Disney Cites ‘Economic Factors’ and Shutters Lucasfilm Studio in Singapore
The global diminution of the Disney brand continued Tuesday as it announced Lucasfilm’s visual effects and animation studio in Singapore is closing.
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‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Review: A Limp Apology for ‘Last Jedi’
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker isn’t boring. It’s just dumb and flat and so understandably eager to undo all that The Last Jedi damage, it feels like we’re starting over.
From Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ to ‘Apollo 13,’ America’s Moon Landing was a Giant Leap for Movies, Too
NEW YORK (AP) — In 1964, Stanley Kubrick, on the recommendation of the science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, bought a telescope.
Los Angeles Triumphs in Battle for George Lucas Museum
The Board of the George Lucas “Museum of Narrative Art” picked Los Angeles’ Exposition Park over San Francisco’s Treasure Island on Tuesday as home of the highly anticipated museum of the Star Wars creator’s digital and populist art collection.
L.A., San Francisco Battle for George Lucas Museum
The Board of George Lucas’s proposed “Museum of Narrative Art” delayed its final site selection approval in what is now a hot and heavy competition between San Francisco’s Treasure Island and Los Angeles’ Exposition Park.
Hayden Christensen Left Acting After ‘Star Wars,’ Fame Didn’t Feel ‘Earned’
After being cast by George Lucas to play Anakin Skywalker in two Star Wars prequels early in his career, actor Hayden Christensen appeared in only a handful of other films before mostly walking away from the industry.
George Lucas: ‘White Slavers’ Paid Me $4 Billion, Soviet Directors Had More Freedom
Although he stands among an elite few who have so prospered thanks to American capitalism and artistic freedom, George Lucas is still The Greediest Crybaby In The History of the World. Walt Disney paid Lucas an incredible $4 billion for
George Lucas Disses New ‘Star Wars,’ Calls Disney ‘White Slavers’
In an interview with Charlie Rose last weekend, George Lucas used the word “breakup” to describe how he felt about being left out of the process in creating the latest installment of the Star Wars franchise, “The Force Awakens,” and likened Disney’s acquisition of the brand to “white slavers” taking his children.
George Lucas: Star Wars Is a ‘Soap Opera’ About ‘Family Problems,’ Not ‘Spaceships’
George Lucas has seen “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and has given this thoughts on the latest entry in the series and the original theme of his saga.
If Obama Cannot Hang out with Hollywood, the Terrorists Win
Following his speech to the nation on terrorism, President Barack Obama is putting on his black tie and heading to the Kennedy Center to honor filmmaker George Lucas, among others. If Obama cannot hang out with Hollywood celebrities, the terrorists win.
George Lucas Plans Subsidized Housing Project on Own Property
After facing slew of criticism from his neighbors in Marin County over plans to expand Skywalker Ranch studio for a third and final time, George Lucas has opted instead to turn his plot of land into subsidized housing, in what many of his neighbors are calling payback in the form of class warfare.
Digital Release: Disney Continues Tradition of Cynical ‘Star Wars’ Cash Grabs
Over Christmas, for less than eight bucks a pop, I purchased “Gravity,” “The Conjuring,” Man of Steel,” “Riddick,” and the new “Godzilla” reboot on Bluray. With all of those titles came a free digital copy that is currently stored on
Liberal George Lucas Wisecracks ‘I Will Only Make Films Blindly Uncritical of America’
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart spent a portion of Thursday night’s The Daily Show bashing Fox News, which in and of itself is not newsworthy. However, this time the soon-to-be retired host enlisted the help of director George Lucas.
George Lucas: Hollywood ‘All Circus, No Substance’
In a wide-ranging interview with film critic Leonard Maltin at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, directors George Lucas and Robert Redford spoke candidly of their experiences in film, where Lucas came to the conclusion that Hollywood as a “circus.”