Top Hollywood news of the day: December 29, 2018

Star Wars creator George Lucas admitted he went too far with The Phantom Menace: The Phantom Menace, Episode I in the Star Wars franchise, is widely considered as the weakest canon film and apparently George Lucas knew that the movie was in trouble, stating this after an early screening of the first prequel. The director can be seen in a making of featurette, clearly troubled by his editing decisions that made it into the final cut, as per footage shown on the DVD special feature. As the screening ends, Lucas can be seen saying, “It’s a little disjointed. It’s bold in terms of jerking people around. I may have gone too far in a few places.”

Dwayne Johnson to join the women’s harassment protest at Golden Globes: Many women A-listers such as Meryl Streep and Emma Stone are planning to wear black gowns at the annual ceremony as a mark of protest, and now male actors have also joined the list, including Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle star Dwayne Johnson. Johnson confirmed that he plans to join the silent protest by wearing all-black in reply to his stylist Ilaria Urbinati’s Instagram post.

Dustin Hoffman accusers thank John Oliver for confronting the actor: Seven women who had accused Hollywood veteran Dustin Hoffman of sexual harassment have thanked Last Week Tonight host John Oliver in an open letter for confronting the actor over their allegations. Oliver had got into a heated argument with Hoffman over the allegations against him at a film panel during the screening of the political drama Wag the Dog.

Colin Trevorrow already has plans for Jurassic World 3: Colin Trevorrow has said that the second part Fallen Kingdom will set up the story for a third installment. He said, “At the end of this movie, it’s not a cliffhanger, but it’s designed for people to want to know what’s going to happen next, whereas the earlier ‘Jurassic Park’ movies had pretty clear definitive endings. They were much more episodic. In working with Derek Connolly, my co-writer, we were also thinking about where it was gonna go in the future.”

Blade Runner 2049’s 4-hour cut won't be released: Blade Runner 2049's editor Joe Walker had recently said that the first cut of the movie ran for four hours. But now the director of the film Denis Villeneuve has confirmed that the fans will never get a chance to see the full four-hour version of the movie. “The thing is, it’s true that the first cut was four hours and at one point we were like, ‘Okay, do we go to the producer and release it in two?’ But let’s say the idea of the movie being in two parts didn’t get out of the editing room. The best incarnation of the movie is what is in the theatre," he said.

Kate Winslet on Harvey Weinstein: He was just so horrible to deal with: In an interview, Kate Winslet has said that the film producer Harvey Weinstein who has been accused of sexual harassment, misconduct and rape by a number of women was "just horrible to deal with". During the interview, Winslet said, “He was just so horrible to deal with. I was one of the ones he would label ‘difficult’ because I wouldn’t do the things he would ask for me to do on a business-level. These were ridiculous requests. He didn’t like me because I wouldn’t be bullied by him.”