X-Wing Lands in LA For ‘Rogue One’ Premiere

Nothing can compare to the masterful marketing put out for Star Wars films by Lucasfilm. The premiere for last year’s The Force Awakens which saw the return of the Star Wars franchise after a ten-year absence from the cinemas was one of the biggest premieres in history, taking up four blocks of Hollywood blvd. with the red carpet. This year, Lucasfilm looks to be topping itself with the premiere for the upcoming Star Wars spinoff Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Luke Skywalker has gone full Jack Bauer and landed an X-Wing at the red carpet in Hollywood. The film will premiere this Saturday, December 10^th at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. The event will be live streamed on starwars.com and the Star Wars Youtube channel at 5 p.m. PST. Hosting the premiere will be Andi Gutierrez, Peter Townley, Anthony Carboni, and David Collins.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Mads Mikkelson, Donnie Yen, Alan Tudyk, Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker. Written by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy. Directed by Gareth Edwards.

From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” an all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves. In theaters December 2016.

An X-Wing fighter has landed on the street where the Hollywood premiere for #RogueOne: A @StarWars Story is being held. pic.twitter.com/cUtBzRUvno

— FOX 11 Los Angeles (@FOXLA) December 7, 2016

IMAX Doubles Down; Inhumans Has A Premiere Date

Two weeks ago Marvel announced a groundbreaking partnership between IMAX and Disney/ABC Television Group to bring Marvel’s The Inhumans to the small screen. In an unprecedented move, the series will first see a theatrical debut exclusively in IMAX theaters on Labor Day 2017 for the first two episodes shot entirely with IMAX cameras. Following the theatrical debut, ABC will capitalize on The Inhumans by premiering extended versions of the first two episodes before beginning its fall 2017 run. Currently, the series is capped at eight episodes with subsequent action sequences also to be shot with IMAX cameras.

Per a new report from The Hollywood Reporter, The Inhumans now has a premiere date. While speaking at the Credit Suisse Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, CEO of IMAX Entertainment Greg Foster revealed the series will debut on ABC on September 26, 2017, after hitting theaters on or around September 1.

Foster also shared some more major news, revealing that IMAX is doubling down with its entry into the world of television:

“This is at the high end of the range of what we’ll be doing, but we’re already looking for a second [series]. This is a really exciting opportunity that could blossom into more.”

Just what exactly could IMAX be looking to get involved with? While on the subject of The Inhumans Foster added:

“Hopefully this will spawn more seasons of the show, and opportunistically, we’re looking at other opportunities and programs that we can become part of.”

More Marvel shows seem like the smart and safe choice, especially given the success of Marvel’s foray into the darker, more mature superhero outings on Netflix. But the smarter move would be to hold back and see if their gamble pays off before greenlighting another series.

SOURCE: THR

‘Doctor Strange’: Red Carpet World Premiere

In case you weren’t one of the lucky few who got to attend the world premiere of Marvel’s latest entry to the MCU, Doctor Strange in Hollywood last night, you can catch up on all the action here including interviews with the entire cast plus other stars from the MCU including Chadwick Boseman, Jessica Henwick and even the chairman of Marvel comics himself, Stan Lee!

Marvel proudly invites one and all to experience the World Premiere of Marvel’s “Doctor Strange,” LIVE from Hollywood! On October 20th, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. PT/9:00 p.m. ET as your favorite stars arrive at the legendary TCL Chinese Theatre!

Sponsored by “Marvel Contest of Champions”, this LIVE event, available to watch at marvel.com/doctorstrangepremiere, will get you up close and personal with the cast of “Doctor Strange” like no one else can!

While you’re watching you can also tweet using the hashtags #DoctorStrange, follow @DoctorStrange on Twitter and like Marvel’s Doctor Strange on Facebook at Facebook.com/DoctorStrangeOfficial.