Captain Phasma Star on How She Escaped Force Awakens
Gwendoline Christie recently addressed the unfavorable predicament Captain Phasma appears to find herself in at the conclusion of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and spoke to how she might have escaped.
"If I could be precise about this, I don't think we actually saw me inside the trash compactor," Christie told Good Morning America. "That scene didn't exist. What we saw was the threat of that. So aren't you just on tender hooks now to think about why I'm here," she added, to the laughter of her fellow cast members.
How did @lovegwendoline's Captain Phasma escape the trash compactor in @StarWars? Well, it's a funny story...#TheLastJedi #D23expo pic.twitter.com/MLIwbW13PV
Leia’s Arc in Last Jedi Hopes to Provide ‘Catharsis’ for Fans
While Star Wars: The Last Jedi wasn't intended to be Carrie Fisher's final Star Wars movie, director Rian Johnson hopes Leia's story in the film provides a "kind of emotional satisfaction" to fans of the franchise.
"Carrie gives a really beautiful performance in the film," Johnson told Good Morning America. "We obviously didn't make the movie to be her final film—final Star Wars movie. Given that though, I think there are scenes that she has that are going to mean a lot to people," he added.
Does Leia's story wrap up nicely in #TheLastJedi? @rianjohnson isn't sure, but he hopes it gives emotional satisfaction. @StarWars #D23expo pic.twitter.com/dClrp7r4ff
Meaning of ‘The Last Jedi’ Will Evolve Throughout the Film
Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has come forward to shed additional light on the movie's title, saying it's meaning will evolve throughout the film.
"It has, not even necessarily multiple meanings, but its meaning evolves over the course of the film," the director told Good Morning America.
"'The last Jedi' is tied up in
story." - @rianjohnson on the importance of the title of the new @StarWars movie. #D23expo pic.twitter.com/xQUVhTXCXY
Josh Brolin on Infinity War Being ‘Much Deeper’ Than Expected
Josh Brolin promises Marvel's The Avengers: The Infinity War isn't just a mindless action film.
Speaking with Good Morning America, Brolin called the movie "way more emotional and way more interactive than I thought."
Josh Brolin discusses the complexity and emotion of playing the villain Thanos in @Avengers#InfinityWar. #D23expopic.twitter.com/ueYI8GaFQL
— Good Morning America (@GMA) July 16, 2017
Star Wars: Last Jedi Director on Big Challenge Writing Luke
Addressing why Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) put himself in exile on Ahch-To was the big challenge director Rian Johnson faced when writing Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
In an interview with Good Morning America, Johnson said that figuring out how that first exchange between Luke and Rey will play out was "absolutely the starting point" when crafting the film.
"Why is
on that island?" - @rianjohnson's big question for @HamillHimself's character in #TheLastJedi. #D23expo pic.twitter.com/nus3H6GahQ
Apes 3 Dethrones Spider-Man in Box Office Debut
War for the Planet of the Apes debuted in first place at the North American box office, dethroning Spider-Man: Homecoming with an estimated $56.5 million.
Despite coming in at number one, director Matt Reeves' trilogy-capper earned significantly less than its predecessor, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which had a domestic opening of $72.6 million when it debuted in 2014. Still, the film managed to eclipse the rebooted series' first installment, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which opened in 2011 to $54.8 million.
Meanwhile, Spider-Man: Homecoming dropped 61 percent during its second weekend in theaters, slipping to the number two spot with an estimated $45.2 million. Director Jon Watts' superhero film debuted in first place last weekend, surpassing Iron Man to become the biggest solo character debut in the MCU.
Doctor Who: 13th Doctor Revealed
Jodie Whittaker will star as the thirteenth Doctor of Doctor Who.
BBC shared the news in a video posted on the official Doctor Who Twitter account:
Meet the Thirteenth Doctor #DoctorWho #Doctor13 pic.twitter.com/txHGz9tJEe
— Doctor Who Official (@bbcdoctorwho) July 16, 2017
Mark Ruffalo on Why Solo Hulk Film ‘Will Never Happen’
It doesn't look a solo Hulk film is coming anytime soon, and Bruce Banner actor Mark Ruffalo has come forward to explain why.
"I just want to make one thing perfectly clear," Ruffalo told Variety after a trailer screening of Marvel's The Avengers: Infinity War at D23 Expo. "A standalone Hulk movie will never happen."
Ruffalo explained that Universal still has the movie rights "and for some reason, they don't know how to play well with Marvel," adding, "they don't want to make money." Don Cheadle chimed in to joke that a solo Hulk film starring Ruffalo "would be terrible," and Ruffalo said he thinks he's "got two or three more years" before he's too old to play the character.
Behold the Ridiculously Huge Cast of Infinity War Together
One by one, members of the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy assembled at D23 Expo 2017 on Saturday for the Marvel Studios presentation.
The sight of seeing nearly every hero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe -- OK, the actors playing them in Marvel's The Avengers: Infinity War -- alongside actor Josh Brolin, who plays the villain Thanos, was a truly geek-out experience.
Notably absent from the lineup, however, were Chris Evans (Captain America), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), and Zoe Saldana (Gamora). Production is still underway in Atlanta.
Feast your eyes on the cast of Marvel's The Avengers: Infinity War at D23 Expo in the slideshow below:
KH3 Director Hints at Second Playable Character
Kingdom Hearts games have made a habit out of featuring multiple playable characters, and Kingdom Hearts 3 looks to be following in step with its predecessors, according to the game's director.
Speaking to IGN at D23 Expo, Tetsuya Nomura declined to say exactly who but did hint that Sora will not be the only playable character in Kingdom Hearts 3.
"So it would be tough to introduce many, multiple playable characters, but there is an intention of adding a playable character aside from Sora. Unfortunately we’re not able to disclose who it is yet, but there will be
," Nomura said.
Kingdom Hearts II started off by putting players into the role of Roxas, Sora's Nobody, before segueing back into making the series' protagonist playable, and Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep actually featured three Keyblade-wielding playable characters. Even going back to the Game Boy Advance entry Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, players could control Riku in a second campaign after beating Sora's adventure.