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Epic Mickey Brought An Icon Back To Disney, And Warren Specter Doesn’t Want You To Forget

Epic Mickey Brought An Icon Back To Disney, And Warren Specter Doesn’t Want You To Forget https://ift.tt/Tmzw29d After over four decades in video games, developer Warren Specter is retiring from the industry. But as Specter moves towards the door, he wants to make sure that the team behind his 2010 game Epic Mickey gets their due for bringing one of Walt Disney's earliest creations back home to Disney. In 2003, the development document for Epic Mickey reportedly spurred then-Disney president Bob Iger to eventually regain the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a breakout animated character created by Disney and animator Ub Iwerks. When the Oswald property was taken from Disney, the latter created Mickey Mouse and the rest was history. In 2006, Iger was Disney's CEO when he made the deal to bring Oswald home in exchange for the rights to sportscaster Al Michaels. Subsequently, Epic Mickey was the first Disney project to bring Mickey and Oswald together. Sixteen years a...
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Sons Of Anarchy Star Says He Almost Played Anakin In Star Wars But The "Vibes" Were Off

Sons Of Anarchy Star Says He Almost Played Anakin In Star Wars But The "Vibes" Were Off https://ift.tt/9OzmhFb

Actor Charlie Hunnam was reportedly close to getting the role of Anakin in 2002's Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones. He told Entertainment Tonight that he got far enough into the audition process to have a meeting with Star Wars creator George Lucas himself. However, Hunnam said he bungled his audition, not to mention that he felt the "vibes" were off.

"I got to the point where I was meeting George Lucas. I don't think he meets a lot of actors," Hunnam said (via StarWarsNewsNet). "I think there was probably maybe two, three actors they were considering. I don't remember much about it. I remember that I was nervous, and I was a little bit awkward and I remember walking out and thinking, 'Well, I'm definitely not getting that role.' And I was correct. Sometimes it's about the vibes."

2001's Episode 1: The Phantom Menace feature Jake Lloyd in the role of a young Anakin. Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith featured an older Anakin, a role that ultimately went to Hayden Christensen. Leonardo DiCaprio turned it down, while Paul Walker was passed over.

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