Original Darth Maul voice actor Peter Serafinowicz was hired to record dialogue for Solo: A Star Wars Story, but he ended up getting replaced in the end.
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Ray Park won't return as the Snake Eyes spin-off actor, despite having played the character in two other movies. Here's why.
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The surprise Solo a Star Wars Story cameo that shocked fans earlier this year almost revealed the character with a drastically different design.
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In Solo deleted scenes, Han & Chewie get in a snowball fight and Han stands trial for crashing a TIE Fighter. Plus, Ray Park talks more about his big cameo.
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The Darth Maul Solo scene has been officially released by Lucasfilm for you to watch over and over again before the movie hits home video.
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In our Ray Park Solo interview, the actor shows us some lightsaber fight moves, recalls the Phantom Menace duel, and talks about shooting his Solo cameo.
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The big Star Wars Episode VII story coming out of D23 this weekend was that there was no big Star Wars Episode VII story. To the disappointment of many, the studio chose not to reveal any new info at all during the event. But luckily for those craving a bit of Star Wars gossip, we have some…
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A confirmed filming location for Star Wars Episode VII, a possible actor for the film, two new languages and even a national award. This edition of Star Wars Bits is everywhere. After the jump, read about the following: Star Wars Episode VII is confirmed to shoot at Pinewood Studios. Lord of the Rings star Dominic Monaghan…
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This past weekend, Paramount brought footage from the delayed G.I. Joe: Retaliation to Harry Knowles' annual 24-hour movie marathon in Austin, TX. I wasn't in attendance, but the consensus on the Joe footage, which featured that mountainside ninja battle, was easy to read: everyone I talked to said the sequence had some of the best…
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Lots to see in today's Sequel Bits, including a DVD featurette, a blooper reel, a TV spot, posters, and a (not at all revealing) set photo. After the jump: Another new TV spot debuts for Men in Black 3 Gary Busey goes nuts in Piranha 3DD outtakes Watch a featurette from the Underworld: Awakening DVD Simon…
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Cinemacon delivered a new trailer for G.I. Joe: Retaliation earlier this week, and now a new international trailer features a great deal of new footage. It's pretty much entirely big, cheesy stuff in which the betrayed Joes battle the devious forces of Cobra with high tech and charming brawn, the latter courtesy of The Rock…
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Last month I received a cryptic e-mail inviting me to a private screening of a new Star Wars film edited by Topher Grace.
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If nothing else, Paramount is doing a great job selling G.I. Joe: Retaliation, which sees the return of Channing Tatum, Ray Park, Lee Byung-hun, Arnold Vosloo and Jonathan Pryce to the fold, and adds Adrianne Palicki, Ray Stevenson, RZA, D.J. Cotrona and small-timers The Rock and Bruce Willis. The spots we've seen so far look…
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Paramount is trying again with G.I. Joe this summer. Though the original film wasn't all that well received, footage from the sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation has been turning heads beginning with the teaser trailer premiere in Austin late last year. A new ad for Jon M. Chu's film will run during the Superbowl, and the…
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There's only so much that we can get out of seeing a 3D trailer in 2D, especially when the film in question is something as well-known as The Phantom Menace. But on the off chance you didn't see the trailer for Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace 3D on screens this weekend in front…
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Update: GI Joe 2 star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has tweeted a confirmation that Bruce Willis has officially signed on to the cast in G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation. Original story follows. Earlier this summer, we briefly mentioned a report that Bruce Willis was at the top of the wishlist for a certain role in G.I. Joe 2:…
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One of the actors to really start to break from TV into consistent film acting in the past couple years is Walton Goggins. His work on The Shield lead to a handful of notable film roles. (He was fun in Predators and had a good, if brief turn in the excellent and under-seen That Evening…
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Ben Affleck bailed on acting in Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby in order to direct his third film, a picture called Argo. (Good choice!) The film is from a Chris Terrio script that follows a true-life story about a CIA effort to pull diplomats out of Tehran in 1979. The hook: they use a plan…
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With Jon Chu on board to direct a sequel to GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, we're beginning to learn more information about the movie. It had been previously reported that the main cast from the first film were contractually obligated to do the sequel, but that might not be the case after all. Rachel…
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This promo trailer for Gordon Chan's upcoming King of Fighters---yes, yet another fighting game film adaptation---is both simultaneously hilarious in its total cheese-factor, and also totally depressing when you remember that this guy directed Fist of Legend. Our friends over at Quiet Earth dug up this trailer, and I agree with them that this looks…
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Paramount Pictures has released four new character posters for Stephen Sommer's big screen live-action G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. The posters were on display at a licensing fair in June, but Filmz.ru is the first site to have official scans. The posters feature (clockwise) Ray Park as Snake Eyes, Marlon Wayans as Ripcord, Channing…
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I've heard many stories about the behind the scenes problems which pushed the release of Fanboys back again and agin, but having just left a screening of the finished version, a director's cut by Kyle Newman, I can assure you that the problems have been greatly exaggerated. You have a very marketable cast, and a…
Read MoreUpdate: We've updated this story with high resolution photos that Paramount sent us. Paramount has released photos of the cast of Stephen Sommer's live-action G.I. Joe movie. Chris Eccleston as James McCullen Destro XXIV. McCullen's Military Armaments Research System is the largest manufacturer of state-of-the-art weaponry, providing high-tech arms to any side able to meet…
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Update: We've updated this story with a second image (seen above), and a higher resolution version of the first image (below). Paramount has released the first photo of Ray Park as Snake Eyes from the upcoming live action G.I. Joe movie. So what do you guys think? Is the live action Snake Eyes as bad…
Read MoreI've written 29 news stories in the last 48 hours, yet, believe it or not, wasn't able to get to everything I've wanted to show you. I usually let go of these "missed opportunities". After all, there are only 24 hours in a day. But I've decided to make it a new years resolution (yes,…
Read MoreI have just confirmed that Star Wars Episode 1 star Ray Park has been cast as Snake Eyes in Stephen Sommer's big screen live-action adaptation of GI Joe. Snake Eyes is one of the original members of the GI Joe series. Hasbro has released over 30 figures of the character since his debut in 1982.…
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