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Rapists of the Lost Ark: Did South Park Go Too Far? | Today's News: Our Take | 10/10/2008 New
Matt Stone and Trey Parker still know how to get people talking. Wednesday night's South Park outing pushed the envelope and then did all kinds of god-awful things to it, with a recurring riff in which uberproducers George Lucas and Steven Spielberg repeatedly ... read more 15 Comments
George Lucas: Shia Is Not the New Indiana Jones | Movie News | 8/8/2008
George Lucas, out promoting his new Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie/TV series (detailed in the new TV Guide), dismisses speculation that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull effectively set up Shia LaBeouf's Mutt Williams to inherit the franchise."[Harrison Ford] is Indiana Jones," Lucas tells the AP. "If Indiana Jones wasn't in it, you'd have to call it Mutt Williams and the Search for Elvis. 'Yeah, it's Mutt Williams and the Search for Elvis."Though Crystal Skull — the... read more be the first to leave a comment
New Star Wars: The Clone Wars Trailer | Movie News | 6/16/2008
I saw this trailer a few days ago and actually got goose bumps, but the quality wasn't great, so I waited to put it up online. If only George Lucas could write and direct live action movies that look as dramatic and awesome as this animated film! This piece of the Star Wars epic fills in the events that take place between Episodes II and III in the live-action narrative. Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker are now Jedi, and Anakin has taken on a Padawan apprentice, a young girl named Ahsoka, a teenage... read more be the first to leave a comment
New Indiana Jones to Premiere at Cannes | Movie News | 4/24/2008
I wonder if TVGuide.com would want to send someone (me!!!) to cover this awesome event. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 14-25. Thierry Fremaux, the festival's head, said the presence of Steven Spielberg and the stars of the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones film franchise, which will premiere outside the main competition, would ensure "a magnificent red carpet," reported Reuters. Mega-stars Harrison... read more be the first to leave a comment
Indiana Jones Cast, Producers Take Risky Route to Profits | Movie News | 4/21/2008
When Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull debuts worldwide May 22, the cast and producers won't just be taking risks in search of treasure, they'll be risking their real-life earnings from the film's profit. Eschewing the usual upfront fees that talent typically get before a film even opens, the new Indy film is set for an adventure in deal-making, in which no one gets a cut of the profit unless the movie brings home the bucks at the box office. With film production and marketing costs leaping... read more be the first to leave a comment
Star Wars, Batman Headline Cartoon Network Upfront | Today's News: Our Take | 4/3/2008
With a quartet of Clone Troopers as his escort, George Lucas made a grandiose entrance to the Cartoon Network upfront Thursday morning in Manhattan. Lucas was on hand to plug Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a feature film/animated series combo coming later this year. (As previously announced, the movie premieres August 15, followed by the series on Cartoon, then TNT, in the fall. No date for the TV premiere was made.) It was the key announcement for the network, which is also premiering the Ben 10... read more be the first to leave a comment
Animated Star Wars Series Gets Theatrical Debut | Today's News: Our Take | 2/12/2008
By the moons of Tatooine! I'm a card-carrying member of the Boba Fett Fan Club, but does anyone else wish that George Lucas would make a movie set in a galaxy far, far away from Star Wars? Not Lucas himself, apparently. Remember that animated Star Wars series about the Clone Wars? Well, it seems that Uncle George liked the results so much that he's ordered up a full-on theatrical release for a new Clone Wars animated film that will kick off a new series. "I felt there were a lot more Star Wars... read more be the first to leave a comment
Young Indiana Jones, Old Variety Shows and Twin Freaks...awwww yeah! | Today's News: Our Take | 11/14/2007
Still feeling grateful folks. I can’t help it, it’s this month. Ya got Thanksgiving coming up, the weather’s finally changing (although this Philly humidity is total bullshizz) and the DVD coffers are filled to the rim with causes for celebration these days.And with this TV writers’ strike shaping up to suck long and big, having a few great DVDs to keep your flat-screen toasty is never a bad thing. Especially if the DVDs themselves are bad-ass weirdness like this week’s... read more be the first to leave a comment
Lucas Reveals Live-action Star Wars Series... Weeks Ago, to TV Guide | Today's News: Our Take | 10/17/2007
Film auteur George Lucas has announced his plans for a live-action Star Wars TV series, it was reported elsewhere (and with much circumstance) in the press on Wednesday. Of course, Lucas gave TV Guide an in-depth look at this smaller-screen follow-up — set in the same universe, but using peripheral characters — a good four weeks ago, here on TVGuide.com. So, Stars Wars fans, though you probably already inhaled every morsel of that Q&A... four weeks ago, when it first came out... I... read more be the first to leave a comment
Indiana Jones 4 Spoiled by an Extra; Lucas and Spielberg Strike Back | Today's News: Our Take | 9/25/2007
A stupefying loose-lipped extra who worked on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has incurred the wrath of no less than George Lucas and Steven Spielberg by blabbing plot points to a hometown paper. Despite having inked a nondisclosure agreement with the production, Tyler "You'll Never Hear About Me Again" Nelson — who played "a dancing Russian soldier" in a reportedly since-snipped scene — revealed to Oklahoma's Edmond Sun (Non-spoiler alert) the nature of Indy's... read more be the first to leave a comment
Short Cuts: Star Wars, Grey's Newcomer and More | Today's News: Our Take | 5/16/2007
Biography Channel celebrates the 30th anniversary of Star Wars — I first saw it at the Ridgeway in Stamford, Connecticut, with James and Keith — with profiles of Harrison Ford (airing May 25) and George Lucas (May 26).... The soundtrack for the upcoming Hairspray movie musical hits stores July 10. The first single (Zac Efron's "Ladies' Choice") is currently available for download.... Hannibal Rising arrives on DVD May 29.... My Trivial Matt'rs blog is updated with my take on Grey's... read more be the first to leave a comment
New Star Wars Spoof Tastes Like Chicken | Today's News: Our Take | 4/25/2007
With George Lucas' blessing, Seth Green and Matthew Senreich's Robot Chicken will hatch a special that takes on seminal moments from the Star Wars franchise, says the Hollywood Reporter. On board for the Enterprise (oops, wrong shout-out) are no less than Mark Hamill (voicing Luke) and Lucas (as himself), as well as Conan O'Brien, Seth MacFarlane, Robert Smigel, Malcolm McDowell, Hulk Hogan, James Van Der Beek, Donald Faison, Abraham Benrubi (who teased this top-secret project in a recent... read more be the first to leave a comment
A Likable Host for a Long, Low-Key Oscars | Matt Roush | 2/26/2007
The one thing I realized as Oscar night droned on and on for nearly four hours: If I ever had to choose someone to be stranded with for hours on end (say, like those poor Jet Blue passengers a few weeks ago), it would have to be Ellen DeGeneres.Keeping her cool, and her genuine aura of chipper goodwill, throughout three costume changes (in suits from red velvet to all-white to royal blue) and what seemed once again like an overindulgent excess of movie montages (we definitely could have done... read more be the first to leave a comment
Script OK'd for "Best" Indiana Jones Yet, to Film in '07 | Today's News: Our Take | 12/30/2006
During a break from preparing for his duties as grand marshal of Monday's Rose Parade, George Lucas told the Associated Press that he and Steven Spielberg recently finalized the script for the fourth Indiana Jones entry, to film in 2007 and hit theaters in May 2008 — some 19 years after Last Crusade. Said the filmmaker, "It's going to be fantastic... the best one yet." Though mum on plot details, Lucas teased Indy 4 as a "character piece" filled with "very interesting mysteries," adding,... read more be the first to leave a comment
Lucas Previews Return of the Clone Wars | Today's News: Our Take | 10/6/2006
Star Wars patriarch George Lucas tells the Associated Press that he is hard at work on his new, 3-D computer-animated continuation of the Emmy-winning Clone Wars series that aired on Cartoon Network from 2003 to 2005, but has yet to sell it to a network. "It's a fun place to go," Lucas says of the series' setting, a civil war between the Republic and separatists led by Count Dooku. And while Clone Wars will feature such familiar characters as Anakin and Obi-Wan, Lucas promises "nobody famous"... read more be the first to leave a comment
I spent this past weekend ... | Matt Roush | 8/21/2006
Question: I spent this past weekend watching the first half of Battlestar Galactica's first season, so I can have the entire run of the series under my belt by the time Season 3 premieres in October. It should be no surprise to you (or to anyone with a modicum of taste) that I'm completely captivated. BSG addresses so many topics, including the very nature of humanity, on levels deeper than any show I can think of, including Lost. I'm sure you've addressed this before, but why is the TV Academy... read more be the first to leave a comment
Battlestar Galactica is my ... | Matt Roush | 2/24/2006
Question: Battlestar Galactica is my favorite show on television right now. It's so well done and feels so real for a sci-fi show. But whenever I bring the show up to my friends, they always laugh. I've noticed that because the show is in the sci-fi genre, people don't give it a chance. Do you think that this is going to change, or will the stereotype always be there for this show? Also, how is this show doing with ratings? Is it gonna stick around for a long time? Answer: Battlestar is... read more be the first to leave a comment
This season had many ... | Matt Roush | 8/15/2005
Question: This season had many incredible new shows — Desperate Housewives, Lost, Veronica Mars etc.— but I am a little worried. With what happened to The O.C. during its second season (Marissa becoming a lesbian, the George Lucas cameo, Marissa shooting Trey, Kirsten being a drunk), I am anxious that some of my favorite shows will fall down creatively, too. I loved The O.C. in its first year because it was hip and fresh and knew what kind of show it was, but now I feel like I'm... read more be the first to leave a comment