Willow Disney+ series: Stephen Woolfenden directing, Ruby Cruz leads cast

Posted 5 years ago

The Disney+ series that serves as a follow-up to the 1988 dark fantasy film Willow (watch it HERE) had to replace two different pilot directors before it could get rolling. Back at the start of the year, we heard that...

In The Heights: Samba TV reports film had a slow start on HBO Max

Posted 5 years ago

It looks like HBO Max isn't to blame for In The Heights underperforming at the box office, at least according to Samba TV. The company reports that 693,000 U.S. households watched the Lin-Manuel Miranda movie musical adaptation in their live+3 day window....

In The Heights trailer: Lin-Manuel Miranda musical hits a high note

Posted 5 years ago

The movie adaptation on In The Heights was supposed to hit screens last summer but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Promotion for the film went quiet after that announcement but now that the film is set to hit...

Willow Disney+ series: Jonathan Entwistle takes over as pilot director

Posted 5 years ago

Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu was hyped to have the chance to direct the pilot episode of the Disney+ series that serves as a follow-up to the 1988 dark fantasy film Willow (watch it HERE), but it just wasn't...

Willow Disney+ series: Director Jon M. Chu departs over scheduling issues

Posted 5 years ago

Just two and a half months ago, it was announced that Jon M. Chu (G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jem and the Holograms, Now You See Me 2, Crazy Rich Asians) would be directing a Disney+ series that serves as a follow-up...

Willow series director Jon M. Chu exits the Disney project

Posted 5 years ago

Were you one of the people waiting with bated breath for the Disney+ revival of Willow? If so, you may be feeling nervous as producer/director Jon M. Chu has announced his departure from the long-overdue series. Despite casting being well underway...

Lilo & Stitch: Jon M. Chu in talks to direct the live-action remake

Posted 5 years ago

It seems that each of Disney's animated classics is destined to receive a live-action remake, and it's been two years since it was first announced that the studio was developing a live-action remake of LILO & STITCH. The 2002 film...

Disney+ Willow series: Warwick Davis returns, Jon M. Chu to direct

Posted 6 years ago

It has been thirty-two years since the release of the dark fantasy film WILLOW (watch it HERE), which was directed by Ron Howard and written by Bob Dolman (working from a story by George Lucas), and for a lot of...

Ava DuVernay to launch tweet-based Q & A with 60 celebrated filmmakers today

Posted 6 years ago

Today at 9 AM PT, filmmaker Ava DuVernay (A WRINKLE IN TIME, THE NEW GODS) and ARRAY will be launching an epic online Q & A with an expected 60 directors for the fourth filmmaker tweet-a-thon! Throughout most of the...

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights will sing in 2021 instead of this Summer

Posted 6 years ago

Warner Bros. has announced that Lin-Manuel Miranda's IN THE HEIGHTS will be given plenty of time to break in its dancing shoes, as the film is officially moving to a June 18, 2021 release. The film adaptation based on Miranda's hit...

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