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Landmark ‘People Vs. George Lucas’ Case To Be Decided Next Year
3:40AM STV | In a perfect world — one we’ve actively fantasised about for a while — there would be a cultural tribunal somewhere holding George Lucas accountable for crimes against fans and films alike. More »
Broke George Lucas Sells Off ‘Star Wars’ Stage Musical
8:10AM STV | On the same day a Vanity Fair writer delivered the definitive history of the worst Star Wars spinoff ever, another report suggests that infamous show may soon have competition.
Carrie Fisher Comes Full Circle
4:33AM Seth | Forgive us. Forgive us Leia, forgive us Jabba, forgive us The Force—but this was the first thing that occurred to us watching Carrie Fisher plug her latest “I took lots of drugs and alcohol and married a gay dude” memoir, Enter Drinking (wait, that’s not it. Up, No Olives? It’ll come to us eventually) on the Today Show this morning. Seriously—how did this seismic, evolutionary species reassignment come to pass, and do the universe’s laws of equilibrium require that the slug-like crime lord now be cavorting by some Tatooinian resort pool in a bikini? After the jump, Fisher talks about taking acid with Cary Grant or something. More »
5:15AM Seth | “Follow That Tiny Speeder Bike!” We defy you to look at this adorable Star Wars tableau—achieved, much care is taken to point out, without the use of Photoshop, but rather with an actual Scout Trooper action figure riding bareback on an actual adorable chipmunk—without going, “Awww.” Still, we’d caution not to look at the next photo in the series, in which the Trooper slices open the chipmunk’s stomach and climbs inside to survive a bitter Hoth ice storm. [Great White Snark] More »
Bruce Willis to Put Shyamalan Lessons To Use in Directorial Debut
4:05AM STV | Returning to his Blind Date/Hudson Hawk roots as a sensitive, almost Bergmanesque observer of angst and insecurity, Bruce Willis will make his directorial debut and star in the “indie psychological drama” Three Stories About Joan. And if you still harbor doubt about the film’s chamber-drama cred, 10,000 B.C. star Camilla Belle is attached to star. [Variety] Lifetime outbid six other networks for the rerun rights to How I Met Your Mother, which execs are reportedly considering spinning off with the Lifetime original series How I Survived Your Father Knocking Me Up at 15. [THR] After the jump: Ben Affleck loses his job, Billy Crystal reclaims his own, and the world contemplates another Star Wars movie. More »
Meet Howard Roffman: Licenser Of Lightsabers, Photographer Of Naked Boys
6:55AM Seth | While we have to say were taken slightly aback by the addition of limp-flippered velvet-slug mafioso Capote the Hutt to the Star Wars character universe, we were even more surprised to learn from a Defamer operative that the Lucas brand—Synonymous with Quality Intergalactic Family Entertainment Since 1977™—harbors other…how should we put this diplomatically…C3POic tendencies? They write: More »
Blockbuster Reality Check: ‘Dark Knight’ Only $1 Billion Off Record Pace
3:45AM STV | Big ups to The Dark Knight, which surpassed the first Star Wars film over the weekend to become the second-highest-grossing film ever. Sort of, anyway: That number-two figure on which the industry has had its eye for the last month since TDK’s release — $471 million, still a cruise ship shy of Titanic’s $600 million — remains quite the impressive number domestically, but isn’t really threatening anyone globally. It’s a bit of an open, underreported secret, but after the jump, behold the only number that really matters: your 19th-highest-grossing film of all time — only $64 million behind Finding Nemo! More »
Weak ‘Thunder’ Still Strong Enough to Rain on ‘Dark Knight’ Parade
2:15AM STV | Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your bulletproof one-stop resource for the weekend in new moviegoing. Or sort of bulletproof — Pineapple Express burned us last week with a late slowdown, but we’re preparing to bet the farm on The Dark Knight’s fall from box-office supremacy by Sunday night. But is what’s replacing it even any good? Yes and no, but we’ll get to that, as we will with this week’s best release off the beaten path and a look-see at new DVD releases for the tired, cheap and/or agoraphobic among us. As always, our opinions are our own, but as long they’re right, what’s to argue? More »
Capote-Sounding ‘Star Wars’ Character Only As Gay As You Want Him to Be
10:30AM STV | We thought all discussion of The Clone Wars ended yesterday with the discovery that if Harry Knowles hates it — enough even for George Lucas Warner Bros. to swoop in and kill his embargo-shattering review — it must be some kind of radioactively awful. But new revelations have surfaced this afternoon about Ziro the Hutt, the fringe character whom Knowles described as sounding like “a racist take on a Black New Orleans Crack-Dealing Whore.” Not quite, Harry — not even close, in fact, according to an interview published today at MTV Movies:
