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‘The Last Jedi’ To Close 2017 With A Bang

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Its certainly not surprising for a Star Wars movie to top the year-end boxoffice list. Save for Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones in 2002, every single episode in the Star Wars series has topped the annual box-office list since it all began in 1977.

Still, to do it in mere 3 weekends is impressive. As of today, Wednesday Dec 28, boxoffice.com is reporting that the second installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy is at $444.9 million domestically after another $21.5 million on Wedneday.

As 2017 draws to a close, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” is expected to lead the upcoming weekend once again, with estimates around $57 million per boxofficemojo.com. That should be enough to surpass Beauty and the Beast’s $504 million and end the year as the top grossing domestic film, just in time before New Year’s Eve celebrations.

Overseas, Luke Skywalker and company is just as potent: the film is expected to cross $900m today and will join the $1 billion club in the next few days, most likely and quite fittingly on Sunday, the last day of the year.

The Last Jedi’s boxoffice haul marks the third year in a row that a Star Wars film closed the year on top after 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and last year’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”

Other films also making noise are Dwayne Johnson’s action comedy “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” and Universal’s “Pitch Perfect 3″, the third and final film in the Pitch Perfect trilogy. Both are expected to finish strong this weekend in the 2nd and 3rd spot respectively.

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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Scores Huge Thursday Opening Gross

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The day finally arrived and its a force to reckon with. “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” opens on Thursday night to $45 million, making it the second highest Thursday opening ever, next only to “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” which grossed $57 million in 2015.

Though it didn’t beat its predecessor, The Last Jedi easily beats last year’s Rogue One, which made $29 million for its Thursday night opening.

Released by the Walt Disney Co., The Last Jedi is on pace to collect around $200 million in the United States and Canada over the weekend based on its Thursday night performance. If it reaches that number, and there’s no reason to believe it won’t at this point, The Last Jedi will only be the fourth film top cross that milestone.

Internationally, “The Last Jedi” made $60.8 million from its early two day run so far through Thursday night, with more major market still to follow including China where the film opens on January 5.

This is another big news for Disney this week, if not slightly overshadowed by the recent announcement of the company’s historic $52.4 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets.

Critics are also embracing the film, scoring 86 from Metacritic.com, indicating universal acclaim, with The Guardian’s Jordan Hoffman describing The Last Jedi “first post-Lucas Star Wars film that feels free to dance to its own beat.”

The Last Jedi is currently playing in theaters.

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‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Is The Title Of The Upcoming ‘Star Wars’ Spinoff

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Director Ron Howard took to social media to reveal the official title of his Han Solo Star Wars spin-off: ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story.’

The title was revealed after the director posted a video on Twitter announcing that production is finished and thanking fans for following the director’s production updates. “Hey #Twitterville we just wrapped production so here’s a special message #StarWars,” Howard announced on Twitter.

The origin story written by Lawrence and Jon Kasdan is the second Star Wars spin-office and continue it franchise tradition following last year’s Rogue One which also made use of “A Star Wars Story” on its subtitle.

The Oscar-winning filmmaker joined the project last June after original directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were reportedly fired due to “creative differences.” Since then, Howard has been actively teasing behind-the-scenes photos on social media to the delight of fans.

Focusing on the adventures of Han Solo, and stars lden Ehrenreich in the title role, alongside Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Joonas Suotamo.

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ is currently slated for release on May 25, 2018.

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“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Trailer 2 Released

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Its only October, a little more than two months away from The Last Jedi’s release, and Lucasfilm is already ramping up the promo.The latest trailer for the film has just been released and its genuinely spectacular. This is the only trailer for the film released so far since the first one debuted during Star Wars Celebration in Orlando last April.

Last Month, star Mark Hamill teased about the released of the trailer after tweeting “Watch Monday Night Football on Monday October 9th – for no reason in particular.” The actor later deleted the post and backtracked that Disney instead “will announce when they are ready.”

Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Studios also release the film’s latest theatrical poster which features General Leia Organa front and center, surrounded by the entire cast and a hooded Skywalker at the top. Its a more crowded one-sheet when compared to first one which focused only on Rey, Luke and Kylo but continues the red color scheme also seen in the trailers.

The second film in the Star Wars trilogy, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” picks up where “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” left off, where we saw Rey (Daisy Ridley) meeting long lost Jedi Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). There is a major revelation in the trailer, one that seem to suggest potentially shocking Rey and Kylo Ren alliance. “I need someone to show me my place in all this,” Rey says to Kylo Ren as the latter offers her his hand. Nerdtastic mind-blown!

The Last Jedi will see the return of Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac, and Carrie Fisher in her last role. Joining the cast this time around are Laura Dern, Benicio del Toro and Kelly Marie Tran. It is the second film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy after 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Produced by Lucasfilm and continues the events established in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi will storm theaters December 15th, 2017.

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“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Is Officially Completed

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Rian Johnson has completed work on “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” the director announced on instagram.

The post shows a selfie of the director with some of the film’s post-production staff. “Aaaand that’s a wrap on the hardest working post production team in the galaxy,” Johnson posted. “Going to miss sitting in dark rooms with these goobers.”

With three months remaining before the film’s release, we will most likely see a new trailer soon. The film’s last trailer dropped in April and there have been scant info about the film since, save for publicity photos and magazine covers more than a month ago.

The Last Jedi will see the return of Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac, and Carrie Fisher in her last role. Joining the cast this time around are Laura Dern, Benicio del Toro and Kelly Marie Tran. It is the second film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy after 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Produced by Lucasfilm and continues the events established in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi will storm theaters December 15th, 2017.

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Journey To A New Planet With STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI – STORMS OF CRAIT #1

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A new adventure for Luke and Leia begins this December

Marvel’s STAR WARS comics have pulled back the curtain on fan favorite Captain Phasma, introduced the world to rogue archeologist Doctor Aphra, and crafted stories that have enthralled fans across the galaxy.

This December, even more secrets will be revealed when Marvel releases STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI – STORMS OF CRAIT #1. Written by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker (Star Wars: Join The Resistance) with art by Mike Mayhew (Star Wars, The Star Wars), the new mini-series gives fans a look behind the curtain at one very special planet in the galaxy: the mineral planet Crait.

In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, it becomes a battleground between the Resistance and the First Order, but that wasn’t the first time Crait became a place where heroes and villains clashed in their fight for the galaxy.

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JJ Abrams To Direct Star Wars: Episode IX

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“With The Force Awakens, J.J. delivered everything we could have possibly hoped for, and I am so excited that he is coming back to close out this trilogy,” said Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy.

JJ Abrams’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens was a dynamite at the boxoffice, $2.06 billion worldwide making it the third highest-grossing film of all time, including unadjusted $936 million domestically, above Titanic and Avatar.

As such, the director responsible for reintroducing the beloved characters of the franchise to a new generation of fans is arguably a perfect choice to close the trilogy. Abrams will co-write the film with Chris Terrio.

Last week, Lucasfilm announced that Colin Trevorrow will no longer be directing Star Wars: Episode IX. According to the statement, the split was a mutual decision.

Abrams is currently not attached to direct any film, which makes one wonder why he was not initially pursued. Though its possible his involvement with Mission: Impossible 6 and HBO’s Westworld as producer might have something to do with that.

Principal photography for Star Wars: Episode IX is expected to start early 2018 with the film’s release scheduled to be May 24, 2019.

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Paul Bettany Joins Han Solo Spinoff

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“The Outer Rim just got a little bit wilder,” director Ron Howard posted on twitter Friday, with the post accompanied by a picture of the two on the sets, hinting Paul Bettany’s involvement in his untitled Han Solo movie.

But it was the post the followed which confirmed it: “It’s my third opportunity to work with Paul. He’s a blast & so talented.” The two have worked together in A Beautiful Mind and The Da Vinci Code.

Though its not confirmed what role he will play in the film, fans speculate that he will play the character which Michael K. Williams vacated. Williams was supposed to play a “half-human, half-animal” in the film. Though Deadline is reporting that Bettany will be “playing a completely different character.”

Bettany is no stranger to big budget films, having appeared as Vision in Marvel films “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and “Captain America: Civil War”, a role he is set to bring back in next summer’s Avengers: Infinity War.

Ron Howard joined the project last June after original directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were reportedly fired due to “creative differences.” Focusing on the adventures of Han Solo, and stars lden Ehrenreich in the title role, “Han Solo” is currently scheduled for release on May 25, 2018.

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Lucasfilm Developing Star Wars’ Obi-Wan Kenobi Film

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Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi might be getting his very own movie, this according to The Hollywood Reporter. English director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours, The Reader) is in “early talks” to helm the film.

A standalone Obi-Wan film would make it the third in the “Star Wars Anthology” series, which are films separate from the main episodic saga. The first in this series is Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, released last December, while an Untitled Han Solo film is in production and will be released on May 25, 2018.

The iconic Obi-Wan character has been played by Alec Guinness during the original trilogy, while Ewan McGregor played the younger version in the prequel trilogy. Alec Guinness was nominated for best supporting actor at the Oscars in 1978 for his portrayal of Obi-wan, making him the only actor in the Star Wars franchise to ever receive an acting nomination.

Needless to say, Obi-wan is one of the most important and popular figures in Star Wars lore. In 2003, the character placed 37th in the American Film Institute’s list of greatest movie hero of all time.

McGregor has stated repeatedly his interest in returning to the role should he be approached by Lucasfilm. “Listen, I have been asked about it a lot, to the point where it looks a bit like I’m sort of touting for work. I’ve been very open to say I’d be happy to do it, if they want to do it,” said McGregor.

It looks like that just might come true!

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New Photos Of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” Offer New Plot Details

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For it upcoming Fall Preview issue, Entertainment Weekly offers plenty of photos, promotional stills and behind the scenes look at it’s cover story on this December “Star War: The Last Jedi”, giving us the most revealing look at the film so far.

The magazine features two variant covers, one that of the powerful Jedi Master with his hood up Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), and another of scavenger Rey (Daisy Ridley) wielding a lightsaber. See images tweeted by EW below.

The cover (and the film’s title itself), somewhat assures that Luke will have plenty of screen time in the film. By how much is still unknown, just one of the exciting questions to be answered by the film along with those surrounding Rey’s past and the exciting reveal on Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ ending.

The Last Jedi brings returning cast Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, Andy Serkis and Carrie Fisher in her last role. Fisher passed away in December 2016. Joining the cast this time around are Laura Dern, Benicio del Toro and Kelly Marie Tran.

Written and directed by Rian Johnson, it is the second film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy after 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Produced by Lucasfilm the film and continues the events established in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens on December 15, 2017 in regular screens and IMAX.

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