Variety reports.“It’s the Obi-Wan Kenobi story, I suppose.

 Natalie Portman  may have just spilled some major tea about the upcoming Thor film Thor: Love and Thunder. Portman is currently in Australia training for the role and pumping some iron.

Natalie Portman has given Marvel fans the ultimate “Thor 4” tease.

Natalie Portman may have just revealed a big plot point for Thor: Love and Thunder aka Thor 4!

Thor: Love and Thunder is preparing to set the ball rolling in the coming few days. The team is assembling in Australia and it won't be long before Taika Waititi starts filming the fourth film of the franchise.

plush dolls any more: Baby Yoda will soon be part of a 1,000 piece Lego set, just in time for the second season of “The Mandalorian.”Disney and Lucasfilm announced “Mando Mondays,” a 9-week-long event that celebrates the “Star Wars” series with the release of toys and other collectables.The first “Mando Monday” will be the Lego set on October 26 — ahead of the October 30 premiere of “The Mandalorian” season 2.

Harry Potter brought magic, mischief and more to millions of fans around the world.Based on the series of seven books by J.K. Rowling, stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint captured the hearts of viewers between 2001 and 2011.