Big Star Wars news unraveling as we’ve learned Gina Carano, the bounty hunter known as Cara Dune in Lucasfilm and Disney+’s The Mandalorian, has been fired.
As reported by Deadline: In the wake of Gina Carano’s controversial social media posts, Lucasfilm has released a statement Wednesday night, with a spokesperson saying “Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future. Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.”
The actress shared a TikTok post comparing the current divided political climate in the U.S. to Nazi Germany. “Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors…even by children. Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views,” she wrote.
Disney’s newest film, “Raya and the Last Dragon” is scheduled to debut in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access on March 5th. For many Disney fans that want to watch the new movie but aren’t willing to visit a theater yet, Premier Access allows “Raya and the Last Dragon” to be available for $29.99. Disney+ has updated their information however and if you’re willing to wait, you can watch the new film for free.
As shared on the Disney+ site: “Starting March 5th, with Premier Access, you can watch Raya and the Last Dragon before it’s available to all Disney+ subscribers or anywhere else. Disney+ will offer Premier Access to Raya and the Last Dragon for $29.99 on disneyplus.com and in the Disney+ app on select platforms, including Apple, Google, Amazon, and Roku. The Premier Access offer will be available until May 4th, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Once you have Premier Access to Raya and the Last Dragon, you can watch as many times as you want on any platform where Disney+ is available. Your access to Raya and the Last Dragon will continue as long as you are an active Disney+ subscriber. Raya and the Last Dragon will be available to all Disney+ subscribers on June 4th, 2021 for no additional cost.“
“The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers”, a series follow-up to the famous 90s films, is debuting on Disney+ on March 26, 2021.
The series features the return of Emilio Estevez as Coach Gordon Bombay and stars Brady Noon as 12-year-old Evan Morrow and Lauren Graham as Evan’s mom Alex. When Evan is cut from the Mighty Ducks team, his mom encourages him to start his own. Evan and Alex, with the help of Gordon Bombay, set out to “rediscover the joy of playing just for love of the game.”
The series will be ten episodes and also stars Maxwell Simkins, Swayam Bhatia, Luke Islam, Kiefer O’Reilly, Taegen Burns, Bella Higginbotham, and DJ Watts. Steve Brill, the original creator, writer, and executive producer of “The Mighty Ducks”, is executive producer of the series alongside showrunners Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa. Michael Spiller, Emilio Estevez, Jon Avnet, Jordan Kerner, George Heller, and Brad Petrigala also executive produce. Lauren Graham serves as a co-executive producer, and James Griffiths serves as executive producer and director of the pilot.
In 2019, we learned about “Monsters at Work”, a Monsters, Inc. spinoff series coming to Disney+. The series was originally scheduled to debut in 2020, but like many other projects, was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an interview with Collider, Billy Crystal gave an update about the series, revealing that he has already recorded several episodes.
“Yeah, we’ve done a bunch [of episodes],” Crystal said. “We’ve been on a break because of the pandemic. But some I was able to do at home and some I was able to do in a very deserted studio out in Burbank. To be the only one on the lot was a little weird. But yeah, we’re progressing. I don’t know when they’re gonna start [being released] but I promise you they’re really good.”
Crystal also shared more details about the show and his experience working on it, saying, “It’s a series. John Goodman and I are Sully and Mike. The show, time-wise, starts six months after ‘Monsters, Inc.’ ended. So now, we’re on the Laugh Floor. We’ve created all of the new, young, great characters with some great voice actors, and John and I are reprising our parts. I tell ya, it’s [been] 20 years [since the release of Monsters, Inc.] and that movie looked amazing 20 years ago. It’s coming up to the 20th anniversary, I believe in September [Editor’s note: Monsters, Inc. will celebrate its 20th anniversary in November]. It’s fantastic looking, it’s hilarious, and we’re having a lot of fun doing it.”
As we learned soon after “Monsters at Work” was announced in 2019, the series will revolve around Tylor Tuskmon voiced by Ben Feldman, a young mechanic with the Monsters, Inc. Facilities Team (MIFT) who dreams of working his way up to the Laugh Floor.
In addition to Crystal, Goodman, and Feldman, the series will star Bob Peterson as Roz, John Ratzenberger as the Yeti, Jennifer Tilly as Celia Mae, Stephen Stanton as Needleman, and Kelly Marie Tran as Val Little.
Collider asked Crystal how long the episodes would be and he said, “Some are full length. Some are half-hour. It’s hard to tell when you’re just reading. But they’re full scripts and it’s a continuing story, so I think it’s really gonna be fun.”
The series is expected to debut on Disney+ this year.
