Monday, December 18, 2017

Ron Moore & Apple, Last Jedi and Disney & Fox

One of my personal writing/showrunner gods, Ronald D. Moore, is going back into space, courtesy of a new as-yet-untitled series from Apple. Mr. Moore is behind the current critical/audience favorite Outlander, and the genius behind one of my all time favorite series, the reimagined Battlestar Galactica.  The Ringer has the rundown. 

Star Wars: The Last Jedi has a Rotten Tomatoes critical rating of 93%, however its audience score is only 56%. So much for that theory that critics hold sway over audiences. Writer/director Rian Johnson has certainly made his mark in the Star Wars Galaxy.  Rotten Tomatoes.

A Fox that turned into a Mouse. No, it's not a forgotten fairy tale, but The Walt Disney Company paying out over $52 billion to buy the majority of 20th Century Fox (movies & TV). Disney has some major, fun new toys to play with: remember, since 2000 the "x" in Fox has stood for the "X-Men".  Indiewire has a breakdown of the soon-to-be former Fox franchises moving to Disney.