The Sunday Edition - Aug 5, 2018
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Movies, China Censorship, Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh

Christopher Robin Will Not be Released in China for the Most Bonkers Reason

Christopher Robin Winnie the Pooh
While families flock to the theaters to see Disney's latest film Christopher Robin, the movie has been unexpectedly banned from China. This is not the first film that was banned from the Chinese market this year (that would be A Wrinkle in Time) but it definitely makes one wonder how Winnie the Pooh and his gang from the Hundred Acre Wood got banned from one the film industry's most profitable markets.
Movies, Disney, Star Wars (franchise), things we saw today

Things We Saw Today: The Original Star Wars Trilogy is Frozen in Carbonite/Turner Broadcasting Deal

David Prowse in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Ever since Disney announced that it would be launching its own streaming service in 2019, fans have been excited to find all their Star Wars content in one place. That is, until it was revealed that Disney does not have the streaming rights to the original trilogies.
TV, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Patrick Stewart, Star Trek (franchise)

Patrick Stewart Returns as Jean-Luc Picard in a New CBS All Access Star Trek Series

patrick stewart jean-luc picard star trek
Captain Jean-Luc Picard is back, baby! In a surprise announcement at the Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, Patrick Stewart announced that he would be starring in a new series on CBS All Access that follows the later years of Picard.
Big on the Internet, Black Panther, wakanda, wakandacon

The First Ever Wakandacon is Happening Right Now in Chicago

wakanda fight infinity war
Calling all Chicago-based nerds: Wakandacon is officially underway! The three-day fan convention and edutainment summit at the Hilton Downtown Chicago “celebrates Afrofuturism as well as black representation and excellence in film, STEM, tech, fine art and media.”
Big on the Internet, fan film, Rian Johnson, Star Wars: The Last Jedi

This Spot-On Parody of Rian Johnson’s Brick Takes on Toxic Star Wars Fandom

Star Wars: Revenge of the Incels
Filmmaker and podcaster Dana James Jones was fed up with the constant hate, so he decided to make a short film parody of Rian Johnson's debut indie hit Brick. The 2005 Sundance hit was a neo-noir high school tale starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a student investigating the murder of his ex-girlfriend.
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