Irvin Kershner: Last News

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is a two-time Oscar winner and the first female director of a Star Wars film.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Daisy Ridley‘s Rey is coming back to the big screen in a new “Star Wars” movie directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (“Ms. Marvel”) and written by Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”).

The Will Rogers Picture Pioneers Foundation is holding a screening of Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back on Aug. 30, 7PM at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood to raise funds for its charity.

Hollywood and making it as an actor is no mean feat but those who succeed often go on to lead glamorous and very wealthy lives.So to land a role in a major TV series before your 10th birthday and then to star in more than 40 productions means you should be set for life.Which makes what one of Tinsel Town's best-known child stars did at the height of his fame even more unfathomable.READ MORE: Disney star Maitland Ward exposes dark side of Hollywood and says porn saved herGabriel Damon Lavezzi is now 46, but he's still best known for his role in RoboCop 2 when he was just 14. He went on to star in more than 40 films and TV shows.But now, three decades on, Gabriel, who played teenage criminal Hob in Irvin Kershner's 1990 action movie, has turned his back on Hollywood, quit acting and is working as an estate agent.Selling houses and apartments in California - even if they are luxury multi-million dollar homes - is a far cry from his days as an actor in TV studios and film sets in Hollywood.Gabriel's acting career began in commercials, but in 1984 aged just eight he got a role in the TV series Call to Glory.

Jon Burlingame editorArtie Kane, Grammy-nominated pianist and composer of film scores including “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” and “Eyes of Laura Mars,” died Tuesday at his home on Whidbey Island, north of Seattle, Wash.

Jerome Hellman, the producer of landmark films such as Midnight Cowboy and Coming Home has died. The Oscar winner’s wife, Elizabeth Empleton Hellman, confirmed Hellman’s May 26 passing saying simply, “we will miss him terribly.” He was 92.

A post shared by #DanielLogan (@instadaniellogan)The British actor began acting at the age of 10 and made his on-screen appearance in a breakfast commercial when he was 12. He would go on to have a lengthy career with over 100 credits to his name.He appeared in films like, , ,, and many more.

Ellise Shafer editor“Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” is back at the top of the box office this weekend for the first time in 23 years.The film has grossed a total of $175,000 so far at 483 locations, originally reported b Deadline, and is estimated to end the weekend in the $400,000 to $500,000 range. Directed by Irvin Kershner with executive production from George Lucas, “The Empire Strikes Back” has not had a box office lead since its reissue in February 1997.The lead brings the movie’s total gross in the U.S.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorFor the first time since the February 1997 reissue, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is leading at the box office this weekend after clocking an estimated $175K at 483 locations. Empire should end the weekend with a 3-day take in between the high $400K and low $500K.

Disney is gearing up for a splashy free TV premiere of “The Mandalorian” in Germany ahead of the official March 24 launch of its much anticipated Disney Plus streaming service, but “Star Wars”-loving Amazon Fire TV users may be in for a disappointment.

There’s little we can say about Irvin Kershner‘s “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” that hasn’t been said millions of times over. The film is a genre staple and ranks amongst the greatest sci-fi films ever made, a masterclass in impactful storytelling that catapulted the franchise to even loftier heights.

Mark Hamill is opening up about one of the biggest scenes from Star Wars – the “I Am Your Father” scene.