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Star Wars creator George Lucas was fêted with an Honorary Palme d'Or at this evening's Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony. In a poignant moment, Lucas was joined on stage by by his longtime friend, mentor and collaborator, Francis Ford Coppola who presented the award. On Lucas’ arrival, the crowd…

“We weren’t really that interested in making money, we were interested in making movies,” said Star Wars franchise architect George Lucas about the early days of his career with mentor Francis Ford Coppola in a Cannes sit down discussion today. In a wide-ranging chat before a packed Salle Debussy…

The Megalopolis parties and debates last week generously fed Cannes' appetite for media buzz. Fest-goers were reminded that Francis Coppola's journey had been a thrill ride for those who witnessed it, invested in it or were impacted by its turmoil. The…

George Lucas will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or at the closing ceremony of the 77th Cannes Film Festival on May 25. “The Festival de Cannes is delighted to pay tribute to one of the greatest figures of contemporary cinema, a man with an extraordinary career, who brings together great entertainment…

Around 100 hours before the deadline for all Disney shareholders to cast their ballots in the acrid board clash between the Mouse House and activist investor Nelson Peltz, one of the country's top pension funds just rolled its cannons onto the battlefield. With 6.7 million shares in Disney, the…

George Lucas has come out in support of Disney and CEO Bob Iger as the company wages a bitter proxy fight against activist investor Nelson Peltz, who is making a run for two seats on the company’s board. In a statement issued this morning, Lucas said: “Creating magic is not for amateurs. When I sold…

Justin Simien directed Haunted Mansion for Disney based on the theme park’s attraction of the same name. The filmmaker is now opening up about another Disneyland attraction he would like to adapt into a film and it’s Michael Jackson’s Captain EO. “Captain EO, let’s go,” Simien told Screen Rant during…

Disney has just shared its latest trailer for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The move comes after the Cannes Film Festival confirmed that the latest in the franchise will get its world premiere on May 18 at the fest. The trailer was shared this morning in London at the Star Wars Celebration…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Freevee has picked up Icons Unearthed: Star Wars for the UK, the doc series that features the first tell-all on-camera interview with George Lucas’ former wife Marcia Lucas. The landmark series aired over the summer in the U.S. on Vice TV and has since been renewed for a second season, which will…

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art said Tuesday that its five-story, 300,000-square foot building and 11-acre campus in Los Angeles’ Exposition Park is now aiming at opening in 2025. It’s the latest timeline shift for the museum, which first broke ground in March 2018 for a planned 2021 open. Construction and other…

Bert Fields, the relentlessly loyal powerhouse entertainment lawyer who repped clients including Harvey and Bob Weinstein, Tom Cruise, George Lucas, the Beatles, Michael Jackson and many others in myriad headline-making cases in Hollywood, has died. He was 93. His rep told Deadline that Fields died Sunday at his home…

Vice TV will world premiere the Nacelle Company’s new Icons Unearthed series July 12, with the first installment of a 6-hour deep dive into the Star Wars Universe. In Icons Unearthed: Star Wars Marcia Lucas, Oscar-winning film editor and ex-wife of George Lucas, sits down for her first-ever on-camera interview and…