Dave Filoni was quietly promoted to Executive Creative Director at Lucasfilm last summer, a company rep confirmed to Variety. The Lucasfilm website was just updated this week with the new job title for Filoni, and he is now listed among the senior leadership for the entire company, on the level with studio vice presidents. And [...]
We have a bit of non-Star Wars news that nonetheless is pretty relevant to many Star Wars fans and to Lucasfilm overall, and it pertains to the fifth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise, which is set to hit theaters on July 29, 2022. On Friday, Lucasfilm announced a few notable people who will have [...]
In what feels like a pretty significant move for the studio, Lucasfilm has hired Momita SenGupta as Executive Vice President of Physical Production, according to a report from Deadline on Friday. SenGupta previously worked as the VP of Production at Netflix, and before that was the EVP of Prodcution at Viacom, so she has worked [...]
This isn't Star Wars news, but it's exciting news from Lucasfilm that was announced recently: Bethesda is developing a new Indiana Jones video game in partnership with the newly rebranded Lucasfilm Games! According to the official release, "the game will tell a wholly original, standalone tale set at the height of the career of the [...]
Lucasfilm has a long history of working on video games, first under the Lucasfilm Games label and then later under the more well-known LucasArts label. In more recent years, since the disbanding of LucasArts, the games haven't really been grouped under any sort of unified label - until now. Lucasfilm announced yesterday that all their [...]
Lucasfilm is widely known for Star Wars, and understandably so - since, after all, not only is the Star Wars franchise the most popular Lucasfilm product, but also most of Lucasfilm's projects are related to the universe. But the studio does more beyond just Star Wars, and some of their upcoming projects continue that theme. [...]
On Friday Disney announced a series of new release dates for their upcoming films, as the schedule has been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Though we should be reminded that these dates could still change (especially given the uncertain nature of the timetable for the virus outbreak), of particular note is that 2022 could be [...]
Lucasfilm has made a significant addition to their executive team, announcing today that they have hired Michelle Rejwan as the Senior Vice President of Live Action Development and Production. According to Lucasfilm, "Rejwan will oversee a new slate of feature films and episodic series for Lucasfilm and Disney+ and continue to produce with [Lucasfilm President Kathleen] Kennedy [...]
Great news today coming via a report from The Hollywood Reporter: Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has signed a three-year extension to keep her running the company through at least 2021! Kennedy has done an unquestionably great job as the hand-picked successor to George Lucas, taking over the company amidst Disney's acquisition of the company for [...]
If you've been following the news surrounding Solo: A Star Wars Story whatsoever, you likely have seen plenty of headlines talking about the concerns, the disapointing box office numbers, about the film stalling, and about why Disney should be concerned about the Star Wars product. Ok, fine. Â Much of the media does indeed thrive on [...]
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