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Image: Walt Disney Animation StudiosIt was only a matter of time before we got to see Bambi’s mom die in “live-action” glory. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About Jurassic Park's Returning HeroesDeadline reports that Disney has officially started getting together a team to make audiences cry and traumatize a new generation with a Bambi adaptation from Oscar-winning Women Talking filmmaker Sarah Polley. Bambi follows the trend of Disney classics getting the live-action treatment—something that seems unlikely…

Image: LucasfilmWe’ve long known that Star Wars’ Clone Wars-born heroine would be making the jump from cameos on The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett to her own live-action series, Ahsoka, this August—and now we have a precise date, August 23, to add to our countdown calendars.Here’s a look at the latest TV spot, which showcases Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano, back to lead a band of Dave Filoni universe-created misfits to take on the threat of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who we last saw on Star Wars: Rebels disappearing…

Fifteen years ago this month, movie history was changed forever. And we don’t say that lightly. On May 2, 2008, when Marvel Studios released Iron Man starring Robert Downey Jr., not only was a brand new mega-franchise born, a new era of cinematic storytelling came with it: the shared universe.Spoilers of the Week | June 3rdNow, to celebrate that anniversary, two of the men most responsible for the film —producer Kevin Feige and director Jon Favreau—sat down to have an extensive chat about the film. They talk about the big…

Mulan, 101 Dalmatians, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Maleficent are all on the list.Image: DisneyDisney is a company that always looks at its past to find its future. It brings back characters, concepts, stories, and more; time and time again, it attempts to transport you back to the way you felt when you were a little kid. That’s always been Disney’s thing. But, for the last 15 years or so, it’s been going a step further and remaking its classic animated movies in live-action, which had been a very…

Image: Kate Green/Getty for DisneyEven though The Mandalorian season fourhas yet to be officially announced, apparently it’s already being delayed due to the writer’s strike. Deadline reports that production on the show was previously scheduled to begin in September but that’s now likely to be pushed back.‘I Started a Yoda Fan Club’This, of course, makes a lot of sense since of the five Star Wars shows currently on the calendar, The Mandalorian is the one furthest away from release. Jon Favreau said he’d already written…

One of the best things about movies is how they can become a part of your life. How you can fall so deeply in love with one that watching it is almost like a blanket: something warm and comfortable that makes you feel good. And that’s especially true of films that came out in your formative years and stuck with you all the way through adulthood. In 1998, a movie about an asteroid hitting the Earth did that for me. I saw it, loved it, bought it on DVD, watched it a million times, and anytime it’s on TV, which it is…

When you hear the name “Robert Rodriguez,” a montage of images instantly comes to mind. Antonio Banderas shooting a gun shaped like a guitar case. Salma Hayek dancing with a snake. Two gadget-covered kids popping out of the screen in 3D. A black-and-white Mickey Rourke lumbering through a comic book frame. With Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn, Spy Kids, Sin City, and others, Rodriguez has long made genre films that have stood the test of time. And during all of that, he’s been toying with one other idea. One he thought…

Fifteen years ago, on May 2, 2008, Iron Man released in theaters. The Jon Favreau-directed film set off an unprecedented run of sequels, sagas, and franchises that literally saved Marvel from the brink of bankruptcy. The film was critically praised. It was nominated for two Oscars. In 2022 it was even selected for preservation in the Library of Congress. It’s hard to argue with the impact of Iron Man.The Woman Who Would Be PhotonHonestly, the whole trilogy was solid. Even if the second movie was weaker than the first and…

Image: LucasfilmThis season’s penultimate episode, Chapter 23, was called “The Spies,” which created unspoken tension that someone was going to betray the Mandalorians who went down to scout the surface of their former planet. That didn’t happen. In the finale, there were moments where we thought maybe a betrayal was coming—and again, nothing.So, who were “The Spies?” Well, we think the term “Spies” isn’t being used in a typical James Bond context. The term also has a biblical context that basically means a group of…

The first two seasons of The Mandalorian ended with some kind of big Star Wars twist. In season one, Moff Gideon pulled out the Darksaber. In season two, Luke Skywalker arrived to help Grogu. And the expectation of something on that level for the season three finale seemed completely reasonable. Instead, fans were given a laundry list of payoffs that helped bring the season together in a satisfying way, which worked but also felt maybe a little too straightforward for a show that has thrived on exciting surprises.Bryce…