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George Walton Lucas Jr. (known professionally as onlyGeorge Lucas) is most recognized for inventing Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic, and THX. He was the chairman of Lucasfilm when it was sold to The Walt Disney Company in 2012. Lucas saidduring the sale, “I’ve always believed thatStar Warscould live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime,” and that “having a new home within the Disney organization,Star Warswill certainly live on and flourish for many generations to come....

Wentworth Millerhas been a staple of television since the early 2000s, with major roles inPrison BreakandThe Flash. It shouldn’t be a surprise that he made his way ontoLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit, which has 26 seasons and will soon start its 27th season. Miller appeared in the first episode ofLaw & Order: SVUSeason 11, titled “Unstable,” as Officer Nate Kendall. Kendall’s storyline opened many plot points that were left unresolved, including one that left an innocent man in prison for 15 years....

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerSeason 2 finale left things on a relatively hopeful note for most characters, but not everyone got a happy ending. This is especially true for one of the show’s primary villains, a mainstay since the very first season premiere. The second season saw Sauron (Charlie Vickers) ascend back into relevance as Middle-earth heads towards all-out war, with the rings of power finally created and spread across the land....

In five days,Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalkerwill finally be in theaters for everyone to see. Will it be good? Will it be great? Will it take the Skywalker saga down in a blaze of glory? Or will it be the most divisive film in theStar Warscanon following the much criticizedThe Last Jedi? Who can really tell at this point? We know it will be a true Disney movie, and now the folks at Fun have taken that concept and ran with it, quite literally....

The Sopranosalways took a unique approach to its characters, introducing new faces as if the audience had known them all along, and occasionally elevating a relatively minor character to a place of greater importance. One such case came late in the series, when Tony’s (James Gandolfini) captain, Vito Spatafore (Joseph R. Gannascoli), rose from recurring character to one of the series' main points of focus in Season 6, choosing to flee mob life after being outed as gay....

Bringing an ensemble cast to the screen, led by Gregory Peck,The Big Countrymay not have made a major impact on its release in 1958. However, the film has gone on to be consideredone of the best Westerns of the eraand now sits at a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. This is due to various factors, but William Wyler’s epicWesternhas continued to get accolades from those who discovered the movie for the first time decades after its release....

Top Gun 2is gearing up to begin filming this summer. This is really happening and it’s time to accept that fact. Talk of a possibleTop Gunsequel has been brewing for a very long time, but things never really got going. However, starting last year, talks started getting serious andTom Cruisedecided to make it his next official project, followingMission: Impossible - Fallout, which is set to hit theaters on July 27. It looks like he’ll be hopping straight from the press tour for that movie toTop Gun 2, as a new report reveals that the studio hopes to begin filming on the sequel in July....

For 15 years, Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki playedSupernatural’sWinchester brothers, who made fans laugh, cry, and most importantly, believe that there really is a reason to be afraid of the dark. In the earlier seasons, Sam (Padalecki) and Dean (Ackles) were getting the hang of doing things on their own without their father. Ghosts, werewolves, and vampires were no match for the brothers, but in the later seasons, when demons, angels, and evenGod himself came into the mix, the young hunters quickly learned they were destined for far greater things....

While audiences have seen the comic book character Mr. Freeze make multiple appearances in film starting in the 1960s, his small film features have left people wanting more. With the premiere of Matt Reeves’The Batman, we begin the next generation of the vigilante superhero. The latest iteration shows some beloved classic villains anda new fan-favorite version of Catwomanplayed by Zoe Kravitz. The reintroduction of these characters, who are often overshadowed by others like the Joker, shows that there’s hope for otherunderrated DC characters to get a chancein the spotlight....

Rebecca Hall(Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Prestige) has definitely come a long way since her first onscreen appearance at the age of 10 in the TV adaptation ofThe Camomile Lawndirected by her father. Numerous credits in movies of all sizes and genres and Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations have marked her journey as an actor. And by now, she managed to completely silence voices whispering about her fortunate start and back-wind in the industry....

Off the cusp of his portrayal of Ethan Spiller on the latest season ofWhite Lotus,Will Sharpeand his talents are brought to the forefront once again. His masterful grasp on awkwardness, anger, and fear has made people question and criticize Ethan but ultimately marvel over Sharpe’s convincing portrayal. Throughout the show’s second season, theentire ensemble casthad compelling stories backed by amazing actors and their charisma. Sharpe is no different. Ethan’s portrayal planted seeds that blossomed into billions of comments and conversations about marriage, class, gender, and how those three concepts affect a character who seems insecure about his newfound status as well as lingering issues with his marriage....

We may finally get thatWillowsequel, it just won’t be a movie. Instead, according to Ron Howard, it’s being discussed as a TV series for Disney’s upcoming streaming service, Disney+. We’ve been hearing buzz here and there about a possible sequel to the 1988 cult classic for a handful of years now. Yet, nothing has materialized. That may change in the relatively near future though. Ron Howard, who directed the originalWillow, working from a story byStar Warscreator George Lucas, was recently a guest on a podcast....

TheX-Menmovie franchise turns 15 years old this year, so it’s not surprising to see a lot of the original cast members being replaced over the course of 5 movies and 2 spinoffs. While the previous chapter in the series,X-Men: Days of Future Past, still includedFamke Janssenas Jean Grey,Halle Berryas Storm, andJames Marsdenas Cyclops, all three of those characters are set to be played by much younger actors inX-Men: Apocalypse. It’s a big change, but it almost happened inX-Men: Days of Future Past, a movie that could have also seen a new younger actor taking on the role of Wolverine....