The events of Shadows of The Empire have been swept away by the Disney canon reboot, but Dash Rendar's legacy remains in the form of the Outrider. The transport is briefly visible during the entering Mos Eisley sequences in A New Hope, added during the Special Edition re-release.
Is the Outrider carrying copies of the Blu-ray release of the UOT???
Well, if you want to get picky I'd say that they're not mnemonics either because they're hardly memory aids, they're simple initialisms which *do* fall under the acronym umbrella depending on what reference source you go by.
Yeah, you've defined it more accurately. I love learning new things. But leave my movie memories alone!
“Fantastic Four” director Josh Trank won’t be journeying to the “Star Wars” universe after all. In a statement posted Friday on StarWars.com, the director explained that he’s made “a personal decision to move forward on a different path,” and will instead focus on developing original properties.
Trank was officially revealed last June to be directing a standalone “Star Wars” movie, which have since officially been titled “Anthology” films — set in the same continuity as the trilogies, yet telling separate stories. Though no details were yet revealed on Trank’s film, it’s said that Disney and Lucasfilm will continue to develop the project despite his departure.
The director was scheduled to speak, alongside “Star Wars: Rogue One” director Gareth Edwards, at a panel dedicated to the Anthology films last month at Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, but did not appear due to a reported illness. Trank’s “Fantastic Four” is scheduled for release on Aug. 7; a sequel has already been scheduled for June 9, 2017, though there’s no word yet on if Trank will return.
Here’s his statement in full:
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After a year of having the incredible honor of developing with the wonderful and talented people at Lucasfilm, I’m making a personal decision to move forward on a different path. I’ve put a tremendous amount of thought into this, and I know deep down in my heart that I want to pursue some original creative opportunities. That said, the Star Wars universe has always been one of my biggest influences, and I couldn’t be more excited to witness its future alongside my millions of fellow Star Wars fans. I want to thank my friends Kathleen Kennedy, Kiri Hart, Simon Kinberg, and everyone at Lucasfilm and Disney for the amazing opportunity to have been a part of this. May the Force be with you all.
Lucasfilm VP of Development Kiri Hart added: “It was a privilege to collaborate with Josh. We are grateful for the energy and love of Star Wars that he brought to the process, and we wish him all the best.”
Given the history of the film franchise, from the awful Roger Corman version to the more recent critically-panned efforts, people aren’t exactly thrilled by the idea of a fresh Fantastic Four reboot. Set to hit theaters on August 7, the new attempt is directed by Chronicle’s Josh Trank and stars Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Bell and duck-facing Miles Teller as the titular quartet, but we still don’t have a clue what these actors look like in character. What the hell does The Thing look like? Is his dork made of rock, too? People want to know, Trank!
While a trailer might not be coming until at least next month (rumored to be attached to Kingsman: The Secret Service), what with the MPAA’s whole 6-month rule, we do have word from X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn that fans of Trank’s previous work are in for a treat.
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“I’ve seen the movie, it’s good,” Vaughn told us.
“I thought Chronicle was a fantastic movie and [Josh] Trank has gone off and done his version of Fantastic Four. If you like Chronicle, then you’ll like this.”
“We’re all backing Josh Trank’s vision,” he concludes. “And hopefully the world will like Josh Trank’s vision”. (Via Flickering Myth)
That seems like a good review, right? So with that and Teller previously saying that he loved the script, we can just pack up shop and move along, wait for Fantastic Four to hit theaters, and then listen to Teller complain about how it made him feel dead inside way down the road. Or… we could address the lingering rumors that Trank trashed the set and/or his living quarters for the film so badly that Fox Filmed Entertainment’s CEO had to fly in and personally apologize to the property owner, which JoBlo breathed some life into today. The “story” they linked to is actually the LSU message board Tiger Droppings and a thread that gets interesting with some posts on Nov. 26 from user “stegs_81”:
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After the crap Trank pulled in Baton Rouge, i doubt he ever directs a studio picture again. He will certainly never work for Fox. At this point that F4 reboot might never get released.
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A buddy of mine was on the crew. Trank showed up to set late or so high he couldn’t speak almost everyday. Some days he didn’t show up at all. He treated crew terribly. He trashed the house the production company rented for him. From what I’m told he did a couple hundred grand worth of damage.
True or not, a couple hundred grand worth of damage is both astounding and impressive. Sure, it’s also assholish, but you have to really work hard to achieve that. The next day, “GreatLakesTiger24” wrote, “can confirm what is bolded” in regard to Trank showing up late and high, but also “not sure about the rest but could find out.” Stegs_81 came back three days later and added:
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Trank did so much damage to the house that [Fox Filmed Entertainment Chairman and CEO] Jim Gianopulos came to Baton Rouge and personally apologized to the owners. Trust me, Trank’s career is done. There will be no major study sequels or spin offs for him. He’ll be lucky to get the sequel to a Stabbing at Leia’s 21st Birthday.
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And someone who goes by “Ron Burgundy” chimed in with:
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heard this as well from a person in the know.
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ETA: Also heard he was fired after wrapping and other are working on it post production.
That was the end of this edition of Tiger Droppings’ HOT GOSS. Trank didn’t have to be fired to be out of the sequel, because he was already hired by Disney to work on a standalone Star Wars film. Everything else? Rumors from people with keyboards. Eventually a writer from Latino Review, which is sometimes way ahead of the pack and other times throwing darts while blindfolded, gave the story some legitimacy just in time for Christmas.
Since then the story has also been picked up by sites like Daily Super Heroes and Nerd Reactor, and just like what I’ve done here, it’s all a recap of these message board posts that could be complete and utter bullsh*t. So here’s the thing about that – why hasn’t Trank said anything about it all? Even a passing joke about it might get people changing their minds about this reboot. Why hasn’t Fox been pumping some steam into this title to get people excited about it during a period when we’re all geeking out about Avengers: Age of Ultron?
It’s all so strange, almost like a lesson in how not to market a film. Even a purported studio employee wrote in a since-deleted Reddit thread that he didn’t appreciate the lack of marketing for this reboot, so he spilled the beans on a bunch of plot details and leaked the film’s logo. You’ve got the story that Marvel intentionally killed the Fantastic Four comic book to screw over Fox (even though Marvel’s Tom Brevoort shot that down), and there was the Punisher debacle that made it look like the cast of Fantastic Four was killed as a cruel, immature joke, even though the writer vehemently denied it. And there’s also a random theory that Disney gave Trank the Star Wars gig specifically so he couldn’t do a Fantastic Four sequel.
So many questions about a movie that opens a little less than seven months from now, and no real answers. But at least Matthew Vaughn thinks it’s good.
Last edited by Gold Ranger; 05-02-2015 at 09:56 AM.
I mean, when talking verbally about the films - do people really say out the entire title "The Empire Strikes Back"? No, they say "Empire" or "Empire Strikes Back". Putting the T is oddly formal and just doesn't flow.
Personally, I say "the" when I say the entire title. And I very rarely refer to the film as just "Empire." And I generally use the four-lettered acronyms for the films because of how I refer to the title in totality when I speak of it. As a journalist, I know of the rules of dropping "the" and "a" when doing such, but I guess it's just that the acronyms look weird to me as "ROJ," "AOC," etc.
Because you're from the future and you've seen the film already, right?
One doesnt need to be from the future to see the obvious. Fox had to bring in Simon Kinberg and Hutch Parker and Stephen Rivkin to do seven weeks of reshoots, and they fired Trank. Kinberg is the one who lobbied for Trank to get the star wars gig but in the end he ended up suggesting that Kathy fire him based on his behavior on the F4 production. It's a safe bet that whatever Fantastic Four film Trank made probably wasn't worth a damn. Clearly he made a mess and it cost him two major films.
Now, I'm not saying that the film that makes it to theaters will be good or bad. We won't know that until we watch it. But the film Trank made, or partially made when he wasn't skirting work and being a shut out, doesnt sound like it was very good. That's just what the evidence tells me, anyways. But we'll never know for sure, because after 7 weeks of reshoots the film that comes out in theaters is unlikely to be the film that Trank made or wanted to make.
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