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| 09.09.2026 | Original Star Wars 1977 Film Gets First-Ever IMAX 70mm Premiere: Only 41 Locations | By Henry Baker
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| 25.07.2026 | Трансмедийный сторителлинг: почему популярные истории живут в разных форматах | Привет, Хабр! Я рассказывал, как в 50–60-е советские спецэффекты на голову опережали Голливуд. В комментариях закономерно обсуждали, почему тогда «Планету бурь» никто не помнит, а «Звездные войны» смотрит уже третье поколение.
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| 17.07.2026 | After 22 Years Welcoming the World's Biggest DJs, Jim Cummings Joins One of Them | Legendary Voice Actor Jim Cummings is featured on "Rave The World," the title track of Alok's new EP, released July 17, 2026. For the past 22 years, Cummings has also served as the narrating voice of Tomorrowland, one of the world... |
| 11.06.2026 | Reeves aims to lure US workers through tax reform | Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering a tax break for US workers by introducing fresh reform, reflecting her drive to lure more wealthy migrants despite a wider crackdown on immigration.
The government has launched a consultation on the d... |
| 22.05.2026 | Disney’s ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ tallies lowest Thursday preview sales in franchise history | Disney’s “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” tallied $12 million in Thursday night previews, the lowest collection of advance tickets in franchise history.
Conservative estimates from box office analysts project the film to generate arou... |
| 12.05.2026 | GreaterThan Group: Simon Zhu Forms New Model Video Game Company To Build And Fund Elite Creative Studios | GreaterThan Group, a new video game company founded by games industry veteran Simon Zhu, has launched with a mission to build, empower, and fund elite creative studios to develop what it describes as unforgettable interactive experiences. T... |
| 03.04.2026 | Maul – Shadow Lord is returning for a second season to expand the Star Wars lore | Season 1 hasn’t even aired yet, and Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord is already coming back for more. Chief Creative Officer Dave Filoni has announced that Season 2 is officially in the works at Lucasfilm Animation.
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| 19.02.2026 | Как Pixar спасли мир от «пластиковой» графики — от провального стартапа до RenderMan | Сегодня вы можете сгенерировать изображение буквально за какие-то пять-десять секунд. А несколько десятков лет назад для создания всего одного кадра требовались часы рендеринга — и даже тогда предметы на картинке могли выглядеть как дешевые... |
| 14.02.2026 | - | Further, the brand unveils four new sets including the LEGO Ideas Peanuts: Snoopy's Doghouse set, LEGO DUPLO® 3in1 Creative Ramps with Vehicles set, LEGO NINJAGO® X-1 Ninja Charger 15th Anniversary set and LEGO Star Wars™ Grogu (Mandalorian... |
| 02.02.2026 | Disney supercharged its parks. The booming division still has room to run | The Walt Disney Co.’s experiences division, which includes its parks, cruise ships, hotels and consumer products, posted record revenue for the fiscal first quarter, topping $10 billion for the first time.
For the period ended Dec. 27, expe... |
| 09.01.2026 | From climbing vacuums to cyber pets: Some highlights of CES 2026 | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — CES 2026 offered a glimpse of a future that feels straight out of a sci-fi movie: bendable screens, paper-thin TVs and cars and gadgets that can think f... |
| 08.01.2026 | LEGO's Next Frontier: Smart Play Transforms Bricks into Interactive Worlds | LEGO launches Smart Play, a revolutionary platform integrating interactive technology directly into building bricks. The Smart Brick, a standard 2x4 piece, contains embedded sensors, a custom chip, and wireless charging. It enables physical... |
| 06.01.2026 | LEGO Introduces Smart Play, Starting With Interactive ‘Star Wars’ Sets | Image: Generated via Google’s Nano Banana
LEGO is bringing its bricks to life.
The company unveiled LEGO Smart Play, a new platform that builds interactive technology directly into LEGO creations, allowing physical builds to respond to play... |
| 13.12.2025 | Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic revealed as a new single-player RPG | The Game Awards 2025 dropped a massive surprise for Star Wars fans with the reveal of Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic. It’s a brand-new single-player action RPG set in the fan-favourite Old Republic era. It is headed to PC, PlayStation ... |
| 11.12.2025 | OpenAI nabs $1B investment from Disney as part of character licensing deal
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| 14.10.2025 | Disney has considered a co-CEO structure to replace Bob Iger. Its history may make that a bad idea | Disney plans to announce a successor to CEO Bob Iger in early 2026.
Disney executives Dana Walden and Josh D’Amaro are both frontrunners for the job.
Naming Walden and D’Amaro as co-CEOs could be an option for the Disney board, but the comp... |
| 14.10.2025 | From Vision to Reality: SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Reveals Program Highlights and Global Creative Lineup in Hong Kong | The 18th edition of ACM SIGGRAPH Asia will be held from 15–18 December 2025 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
Hong Kong set to welcome over 7,000 attendees from more than 50 countries
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| 22.09.2025 | The Mandalorian and Grogu return in epic first trailer for Star Wars movie | What’s happened: The first trailer for Pedro Pascal’s Star Wars film, The Mandalorian and Grogu, has been revealed, teasing the iconic duo’s latest intergalactic adventure.
The trailer shows Din Djarin (Pascal) and Grogu watching Rotta the ... |
| 08.08.2025 | Lucasfilm and Disney settle with actor Gina Carano following her firing from The Mandalorian | Actor Gina Carano has settled her federal lawsuit against Lucasfilm and its parent The Walt Disney Co over her claim that she was fired from The Mandalorian in 2021 for expressing right-wing views on social media.
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| 31.07.2025 | 3 Things to Refine in Mortal Kombat II Before it Hits Theaters | Share
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Christmas came in July for many diehard Mortal Kombat fans and even general audiences when the first official movie trailer for the second installment in Mortal Ko... |
| 30.07.2025 | Arbitrum Gaming Ventures: Interview With Founder Partners Rick Johanson And Dan Peng About Advancing Gaming Growth | Arbitrum Gaming Ventures (AGV) is a strategic initiative launched by the Arbitrum DAO to accelerate the growth of gaming and entertainment on the Arbitrum blockchain platform. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Arbitrum Gaming Ventures Partners and Vice... |
| 28.07.2025 | George Lucas makes Comic-Con debut for Lucas Museum of Narrative Art | Excited fans waved glowing Star Wars lightsabers on Sunday (Jul 27) at the San Diego Comic-Con panel for George Lucas' latest project, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
Along with Lucas, the panel included director Guillermo del Toro and D... |
| 21.07.2025 | Everything is bigger at San Diego Comic-Con this year. Except Hollywood. | Hollywood production was down 22% in the first quarter compared with last year, said the industry-run nonprofit FilmLA. Global production is in decline, not just in California, but the situation prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a $750 mil... |
| 19.07.2025 | Singaporean comic artist teams up with Archie Comics for exclusive SG60 cover | Listen
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| 09.07.2025 | What Steve Jobs feared is now the tech industry’s reality | Steve Jobs
You wouldn’t have exactly called the late Steve Jobs a “man of letters”, but he certainly loved a searing e-mail. One of the Apple co-founder’s most famous writings is this 2005 memo to Bruce Chizen, Adobe’s CEO at the time:
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| 26.06.2025 | The Global Stage: Singapore's Stories Shine Bright | In a world where stories transcend borders, Singapore's narrative is gaining traction. Mediacorp's latest period drama, *Emerald Hill – The Little Nyonya Story*, is set to make waves in China. Acquired by Shanghai Media Group, this series w... |
| 23.06.2025 | How Popular AI-Generated Videos Are Transforming Today’s Industries | Share
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| 08.06.2025 | Pixar exec who worked for Steve Jobs: Apple co-founder had one skill that made him great—and one habit to avoid | Steve Jobs knew he wasn’t an expert in filmmaking — even after funding a spinout of animation studio Pixar, which was originally division of production company Lucasfilm, in 1986.
Jobs was “pretty amazing at saying, ‘this is not my business... |
| 03.06.2025 | Disney layoffs 2025: Several hundred in film, TV, finance face job cuts in latest cost-cutting round | - |
| 10.05.2025 | ESPN's New Streaming Era: Simplifying the Game | ESPN is stepping into a new era. The sports giant is launching a flagship streaming service simply named "ESPN." This move aims to cut through the clutter of a complex streaming landscape. In a world filled with endless options, E... |
| 05.05.2025 | The Al Behind Indiana Jones: How Harrison Ford Was De-Aged for Dial of Destiny | Share
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny isn’t just about ancient relics and Nazi-fighting action anymore. It has to do with Al, legacy, and time travel. Artificial intelligence has officially entered the world of... |
| 20.03.2025 | Disney in search of perhaps its greatest sequel, a successor to Bob Iger | Behind the red carpet movie premieres and new thrill-inducing rides for fans of its amusement parks, there is a quiet search underway to find the successor to Bob Iger, the face of Disney for most of the past two decades.
Disney went throug... |
| 01.02.2025 | The DeepSeek Dilemma: Privacy, Power, and the Future of AI | In the world of artificial intelligence, the stakes are high. The recent controversy surrounding DeepSeek, a Chinese AI chatbot company, has ignited a firestorm of privacy concerns. Italy has taken a bold step, blocking the app after a comp... |
| 28.01.2025 | Bandai готовит к выпуску тамагочи с Дартом Вейдером | В честь новой кампании Lucasfilm Power the Force компания Bandai выпускает тамагочи по «Звёздным войнам». В этот раз владельцы игры смогут вырастить самого Дарта Вейдера, сообщает Gizmodo.
«Жизненный цикл» новый тамагочи начинает как Энакин... |
| 21.12.2024 | Disney co-chairman reveals why The Acolyte was canceled after one season | Lucasfilm may be in the midst of experiencing a wave of positive attention and success thanks to its latest TV series, Skeleton Crew, but the Jude Law-starring sci-fi show isn’t the only Star Wars title that has premiered on Disney+ this ye... |
| 03.12.2024 | Star Wars: как популярная франшиза превратилась в империю товарных знаков | Star Wars не нуждаются в представлении. Начавшись с одноименного фильма «Звездные войны» 1977 года, медиафраншиза американского режиссера Джорджа Лукаса прочно вошла в мировую поп-культуру. Вымышленная вселенная помимо фильмов подарила земл... |
| 24.11.2024 | Andor creator says season 1’s success has given him complete creative freedom | When it premiered in late 2022, Andor‘s first season quickly emerged as one of the most critically acclaimed Star Wars titles of Lucasfilm’s entire Disney-owned era. The show went on to earn eight Emmy nominations, including one for Outstan... |
| 22.11.2024 | Stars Align in Singapore: Disney Content Showcase APAC 2024 | The lights dimmed, and the excitement crackled in the air as Singapore hosted the Disney Content Showcase APAC 2024. A constellation of stars gathered at Marina Bay Sands, turning the venue into a dazzling stage for entertainment. Anthony M... |
| 21.11.2024 | Captain America’s Anthony Mackie, K-drama stars in Singapore for Disney showcase | Listen to this article
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| 16.11.2024 | Disney has pulled a 2026 Star Wars film from its schedule | We may have to wait a little longer for more Star Wars. Variety is reporting that Disney has pulled the Star Wars film that was previously scheduled for December 18, 2026, from its schedule. Ice Age 6 has moved into that spot in the calenda... |
| 16.11.2024 | Andor season 2 will reveal the origin of one iconic Star Wars location | Andor season 2 will be an even bigger and more expansive space adventure than its predecessor. In a recent interview with Empire, Cassian Andor himself, actor Diego Luna, teased that the critically acclaimed Star Wars series will go to even... |
| 10.11.2024 | TAILG's S96MAX: A Game Changer in Electric Mobility | In the bustling heart of Milan, TAILG has set the stage ablaze with the unveiling of its latest electric motorcycle, the S96MAX. This isn’t just another bike; it’s a leap into the future of two-wheeled transport. The International Motorcycl... |
| 09.11.2024 | Andor season 2 is coming sooner than a lot of Star Wars fans thought | It looks like Lucasfilm may have accidentally revealed the long-awaited premiere date for Andor season 2, and on the Disney+ mobile app, no less. Early Saturday morning, some eagle-eyed users noticed a new date attached to the bottom of the... |
| 28.09.2024 | Джордж Лукас: гений, фантазер и врунишка | Многие знают, что лор «Звёздных войн» никогда не был статичным и Джордж Лукас постоянно вносил в него изменения, в том числе задним числом. Знаменитый мем с «Han shot first» это лишь вершина айсберга, и даже та история, что рассказана в саг... |
| 10.09.2024 | James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa, dies at 93 | American actor James Earl Jones, an imposing stage and screen presence who overcame a stutter in childhood to develop the stentorian voice recognised the world over as intergalactic villain Darth Vader, died on Monday (Sep 9) at the age of ... |
| 28.08.2024 | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: A New Chapter in Gaming History | The world of gaming is about to be swept off its feet once again. Indiana Jones, the iconic archaeologist, is making a grand return in "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle." This new title, developed by MachineGames and published b... |
| 28.08.2024 | Как гении мультипликации научились зарабатывать на своём творчестве | Всем привет, я Ника. Занимаюсь тем, что вместе с предпринимателями создаем стратегии развития их бизнесов. Запускаю на Хабре рубрику, как технологические компании учились зарабатывать на своих технологиях. Сегодня расскажу вам о том пути, к... |
| 22.08.2024 | Indiana Jones and The Great Circle: Every Exclusive Items on Premium, Collector’s Edition | By Isaiah Richard
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| 12.08.2024 | India is a long-term proposition for Disney: Co-Chairman Alan Bergman | The Walt Disney Company, which is in the process of forming a joint-venture with Reliance, said it considers India as a “long-term proposition” with the country’s entertainment industry releasing a large number of movies in multiple languag... |
| 08.07.2024 | Disney CEO Bob Iger to be Honored at The Ad Council's 70th Annual Public Service Award Dinner | NEW YORK, July 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ad Council announced today that Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger will be receiving the organization's Award for Public Service at its Public Service Award Dinner on December 5, 2024, at the Glassho... |
| 04.06.2024 | ‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ review: Latest series a middling mystery to start | Considering that “Star Wars” releases take place in various spots on a vast timeline, some background for “The Acolyte” is in order.
The series is set 100 years, give or take, before the events of 1999’s “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom ... |
| 15.05.2024 | The OREO Brand collaborates with Lucasfilm to Launch New Special Edition STAR WARS™ Cookie Packs | Are fans destined to join the dark side or the light side? The only way to discover your destiny is by opening a pack of Star Wars™ OREO Cookies!
EAST HANOVER, N.J., May 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the OREO brand, in collaboration with ... |
| 14.05.2024 | Immersive Escapes: The Magic of Themed Environments | Share
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| 04.05.2024 | This Star Wars Day, master AI like a Jedi | Star Wars Day is an opportunity to meditate on what businesses can learn from the Jedi about harnessing the power of new technology, says Nigel Vaz
“Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.” These words, spoken by Yoda, the ... |
| 03.05.2024 | May the 4th Be With You! Apple, Lucasfilm Unveil Epic Star Wars Day Ad Highlighting iPhone 15's 'Precision Finding' Feature | Inno Flores, Tech Times 03 May 2024, 10:05 pm
Find your friends with Precision Finding on iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro. (Photo: Apple)
May the 4th Be With You! Today marks Star Wars Day, and Apple and Lucasfilm have collaborated on a new com... |
| 30.04.2024 | Star Wars: Hunters Coming in June—Free-to-Play on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 30 April 2024, 11:04 pm
Zynga and LucasFilm finally unveiled the release date for Star Wars: Hunters, their upcoming free-to-play game that will be available on multiple platforms.
It will soon be available on the... |
| 01.04.2024 | Discord starts down the dangerous road of ads this week | Enlarge
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| 24.03.2024 | The Mouse's media darling: How Bob Iger went from local weatherman to Disney's repeat CEO | Media The Mouse's media darling: How Bob Iger went from local weatherman to Disney's repeat CEO
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| 15.03.2024 | Чтение на выходные: «Пиксель. История одной точки» Элви Рэя Смита | Биты невидимы, и пиксели тоже. Если, разумеется, понимать под последними не крошечные светящиеся фрагменты изображения на экране. За задачу объяснить простым пользователям как невидимое становится видимым, взялся американский компьютерщик и... |
| 12.03.2024 | 3D Animation Market Size, Share And Growth Analysis For 2024-2033 | 3D Animation Market Size, Share And Growth Analysis For 2024-2033
The Business Research Company's 3D Animation Global Market Report 2024 – Market Size, Trends, And Global Forecast 2024-2033
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| 17.08.2023 | Electric Sheep raises $500K to enhance AI-driven post-production VFX platform | London-based AI visual effects start-up Electric Sheep has developed a solution, Spotlight, to streamline post-production in the film and television industry. Its cloud and AI platform is a rotoscoping tool which allows ‘flawless background... |
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Movies | Movie review: ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ looks (and sounds) the part but isn’t exhilarating | The film then moves to its present day, 1969, more than 10 years after the events of 2008’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” which saw the hero learn he had a son (Shia LaBeaouf’s Mutt Williams) and wed old flame Marion... |
| 22.01.2023 | Harrison Ford gets real | Walking with Harrison Ford and his horse, Cooper, you'd think he's been riding all his life. "Somebody sent me up to a casting guy at Columbia Pictures," he recalled. "The first question he asked me was, 'Could you ride a hor... |
| 12.10.2021 | Celebrities, Government and Industry Come Together at the Film and TV Conference, the Sustainable Production Forum, Oct 25-29, Produced by Green Spark Group | The final countdown begins! The Sustainable Production Forum (SPF21) is ten days away.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CELEBRITY ANNOUNCEMENT! Fran Drescher, Actor, President of SAG AFTRA, Author, Cancer Schma... |
| 16.03.2021 | Cricut backs off plan to add subscription fee to millions of devices [Updated] | Enlarge / Cricut is neither the first nor last internet-connected device to alter the deal after the fact and tell you to pray it doesn't alter it further.
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| 10.11.2020 | The 19 'Star Wars' execs and creatives leading the franchise as Hollywood changes and Disney Plus surges | Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images; Karwai Tang/Getty Images; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images; Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Samantha Lee/Business Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subs... |
| 29.09.2020 | The 20 richest people in media, who have a collective net worth of more than $190 billion | Former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg speaks at the dedication ceremony of the Memorial Glade at the 9/11 Memorial site in the Manhattan borough of New York, New York, May 30, 2019. Carlo Allegri/Reuters
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| 10.09.2020 | Apple's Spatial Audio File Format Revealed in new Patent Filing prior to Spatial Audio debuting on AirPods Pro
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| 03.07.2018 | Really dumb malware targets cryptocurrency fans using Macs | Enlarge
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| 15.11.2017 | Lucasfilm and LittleBits’ Droidathon teaches kids about science | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 15.11.2017 | Lucasfilm and LittleBits’ Droidathon teaches kids about science | Disney’s Lucasfilm opened the doors of its campus in the Presidio in San Francisco to hold a Droidathon, a contest aimed at promoting science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math (STEAM) education for children.
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| 31.08.2016 | HTC invests $5 million in VR studio from Pixar and Lucasfilm veterans | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
HTC sees a VR developer that it likes.
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| 16.07.2016 | Finding a film | Have you ever stopped to think about what it takes to bring an animated fish to life? How a team of people can take a spark of an idea and make it a reality so millions of pairs of eyes can stare in amazement at the big screen?
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| 15.05.2014 | A Mash Note To George Lucas’ Museum, Signed By M.C. Hammer (And Tech Leaders, Too) | San Francisco and Chicago are currently squaring off to be the future home of the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum, which will house filmmaking legend George Lucas’ collection of over 500,000 pieces of movie memorabilia.
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| 25.04.2014 | Wage Fixing Scandal: Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe Pay $324 Million In Damages | (via Marthin Sühl)
After the tech crash of the early 2000’s, major tech CEO’s started sending each other emails saying, ‘Hey, why don’t we try not to poach each other’s employees? It could keep salaries from going through the roof.’ Some, i... |
| 06.02.2013 | George Lucas Files To Sell Off His 2 Percent Stake In Disney For Nearly $2 Billion | Just four months after announcing the sale of Lucasfilm production company to Disney in a $4 billion deal, George Lucas, the screenwriter and director best known for the Star Wars series, has made a move toward cashing out — big time.
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| 03.11.2012 | How Star Wars tech changed Silicon Valley (interview) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 03.11.2012 | How Star Wars tech changed Silicon Valley (interview) | When Oren Jacob was a teenager, he hung up Star Wars posters on his bedroom wall. In his early 20’s at a college dorm at Berkeley, he replaced these with a small jumping desk lamp image, Pixar‘s famous logo.
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| 30.10.2012 | George Lucas: I Sold Lucasfilm To Disney To ‘Protect It’ | Though it’s obviously more of a show business story than it is a technology industry story, the news of Lucasfilm’s $4 billion sale to Disney has reverberated throughout the tech world this afternoon.
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| 30.10.2012 | Where Hollywood And Tech Collide: Disney To Buy ‘Star Wars’ Maker Lucasfilm For $4.05 Billion | The worlds of Hollywood, tech, and gaming are getting cozier than ever.
The latest evidence of this came this afternoon, with the announcement that entertainment juggernaut Walt Disney Company will buy Lucasfilm, the film production company... |
| 12.03.2012 | Producer Sam Spiegel On Trusting Karen O's Vision... And Planking | A Virgen planking on Sam Spiegel. Graphics by Lucasfilm.
You might know Sam Spiegel, aka Squeak E. Clean, as one half of the duo behind N.A.S.A., his collaborative music project with DJ Zegon that was responsible for bringing Spank Rock, M.... |
| 17.11.2010 | The First Augmented Reality Star Wars Game, Falcon Gunner, Hits The App Store | Star Wars and video games go hand-in-hand. There is a long line of Star Wars-themed games going back to the days of arcade games, and continuing through home console and mobile games. Now, the first augmented reality Star Wars game for the ... |
| 30.08.2010 | Name Wars: George Lucas Forces Jedi Mind To Rename Itself | Lucasfilm, “Star Wars” creator George Lucas’ film production company, recently filed a $5 million trademark-infringement lawsuit against Jedi Mind, a company that markets itself as allowing people to control computers with their brain waves... |
| 13.02.2010 | NSFW: Is Porn Movie Merchandising the Next Big Money Maker? | The right merchandise can turn a movie into a mega movie franchise. A movie licensing industry that accounts for 25% of all toys sold in a typical year, the right toys, video games, clothing, accessories, iPhone apps, and action figures can... |
| 08.06.2009 | GenArts Inks Major Visual Effects Software Deal with Lucasfilm | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
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| 28.11.2006 | Lightsaber Maker Gets Sued For Selling Pirated Replicas | Lucasfilm Ltd., filed suit today against William Osburn and his Maryland-based company High-Tech Magic, in an attempt to shutter his business of making and selling lightsaber replicas.
“When companies like the defendant in this case try to ... |
| - | Elon Musk’s X funds Gina Carano lawsuit vs. Disney, Lucasfilm over ‘Mandalorian’ firing | Elon Musk’s company X is funding a new lawsuit filed by actor Gina Carano over her firing from the Disney+ streaming TV series “The Mandalorian,” which followed a controversial post she shared.
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