Star Wars Bits: Pentatonix Covers Star Wars, Phasma Strikes a Pose, Google Gets the Force, and More

Posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2015 by Angie Han

After the jump:

• Pentatonix does Star Wars at the American Music Awards.
• Who’s Simon Pegg playing in The Force Awakens?
• Han and Leia get new Force Awakens banners, too.
• Captain Phasma looks super badass in a new image.
• See a life-size TIE fighter made of Christmas lights.
• Pick up a collectible Star Wars drink topper at Regal.
• Check out Joshua Budich‘s cool Star Wars portraits.
• … and Daz Tibbles‘ vintage-style comic book covers.
• Why it’s okay if Force Awakens doesn’t screen for critics.
• What Force Awakens details were revealed in a kids’ book?
• Google asks users to choose between Light and Dark.

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Popular A Capella Group Pentatonix Joins ‘Pitch Perfect 2’

Posted on Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 by Germain Lussier

As fans scramble for information on high-profile 2015 sequels to Star Wars, Jurassic Park, The Avengers and Terminator, there’s another we know even less about. That’s Pitch Perfect 2, the sequel to the 2012 cult hit about competitive a capella singing. We know that most, if not all of the original cast is back, and that producer Elizabeth Banks is directing from a script by original writer Kay Cannon. Rumor has it the story takes place a few years after the original film. But really that’s all we know. How do the older characters return? What are the stakes? Who are the bad guys? We know almost nothing about those things.

That last question has now partially been answered. A famous a capella group called the Pentatonix, winners of the 3rd season of NBC’s The Sing-Off, have announced they’re playing rivals to the Barden Bellas, which includes Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson. Read More »

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