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Star Wars D23 Expo News Roundup (Disney Park, Episode IX Director, Rogue One)

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Today, at Disney's D23 Expo, several announcements were made regardless the Star Wars franchise. First was a  confirmation  to a rumor that's been going around about a Star Wars-themed park at Disneyland and at Disney World's Hollywood Studios. This will be Disney's largest expansion park, covering 14 acres. Also, an  earlier rumor  was confirmed that Jurassic World director, Colin Trevorrow will, in fact, be directing Star Wars Episode IX. That means that, much like the original trilogy, the new trilogy will have 3 different directors for each movie. Trevorrow had this to say about his latest job: “This is not a job or an assignment. It is a seat at a campfire, surrounded by an extraordinary group of storytellers, filmmakers, artists and craftspeople. We’ve been charged with telling new stories for a younger generation because they deserve what we all had—a mythology to call their own. We will do this by channeling something George Lucas instilled ...

2014 will mark Godzilla's Return

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So for some time now, pictures, such as the ones below, have shown up from time to time on the ineternet.  Pictures such as those have all been about a movie. A Godzilla movie. An American made Godzilla movie. Now this isn't the first time America has attempted to take on the big moster from Japan, but this is an exciting post, so we'll not worry about the 1998 attempt right now.  The important thing to note is that yes, this Godzilla movie is moving forward, and it was announced today that Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros. have scheduled the Godzilla movie to be released on May 16th, 2014.  As of right now, not much is known about the movie, other than the images above, the fact that director   Gareth Edwards has been tapped to bring the monster to the screen, and a surprise trailer and teaser poster that debuted earlier this year at Comic-Con. The trailer hasn't yet made it's way to the internet, but you can check out the poster be...