‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Gets Surprise Early Digital Release

By Bruce Haring

The rumors have circulated for years, but now it's finally, totally, officially confirmed: Ewan McGregor will return to the Star Wars universe to star as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a new Disney+ series. The actor first played the character in the Star Wars prequel films, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith. (The character was originated by Sir Alec Guinness in the original film, Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope.)

The coronavirus pandemic has taken a major toll on Hollywood's box office, as social distancing and shelter-in-place orders across the U.S. have led to release date delays, production shutdowns, theater closures, and, as a result, record-low movie ticket sales.

The coronavirus pandemic has taken a major toll on Hollywood's box office, as social distancing and shelter-in-place orders across the U.S. have led to release date delays, production shutdowns, theater closures, and, as a result, record-low movie ticket sales.

Actor Andrew Jack, who featured in Star Wars, passed away two days after testing positive for Coronavirus. As his wife Gabrielle Rogers remained in quarantine after his diagnosis, the 76-year-old succumbed to the illness at a hospital near London.

Andrew Jack, who was known for his role as Resistance Major Caluan Ematt in the “Star Wars” franchise as well as for being a major Hollywood dialect coach, has died after suffering complications stemming from coronavirus. He was 76 years old.

The series will focus on the early adventures of Diego Luna's character from 'Rogue One'

More boredom relief is on the way.

By Patrick Hipes

With U.S. theaters closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Disney is releasing Harrison Ford’s “The Call of the Wild” early on digital on March 27.

In a galaxy, far, far away, there lived a genius named George Lucas. George would reach for the stars in the 1970s and kickstart a cultural phenomenon with Star Wars.

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence‘s Bad Boys for Life is heading to our home TVs early!

The soundtrack toFrozen 2returns to the top 10 on theBillboard 200chart for the first time in two months thanks to the film’s early arrival to digital retail and rental services, as well as the Disney+ streaming platform (on March 14). The former No.

The soundtrack to Frozen 2 returns to the top 10 on the Billboard 200 chart for the first time in two months thanks to the film’s early arrival to digital retail and rental services, as well as the Disney+ streaming platform (on March 14).The former No. 1 album rebounds with an 18-10 jump on the list, earning 31,000 equivalent album units in the U.S.

Autumn de Wilde, the director of Focus Featres’ “Emma,” flew home to Los Angeles on Thursday night after a London work trip and began a 15-day self-quarantine at a friend’s bungalow. Though not usually a nervous flier nor a germaphobe, de Wilde said she’d had a “stressful” flight because of her anxiety about coronavirus. “I was definitely feeling like the invisible enemy was getting to me,” she told Variety on Friday.

Paramount Pictures has announced that the hit movie Sonic the Hedgehog will be getting an early digital release now that movie theaters across the country have been shut down.

The coronavirus has taken a big toll on the Hollywood box office; social distancing and shelter-in-place orders across the U.S. have led to release date delays, production shutdowns, and record-low movie ticket sales.