JoBlo.com has a very interesting set report from Ewan McGregor’s upcoming film “The Island”.
ROTS to open Cannes!
“The Cannes Film Festival is going to the dark side.”
I think it will win the Golden Pineapple–er, Palme d’Or.
Pokemonified!
Looks like whiny fanboys everywhere will soon have someone other than George Lucas to blame for ruining their childhoods: new and ‘improved’ Looney Tunes.
There are no words.
Start stocking up on towels…
A starwars.com survey
Hyperspace member? Use starwars.com or starwarsshop.com? Take the member survey. Looks like the input will be used to add features to the site.
Cameo?
Could a certain someone be making a brief appearance in “Revenge of the Sith”? Possible character name/casting spoiler.
Let’s hear it for mandibles!
The official site has posted the cover and blurb of Troy Denning’s The Joiner King, which will be out in July. Can you predict the next two covers? I think you can!
More on “Long Way Down”
At a recent book signing, Charley Boorman shared some more information about his and Ewan’s next adventure…
Following a three-month trip motorbiking around the world with film star Ewan McGregor, actor Charley Boorman is keen to get back on the road.
“We’re hoping to do the Paris-Dakar race this year and then, if all goes well, Ewan and I will go from London to Capetown through Africa,” he said at last Thursday’s opening of the Borders store in Brent Cross shopping centre.
Variety on George
Variety has done a profile on George Lucas, and TFN talks them into putting it online for free. Pretty cool.
George Lucas answers to no man. Indeed, his autonomy is unique in the history of the entertainment industry: Even Walt Disney had to cope with his skinflint brother Roy.
Lucas turns 61 in May, the same month “Revenge of the Sith,” the sixth and probably last “Star Wars” picture, makes its bow. But the visionary filmmaker has no clear plans to make any more films — at least none of the obviously commercial variety.
And while he has started up several self-sufficient companies — effects shop ILM, sound firm THX, etc. — it’s not clear that he will turn his focus to any of them. Instead, his peripatetic mind seems eager to blaze new frontiers.
Canon-Bending, yay!
I don’t know about anyone else, but the EU item I’m most looking forward to right now is Visionaries. Having long been a fan of alternate universes and concept art, this looks like it may be the one of most original things to come out of Dark Horse in years. Having the actual concept artists along for the ride can’t hurt either.