George Lucas film 'Red Tails' gets green light
George Lucas has turned his attentions from "Star Wars" to World War II and an all-star cast for his next film project, "Red Tails."

Must-Read Of The Day: The 1978 RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK Story Conference Transcript!!!
Kudos to Mystery Man on Film for fucking with my productivity. A moment ago, I was tearing through my review for THE HANGOVER (and this is a big deal because I've been blocked up worse than Hollis P. Wood). Now, I'm poring over 126 pages of the five-day 1978 conversation between George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Lawrence Kasdan that resulted in the birth of an archaeologist adventurer named Indiana Jones. And since that's going to delay the delivery of my review by several hours, I figured...

Report: George Lucas still moving ahead with Indy 5…
Harrison Ford says that George Lucas is in “thinking mode” for Indy 5. Lucas is serious about doing Indy 5 and continues to move forward. Ford speaks out on the status for Indy 5 with LA Times, giving hints that it’s definitely gonna happen and Ford seems to be game to continue to play Indy, but Ford refuses to do voice overs for an animated Indy film. After Lucas doing “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” animated film, he now has an “Indiana Jones” animated film in the p

All The Clone Wars You Need To Know [Clone Wars]
Excited by tonight's opener for the Clone Wars animated series? If you're not hosting your own Clone Wars house party in celebration, you might want to check out some of our previous coverage of the show's creation and the movie that, more than anything else, made us want to see the series. We've talked to George Lucas and series director Dave Filoni about the show, as well as looked at some of the fashion secrets of the clone warriors themselves and watched our own Annalee Newitz get turned into a droid. B

George Lucas To Remake RETURN OF THE JEDI in CGI!?
Really? You have got to be kidding me. News has hit today the Mr. George Lucas will completely remake ‘Return of the Jedi’ in CGI. It won’t be like his cartoon animated series though. He plans on using motion capture technology, and much like what they did with Benjamin Button and the CGI old man head special effects they will use to recreate the entire cast they way they looked when they made it the first time around. So Industrial Light and Magic wants to make real looking...

George Lucas' 'Red Tails' adds trio
Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Bryan Cranston have joined the cast of George Lucas' "Red Tails," the WWII action-adventure about the Tuskegee Airmen. Thesps join a cast that includes Nate Parker, David Oyelowo, Tristan Wilds, Method Man, Lee Tergesen, Ne-Yo, Elijah Kelley, Andre Royo and Jesse Williams. Anthony Hemingway directs and Lucas is exec producing and financing through his Lucasfilm production company, with Rick McCallum and Charles Floyd Johnson producing. Lensing begins soon

The Star Report: License to print money dept: let's do a 5th Indiana Jones movie!
The gold-plated movie-making machinery of George Lucas is working overtime trying to figure out if it's too soon to ramp up the talk of a fifth Indiana Jones movie, even though the fourth iteration is still in theaters. Guess what? It's not too early! And why is that, you might ask? It's because the last one, the one about some sort of crystal skull, made $318 million in the U.S. alone and $770 million worldwide. Add in some merchandising and pretty soon you're talking about real money. Series star and dur

George Lucas in 'think mode' over Indy V
Harrison Ford has dropped the biggest hint yet that Indy V might be on the way when he announced the George Lucas was ‘is think mode’ over the project.This summer saw Ford reprise the role of Indiana Jones after nearly twenty years off the big screen in The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which went on to be an international smash hit.Despite it’s mixed reviews fans of the original franchise turned out in their droves for a trip down memory lane with their favourite action hero as the film went

George Lucas in 'think mode' over Indy V
Harrison Ford has dropped the biggest hint yet that Indy V might be on the way when he announced the George Lucas was ‘is think mode’ over the project.This summer saw Ford reprise the role of Indiana Jones after nearly twenty years off the big screen in The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which went on to be an international smash hit.Despite it’s mixed reviews fans of the original franchise turned out in their droves for a trip down memory lane with their favourite action hero as the film went

Will there be a familiar face in George Lucas' Star Wars TV show?
New Zealand actor Jay Laga'aia is talking to George Lucas about a role in a live-action Star Wars television series next year, the New Zealand-based newspaper The Dominion Post reported. Lucas had previously cast Laga'aia as Captain Gregar Typho, Amidala's head of sercurity, in Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith. It's unclear if he's in talks to reprise the role or to play a different one.

The Star Report: License to print money dept: let's to a 5th Indiana Jones movie!
The gold-plated movie-making machinery of George Lucas is working overtime trying to figure out if it's too soon to ramp up the talk of a fifth Indiana Jones movie, even though the fourth iteration is still in theaters. Guess what? It's not too early! And why is that, you might ask? It's because the last one, the one about some sort of crystal skull, made $318 million in the U.S. alone and $770 million worldwide. Add in some merchandising and pretty soon you're talking about real money. Series star and dur

George Lucas Continues to Have Thoughts; Fans Continue to Cringe
Harrison Ford told the Los Angeles Times this week that George Lucas is in 'think mode' regarding a fifth film in the Indiana Jones franchise. And as fans have feared since the release and subsequent box office success of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, an Indiana ...

Zack Snyder To Direct Star Wars Reboot? Or April Fools Joke!?
At this year’s ShoWest, Zack Snyder and George Lucas announce to the world that Snyder has been tapped to reboot the “Star Wars” franchise!? April fools joke? Maybe but here’s the word from MovieWeb.com:“To be honest, Zack wasn’t always my first choice,” Lucas told a crowd of skeptical journalists and fans. “But I feel he [...]

Is George Lucas Bringing Indiana Jones Back for a Fifth Adventure?
Harrison Ford has some interesting remarks about a fifth Indy film.

George Lucas Working On Indiana Jones 5 BE AFRAID!
Not content with destroying Star Wars, Lucas has his eyes set on killing Indiana Jones aswell after a rather shit 4th instalment he is now planning a 5th film. Talking to Los Angeles Times, Harrison Ford said that momentum is building for a fifth "Indiana Jones", Harrison had this to say: It's crazy but great," the 66-year-old Ford said. "George is in think mode right now. It's automatic, really, we did well with the last one and with that having done well and been a positive experience, it's not surpris

George Lucas lavora a Indiana Jones 5
Il successo di Indiana Jones e il Regno del Teschio di Cristallo ha spinto George Lucas a iniziare a lavorare...

George Lucas Cooking Up Indy V Plot
Is in "think mode"...

How George Lucas Almost Made Indiana Jones a Sex Offender
Finding out how your favorite movies came to be is generally very rewarding and educational. You seek out The Seven Samurai, and thank the film gods that a robotic shark failed to work. At the very least, you can win trivia contests by knowing what Rosebud was, and impress your friends by telling them who was originally cast as Aragorn. And then there's the stuff you wish you had never known. This week, you may have been one of the Indy fans who eagerly downloaded the Raiders of the Lost Ark...

Are you going to watch The Clone Wars tonight?
Filed under: OpEd, Animation, Reality-FreeI can't tell you how uninterested I am in the new Star Wars series that debuts on Cartoon Network tonight at 9pm, The Clone Wars. In fact, I don't think I'm interested in the Star Wars universe at all anymore. To quote a cliche, been there, done that. To quote Yoda, watch it I won't.Honestly, it seems like George Lucas is just creatively bankrupt. He keeps going back to the same thing (it's actually the second Clone Wars series - there was another in

What RETURN OF THE JEDI Could have been
First of all this is not part of my April Fools joke! Coincidentally enough this is real news on one of the stories that George Lucas’ ‘Return of the Jedi’ could have been. I don’t know how I missed this before, but back in 2005 ‘Empire Strikes Back’ producer Gary Kurtz gave an interview in which he tells of a tale of what we could have seen in ‘Return of the Jedi’ but was ultimately thrown out the window. Why? I have no idea because this...

10 Defenses for Howard the Duck
If you buy the kids only one new video release this week, make it Pinocchio . Obviously. But if you have enough spending money to buy two, pick up Howard the Duck as well. Finally on DVD in America (with a Special Edition no less), the infamous flop is anything but a great film. Yet it is hardly one of the worst films of the 1980s, despite its reputation.

Zach Snyder Set for Star Wars Reboot!
Jaw-dropping news hit the convention floors at this year's Showest as attendees of the Lucasfilm panel witnessed Watchmen director, Zack Snyder and George Lucas himself announce to the world that Snyder has been tapped to reboot the Star Wars franchise. Snyder is apparently writing and directing a new version of the seminal George Lucas opus, with plans to "re-imagine" Lucas's original fan-beloved trilogy, with episodes 4, 5 and 6 of the franchise. "To be honest, Zack wasn't always my...

Harrison Ford says George Lucas in ‘think mode’ on another ‘Indiana Jones’ film
Harrison Ford said Friday that momentum is building for a fifth movie in the “Indiana Jones” franchise and that George Lucas is already cooking up a suitable plot for a heroic senior citizen with a penchant for whips and fedoras. “It’s crazy but great,” the 66-year-old Ford said. “George is in think mode right now.” “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” grossed $318 million in the U.S. alone and $770 million worldwide and is expected to

Cuba Gooding Jr. Joining Method Man For George Lucas WWII Epic ‘Red Tails’
George Lucas is finally realizing his decades-long dream of producing a film about the Tuskegee Airmen, and the wildly unique cast includes Cuba Gooding Jr. and Method Man. The Anthony Hemingway -directed flick “ Red Tails ” has popped up from time to time for Lucas in interviews, but an announcement today indicates that he has his actors and they’re ready to suit up and start production. “I’ve been wanting to do ‘Red Tails’ for 20 years, and we’ve...

Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrence Howard Lead Way in Lucasfilm’s ‘Red Tails’
The only bad thing about daytime screenings is occasionally missing news when it breaks as I was unfortunately out when a press release arrived announcing the cast and upcoming production start for Red Tails , a fictional story inspired by the historic and heroic exploits of America’s first all black aerial combat unit to be directed by Anthony Hemingway (”The Wire”) and written by John Ridley ( Three Kings ) from a story by executive producer George Lucas.