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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER WARNING: This post discusses major plot developments in Season 1, Episode 5 of “The Book of Boba Fett,” currently streaming on Disney Plus.Throughout the first season of “The Book of Boba Fett,” it always felt like a matter of time before Pedro Pascal’s Mando from “The Mandalorian” sauntered back into the story.

A new Wookiee entered the Star Wars scene with a warm welcome from Angie Mayhew, the widow of Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead has joined Rosario Dawson and Natasha Liu Bordizzo in the Disney+ limited series Star Wars: Ahsoka, a spinoff from the streamer’s hit series The Mandalorian, sources close to the project confirmed to Deadline.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMary Elizabeth Winstead has signed on for a role in the upcoming Ahsoka Tano live-action series at Disney Plus, Variety has confirmed.Rosario Dawson is set to star in title role in “Ahsoka,” whom she first played in Season 2 of “The Mandalorian.” It was previously reported that Natasha Liu Bordizzo would star as Sabine Wren and that Ivanna Sakhno would play what is believed to be a new “Star Wars” character in the series. Details on Winstead’s character are currently being kept under wraps.Reps for Disney and Lucasfilm did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for comment.Winstead’s recent feature credits include projects such as “Birds of Prey,” “Gemini Man,” and “10 Cloverfield Lane.” She has also starred in numerous TV shows in recent years, including Season 3 of “Fargo” at FX opposite “Star Wars” alum Ewan McGregor, who will reprise the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in his own Disney Plus series.

Los Angeles lounge music icon Marty Roberts, the drummer and upright bassist in the “Marty & Elayne” act that entertained at the Dresden Lounge in Los Feliz for 35 years, has died at age 89. No cause of death was immediately available.

Los Angeles lounge music icon Marty Roberts, the drummer in the “Marty & Elayne” act that entertained at the Dresden Lounge in Los Feliz for 35 years, has died.

As a new year begins, a bevy of new titles are now available to stream on Netflix. It can be daunting trying to figure out what to watch on the streaming service, and narrowing the selection down to what’s been newly added is an easy way way ensure you’re finding something you haven’t seen before (or haven’t seen in a long time).Below, we’ve assembled a list of the best new movies on Netflix in January 2022.

FRIDAY AM UPDATE:Thursday box office figures Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home now ranks No. 11 on the list of highest grossing movies at the domestic box office with $557.19M collected during its first two weeks in release. The MCU title outpegs Jon Favreau’s 2019 version of The Lion King with $543.6M. The 14-day gross for No Way Home is the third highest of all-time behind Avengers: Endgame ($660.4M) and Star Wars: Force Awakens ($652M).

Deadline has confirmed that Disney+’s red carpet Hollywood premiere for Star Wars spinoff series The Book of Boba Fett has been delayed from Jan. 4 at the El Capitan Theatre to Feb. 8. This is all because of Covid concerns in the face of the spiking Omicron variant.

Disney Plus’ “The Book of Boba Fett” has been postponed due to COVID concerns.“Out of an abundance of caution, we will be postponing the ‘Boba Fett’ fan event,” the studio said in a statement Wednesday morning. “It will be relocated to the 8th of February in celebration of the finale.”The special screening was originally scheduled for Jan.

Disney+ is sharing a sneak peek at its anticipated new series, which marks the return of one of the most enigmatic characters in the original “Star Wars” movies: bounty hunter Boba Fett.

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Doctor Strange has arrived at the premiere of the new Spider-Man movie!

Ahsoka, the upcoming Star Wars series, is adding even more star power to the cast.

While Lucasfilm is reportedly having issues trying to figure out their next “Star Wars” feature film after they pumped the breaks on Patty Jenkins‘ project “Star Wars: Rogue Squadron,” these issues don’t exist so much on Disney+. It’s full speed ahead on a lot of projects (ok, minus “Rangers of The Republic“) and the next big release will be “The Book of Boba Fett” debuting on December 29.

When Lucasfilm fired “The Mandalorian” actress Gina Carano in February of this year, it caused some domino effect problems for their projects in development. Two months earlier, at the big Disney Investors Day, Lucasfilm announced a new “Star Wars” series, “Rangers of The New Republic.” And while it was never officially announced, it seemed clear that Carano’s Cara Dune character would be one of those Rangers.

winning the Best Director Oscar for “Nomadland,” Chloé Zhao has upchucked one of the MCU’s worst movies in ages.And to what end? “Eternals,” which will no doubt become a Jon Favreau punchline in a future “Avengers” film, need not exist in a universe that already counts the Fantastic Four and X-Men among its franchises.Yet, here you go, ticket buyers — another far worse, uniformed collective of super-beings with conspicuously similar powers and a vague, grandiose mission to save humanity.

will reprise his role as Anakin Skywalker in Disney+’s newest series “Ahsoka.” The series is a spinoff of the streaming service’s very popular “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian.”Rosario Dawson, 42, is starring as the titular character of Ahsoka Tano, a Jedi Knight survivor who debuted in the second season of “The Mandalorian.”Dave Filoni is writing the series and is producing alongside Jon Favreau.“Ahsoka” is set five years after the “Return of the Jedi’s” plot, so it’s uncertain how

The Mandalorian, will return to score Star Wars spin-off series The Book Of Boba Fett.The Swedish composer, who won two Emmys for his musical work on The Mandalorian’s first two seasons, started scoring sessions for The Book Of Boba Fett in recent weeks, according to Film Music Reporter.The spin-off will see Temuera Morrison reprise his role as Boba Fett from The Mandalorian, alongside Ming-Na Wen as fellow bounty hunter Fennec Shand.

The Mandalorian was described by the actor as something that he will “cherish forever.”Hamill appeared as the digitally de-aged young Jedi Master Luke Skywalker in a sequence that shocked unsuspecting Star Wars fans at the time.However it has now been revealed that Hamill didn’t actually voice Skywalker in the few scenes that he appeared in.The show’s creator Jon Favreau has confirmed that in fact technology was used to replicate Hamill’s voice.“Something people didn’t realise is that his voice

Selome Hailu editorEven if you don’t know Ady Barkan by name yet, there’s a good chance you’ve seen him on your TV screen.The 37-year-old has spent his life advocating for progressive causes, and his work has only increased in fervor since he was diagnosed with the terminal neurodegenerative disease ALS in 2016.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorCrooked Media, the podcast company formed by a trio of former Obama staffers, continues to spread its wings beyond its progressive-politics roots.The company’s new development slate spans entertainment, pop culture, history — and a show about whether the internet is rotting people’s minds.Coming this fall is weekly interview show “Offline,” hosted by co-founder Jon Favreau, as a spinoff of Crooked’s popular flagship series “Pod Save America.” In the new podcast,

Disney+ spinoff series.The show, created by Jon Favreau and starring Pedro Pascal, tells the story of a lone bounty hunter who goes on the run after being hired to retrieve “The Child,” a k a Grogu or “Baby Yoda.” It is the first live-action series in the “Star Wars” franchise.In one finale scene, Hamill, 69, becomes younger using CGI technology, making him appear as he would have around the time of 1983’s “Return of the Jedi.”Fallon described his appearance as “one of the coolest TV moments of

The Mandalorian‘s second season finale, which saw Luke Skywalker arrive to collect Grogu for his Jedi training in the climactic scenes, will be the subject of a special documentary episode.The behind-the-scenes feature will form part of the Disney+ documentary series Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – Making Of Season Two, following showrunner Jon Favreau and his team as they put together both the plot and digital execution of Luke’s return for the Star Wars spin-off.A Disney press release

Marvel’s Avengers assembled not just in the hit iconic film but also in real life recently! The actors got together to celebrate the opening of the Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure Park.

soared in Wednesday for a preview of Disney California Adventure Park’s new Avengers Campus, opening Friday, June 4.Anthony Mackie (“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” on Disney+), Paul Rudd (“Ant-Man”) and Jon Favreau (Tony Stark’s sidekick, Happy, from “Iron Man”) were among the stars on hand for the splashy sneak peek of the long-awaited, six-acre park.

Some of Marvel‘s biggest superheroes recently assembled to celebrate the opening of the Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim, Calif.

An unlikely candidate is weighing in on the “Mt. Rapmore” debate.

Rangers Of The New Republic, a Star Wars spin-off series from the world of The Manalorian, has been put on hold.Originally announced during Disney’s investor day last December, the show is no longer in active development according to a report published about The Mandalorian‘s Dave Filoni’s new job title.The Variety report discussed the several spin-offs that Filoni and Jon Favreau are executive producing for Disney+, including The Book Of Boba Fett, which is currently shooting and premiering in