Video: Oscar Isaac on The Daily Show. Breaking The Force Awakens craft services news, if we ignore that one time Domhnall Gleeson talked about quinoa.
Video: Oscar Isaac talks X-Men and Star Wars on Letterman
I think we know who the new Boba Fett really is now…
Peter Mayhew recovering from pneumonia
Peter Mayhew recovering from pneumonia in hospital. “He will make a full recovery, and hope to be discharged within a few days,” wife Angie told Reddit.
George Lucas: Museum could go to L.A. if Chicago falls through
George Lucas: Museum could go to L.A. if Chicago falls through. He’s still set on Chicago, but there’s currently a lawsuit over the lakefront location. He also revealed that his plan was to film the sequel(s) at the Marin County studio project that was scuttled* in 2012.
Liam Neeson wouldn’t mind returning to Star Wars
Liam Neeson wouldn’t mind returning to Star Wars. He’s not sure how it would happen – spinoff? – but he’s willing. And, naturally, he has concerns about the broadsaber.
Aaron Allston is one of Cracked’s overlooked deaths of 2014
Aaron Allston is one of Cracked’s overlooked deaths of 2014. Sure, he may not be overlooked to us, but the mainstream is another matter. And, as another Jader pointed out, he’d get a huge kick out of being described as “author of Star Wars storylines J.J. Abrams will probably disregard.” Yub yub, Emperor.
Natalie Portman: “No director wanted to work with me,” after TPM
Natalie Portman: “No director wanted to work with me,” after The Phantom Menace. In a piece featuring remembrances of late director Mike Nichols, Portman talks about how he vouched for her.
Mark Hamill on Episode VII secrecy, ‘drones’ and hating the beard
We got two new Mark Hamill interviews today, as he continues to promote Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas, and it’s not like The Force Awakens just isn’t going to not come up. With the Chicago Sun-Times, he talks about secrecy measures of the internet age:
“It’s the first time I’ve ever been on a movie set where if you go from your trailer to a soundstage, you have to put on an enormous robe with a hood that hangs down over your head. I asked one of the production assistants, ‘What’s this all about.’ They told me, ‘Oh, it’s because of the drones,’ flying overhead, taking photographs of people walking to the soundstage.
“Really, it’s come to that? In the old days, the studio was like a sanctuary. You were protected from the outside world. You could relax. Not anymore!”
He told Entertainment Weekly that he and the other old-timers knew in advance they weren’t going to be featured in the teaser.
And of course, lots about the beard.
Mark Hamill will reprise The Trickster on CW’s Flash
Mark Hamill will reprise The Trickster on CW’s The Flash. Hamill first played the Flash villain (aka James Jesse) on the short-lived CBS series in the early ’90s.
Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson’s daughter was born yesterday
Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson’s daughter was born yesterday. They’ve named her Briar Rose.