It’s been some time since I talked about rumors, nicely, this time it’s extra “leaks” than “rumors”, one of many sources is even The Hollywood Reporter. So no YouTube shenanigans actually this time, extra like credible leaks about upcoming issues! After all this text can be spoilerific to the max, so if you’re allergic to spoilers please keep away from! Click on by means of for all of the rumours and leaks!
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As anticipated leaks for The Mandalorian & Grogu film are coming in. I talked about them within the feedback earlier than, however I feel it could be good to assemble them multi function place.
Supply is normally Bespin Bulletin who’s a no nonsense leaker.
Okay, let’s speak in regards to the Mandalorian film first.
Sigourney Weaver is reportedly in it. Solely a small position, apparently. She’ll painting a New Republic Colonel or so.
The film itself, and that is actually weird, is sort of a sequel to the animated Clone Wars film from many moons in the past. This film had a plotline the place Ahsoka, Anakin and co must rescue a child hutt after being kidnapped. Effectively, it seems that hutt is now an grownup however nonetheless in a number of bother. The experiences counsel that the hutts final seen in The E-book of Boba Fett have positioned a bounty / hit on him. And whereas it’s not 100% confirmed, the New Republic apparently duties Din Djarin with rescuing Rotta the Hutt (previously often known as Pungent) from the villains, rumors counsel that it’s certainly the NR that hires Din to save lots of Rotta.
Bespin Bulletin has extra to say about Rotta… and I reiterate, he’s a no nonsense leaker and doesn’t submit BS rumors for clicks. So in line with his unique report Rotta the Hutt is “buff” and is definitely a gladiator. Ehm… okay. I guess it is going to be a number of enjoyable and actually, actually credible to see a large slug creature slowly crawling across the enviornment, taking out opponents left and proper??? A hutt as a buff gladiator? His weapon of alternative is a vibrosword or the same weapon. Rotta can be voiced by an individual named Jeremy Allan White (he starred within the hit streaming present “The Bear”).
Mando’s antagonist is a bounty hunter final seen in The Clone Wars: Embo. And when folks voiced disbelief on social media and hoped this may occasionally merely be a sideplot it was confirmed that no, that is certainly the primary plot of the film. Mando saves Rotta the Gladiator from one other bounty hunter attempting to kill him.
Zeb will assist Mando alongside the way in which.
My two cents: this sounds completely horrible. Favreau and Filoni recycle one of many worse TCW tales and produce a sort of sequel with characters most moviegoers may have no clue who they’re. Will they correctly introduce Rotta and Embo? Or will they do it like in Ahsoka, the place nothing was defined in any respect and everybody who didn’t watch Rebels simply scratched their head in confusion?
Ever since studying about these leaks my confidence within the film has hit nearly “zero”. I anticipated many issues… however this actually looks like a recycled season 4 script, stretched to film format. This sounds neither epic nor attention-grabbing. Nearly like a random monster of the week episode. This may have been tremendous on Disney+ as the center a part of season 4 possibly, however as an precise characteristic movie?
There’s yet another leak I wish to speak about, and this time The Hollywood reporter broke the information.
Shawn Levy continues to be tasked with making a Star Wars film (this was identified earlier than, solely little or no has been talked about it). This film is meant to be a standalone mission, not linked to the Skywalker saga or Rey in any respect. And THR discovered that Lucasfilm are in talks with Ryan Gosling of all folks to be the star in that film. Nothing else is basically identified about that film although. There are not any plot particulars but. However filming is rumored to start as early as fall 2025. Which may imply this film sees a mid 2027 launch possibly for that fabled date in Could?
Levy is thought for films like Deadpool & Wolverine (most commercially profitable R rated film of all time), Stranger Issues (he directed 8 episodes), Free Man and he additionally directed the Night time At The Museum films. So whereas Levy is actually no wannabe auteur like Rian Johnson, Levy has confirmed to have the ability to make films which might be enjoyable and customarily nicely preferred and entertaining and he’s made a number of style/SciFi films. So him making a Star Wars film might be among the best selections Lucasfilm has made in current occasions.
However I’m wondering what occurred to the philosophy of hiring largely unknowns because the lead in Star Wars films, so folks getting into don’t have any preconceived concepts in regards to the character/actor. Ryan Gosling is a tremendous actor in fact and he starred in numerous SciFi films, and whereas Blade Runner 2049 was not a industrial success, the film, like the unique, was really fairly good, however Gosling comes with a ton of concepts about him and the character he could play.
To me it seems that Lucasfilm and Disney are getting a bit determined, looking for An inventory actors to star of their films to possibly appeal to audiences, possibly even of the feminine selection, since Gosling is in fact fairly common with ladies. And males would in fact, in concept, have somebody to determine with as nicely. So somebody like Gosling may very well be a win win situation, however to be sincere, I really want the strategy Lucas had who employed largely unknown actors and really younger actors as his leads and had the respected and well-known actors extra in minor roles. However none of meaning a film by Shawn Levy with Ryan Gosling because the star couldn’t be good. I might say if this mission shouldn’t be cancelled (don’t maintain your breath) it could have fairly good probabilities to achieve success. Except The Mandalorian & Grogu film leaves behind a radioactive wasteland. Then all bets are off.
One final thing: there have been rumors about Lucasfilm being in talks with Natalie Portman to reprise her position as Padme in Ahsoka. Nevertheless, different experiences posted solely considerably later claimed that this rumor is fake. Make of that what you’ll. Since we already know that Hayden can be in Ahsoka season 2 it could make sense to even have Padme in flashbacks and to provide us the 4 core characters of TCW in reside motion: Obi-Wan, Anakin, Ahsoka and Padme. Then the query in fact is… why would Lucasfilm simply not make a correct TCW reside motion collection?
And that’s all for at present.
What are your ideas about all of that? Do you assume Favreau & Filoni will succeed with The Mandalorian film or will they offer us extra one thing like Iron Man 2? And the way a couple of Star Wars film starring Ryan Gosling directed By Shawn Levy?
Depart your ideas within the feedback!
