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Screenshot: LucasfilmStar Wars’ next live-action project is one of its most ambitious yet—a series that will bring a previously unexplored era to the small screen, and with it darkness. The Acolyte, a story that will foretell the downfall of the Jedi Order from its highest highs and examine the rise of the Dark Side, is nearly here, and we finally have a look at its sinister heart.Lucasfilm and Disney have released the very first trailer for Leslye Headland’s The Acolyte, the first live-action adaptation of Star Wars’…

It’s official. The next live-action Star Wars that’ll hit your eyeballs is The Acolyte, and it’s coming sooner than you may think. Disney just revealed a teaser poster for the show with an intriguing tagline, lightsaber, and the release date of June 4. Oh, and the trailer is coming Tuesday.‘I Started a Yoda Fan Club’Here’s the image.Image: Lucasfilm“In an age of light, a darkness rises.” Ominous stuff. What we know for sure though is that the “age of light” mentioned here is the High Republic, a time centuries before any…

Well, we have our first quarter of the MCU’s Fantastic Four. Yesterday, reports broke revealing that Pedro Pascal is likely to end up playing Reed Richards in the upcoming Matt Shakman-directed film, provided Pascal isn’t too busy with other projects, namely Gladiator 2 and new seasons for The Mandalorian and The Last of Us.Who Should Be the New Doctor Doom? io9 PicksRumors surrounding the Four’s casting have been going around for the past year, with many a popular actor said to be attached. This was always going to be…

Billy the puppet returns in a new look at Saw X. New Last Voyage of the Demeter clips herald Dracula’s awakening. Scooby Doo and Krypto the Superdog are ready to team up in a new movie. Plus, what’s next on Riverdale and Outlander. Spoilers away!Turtle Power with Melissa Navia | First FandomsSaw XBloody-Disgusting has our first look at Jigsaw’s tricycle-riding puppet, Billy, as he appears in Saw X. Photo: LionsgateMeg 2: The TrenchA track from Harry Gregson-Williams’ score for Meg 2: The Trench is now available to stream…

We haven’t known much of what to expect from Star Wars: The Acolyte—the Disney+ series from Leslye Headland (Russian Doll)—other than it’s set at the end of the High Republic era around 100 years before The Phantom Menace, will explore the Dark Side, and has a ridiculously talented cast. At Star Wars Celebration Europe, we learned more about this intriguing project, and saw the first footage which revealed a 2024 release. Connecting the Series to the Prequels and Original TrilogyHeadland arrived on stage at Celebration…

Image: LucasfilmIt’s not just the future of Star Wars TV we might get a glimpse of at Celebration, but its past as well—one mysterious Disney+ project we’ve seen very little of is The Acolyte, Leslye Headland’s dark, Jedi-infused mystery series set during the final days of the High Republic era. We know there’s a very intriguing cast attached to this series, including Amandla Stenberg, Dafne Keen, Lee Jung-jae, and more, and we know it’s going to examine the lingering specterof the Dark Side as the Republic and the…

Photo: HBOThere is a certain irony that the final two episodes of His Dark Materials, the TV adaptation of Philip Pullman’s YA fantasy novels, aired one day after Christmas. On December 25, one of the world’s larger religions celebrated the arrival of its messianic figure, while tonight, a bunch of soldiers, angels, witches, and a very self-centered scientist banded together to destroy organized religion throughout the multiverse. It’s an awkward pairing, but in a way, it’s perfect for the series’ fascinating, flawed,…

Photo: Chris Baker/HBONo offense to Dafne Keen, Amir Wilson, or even James McAvoy, but Ruth Wilson has always been His Dark Materials’ biggest star. Her icy, enigmatic villain, Mrs. Coulter, serves as the lynchpin of both of tonight’s episodes, as she’s forced to take stock of her past actions… and what they may cost her in the future.Of “The Intention Craft” and “Lyra and Her Death,” I feel the former is the stronger episode of TV, but that might just be because it featured the long-awaited reunion between Lyra’s…

Image: Lucasfilm/Del ReyA party gathers to venture forth in the new Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves poster. Get a look at Syfy’s mysteriousnew space series The Ark. The Flash teases the beginning of the end. Plus, new footage from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. Spoilers get!Wicked Variety reports Michelle Yeoh has joined the cast of Wicked as Madame Morrible, “the headmistress of Crage Hall at Shiz University.”Saw 10Deadline reports Shawnee Smith is in talks to reprise her role as Amanda Young in Saw 10. The…

Photo: Simon Ridgway/HBOIf you care enough about His Dark Materials to watch the season three premiere today, you know the score: It’s been just under two years since the second season finale of the adaptation of Philip Pullman’s acclaimed fantasy trilogy aired. So it’s genuinely impressive how seamlessly season three begins, not only following up the story almost immediately after the events of season two, but feeling as if the show had continually kept filming instead of getting disrupted by the pandemic. Unfortunately,…