Star Wars Day “is getting a virtual convention,” reports Movieweb.
Reedpop, the organization behind New York Comic-Con and Star Wars Celebration have put the convention together… The two-day event is called An Online Revelry: May the 4th Be With You and Revenge of the 5th celebration. Star Wars fans can expect all kinds of activities to take part in, right from the…
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Hasbro’s Baby Yoda Toys Coming in 2020 Are Just Adorable
The Mandalorian’s “The Child” products are available for preorder and will go on sale in May 2020. Source: https://www.livescience.com/baby-yoda-hasbro-toys-coming-2020.html
‘Rise of Skywalker’ Falls Short of Predecessors. Is the Future Streaming?
After 42 years the final installment in the 9-movie Star Wars franchise arrived this weekend during a “moment of transition for the movie business,” reports Variety: Its $176 million debut, though massive, ranks as the lowest opening of the most recent three films in the saga, falling far below 2015’s “The Force Awakens” ($248 million) and 2017’s “The Last Jedi” ($220…
Why Baby Yoda Won’t Be Coming Home for Christmas
The Mandalorian director Jon Favreau addresses the lack of Baby Yoda toys for the holidays. Source: https://www.livescience.com/baby-yoda-not-coming-home-for-christmas.html
Cord-Cutting Pushed To ‘Tipping Point’ as Video Streaming Grows
The media ecosystem is undergoing a massive change as streaming video looks to extend its recent dominance over traditional distribution, according to research firm MoffettNathanson, which wrote that a large minority of cable consumers could cut their subscriptions in coming years. From a report: “The video market is in full disruption and this year could be the cord cutting tipping point,”…
The Filmmaking Tech Behind ‘The Mandalorian’ Is Straight Out of the Star Wars Universe
In a Quartz article, Adam Epstein writes about the filmmaking technology used to film The Mandalorian on Disney+: Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) — the Lucasfilm subsidiary George Lucas founded in 1975 to make the visual effects for Star Wars — deployed a real-time 3D projection system called “Stagecraft” on the Disney+ series that could, eventually, replace green-screen as the film…
Disney + and ‘The Mandalorian’ Are Driving People Back To Torrenting
An anonymous reader shares a report: A simple glance at torrent websites shows that plenty of people are stealing from the brand new steaming services — episodes of The Mandalorian and Dickinson all have hundreds or thousands of seeders and are among the most popular shows on torrent sites. I reached out specifically to Disney, Apple, and Netflix to ask what…
More Than 10 Million Sign Up For Disney+ in First Day
The Walt Disney Company said Wednesday that its new streaming service Disney+ had 10 million sign-ups since it launched Tuesday at midnight. From a report: Disney wouldn’t release the number if the company didn’t think it represented a major milestone. Disney told investors in the spring that it hopes to reach 60 million to 90 million subscribers by 2024. The number…
Coming To a Streaming Service Near You: Shows Costing as Much as Big-Budget Movies
As Walt Disney, AT&T’s WarnerMedia and Apple prepare to enter the crowded streaming-entertainment market, they are racing to stand out with eye-catching shows that cost as much for a season as a big-budget movie [Editor’s note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source]. From a report: These new services are hoping their planned television epics will capture the cultural conversation, like…
The 10 Best Things That Happened at Star Wars Celebration Chicago
Star Wars Celebration 2019 is in the books and it marked probably the biggest, most action-packed Celebration yet. It was the first convention to reveal a title for a Star Wars saga movie, the first time anyone saw footage of a live-action Star Wars TV show, and oh so much more. Below, are our 10 favorite things that…Read more… Source:…