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Earlier this year, CBS All Access streamed its first original series, The Good Wife spinoff The Good Fight. In addition, CBS All Access provides fans access to 9000-plus episodes on demand that span primetime, daytime, late-night and classic TV. … [Read more...] about ‘Star Trek Discovery’ Fuels Record Signups For CBS All Access

Tupac Shakur as Mace WinduThe dreaded boy band cameo aside, there was at least one musical crossover moment that nearly happened across all three prequels that could have been cool. In a 2014 fan forum interview later picked up by Rolling Stone, a former engineer for Dr. Dre and Suge Knight's West Coast gangster rap label Death Row Records said the late great Tupac Shakur confided in him that he'd read for the part of Mace Windu, considered the prequels' most formidable Jedi Knight aside from Yoda. Tupac of course regularly appears on any credible list of the all time greatest rappers. Could he have wielded a lightsaber as skillfully as he brandished a microphone? His acting chops were certainly formidable. Many rappers have crossed over into Hollywood with varying degrees of success and capability. But Tupac was classically trained, having spent some time at the Baltimore School of Arts as a kid and making his stage debut in A Raisin in the Sun at the tender age of 13. Shakur appeared … [Read more...] about Actors Almost Cast in Star Wars Movies

Kurt RussellWe haven't seen a real Christopher Walken screen test floating around, but there is real footage of Kurt Russell auditioning for the role. In the decade before Escape from New York, The Thing, and Big Trouble in Little China, Russell read for both Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, at one point reading alongside Luke hopeful William Katt, who would go on to star as television's The Greatest American Hero in the 1980s. While doing press for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Russell admitted that during his Star Wars audition, he didn't have any idea what he was talking about. "Something about a Death Star and a Millennium Falcon." Watching Russell as John Carpenter's Snake Plissken a few years later, it wasn't hard to imagine him as Han. … [Read more...] about These Guys Were Almost Han Solo in Star Wars, Not Harrison Ford

Back in the 70s, Mark Hamill and Robert Englund were friends, though not the cultural icons they are now. As it turns out, Englund played an important role in getting Mark Hamill in to audition for George Lucas. ForceMaterial.com attended the Oz Comic-Con in Brisbane recently, where this nugget of info was uncovered. … [Read more...] about How Freddy Krueger Found the Perfect Luke Skywalker for Star Wars

Deadline has confirmed that a new Star Wars feature is in the works with Sleight filmmaker J.D. Dillard and Luke Cage and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. scribe Matt Owens, but those with knowledge say that it’s not definite whether it’s for Disney+ or the big screen. Reportedly the project will take place on the hidden Sith planet of Exegol, which was introduced in last December’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.  … [Read more...] about ‘Star Wars’ Secret Sith Exegol Feature: J.D. Dillard & Matt Owens Developing