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Featuring the voices of: Kelly Marie Tran, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Helen Sadler, Omar Benson Miller, Jake Green, Matthew Wood, Dee Bradley Baker, James Arnold Taylor, Kevin Michael Richardson, Kyleigh Curran, Matt Lanter, Matt Sloan, Ross Marquand, Shelby Young, Trevor Devall, Thomas Lennon, Paul F. Tompkins, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic | Written by David Shayne | Directed by Ken Cunningham

After defeating Emperor Palpatine, Rose, Rey, Finn, Poe, and Chewbacca take a vacation. Throughout their adventure, they discover that a number of other Star Wars characters in history have also tried to take vacations…which hasn’t always gone well for them.

We’re officially in the final stretch of summer, and you know what that means… a new Lego Star Wars movie? Sure, why not? These can be relatively cute and funny films that you can throw on for your young one or put in the background while you’re doing some work or something.

Disney+ has debuted a new trailer for the animated ‘Star Wars’ special ‘Lego Star Wars Summer Vacation.’

Looking for a much-needed break from stormtroopers and Tie fighters, Finn arranges a surprise vacation for his friends Rey, Poe, Rose, Chewie, Bb-8, R2-D2, and C-3Po, aboard the ultra-luxurious Galactic Starcruiser, the Halcyon. But Finn’s plan to have one last hurrah together quickly goes awry when he’s separated from the group. While searching for his friends, he encounters three Force ghosts: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Leia Organa, who each share their own unexpected stories of vacations gone wrong, helping him to understand that holidays are about more than just having fun.

The movie features the voices of “Weird Al” Yankovic as Vic Vanko; Yvette Nicole Brown as Colvett Valeria; Thomas Lennon as Wick Cooper; Paul F. Tompkins as Rad; Dee Bradley Baker as Boba Fett; Ashly Burch as...

Darth Vader enjoying a Scarif beach party in Lego® Star Wars Summer Vacation exclusively on Disney+. ©2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. & Tm. All Rights Reserved.

Summer is here, and the trailer for “Lego® Star Wars Summer Vacation” is about to heat things up! The all-new animated special from Lucasfilm and the Lego Group and the newest entry in the popular signature branded cross-saga storytelling series that began with “Lego Star Wars Holiday Special”and continued with “Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales,” will premiere August 5, 2022, exclusively on Disney+.

“Lego Star Wars Summer Vacation,” which is set shortly after the events of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” features the voices of “Weird Al” Yankovic, Yvette Nicole Brown, Kelly Marie Tran, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, and returning cast members from previous “Lego Star Wars” specials, and includes the new original song Scarif Beach Party performed by “Weird Al” Yankovic.

Looking for a much-needed break from stormtroopers and Tie fighters,...

Both heroes and villains embark on a Lego Star Wars Summer Vacation in the first trailer for Disney+‘s latest Lego-animated movie.

Set shortly after the events of Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker and premiering Friday, Aug. 5, Lego Star Wars Summer Vacation finds Finn (voiced by Omar Miller) arranging a surprise vacation for his friends Rey (Helen Sadler), Poe (Jake Green), Rose (Kelly Marie Tran), Chewie, Bb-8, R2-D2, and C-3Po (Anthony Daniels), aboard — of course — “the ultra-luxurious” Galactic tarcruiser, the Halcyon.

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The Force is especially strong with Obi-Wan Kenobi‘s Darth Vader, now that franchise icon James Earl Jones is confirmed to be voicing the Sith Lord on the Disney+ series.

Jones made his Obi-Wan debut in this week’s third episode, uttering his first ominous words during a holo-conference with Reva the Inquisitor (played by Moses Ingram), who is hot on his longtime rival’s trail.

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Disney Plus announced that Tony Hale and Christian Slater have joined “Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales” alongside a returning lineup of voice cast regulars.

The animated Halloween special, premiering Oct. 1, follows Poe and Bb-8 on the volcanic planet Mustafar, where they meet the greedy Graballa the Hutt, who has purchased Darth Vader’s castle and is transforming it into the galaxy’s first all-inclusive Sith-inspired luxury hotel.

The voice cast includes Jake Green as Poe Dameron, Raphael Alejandro as Dean, Dana Snyder as Graballa the Hutt, Tony Hale as Vaneé, Christian Slater as Ren, Trevor Devall as Emperor Palpatine, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Ni-L8 and Matt Sloan as Darth Vader.

Writer David Shayne executive produces with James Waugh, Josh Rimes, Jacqui Lopez, Jill Wilfert, Keith Malone and Jason Cosler, while Ken Cunningham directs. “Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales” is a produced by Lucasfilm and Lego in collaboration with Atomic Cartoons.

Tony Hale and Christian Slater will be lending their voices to a Halloween-themed “Lego Star Wars” special at Disney+, the streaming service said Tuesday.

Titled “Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales,” the spooktacular event features Hale as Vaneé and Slater as Ren, alongside a lineup including many returning “Lego Star Wars” voice cast regulars: Jake Green as Poe Dameron, Raphael Alejandro as Dean, Dana Snyder as Graballa the Hutt, Trevor Devall as Emperor Palpatine, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Ni-L8 and Matt Sloan as Darth Vader.

Here’s the official logline for the “Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales” special, per Disney+: After the events of “The Rise of Skywalker,” Poe and Bb-8 must make an emergency landing on the volcanic planet Mustafar where they meet the greedy and conniving Graballa the Hutt who has purchased Darth Vader’s castle and is renovating it into the galaxy’s first all-inclusive Sith-inspired luxury hotel.

Tony Hale (Veep) and Christian Slater (Mr. Robot) will be hanging out with Poe Dameron and BB8 in another Disney+ Lego Stars Wars special that takes place after the events of The Rise of Skywalker.

Premiering Friday, Oct. 1, the Halloween-timed special Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales finds Poe (voiced again by The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special’s Jake Green) and Bb-8 making an emergency landing on the volcanic planet Mustafar, where they meet the greedy and conniving Graballa the Hutt (Squidbillies‘ Dana Snyder) who has purchased Darth Vader’s castle and is renovating it into the galaxy’s first all-inclusive Sith-inspired luxury hotel.

Australia is toasting its newest Academy Award winner in Andrew Jackson, recognised as part of the visual effects team on Christopher Nolan’s Tenet.

The UK-based visual effects supervisor joined colleagues David Lee and Andrew Lockley in London while Scott Fisher accepted the Visual Effects Oscar on behalf of the group at a subdued ceremony in Los Angeles.

They beat out Australia’s other hope in the category – Love and Monsters‘ Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt, and Brian Cox – as well as teams from George Clooney’s Midnight Sky, Nick Caro’s Mulan, and Thea Sharrock’s The One and Only Ivan.

It’s the first win and second nomination for Jackson, who was part of VFX team for Mad Max: Fury Road that lost out to Ex Machina in 2016.

The unprecedented impact of the pandemic on the film industry was reflected in the 93rd Academy Awards, which featured...

Sunday night’s Oscar ceremony was historic in more ways than one, making the 441-day wait for the 93rd Academy Awards well worth it.

“The Father” star Anthony Hopkins nabbed actor, Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”) took home the actress prize, Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) won for supporting actor and “Minari’s” Yuh-Jung Youn claimed supporting actress, becoming the first Korean actor to do so. Nine actors of color earned Academy Award nominations — an Oscar record for diversity in those categories — but only two won. Additionally, more women were nominated in 2021 than in any previous year.

“Nomadland’s” Chloé Zhao made history as well, becoming the second woman and the first woman of color to win an Oscar for directing. The film also won best picture.

Unlike other awards shows during the Covid-19 pandemic, Hollywood’s biggest night was held in person, and televised live on ABC from the...

It's finally time for the biggest night in Hollywood: the Oscars! After unveiling its official list of nominees in March, the award show officially kicked off on Sunday night. Not only are there a handful of star-studded presenters, including Zendaya, Brad Pitt, and Halle Berry, but there are also a few chances for some historic wins in the best actress and best director categories. Here's a refresher of which films and actors are up for big awards. Be sure to keep refreshing this page all night as we update it with the winners.

Best Picture

The Father

Judas and the Black Messiah

Mank

Minari

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

Sound of Metal

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Director

Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round

David Fincher, Mank

Lee Isaac Chung, Minari

Winner: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Best Actress

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Andra Day, The United States vs.

“Mank” is the only film in contention at the 2021 Oscars to break the double digit barrier in the nominations count. This Netflix period picture reaped a leading 10 bids. In a six-way tied for second place with, appropriately enough, six nominations apiece are “The Father,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Sound of Metal,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” All seven of these films are up for Best Picture. That race is rounded out by five-time contender “Promising Young Woman.”

Scroll down to see the full list of nominations in all 23 competitive categories at the 93rd Academy Awards on April 25.

Best Picture

“The Father”

“Judas and the Black Messiah”

“Mank”

“Minari”

“Nomadland”

“Promising Young Woman”

“Sound of Metal”

“The Trial of the Chicago 7”

Best Director

Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari”

David Fincher, “Mank”

Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”

Thomas Vinterberg, “Another Round”

Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”

Best Actress

Viola Davis,...

Australia might just be in for an Academy Award win come Monday, with Love and Monsters tipped as a dark horse in this year’s race for the Visual Effects Oscar.

Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox are on the ballot for their work crafting giant, mutated creatures for the Brisbane-shot post-apocalyptic film, each imbued with its own individual characteristics and unique personality.

But while it might be easy to assume Love and Monsters is a creature feature at first glance, VFX supervisor Sloan says director Michael Matthews made it clear at the outset the film was “not about monsters.”

A comedy adventure, Love and Monsters is set in a world where humans have been forced underground after giant creatures took control of the land.

Dylan O’Brien stars as Joel, who reconnects over the radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee (Jessica Henwick). Aiming to rekindle their romance,...

The films in the running for the 2021 Best Visual Effects Oscar are “Love and Monsters,” “The Midnight Sky,” “Mulan,” “The One and Only Ivan,” and “Tenet.” Our odds currently indicate that “Tenet” (31/10) will be the winner, followed in order by “The Midnight Sky” (39/10), “Mulan” (9/2), “The One and Only Ivan” (9/2), and “Love and Monsters” (9/2).

Included among the 20 individuals in this year’s lineup are six past nominees, three of whom have triumphed here at least once before. The “Love and Monsters” team consists entirely of rookie nominees. The remaining 10 first-timers are: Matthew Kasmir, Max Solomon, and David Watkins (“The Midnight Sky”), Sean Faden, Steve Ingram, and Seth Maury (“Mulan”), Santiago Colomo Martinez, Greg Fisher, and Ben Jones (“The One and Only Ivan”), and David Lee (“Tenet”).

After collecting a pair of prizes for “Inception” (2011) and “Interstellar” (2015), Andrew Lockley (“Tenet”) has earned a third bid for a collaboration with writer-director Christopher Nolan...

“Love and Monsters,” the post-apocalyptic, sci-fi comedy about giant mutants, has become the surprise dark horse in the Visual Effects Oscar race. That’s because it was a standout at the virtual bake-off. “The spirit of the award should go to ‘Love and Monsters,'” said one anonymous voter. “It was fun, entertaining, well done, and relied on VFX to sell and create the experience.”

It certainly helped that “Love and Monsters” evoked the spirit of legendary Ray Harryhausen in the design of the giant creatures. “We had broad stroke personality traits for each creature [from director Michael Matthews], and that’s where the animation team went to work,” said production VFX supervisor Matt Sloan.

In “Love and Monsters,” Joel (Dylan O’Brien of “The Maze Runner”) emerges from seven years of underground isolation after a monster apocalypse and on a quest to find his girlfriend (Jessica Henwick) survives a series of creature...

For “Love and Monsters,” the film’s VFX team, led by Matt Sloan, had to devise 13 different monsters, each with a unique look.

“Each had its own design rules and personality. From gross little leech-like slug worms to the misunderstood monstrous crab in the finale,” Sloan says.

Familiarity was the key to the art department’s designs. Each creature had to be recognizable as something that could have mutated from creatures that exist today — cockroaches, frogs, centipedes and other insects.

“A lot of research went into studying bugs, eels, crabs and a lot of video reference — including a compilation video of dead bloated whales exploding from their internal pressure.”

From there it was about mixing in scars, dirt and imperfections that added up to a high degree of detail.

“On the crab, there is a six-pack ring stuck on his horn and an old crab trap [that he mutated out of] on his leg,” Sloan says.

A surprise to Oscar watchers on nomination morning was “Love and Monsters” landing a visual effects nomination.

It was the first nomination for Mr. X, the company behind the effects of the film. The monster movie was a mix of special and visual effects. In all, more than 550 VFX shots used. Genevieve Camilleri, VFX supervisor, says the filming locations across Queensland, Australia, guided the team’s approach to the effects. “These unique environments informed how we would scale the creatures to their settings and how they would interact with the film’s post-apocalyptic landscape,” she says.

In the post-apocalyptic film, the monsters are not new creatures, they are mutated from existing insects and bugs that roamed the earth. Camilleri and the Mr. X team created over 13 different creatures.

Director Michael Matthews relied on the team to bring them to life. “We focused in on the fine details of their sensory...

Aussie visual effects talent has been recognised in Monday’s Oscars nominations.

Matt Everitt, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Sloan, and Brian Cox have earned a nod for their work on Love and Monsters, while the UK-based Andrew Jackson is nominated as part of the VFX team on Tenet.

Camilleri is only the fourth woman to be nominated in the category in Oscar history.

Others weren’t as lucky, with editor Kirk Baxter (Mank), screenwriter Luke Davies (News of the World), and cinematographer Lachlan Milne (Minari) each missing out.

While Baxter was overlooked, it didn’t stop David Fincher’s biopic of Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz from leading the nominations, with the Netflix film up for 10 awards, including Best Picture, at the April 25 ceremony.

Also well represented are The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Minari, Nomadland, Sound of Metal, and The Trial of the Chicago 7, each of which earned six nods.

The Oscars are shaping up to be a big night for Hollywood. On Monday, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas announced which films and stars are up for the coveted trophy. Award season favorites like Judas and the Black Messiah and Minari are nominated in big categories like best picture, while actors like Leslie Odom Jr. and Carey Mulligan also picked up nominations for their incredible performances. Chadwick Boseman, who died at age 43 in August 2020, received a posthumous nomination for his role in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Check out the list of nominations ahead, before the official ceremony takes place on April 25.

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Best Picture

The Father

Judas and the Black Messiah

Mank

Minari

Nomadland

Promising Young Woman

Sound of Metal

The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Director

Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round

David Fincher, Mank

Lee Isaac Chung, Minari

Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Emerald Fennell,...

The complete list of nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards, which will be held at 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM (PST) on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at various places in Los Angeles, including the Dolby Theater.

BEST PICTURE

Nomadland (Searchlight)

Minari (A24)

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)

Promising Young Woman (Focus)

Sound of Metal (Amazon)

Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros.)

Mank (Netflix)

The Father (Sony Classics)

BEST DIRECTOR

Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)

David Fincher (Mank)

Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)

Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)

Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)

Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)

Anthony Hopkins (The Father)

Gary Oldman (Mank)

Steven Yeun (Minari)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Frances McDormand (Nomadland)

Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)

Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)

Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman)

Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)

Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami)

Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7)

Lakeith Stanfield (Judas and the Black Messiah)

Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Olivia Colman (The Father)

Youn Yuh-jung (Minari)

Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)

Amanda Seyfried (Mank)

Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Nomadland (Chloé Zhao)

One Night in Miami (Kemp Powers)

The Father (Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller)

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Sacha Baron Cohen and Co-Writers)

The White Tiger (Ramin Bahrani)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell)

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Aaron Sorkin)

Minari (Lee Isaac Chung)

Sound of Metal (Derek Cianfrance, Abraham Marder & Darius Marder)

Judas and the Black Messiah (Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas & Kenny Lucas)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Crip Camp (Netflix)

Time (Amazon)

Collective (Magnolia/Participant)

My Octopus Teacher (Netflix)

The Mole Agent (Gravitas)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

Another Round (Denmark)

Collective (Romania)

Better Days (Hong Kong)

Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

The Man Who Sold His Skin (Sweden)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Soul (Pixar)

Wolfwalkers (Apple TV+/GKIDS)

Over the Moon (Netflix)

Onward (Pixar)

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Netflix)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Mank - Erik Messerschmidt

Nomadland - Joshua James Richards

News of the World -Dariusz Wolski

Judas and the Black Messiah - Sean Bobbitt

The Trial of the Chicago 7 -Phedon Papamichael

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Mank - Trish Summerville

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Ann Roth

Emma - Alexandra Byrne

Mulan - Bina Daigeler

Pinocchio - Massimo Cantini Parrini

BEST FILM EDITING

Sound of Metal - Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Alan Baumgarten

The Father - Yorgos Lamprinos

Promising Young Woman - Frédéric Thoraval

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson

Mank - Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams, Colleen LaBaff

Hillbilly Elegy - Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney, Matthew Mungle

Emma - Marese Langan, Laura Allen, Claudia Stolze

Pinocchio - Dalia Colli, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Soul - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste

Mank - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Minari - Emile Mosseri

News of the World - James Newton Howard

Da 5 Bloods - Terence Blanchard

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Speak Now" (One Night in Miami)

"Io Si (Seen)" (The Life Ahead)

"Husavik" (Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga)

"Hear My Voice" (The Trial of the Chicago 7)

"Fight For You" (Judas and the Black Messiah)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Mank - Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton

News of the World - Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan

The Father - Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone

Tenet - Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

BEST SOUND

Sound of Metal - Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh

News of the World - Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett

Soul - Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker

Mank - Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin

Greyhound - Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Tenet - Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher

The Midnight Sky - Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins

The One and Only Ivan - Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez

Mulan - Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram

Love and Monsters - Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

If Anything Happens I Love You

Burrow

Yes-People

Opera

Genius Loci

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

A Concerto Is a Conversation

A Love Song for Latasha

Colette

Do Not Split

Hunger Ward

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT

Two Distant Strangers

Feeling Through

The Present

The Letter Room

White Eye...

The concluding part of our journey into the home of Star Wars...

When we spoke to Force Unleashed II art director Matt Omernick, he told us about the sense of seamless transition between the movies and games, between the original Star Wars trilogy and its high-tech modern successors. We soon discovered that this idea of cross-platform continuity is carried through to the audio effects.

Despite being surrounded by digital technology, the Star Wars sound engineers – like the Force Unleashed art team – are forever returning to the series' improvisational foundations. While Omernick, talks about researching old movie props and poring over Ralph McQuarrie's concept sketches, everyone in the audio dept idolises Ben Burtt, the sound designer who created just about every iconic Star Wars noise, from the swishing fizz of the lightsabers to R2D2's bleeps and Darth Vader's bronchial respiratory wheeze. "His concept is that you should take...