Walt Disney Pictures has debuted a new poster for Oz: The Great and Powerful, the first of three one-sheets that will combine to form a super triptych poster!

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However, it isn’t clear if Theodora or Evanora turns into this green-faced character. Perhaps the next image will clear things up.

Hey, some non-Star Wars news. Here’s the poster.

Oh my gosh, what a shock that was! I had no idea that George was going to sell to Disney until I read it online like everybody else. He did tell us last summer about wanting to go on and do [Episodes] VII, VIII, and IX, and that [newly appointed Lucasfilm president] Kathleen Kennedy would be doing them. He seems to be in a really good place. He’s really happy. And that’s nice because I know that when we were making the movies, he was not a jolly guy on set.

Boy, there’s lots of Star Wars in the news right now. I’ll have to see if I can find some other stuff to talk about, but this is a…

/Film has a list of ten filmmakers who should direct the new Star Wars film and five who shouldn’t:

Keep in mind that these aren’t necessarily the names we think are the most likely to get the call, or that they’d even be interested in the gig in the first place. And of course, all of this is assuming that Disney actually wants to go with a big-name filmmaker — it’s certainly possible they’ll go with someone less established or more obscure. With that said, we’re still at the point where just about anything seems possible with this project. Why not fantasize a bit?

I’m not going to…

However, the part that will get “Star Wars” fans excited is that Pollock says the stories feature Luke Skywalker in his 30s or 40s. “They will need an older Luke Skywalker,” he says. So, sorry, probably no Mark Hamill.

Of course, whether this is accurate or not, or if Lucas scrapped that idea and came up with something else, remains to be seen. But it’s pretty easy to see why Disney would be excited by the prospect of Luke Skywalker featuring in a brand new “Star Wars” trilogy. And all of this seems to suggest that the “original story” will indeed be a continuation of “Star Wars: Episode…

Red Dawn is releasing this month so we can expect the marketing to really start ramping up.

Here’s a new TV spot. It looks like it could be a decent action flick, probably nothing more than that.

After agreeing a deal to buy George Lucas’ Lucasfilm Ltd, Disney is to make a new series of Star Wars franchise.

The companies have set 2015 as a release target for Star Wars: Episode 7, with Episode 8 and Episode 9 to follow as the long-term plan is to release a new feature every two or three years.

And:

Die-hard Star Wars fans (TheForce.net) say that a big-screen adaptation of the first book, ‘Heir to the Empire’ from ‘Thrawn Trilogy’ by Timothy Zahn would make the most logical Episode 7.

No, just no. Please, no. Does everyone realize they would have to recast all the…

Last week, we learned that X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn would not be returning to direct the sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past, as had been previously expected. While that made for some disappointing news, perhaps the latest update on the project will cheer you up.

Bryan Singer has officially closed his deal to direct the upcoming film, confirming rumors that the First Class producer would swap places with the First Class helmer for Days of Future Past.

This is good news to me. As I mentioned before, the best X-Men films have been the films he directed so I think this is…

Global leader in high-quality family entertainment agrees to acquire world-renowned Lucasfilm Ltd, including legendary STAR WARS franchise.

Acquisition continues Disney’s strategic focus on creating and monetizing the world’s best branded content, innovative technology and global growth to drive long-term shareholder value.

Lucasfilm to join company’s global portfolio of world class brands including Disney, ESPN, Pixar, Marvel and ABC.

STAR WARS: EPISODE 7 feature film targeted for release in 2015.

This seems big.

Also, I can’t resist translating this:

“For the past 35 years,…

Ethan Hunt retiring? Not so fast, says Tom Cruise! Ok, this is not some huge surprise, we all know that Cruise just loves everything that has to do with his Mission: Impossible franchise, but is there something new about the whole thing? At this moment only one thing is for sure: there are plans to make Mission: Impossible 5!

If I were to draw a trend chart of my own personal feelings about each of the Tom Cruise Mission Impossible films, one would be at the top, then a line would be going down to a much lower point on the scale for number two, then up slightly for number 3, then down…