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Paramount+ will announce Friday that The Good Fight — the brilliant, impeccably acted triumph of topical satire starring Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald — is ending with season 6, which premieres Sept. 8.

Since 2017, the criminally Emmy-less spin-off of CBS’ The Good Wife has turned its surrealist spotlight on the urgent realities of modern life — from the Trump era to the #MeToo movement to the coronavirus pandemic and the perils of Zoom filters — all the while delivering a wildly entertaining and often hilarious legal drama.

So how will it all end for Diane Lockhart (Baranski), Liz Reddick (McDonald), and the firm formerly known as Reddick, Boseman & Lockhart? EW asked co-creators Robert and Michelle King to soothe our broken hearts with a few teases for what’s ahead — including details on new characters played by Andre Braugher and John Slattery, and which character(s) we definitely won’t see in the final season.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: When did you decide that season 6 would be the last, and why is now the right time to wrap up The Good Fight?

ROBERT KING: We were finishing the fifth season and Michelle and I were looking at each other, trying to decide what to do for the sixth season. Beyond each episode standing alone, you want some thought to guide the full season. We realized not only that were we kind of exhausted, but that we had a good idea for the sixth season that would offer a great climax. The last thing you want is to have a seventh season that’s an anticlimax. The creative guided us there.

MICHELLE KING: And we’re dealing with an upcoming civil war in season 6, and it’s more than just a metaphor. There is violence surrounding our law firm that our characters are experiencing. So it felt like, yes, that’s the way to bring down the curtain.

Elizabeth Fisher/Paramount+ Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald on ‘The Good Fight’

We ended last season with that terrifying image of the countless vigilante courts that were popping up around the country. Will that thread pick up again this season and tie in somehow to the impending civil war?

RK: Oh yes, very much. In many ways this is a direct “to be continued” from the fifth season. In the writers’ room we’ve always thought that [the show] moves towards absurdity and more bizarreness over the course of the season. I think you saw that with the fifth season, with the Wackner court. Here, it starts with a certain element of the reality of what’s going on in our world — where people are plotting to kidnap Michigan governors and try them in their basements — and now moving to the next step of that.

So… have we seen the last of Mandy Patinkin‘s Judge Wackner?

MK: Yeah, we have.

RK: But there’s still the psychological business of what that court ended up being.

MK: Right. As with so many things, [Wackner’s court] is a rock that starts ripples.

Let’s talk about some of the new characters coming in season 6. What can you tell us about Ri’Chard Lane, played by Andre Braugher?

RK: Andre Braugher has to be seen to be believed. He’s a lawyer as a brand. He’s a little bit egotistical. He really takes credit for what other people are doing, and yet he thinks the strength of what he can contribute to the law firm is the fact that he will put his name first. His drive can kick the ass of this law firm and turn it into something bigger. You’re never sure whether you’re supposed to be thrown by him, or think he’s funny, or think he’s disturbing, or think, “Okay, that is the way the future is. It honors people who turn themselves into a brand.”

MK: Andre is spectacular, and it’s a role that I’ve not seen him do before.

Paramount+ Andre Braugher as Ri’chard Lane on ‘The Good Fight’

When his character was announced, it was said that he is forced on Liz as a name partner. Does this mean Wanda Sykes‘ Allegra won’t be sticking around?

MK: No. Allegra did not stick around. The folks at STR Laurie did not have the patience for her.

RK: There’s a general misogyny among the overlords at STR Laurie, and they are in fact forcing Ri’Chard onto Liz.

What can you tell us about Dr. Lyle Bettencourt, played by John Slattery?

RK: Diane is having issues this year. She feels like she’s suffering from déjà vu, like constantly. And most of that is associated with politics. This was [written] before the leak regarding Roe vs. Wade, but that fits right into this sense that the things that Diane and the country thought were settled are coming back to be reopened.

Because of that, she goes to a doctor and gets this new, ketamine-like treatment that uses a light hallucinogenic to allow people to review their lives and figure out a way to bring peace to their lives. John Slattery is this doctor who Diane becomes fascinated with. These treatments, not only are you kind of tripping, but afterwards it’s a true therapy session. Michelle and I don’t love therapy in general as a creative or dramatic device, but here it felt appropriate because you’re also kind of tripping about your life.

Season 5 introduced Carmen Moyo, a new associate at the firm who manages to land two big clients — both of whom are dangerous criminals. What can you tease for her arc in the final season?

RK: You will find out more about Carmen. You’ll find out more about her lover. You’ll find out about her inability to create friendships that are lasting, and more importantly, why she works with people who are dangerous and often violent. Charmaine Bingwa is just this wonderful new actress who we think is doing gangbusters here.

Anything else you can tell us about the final season?

RK: You’ll see more of Liz’s son, Malcolm. You’ll see Wayne Brady back [as Del Cooper]. Alan Cumming is coming back [as Eli Gold] for two episodes. Carrie Preston is coming back; one episode is built around her character, Elsbeth Tascioni. We kind of wanted a few of the greatest hits this season. It’s very much built to be a celebration of not just Christine’s show, but also The Good Wife, too. That’s why we want to pull out all the stops.

Not sure if you’ve watched Community, but fans of that show lobbied for “six seasons and a movie.” Now that Good Fight is ending with season 6, have you given any thought to a Good Wife/Good Fight cinematic universe?

MK: It is not something that we’ve discussed, but I have to go see the Downton Abbey movie, and then maybe we can rethink the whole thing.

RK: I think the key to this is Paramount+, which likes to have synergy among all of its various tentacles. They would be the one to decide.

What can you guarantee that we won’t see in this final season of The Good Fight?

RK: Only because we don’t want people to be disappointed, you won’t see Julianna Margulies — not for any other reason that this really needs to be the story of Christine and Audra. We’ve very much stayed friends with Jules, we want to work with her again, but it didn’t feel right for this show.

MK: And you also will not see Diane Lockhart’s dog, Justice.

Wait, she has a dog?

MK: She did in the first episode of The Good Wife.

Paramount+ Diane Lockhart and her dog Justice in the series premiere of ‘The Good Wife’

RK: And it was just too hard.

MK: He’s been in doggy daycare ever since.

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In this article:

• “Obi-Wan Kenobi” star Ewan McGregor said that the “Star Wars” sequel movies were “easier” to watch.
• McGregor starred in the “Star Wars” prequel trilogy in the 2000s, which were panned by critics.
• McGregor said that he could enjoy the later movies because he was a fan again.

“Obi-Wan Kenobi” actor Ewan McGregor said that he was “really happy” to dip back into the “Star Wars” universe with the recent sequel movies starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Adam Driver.

McGregor plays the titular character in the new Disney+ series but first portrayed the character in the “Star Wars” prequel movies in the ’90s and 2000s. The prequel trilogy received mixed reviews from critics at the time but has since received a lot of support from fans who grew up with the movies.

During a roundtable interview for “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” which Insider attended, McGregor said that the sequel movies — released between 2015 and 2019 — allowed him to become a fan again.

“I continued to love the ‘Star Wars’ universe and as the sequels were being made, I was happy,” the actor said. “I was really happy to see them and feel that I was able to dip back into the world of ‘Star Wars,’ which I’ve been part of since I was a little kid.”

McGregor continued: “The sequels were easier to watch because they were a fantasy again for me. I didn’t have any part in them. I said a couple of words for them here and there. In the latter two, I think I’d recorded some dialogue for them but I wasn’t invested in them in the same way. So I was able to enjoy them just as the audience.”

The sequel trilogy followed new characters trying to stop the Sith from reforming after “Return of the Jedi.” The movies also had appearances from actors from the original “Star Wars” trilogy, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher.

Earlier this month, McGregor told Vanity Fair for its June cover story that he found it “difficult” to finish the prequel movies after seeing the criticism of the first movie “The Phantom Menace.” The movie has a Rotten Tomato score of 51% and many fans were critical of new characters such as JarJar Binks.

McGregor also said during the “Obi-Wan Kenobi” roundtable interview that “The Mandalorian” series took him “by surprise.”

“I really enjoyed ‘The Mandalorian.’ By that point, we were already gonna make this as a series but it made me realize that a ‘Star Wars’ television series could be just as engaging as the movies,” he said.

“Obi-Wan Kenobi” is the third live-action Disney+ series created for the “Star Wars” universe and six more new series are on their way.

“Obi-Wan Kenobi” premieres on Disney+ on May 27.

Read the original article on Insider

Source By: yahoo.com/entertainment

There’s a new attraction open at Epcot and it’s bringing guests along for the ride as Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy take off on a chase through space.

But Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind comes with more than just an incredible ’80s soundtrack and a unique ride experience every single time: Epcot, known for its celebration of global community and vision for a better future has opened its first “otherworldly pavilion” to house the attraction — one that will take guests through the history and customs of not another country, as we have seen in the park’s World Showcase, but another planet entirely.

The new Wonders of Xandar pavilion has a name reminiscent of the defunct Wonders of Life pavilion, which existed in the park between 1989 and 2007. In naming the pavilion, Disney Parks hopes to engage with new Marvel fans while keeping Epcot purists like myself happy with the homage to past storytelling.

But just what is the new roller coaster and the pavilion it lives in? Like any Disney Parks project, there’s a good backstory.

Inspired by a memory, as the story goes, Guardians of the Galaxy leader, Star-Lord, also known by his human name, Peter Quill, took a trip to Epcot in the ’80s when he was a young boy living on Earth. Now, he and his band of unlikely superhero pals have teamed up with the planet Xandar’s space militia so Quill can share with his fellow Earthlings a truly intergalactic experience.

While Xandar is 2.5 million light years away, guests are told our two planets were born at the same moment: the Big Bang. At Epcot, advanced technology shared by Quill’s alien allies allows Earthlings to travel through the cosmos to explore our galaxy for the first time — but that’s not the only first found inside this new pavilion.

“It’s the first reverse-launch coaster, it’s the first omnicoaster (a coaster that can go forward and backward) of our park and it’s also the first time we’re going to see Guardians in any of our [Walt Disney World] attractions,” Meghan Short, a senior media producer for Walt Disney Imagineering, tells Yahoo Entertainment. “Of course, something is going to go a little bit awry … and that’s where the ride experience starts. You’re going to hurtle through space and go back in time all the way back before Pangea — and hopefully make it back down to Earth as we know it.”

As someone who was able to experience the new coaster multiple times, I can say Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is pure fun. Imagine that feeling of blasting your favorite ’80s song in the car, windows down on a perfect sunny day — except here, you’re soaring through the galaxy, flying through the Milky Way.

There’s a kind of anticipation with each ride as you wait for that moment when you take off backward and one of six classic rock and roll songs begins to blare. As your journey through the stars continues, it’s hard to stop yourself from singing, cheering and dancing.

In addition to a different audio track each time — from Tears for Fears hit “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” to Blondie’s “One Way or Another” — as the ride vehicles rotate individually, each ride experience is unique. It all depends on your seat and the movement of that specific ride.

Zach Riddley, the Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) creative portfolio executive who is overseeing the multi-year transformation of Epcot, says the ride is different from anything WDI has created to date.

“It’s also the first-ever roller coaster-style attraction at Epcot,” he says. “The first time I rode the attraction I got off and literally couldn’t find the words to describe what I just felt.”

Ridley says WDI designed the ride and its powerful g-forces to “offer an aspirational level of thrill.”

“The Guardians of the Galaxy are a ragtag crew but they found each other across the cosmos and now we get to share in their adventures,” he adds. “That’s special.”

So what’s Ridley’s favorite seat on the attraction?

“My personal favorite is the front row, right-side seat,” he says. “You get some unique sensations in that seat, but honestly there isn’t a bad seat in the entire ride vehicle.”

But, for Ridley, another favorite spot in the Wonders of Xandar pavilion is the end of the ride, where Disney employees help guests unload after their cosmic adventure.

“I have enjoyed seeing folks ride this for the first time and seeing their reactions in the unload station,” Ridley says. “That’s why we do all this work at Imagineering, to create experiences that inspire.”

Because it’s a theme park after all, there’s also a gift shop that sells out-of-this-world merchandise. Multiple collections offer the opportunity for every fan, from Marvel-lovers to Epcot enthusiasts, to all find mementos to bring back to Earth after their journey.

“One of my favorite [collections in the shop] is the Heroes of Xandar,” says Elisa Melchiori, a brand merchandising manager at Walt Disney World. “We know in the first film that the Guardians did help save Xandar, so in their eyes they are the rockstars — rockstars of the galaxy.”

“We definitely went after that concept with the rockstar concert tees,” Melchiori adds, “really highlighting how cool the Guardians are.”

So how does Epcot’s latest addition measure up to someone who’s been visiting the theme park since the ’90s and now stops by at least once a week? I say it works.

As many of the most beloved attractions and experiences at Epcot were there when the park opened in 1982, this park always seems to be stuck somewhere between embracing its history and moving forward into the future. As it’s grown and changed, Epcot has always stood for showcasing the cultures of the world, and seeing that world get a little bit bigger is a concept that I think truly rocks.

Source by: yahoo.com/entertainment