The Bearded Trio

B y now we're all pretty used to the idea that the Jurassic Park franchise is back in full force. Spinning off of the legendary Steven Spielberg series, 2015's Jurassic World was about as strong a revival as any studio could have hoped for. The movie delighted critics and audiences, raking in $1.6 billion worldwide at box offices. Naturally there's a sequel on the way, and for all we know we could be on the cusp of a sprawling new branch of the franchise. Even before Jurassic World reached theaters, we were seeing something of a rebirth of Jurassic Park-related entertainment through the gaming industry. Back in 2011, Telltale Games produced Jurassic Park: The Game, a few years before the studio really exploded onto the console scene to become a recognized pioneer in narrative gaming. Looking back, it feels like a trial run for Telltale as it was criticized for not living up to the film , but also noted by other critics as being more of a cinematic experience than a pla

From AMC Studios FEAR THE WALKING DEAD: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON is the suspenseful and thrilling second season to one of the most highly anticipated and acclaimed TV series of recent years.

Seeking information on a new Imperial weapon, Ezra and Kanan infiltrate the Imperial factory on Lothal, but they must trust an unlikely ally to escape a lock down of the building. Catch an all-new episode of “Star Wars Rebels” this SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 (8:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney XD**. Follow @StarWars for the latest news on  #StarWarsRebels ,  and check out  StarWars.com  for more exciting news on the series.   May the Force be with you, always. The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more. THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+ THE BEARDED TRIO ON PINTEREST CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON STEVEN SPIELBERG CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON GEORGE LUCAS CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON JOHN WILLIAMS

One of the biggest movie producers of all time, Frank Marshall was recently interviewed by News.com.au and gave some insight to working on some of the most popular movies.  Below are some of his memories working on Steven Spielberg movies. HOOK: They built some huge props for the 1991 movie starring Robin Williams as Peter Pan, but one of them in particular was a little too big. “We built the [pirate] ship on the stage and when we went to film the ship Steven [Spielberg] wanted the entire ship to be in the frame,” Marshall said. “But there had been a small error made in looking at the perspective so we had to open the door of the stage and put the camera outside to get all of the ship inside the frame.” BACK TO THE FUTURE: “That’s one of my favourite movies,” Marshall said about the 1985 classic. “If you were in a script writing class I would just give you that script and say this is a perfect script.” Marshall is particularly proud of how quickly they made the movie aft

A young Warwick Davis with a stuffed Ewok.  Check out that t-shirt.  A gun wielding Ewok takes down a bunch of Stormtroopers while saying 'Damn right we're cute!'  That is a t-shirt I would wear.  Explains a lot about the Ewoks and how they took down the Empire. The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more. THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+ THE BEARDED TRIO ON PINTEREST CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON STEVEN SPIELBERG CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON GEORGE LUCAS CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON JOHN WILLIAMS

Christopher Reeve  with his stand in  Donald Standen  on the set of  Superman IV The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more. THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+ THE BEARDED TRIO ON PINTEREST CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON STEVEN SPIELBERG CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON GEORGE LUCAS CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON JOHN WILLIAMS

If you're a fan of Steven Spielberg then you will know how talented Melissa Mathison was having written E.T. The Extra Terrestrial and returning three decades later to write the script for Spielberg's latest, The BFG.  Steven Spielberg pays tribute to the talented writer: “Even though I only really worked with Melissa couple of times, mainly on ‘E.T.’, to bookend our relationship with two stories deeply from the heart of mostly Mathison, you know… ‘E.T.’ might have been my story, but the depth of that story and the way that story was told, came from Melissa’s heart as did ‘The BFG’.” Melissa Mathison died 4 November 2015 following a battle with cancer. Read more at Yahoo Movies The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more. THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+ THE BEARDED TRIO ON PINTEREST CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON STEVEN SPIELBERG CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON GE

This will make you feel old.   StarWars.com is celebrating 20 years on the Internet.  November 26th will see the official website celebrating two decades of delivering high quality content from blog posts to official news. It turns out that the creator of Star Wars, George Lucas had a huge hand in bringing the website to life.  Over on the official site there is an article discussing the twenty years and the the contributors throughout it's history.  Lynne Hale who is director of publicity tells us about the director: George has always been very conscious about the fans. He sent [advertising publicity supervisor] Charlie Lippincott to fan conventions before A New Hope came out, because he was the one that understood, intrinsically, the relationship with the fans — even before they were fans. George was very interested in having a direct communication with the fans. “I just think that George was always three steps ahead of everybody. Whether it was the tech department, i

Although "Pacific Rim" begins more than a decade into the battle with the city-destroying Kaiju, in this video the visual effects team at Industrial Light & Magic will discuss the process of creating the incredible race of alien monsters from the earliest stages of concept and design. Enjoy the video! The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more. THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+ THE BEARDED TRIO ON PINTEREST CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON STEVEN SPIELBERG CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON GEORGE LUCAS CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON JOHN WILLIAMS

This is a little musical film inspired by the stories of the original makers of the Millennium Falcon spaceship for the film The Empire Strikes Back. The credit sequence features unseen photographs of the build. This was a self funded community film project but we are hoping to find funding to develop the project. A huge thank you to the wonderfully hilarious original crew and the people of Pembroke Dock... ‘In spring 1979, Marcon Fabrications, a heavy engineering firm that served the UK's petrochemical and oil industries, was hired to build a movable full-scale external model capable of "moving as if it were about to take off." Built in secrecy under the project code name Magic Roundabout,the company leased the 1930s Western Sunderland Flying Boat hangar in Pembroke Dock, West Wales. The model, which took three months to construct, weighed over 25 tons, measured 65 feet in diameter and 20 feet high, and used compressed air hover pads for up to 1.5 inches of hover-

Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends. Don't eat too much.

It seems that George Lucas had been working on Star Wars after the Prequels and actually had written down three or four ideas for standalone movies according to Lucasfilm president, Kathleen Kennedy. During an interview with Entertainment Weekly Kennedy said "George talked to me about doing [standalone films] when I first came aboard [in 2012]. He had often thought about doing it and he had actually written down three or four thoughts and ideas, directions you could go."  Ultimately Disney didn't like the ideas and went in a different direction. “We talked a lot about the Jedi and the foundational ideas that George had thought about when he created the mythology. It was sort of spit-balling ideas.” "Obviously inside the mythology there were lots of opportunities. So that was the first conversation I had." said Kennedy.  She also talked about the future of Star Wars with a slight hint that they could just do standalone movies and leave trilogies alone.

It may be late November and Rogue One is only 21 days away but there’s plenty of great news happening right now. In our 54th episode we’re joined by a galaxy of stars. From the 5th Annual Rancho Obi-Wan Gala in Petaluma we have Dave Filoni, Pablo Hidalgo, AJ, Leland Chee and from Rebel Force Radio the one and only Jimmy Mac. Meanwhile, the November edition of MCM Expo at the NEC in Birmingham saw Mark and James interview Garrick Hagon from A New Hope and Paul Warren from The Force Awakens while Matt Booker from Take Cover and James attended the launches of the world’s largest LEGO store on Leicester Square and Propel at Madam Tussauds. You can contact us on Skype at JediNewsNetwork with your comments, views and opinions and be a part of the show. The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more. THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+ THE BEARDED TRIO ON PINTEREST CLICK HER

MOANA Starring the voices of Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison,  Nicole Scherzinger, Jermaine Clement and Alan Tudyk Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker Reviewed by Patrick Gibbs     Out of Four This year has been nothing short of incredible for Disney, and I'm not even counting two successful Marvel movies and the upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Before the summer even came, we'd already had two tremendous family blockbusters in Zootopia and The Jungle Book, and they were followed by  The BFG  and  Finding Dory (regardless of box office, The BFG was a great family film that I believe will only grow in popularity and esteem with its video release . and frankly, these others did well enough to make up for the monetary loss.). Disney is now ending the year on a major high note with Moana, which is almost certain to be a big hit. Set on a mystic Polynesian Island on Motunui, Moana tells the story of the strong wille

Did you know Harrison Ford was in Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Extra Terrestrial ?  Well he was...almost.  His scene got deleted.  Check out the video below which shows the Star Wars actor as Elliot's Principal.  He sounds different in the clip and slightly creepy. The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more. THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+ THE BEARDED TRIO ON PINTEREST CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON STEVEN SPIELBERG CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON GEORGE LUCAS CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ON JOHN WILLIAMS

Our third Christmas gift recommendation comes from DK who are masters at putting together informative and high quality Star Wars coffee table books.  The one we've chosen is Star Wars: Complete Locations .  It's 192 pages of the most important locations in all the Star Wars movies including a recent update to include Star Wars: The Force Awakens .  There are detailed cross sections, illustrations and photographs including eight specially commissioned entries including the Starkiller Base and the Resistance Base.  There are more than 50 cross-sections in the book which I guarantee will leave you inspecting every little bit of detail. Even if you are a huge Star Wars buff you will find information in this glossy book that you wouldn't have come across before.  It really is an essential guide that should be in everyone's Star Wars collection and will make a perfect gift for any Star Wars fan. Star Wars: Complete Locations is the essential guide for anyone wantin

Brian Johnson is a special effects maestro.  He has worked on some of the most successful movies and TV shows of all time including Alien, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Thunderbirds and Space: 1999 and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in which he won an Oscar in the Special Achievement Academy category.  While I was at Showmaster's Cardiff Film & Comic Con I was lucky enough to have a chat with the Oscar winning special effects in which I ask him about his time in Norway filming The Empire Strikes Back, working with George Lucas and where the special effects industry is going today. The thought of working on Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back must have been an unbelievable experience and of course I was a little envious until he mentioned the spiders.  That would have been a big nope for me. The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and John Williams THE BEARDED TRIO ON FACEBOOK THE BEARDED TRIO ON TWITTER THE BEARDED TRIO ON GOOGLE+ THE BEARDED