Disney has confirmed that the man who rebooted Star Trek for the big screen, JJ Abrams, is to turn his attention to the rival franchise Star Wars. Kathleen Kennedy, the President of Lucasfilm – bought by Disney last month, said he was the perfect director to helm the seventh installment of the galactic saga. “Beyond […]
One of the major Hollywood studios, Disney, has bought Lucasfilm in a deal worth more than $4 billion. The company, set up by George Lucas in 1971, is best known for the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises. In announcing the takeover, Disney revealed that it will be producing a seventh Star Wars film, to […]
This week, that Friday feeling came early. The industry, the media and the public have long been used to films being released on Fridays, as distributors and cinemas try to take full advantage of the weekend to boost the initial box-office takings.
Those weekend figures are used to decide the
Disney says it expects to lose about $200 million on its 3D science-fiction adventure John Carter, making it one of Hollywood’s all-time biggest money-losers.
The production is estimated to have cost about $250 million, with another $100 million more spent on marketing,