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Star Wars Fans Take Over Lucasfilm and “Fix” the Franchise Using Viral Tweet

Last December, during a Disney Investors Day presentation, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy unveiled the future of the Star Wars franchise, a future full of TV and movie projects set to explore the galaxy beyond the Skywalker Saga. That slate includes exciting directors Taika Waititi (Thor: Love and Thunder) and Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman) taking on the next two Star Wars movies, while Ahsoka Tano, Lando Calrissian, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Boba Fett will get their own Disney+ series. The message is clear: much more Star Wars than ever before is on the way. Naturally, Star Wars fans had plenty of opinions…
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E3 Takes Down Sexist Tweet Promoting Harmful Stereotypes About Women

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the video game lobby group that also organizes E3, was forced to take down a tweet that users accused of being sexist. The tweet in question promoted a list first published by the site Parade titled “25 Online Games That Women Enjoy,” which has also now been taken down by the outlet “after hearing your comments and reviewing again.” “Great list of games women gamers are playing — any of your favorites make the cut?” read the deleted tweet. According to Kotaku, by the time the post had been taken down, thousands of Twitter users…
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Suicide Squad: David Ayer Tweet Sends Fans Into Frenzy

David Ayer fueled the apparently growing #ReleaseTheAyerCut movement for his 2016 movie Suicide Squad on Monday when he confirmed that a script page posted online was for a scene near the end of the film. Further Ayer revealed he filmed the sequence, which involved a confrontation between the eponymous team and Jared Leto as the Joker. The scene in question, which seems to also indicate that Joker joins forces with primary villain the Enchantress (Cara Delevingne) at some point, was posted on Twitter by a fan who asked Ayer, “Did you shoot all this?” Ayer’s response was, “Yes I did.…
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