YouTuber creates real-life ‘Star Wars’ lightsaber that slices steel

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.

The music video for “Love Me Like You Hate Me” by Rainford begins with an extended short-film and an artful sex scene between Margaret Qualley and Shia LaBeouf. The film is formatted with a split-screen portraying their relationship at different stages, as what begins as an exciting new romance approaches the brink of expiration and love turns to fear, turns to heartbreak.

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.

Star Wars lightsaber is expected to fetch £120,000 when It goes under the hammer. The weapon wielded by the Scots actor in Revenge of the Sith is part of a haul of movie and TV memorabilia which will go up for auction in December.

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

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.

Natalie Portman has revealed that her two children have not yet seen the Star Wars prequel trilogy.The Oscar-winner – who famously portrayed Padme Amidala – said that she is yet to show the three films to her nine-year-old son Aleph and three-year-old daughter Amalia.“I haven’t shown my kids the movies yet,” she told Fatherly.

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.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Acorn TV’s push into originals is continuing at pace after the AMC Networks streamer commissioned Buccaneer Media, the producer behind ITV/Netflix’s Anna Friel hit Marcella, to adapt Julie Wassmer’s The Whitstable Pearl Mystery novels into a series.Deadline hears that Buccaneer has been developing a six-part series for a number of months and has signed up Kerry Godliman, the star of Ricky Gervais’ Netflix comedy After Life, to headline the

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.