In a now unavailable Instagram story, actor Amandla Stenberg spoke out on The Acolyte’s cancellation on Disney+. Stenberg portrayed twin protagonists Mae and Osha, who were pulled to opposing sides of the Force and split up at the age of eight. Taking place a century before the Star Wars prequel...
Read MoreDisney may have finally had enough of seeing Star Wars fail because more reports of changes at Lucasfilm are coming in following the cancellation of The Acolyte. Yesterday, we saw merchandise disappear from the Disney Store’s website – then reappear, then disappear again, then reappear again �...
Read MoreAI never dies. The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned that James Spader will return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Ultron, the villainous artificial intelligence who last menaced Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Spader’s Ultron will return in the Vision series b...
Read MoreOn Monday, Disney canceled the Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte, which was surprising not because it was popular and had great ratings – it wasn’t, and it didn’t – but because it was a tacit admission to these uncomfortable truths by Disney, especially as it happened so quickly and that...
Read MoreYesterday, Disney canceled The Acolyte, the latest Disney+ Star Wars series that seemed to turn off fans of the legendary sci-fi saga instantly. There’s not much I can say about the show itself because, as Virginia volunteered to review it, I didn’t watch it. But even an outside observer can se...
Read MoreFor whatever reason, Disney and its subsidiaries Pixar, Lucasfilm, and Marvel, decided to blow their load on Friday, August 9th, the first day of D23. So many major TV and film announcements were made on Friday that one is left wondering what can still come out over the rest of the weekend. There we...
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