It's a curious choice indeed to feature the return of fan-favorite character Ahsoka Tano on Star Wars: The Clone Wars only to relegate her to third wheel in what should be her story. Last week's new episode, which arrived on Disney+, caught viewers up with the former Jedi after she fled the surface city of Coruscant for the dangerous depths of Level 1313. It was a fine enough introduction to the character for newcomers and a re-introduction of sorts for fans who have been waiting years for the series' return, and it even featured a fun, …
Paramount doesn't really know what to do with Star Trek on the big screen anymore. They're perfectly happy to keep cranking out a billion series for CBS All Access, but when it comes to feature films, they're stuck. When they relaunched the franchise in 2009, Star Wars was dormant, so there was room for a big, sci-fi, space action series, but that's no longer the case. Furthermore, Trek, despite its devoted fans, doesn't have Star Wars' pop culture footprint and easy access mythology of light-side-vs-dark-side. This all adds up to …
While I absolutely do not care what happens to the former owner of Miramax, I absolutely do care about the titles in the Miramax library and where they will live. The studio has been under ownership of beIN Media since 2016 but has suffered some dings to its reputation and legacy since the scandal around Harvey Weinstein, who co-founded the studio with his brother Bob Weinstein in 1979, broke in 2017. [caption id="attachment_847586" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Miramax[/caption] Per Variety, talks were being had between Miramax owner beIN Media and the prospective buying partners of …
Oscar winner Angelina Jolie is in talks to star in Those Who Wish Me Dead, the next feature from writer-director Taylor Sheridan, the Oscar-nominated scribe behind Hell or High Water and Sicario who went on to make his directing debut with Wind River. Based on the bestselling novel by Michael Koryta, Those Who Wish Me Dead is described as a hard-boiled chase thriller set against a wildfire in the Montana wilderness. It follows a 14-year-old boy who witnesses a brutal murder and enters a federal protection program that involves teaching him survival skills. Those come …