Word: lucases
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George Lucas is at it again. and all the studio bosses in Hollywood are hoping the Force will be with them as each pleads with the filmmaker for the chance to release three upcoming new installments in the Star Wars epic.
It's been a long, dry spell for Star Warshippers since the last movie, Return of the Jedi, hit theaters in 1983 (Fox released the original films but has no rights to any sequels). Lucas is now working on a three-part prequel. A source close to Lucas says he...
But it's the prospect of three brand-new Star Wars movies that has Hollywood's studios salivating. The leading contenders appear to be Fox and Disney, although Steven Spielberg hopes he can prevail upon his old friend Lucas--the two made the Indiana Jones movies together--to give a...
The likely also-rans--Paramount, Warner, Universal and the rest--have begun courting Lucas, who remains holed up at his Marin County office. "He ain't easy to woo," laments a studio chairman. "He's not easy to get to." Handicappers say Lucas talks first to Fox, which has shown...
Normally, such behavior would not get you far in the land of white-shirted "salarymen." But Shigeru Miyamoto, 43, has reached the top in the rarefied world of video-game designers by consistently creating games that kids can't resist. As a result, he's as revered as a rock...