The Acolyte Archives

However, it is time for the Sith to start to rise and it begins here with the upcoming new live-action series The Acolyte The Acolyte will feature a brand new story and a whole new assortment of Jedi from an age we have not seen in live-action before One of which is Jedi Master Sol,[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Smallville, NBC's New Amsterdam: Tomorrow, Netflix's Cobra Kai, William Shatner/Star Trek, CW's Superman & Lois, Disney+'s X-Men '97, BBC's Doctor Who, Freevee's Bosch: Legacy, Max's Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, Community/Peacock, WWE/AEW, AMC's Interview with the Vampire, Disney+'s The Acolyte, Prime Video's Fallout, Channel 4's Big Mood, Netflix's KAOS, Walter Koenig/Star Trek, HBO's Game of Thrones & More! Images/Screencaps: AMC Networks,[...]

Earlier today, it was the official trailer and key art poster for Leslye Headland's (Russian Bride) Amandla Stenberg (The Eddy) & Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game)-starring Star Wars: The Acolyte Now, we have a pretty impressive "who's who" image gallery waiting for you below that does an impressive job of introducing our major players[...]

Lucasfilm & Disney+ kicked off the week in grand fashion with a disturbingly effective new key art poster for Leslye Headland's (Russian Bride) Amandla Stenberg (The Eddy) & Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game)-starring Star Wars: The Acolyte that confirmed that the prequel series would hit the streaming service in June But that was just the opening round, with[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? William Shatner, Marvel Studios/Netflix, USA Network's WWE Raw, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Jennifer Holland/New DCU, FX's What We Do in the Shadows, Bray Wyatt, Disney+'s The Acolyte, HBO's Euphoria, McDonald's/Studio Pierrot, AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, Apple TV+'s Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and more! Images/Screencaps: AMC Networks,[...]

A little less than a month after getting some fascinating insights into what's to come with Leslye Headland's (Russian Bride) Amandla Stenberg (The Eddy) & Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game)-starring Star Wars: The Acolyte directly from series star Stenberg, it looks like this Tuesday is going to bring our first extended look Along with the release of[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers, Star Trek/Kenneth Mitchell, Disney+'s The Acolyte, WWE/AEW, Prime Video's El Gato, AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, FX's Shōgun, McDonald's/Studio Pierrot, ABC's The Rookie, AMC's Interview with the Vampire, Lucasfilm's The Mandalorian & Grogu, BBC's Doctor Who, Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender, and more! Images/Screencaps: AMC Networks,[...]

Earlier this month, we learned that Lucasfilm, Disney+ & series creator Leslye Headland's (Russian Bride) Star Wars: The Acolyte would be hitting screens this summer – a release window much sooner than expected Now, we're learning from series star Amandla Stenberg (The Eddy), who portrays a former padawan opposite Lee Jung-jae's (Squid Game) Jedi master[...]

Heading into 2024, "Star Wars" fans knew that Lucasfilm, Disney+ & series creator Leslye Headland's (Russian Bride) Star Wars: The Acolyte would be hitting screens – but as to when that would be wasn't clear Now, Collider is reporting exclusively that the streaming series will hit screens during this summer The not-so-good news? It's not an[...]

The Acolyte is expected to be unlike any other Star Wars project under the Disney era The Disney+ series will star Amandla Stenberg and Lee Jung-jae, with Leslye Headland operating as showrunner It is set et at the end of the High Republic era in a world of "shadowy secrets and emerging dark side powers"[...]

In the case of Joonas Suotamo, he goes from playing the iconic Wookie smuggler, Chewbacca, to a Wookie Jedi in Kelnacca in the upcoming Disney+ series The Acolyte The prospect of Wookie Jedi is nothing new since they were introduced in the Expanded Universe before Disney purchased Lucasfilm The animated series The Clone Wars introduced[...]

Their boldest step is the Disney+ series The Acolyte, which takes place before the events of 1999's The Phantom Menace Two of the stars of the series, Amandla Stenberg and Lee Jung-jae, along with showrunner Leslye Headland, spoke with Entertainment Weekly (prior to the WGA and SAG strikes) about what to expect from seeing a[...]

While a lot of the attention lately has been focused on Jon Favreau & Dave Flioni's "Mandalorian" universe (now that we know a big-screen team-up is planned), it's Lucasfilm, Disney+ & series creator Leslye Headland's (Russian Bride) Star Wars: The Acolyte that has the top spot on our "Star Wars" radar Set for 2024, the streaming[...]

Looking ahead to what Disney+ has lined up for 2024, Lucasfilm & series creator Leslye Headland's (Russian Bride) Star Wars: The Acolyte is inching closer and closer to the top of our list of shows we need to check out First, the "Star Wars" universe series is highlighting a very different period in the timeline –[...]

Disney+, Lucasfilm & series creator Leslye Headland's (Russian Bride) Star Wars: The Acolyte had a pretty impressive rollout during this year's Star Wars Celebration 2023 And now, series star Manny Jacinto (Nine Perfect Strangers) is sharing some additional insights into his mysterious character as well as why someone with Headland's expertise was needed to tell this[...]

As impressive of a rollout as we saw on Friday for Disney+, Lucasfilm & series creator Leslye Headland's (Russian Bride) Star Wars: The Acolyte, the streaming series wasn't done making news at Star Wars Celebration 2023 Earlier today, we learned that Rebecca Henderson (Inventing Anna, Russian Doll) has been cast in the role of Vernestra Rwoh[...]

Star Wars Celebration 2023 rolls on over in London this morning, with Star Wars: The Acolyte series creator Leslye Headland (Russian Bride) on hand to offer some updates on the series First up, you can pencil in 2024 for the Lucasfilm series, which was described by Headland in her pitch to be a mashup of[...]

With production currently underway on Disney+, Lucasfilm, and series creator, showrunner & executive producer Leslye Headland's (Russian Doll) "Star Wars" universe series The Acolyte, actor Lee Jung Jae (who also offered an update on Netflix's Squid Game Season 2) spoke with Ilgan Sports from the UK set to offer a quick update While not able to say much[...]

After Daisy Ridley (Rey) had some sage advice to offer her last week, Amandla Stenberg (The Hunger Games) is checking in to share some thoughts on how things are going with Disney+, Lucasfilm, and series creator, showrunner & executive producer Leslye Headland's (Russian Doll) "Star Wars" universe series The Acolyte Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter in support of her[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes Warrior Nun fans purchasing a billboard to get Netflix's attention to #SaveWarriorNun, Jason Momoa & James Gunn igniting bigger DCU speculation fires, Amazon's Invincible confirming a late 2023 Season 2 release & sharing a preview of what's to come, Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-stars Sarah Michelle Gellar & James[...]

Heading into 2023, one of the upcoming streaming series that we've been looking forward to hearing more about is Disney+, Lucasfilm, and series creator, showrunner & executive producer Leslye Headland's (Russian Doll) "Star Wars" universe series The Acolyte The mystery-thriller is set to take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in[...]

With production rolling along on Disney+, Lucasfilm, and series creator, showrunner & executive producer Leslye Headland's (Russian Doll) The Acolyte, Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Margarita Levieva (Revenge, The Deuce) has joined the cast as a guest star The mystery-thriller will take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final[...]

TV eyeing a deal with Amazon for animated DCU content, Netflix's Daredevil star Deborah Ann Woll discussing working with Vincent D'Onofrio, Netflix's Wednesday scoring big in its first week & with plans for the future, The '90s Show producers explaining how the That '70s Show sequel series came about, HBO's The Last of Us dropping[...]

Earlier this month, we got word that production was underway on Disney+, Lucasfilm, and series creator, showrunner & executive producer Leslye Headland's (Russian Doll) The Acolyte In addition, the cast was officially introduced, and a behind-the-scenes image & series overview was released Now, series star Dafne Keen has a few things to share about the "Star[...]

Our line-up for this morning includes Disney+ & Lucasfilm's "Star Wars" series The Acolyte confirms its main cast & shares a behind-the-scenes look, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty dropping a Season 6 midseason trailer, Amazon's Carnival Row confirming that the second & final season drops in February 2023, NBC's Melissa Rauch-starring Night Court hitting screens[...]

With production currently underway in the U.K., Disney+, Lucasfilm, and series creator, showrunner & executive producer Leslye Headland's (Russian Doll) The Acolyte currently underway, viewers are not only learning who is locked in to star but they're also being treated to the first official behind-the-scenes look at production On the casting front, it was a mix[...]

A recent teaser for The Mandalorian season three, waiting for the premiere of Andor, the trailer for Tales of the Jedi, casting for The Acolyte, Ahsoka updates, and a collection of Star Wars gear & accessories from CASETiFY give fans a jam-packed fall 2022 and something to look forward to in 2023[...]

If reports are true and negotiations pan out, Star Wars: The Acolyte writer, director, executive producer & showrunner Leslye Headland may end up reunited with Russian Doll star Charlie Barnett The Hollywood Reporter reported exclusively that Barnett "is in final negotiations" to join the cast, which boasts Amandla Stenberg (Dear Evan Hansen), Manny Jacinto (The Good Place, Nine[...]

The casting buzz surrounding writer, executive producer & showrunner Leslye Headland's (Bachelorette, Russian Doll) upcoming live-action Star Wars: The Acolyte continues to grow Following recent reports that Lee Jung-Jae (Squid Game) and Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim, Anne Boleyn) were joining Amandla Stenberg (Dear Evan Hansen) on the streaming series, word hit this afternoon that Manny Jacinto[...]

Though officially unconfirmed, Deadline Hollywood is reporting exclusively that Squid Game star Lee Jung-Jae is set to join Amandla Stenberg (Dear Evan Hansen) and Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim, Anne Boleyn) in the cast of writer, executive producer & showrunner Leslye Headland's (Bachelorette, Russian Doll) upcoming live-action Star Wars: The Acolyte. No details have been released on[...]