It has been while since the last big screen Star Wars outing, Star Wars The Rise Of Skywalker, but with the success of the TV series Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu gets the treatment - the movie has been given a 12A age rating for moderate violence, threat, injury detail.

As with the TV show Pedro Pascal stars as The Mandalorian, he has also starred in Drive-Away Dolls and Sisters~2005, it also stars Sigourney Weaver who has been seen in Imaginary Heroes and The Meyerowitz Stories: New and Selected.

The movie is directed by Jon Favreau who created the TV show and has directed movies like Zathura: A Space Adventure and Chef.

Movie Synopsis

The Mandalorian and his young apprentice Grogu hunt down imperial fugitives after the fall of the Empire.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: moderate violence, threat, injury detail
• Release date: 22nd May 2026
• Runtime: 132 minutes (2 hours 12 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Jon Favreau
• Starring:
  • Pedro Pascal
  • Sigourney Weaver
  • Jeremy Allen White

BBFC movie page

Last weekend saw Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings at the top of the UK box office, with 6 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases

• The Starling
• Everybody's Talking About Jamie
• Prisoners of the Ghostland
• The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica
• Gunpowder Milkshake
• 12 Mighty Orphans

The Starling

• The movie is directed by Theodore Melfi, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Theodore Melfi also directed St Vincent in 2014 which grossed £780K in the UK.
• It stars Melissa McCarthy who also starred in Thunder Force (2021).
• The film also stars Timothy Olyphant who last appeared in Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood (2019).
• They also appeared together in Go (1999).

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

• The movie is directed by Jonathan Butterell, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Jonathan Butterell also directed Everybody's Talking About Jamie in 2018 which grossed £1.2 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Max Harwood who is making a feature film debut.
• The film also stars Lauren Patel who is making a feature film debut.

Prisoners of the Ghostland

• The movie is directed by Sion Sono, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Sion Sono also directed Venice 70: Future Reloaded in 2013.
• It stars Nicolas Cage who also starred in Pig (2021).
• The film also stars Sofia Boutella who also last appeared in Settlers (2021).

The Obscure Life of the Grand Duke of Corsica

• The movie is directed by Daniel Graham, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Daniel Graham also directed Opus Zero in 2019 which grossed £1.6K in the UK.
• It stars Timothy Spall who also starred in The Last Bus (2021).
• The film also stars Peter Stormare who also last appeared in The Poison Rose (2019).

Gunpowder Milkshake

• The movie is directed by Navot Papushado, it is the directors 2nd movie.
• Navot Papushado also directed Big Bad Wolves in 2013 which grossed £1.6K in the UK.
• It stars Karen Gillan who also starred in The Call of the Wild (2020).
• The film also stars Joanna Bobin who also last appeared in Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016).

12 Mighty Orphans

• The movie is directed by Ty Roberts, it is the directors 4th movie.
• Ty Roberts also directed The Iron Orchard in 2018.
• It stars Luke Wilson who also starred in Cosmic Sin (2021).
• The film also stars Vinessa Shaw who also last appeared in After the Fall (2014).
• They also appeared together in 3:10 to Yuma (2007).

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next weeks there are 2 new movies released

• The Many Saints of Newark, Wednesday, 22nd September
• The Green Knight, Friday, 24th September