Actor Anton Yelchin, who had quite a resume for a young actor, passed away earlier today at the age of 27. Mr. Yelchin guested on television shows such as ER and NYPD Blue, and appeared in films including Charlie Bartlett, Alpha Dog and Terminator Salvation.
Perhaps Mr. Yelchin's most visible role was that of Ensign Chekov in the new Star Trek films, including the eponymous reboot in 2009, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and July's upcoming Star Trek Beyond. Mr. Yelchin's Chekov was at turns funny and quirky; an altogether extremely likeable portrayal.
The investigation into the cause of his death is still underway, but it appears he was pinned to a brick mailbox by his still running Jeep Cherokee. Gizmodo reports, "Fiat Chrysler earlier this year recalled certain Jeep Grand Cherokees
for their “rollaway” risk after drivers were injured when they
mistakenly thought they had shifted their car to park."
Our condolences to Mr. Yelchin's family and friends.
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Sunday, June 5, 2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Going Into Major Reshooting
Oh, my. What is going on with Rogue One: A Star Wars story?
You get a promising up and coming director in Gareth Edwards to helm your Star Wars story, which is written by top established writers in Gary Whitta and Chris Weitz. Going into it, Lucasfilm and Disney executives knew that this was an offbeat tale - it was a one off story about the group of rebels that managed to steal the Death Star plans that they then deliver to Princess Leia, which opens the tale of the original 1977 Star Wars film. There was not going to be a Rogue One: Part II, or anything like that; it was a standalone film set in the Star Wars Universe.
However, after the massive success of the JJ Abrams-directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Episode VII), the powers that be want Edwards flick to appeal to a "four quadrant" audience (that's males and females, viewers aged 25 years and under, and over 25 years old). In other words instead of getting a cool, dark, serious combat movie that was likely to appeal to most Star Wars fans and much of the public, they are reshooting a large chuck of the movie to appeal to EVERYONE.
According to sites like The Hollywood Reporter, Academy Award-nominated writer Tony Gilroy is reworking the script and possibly overseeing some reshoots. Also, noted 2nd Unit director and stunt maestro Simon Crane is working his action magic as well.
Hopefully Gareth Edwards' movie is still in there once all the reshoots and reediting are done. I guess we will see this December.
May the Force be with them.
You get a promising up and coming director in Gareth Edwards to helm your Star Wars story, which is written by top established writers in Gary Whitta and Chris Weitz. Going into it, Lucasfilm and Disney executives knew that this was an offbeat tale - it was a one off story about the group of rebels that managed to steal the Death Star plans that they then deliver to Princess Leia, which opens the tale of the original 1977 Star Wars film. There was not going to be a Rogue One: Part II, or anything like that; it was a standalone film set in the Star Wars Universe.
However, after the massive success of the JJ Abrams-directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Episode VII), the powers that be want Edwards flick to appeal to a "four quadrant" audience (that's males and females, viewers aged 25 years and under, and over 25 years old). In other words instead of getting a cool, dark, serious combat movie that was likely to appeal to most Star Wars fans and much of the public, they are reshooting a large chuck of the movie to appeal to EVERYONE.
According to sites like The Hollywood Reporter, Academy Award-nominated writer Tony Gilroy is reworking the script and possibly overseeing some reshoots. Also, noted 2nd Unit director and stunt maestro Simon Crane is working his action magic as well.
Hopefully Gareth Edwards' movie is still in there once all the reshoots and reediting are done. I guess we will see this December.
May the Force be with them.
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