Star Wars The Force Awakens
- NewsMike P Williams
Disney record their most successful box office year ever
Disney are going from strength to strength when it comes to their movie output but with two months of 2016 left they’ve already had their best ever year. While ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ isn’t part of the episodic instalments, the spin-off is still predicted to do very well. The question is, will it go toe-to-toe with last year’s ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’?
- NewsTom Butler
Star Wars Accident “Could Have Killed” Harrison Ford
The production company set up by Disney to make ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ has pleaded guilty to two criminal charges over the on-set accident that lead to Harrison Ford breaking his leg. According to the BBC, Foodles Production (UK) Ltd admitted to two of the four criminal charges brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in Milton Keynes Magistrates’ Court earlier today, and will be sentenced at Aylesbury Crown Court on 22 August.
- NewsBen Arnold
Pinewood Boss Says It Will Profit From Brexit
Bosses at British movie studio Pinewood have said that it will benefit from Britain voting to leave the European Union. Ivan Dunleavy said: “The result of the UK’s referendum on membership of the EU is now known. Danny Perkins, CEO of StudioCanal UK, which is owned by French media company Canal Plus, and has been behind movies like 'Paddington’ and 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’, has said that the effects will be drastic.
- NewsBen Arnold
James Cameron – Star Wars: The Force Awakens Lacked 'Visual Imagination'
James Cameron, who is currently deep into his ‘Avatar’ sequels, took some time out to give his two cents on 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens’. - Why is Keanu Reeves at Parliament? In an interview that has surfaced on YouTube, he first couches his comments by explaining that 'Star Wars’ originator George Lucas is 'a friend of mine’, before revealing his ambivalence towards the new movie.
- NewsBen Bussey
Ben Affleck Hints He Almost Directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Whilst Ben Affleck has returned to the acting limelight as Batman, until comparatively recently he looked set to side-step into directing full-time - and it seems he may have come close to directing the biggest movie of the past six years. Other directors known to have been in contention for ‘The Force Awakens’ before JJ Abrams got the job include Brad Bird and Matthew Vaughn.
- NewsBen Arnold
John Boyega Visits Star Wars Fans At Children's Hospice
Proving once again that he’s a very fine human being indeed, ‘Star Wars’ star John Boyega visited the seriously ill children being looked after at the Demelza Hospice in Eltham, south east London, this week.
- NewsBen Skipper
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Fails To Top $1bn At US Box Office As Theatrical Run Ends
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ has finally ended its theatrical run in the US with a record domestic box office tally of $936,662,225. It means Disney failed to top $1 billion at the US box office on its first run, but it has still made $170m more than 'Avatar’ the second highest grossing film in the US. 'The Force Awakens’ total box office haul sits at roughly $2,068,200 (via Collider) - $110m shy of 'Titanic’, which sits second on the all-time list of box office grosses, below 'Avatar’.