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Star Wars: Episode VII Set For Release December 18th, 2015

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star-warsWhen Star Wars: Episode VII was announced for 2015, it was suggested it would arrive during the summer. However even since JJ Abrams came on board it’s been thought that date might slip. Now we know that we will indeed have a slightly longer wait, as a confirmed release date of December 18th 2015, has been set for the movie.

Alan Horn, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios has revealed, “We’re very excited to share the official 2015 release date for Star Wars: Episode VII, where it will not only anchor the popular holiday filmgoing season but also ensure our extraordinary filmmaking team has the time needed to deliver a sensational picture.”

Star Wars: Episode VII will be directed by J.J. Abrams from a script Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan. Michael Arndt had previously been set to write, but as Abrams recently commented, “It became clear that given the time frame and given the process and the way the thing was going that working with Larry in this way was going to get us where we need to be and when we needed to be. Working with Larry Kasdan (who wrote Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi), especially on a Star Wars movie is kind of unbeatable.” Shooting is scheduled to begin Spring 2014 in the UK.

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Star Wars VII Holding Open Casting In The UK For Two New Young Characters

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If Disney was hoping it would remain a secret that an open casting call they’ve issued is actually to find two new lead character for Star Wars: Episode VII, they’re gonna be disappointed. Rumours began to circulate almost as soon as the call went out and it’s now been confirmed that it is indeed for Star Wars.

Open auditions will be held to find to find someone to play a 17-18 year old female character and a 19-23 year old, who will apparently play central roles in the film. While many had assumed the movie would centre of Han Solo and Leia’s kids of Luke’s offspring, although it would appear these aren’t related to main characters in the earlier movies (although it is just about possible they are).

You can take a look at the casting call below, which includes more info on the characters as well as where the auditions are being held.

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Star Trek Into Darkness (Blu-ray)

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While JJ Abrams’ reinvention of Star Trek has proven very popular with audiences, there are quite a few uber-fans of the TV incarnations who pretty much seem to think Abrams is the anti-Christ. If they’d been hoping that Star Trek Into Darkness would be an olive branch, taking things back to exactly how they’d been before, they were sadly mistaken. Instead the movie forges forward with its parallel reality, doing things that will ensure classic Trek fans who didn’t like the first film will be absolutely spitting feathers at its twisting of earlier stories, while others will love the way it cleverly renews things. [Read more…]

J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Teases Mystery New Project, ‘Stranger’, & It’s Pretty Creepy

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J.J. Abrams’ love keeping secrets, and now he’s attempting to outdo himself, as his company, Bad Robot has released a teaser trailer under the title ‘Stranger’, but they haven’t said what it is, or even whether it relates to a film, TV series, something online or indeed something else entirely.

It’s pretty weird and creepy though!

At the moment there’s plenty of speculation but nothing particularly convincing, especially as it doesn’t seem to easily fit with anything Bad Robot is known to be producing. Hopefully all will be revealed soon. [Read more…]

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Zac Efron & Ryan Gosling Rumoured For Star Wars Episode VII

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We’d take this with a pinch of salt at the moment, as it’s merely one of many rumours swirling around the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII. However, Latino Review is suggesting that Zac Efron and Ryan Gosling are being sought for the film. The site previously suggested Leonardo DiCaprio had come in for a meeting about Star Wars, but bailed to do the Robotech movie instead.

It is not known who they might play, but it’s being said that one of the actors has already taken a meeting with Lucasfilm and Disney. The current speculation is that Ryan Gosling is being sought to play Luke Skywalker’s kid, while Zac Efron will play Han Solo’s child.

Disney and Lucasfilm are said to be saving their big Star Wars: Episode VII casting announcements for the D23 Expo, which happens August 9th-11th in Anaheim, California, home of Disneyland. However even that’s speculation at the moment, but with an early 2014 shoot being eyed for a 2015 release, it’s certainly not impossible we’ll find out who’s set to star at the Expo.

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Thor Writers Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz May Take On Star Trek 3

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star-trek-into-darkness-imax-posterAfter the success of Star Trek Into Darkness, Paramount is keen to get another movie going as soon as possible. However things are slightly up in the air, as while Zachary Quinto recently suggested it’ll shoot next year with JJ Abrams directing, the helmer is also busy working on Star Trek: Episode VII, which may mean he has to step aside from Star Trek.

At the moment there isn’t even a script, but now Badass Digest reports that screenwriters Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz are being eyed to write the next movie in the rebooted sci-fi franchise. They’ve previously worked on the likes of Thor and X-Men: First Class, so they should know what they’re doing.

They would replace Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtman, who penned the first two instalments. It may also suggest that if those writers are going, Abrams is probably out too, although his Bad Robot production company will still produce the movie. Indeed Miller and Stentz have history with Bad Robot, producing and writer for Fringe.

Quinto may well be right that Paramount want to shoot next year, so expect to hear more very soon, including whether Abrams will direct or not.

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Will Star Wars: Episode VII Gross $1.2 Billion?

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star-wars-phantom-menace-3d-poster3Star Wars: Episode VII isn’t due out until 2015, but it’s never too early to predict how much money it will make. It may seem pointless trying to work out the film’s gross now, but it’s actually quite important to Disney’s share price. With Lone Ranger possibly losing as much as $150 million for the studio, investors want to know whether the studio has a solid line-up for the future.

Credit Suisse analyst Michael Senno has come up with some numbers, based on the last Star Wars film (which grossed $850 million) and Disney’s success with Marvel, and estimates that Episode VII will make $733 million in profit, with $1.2 billion in global ticket sales and more money coming from merchandising.

Senno also says he thinks The Lone Ranger will only lose $100 million, which it still a big failure, but not as bad as others have been saying.

People’s faith in Disney’s future plans should give the company solace, as a single massive failure can often cause a slump in the share price, but the company has actually managed to gain in value over the past few days, despite Lone Ranger. The thought amongst investors seems to be that with Disney concentrating on relatively safe bets such as Star Wars, Marvel movies and animated efforts, there will be fewer failures such as Lone Ranger and John Carter, and that even if there are a few, overall the company can weather those upsets.

It is all a guess about Episode VII at the moment though, and we’ll have to wait until 2015 to see whether $1.2 billion is even close to the final gross.

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J.J Abrams Plans The Stops Along the Way, Based On An Unproduced Rod Serling Screenplay

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jj-abramsJJ Abrams may be very, very busy planning out the future of Star Wars on screen, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to stop developing other projects. It’s been revealed, via TheWrap, that Abrams and his production house, Bad Robot, are putting together a project based on an unproduced script that Twilight Zone legend Rod Serling wrote shortly before his death in 1975.

Unfortunately there are no details on the plot of The Stops Along The Way, but the plan is apparently to turn the script into a TV mini-series.

Serlings’ widow, Carol, commented to Variety, “I’m terribly, wonderfully excited that J.J. is interested and going to do it. It was one of my husband’s favorite pieces. He thought it had great potential.”

She also adds that the script involves, “a little bit of fantasy, a little bit of imagination” and that it “takes place over a long period of time.”

It’s not too much of a surprising move for Abrams, who’s often cited Serling’s Twilight Zone as a seminal influence. There’s no news on when it might go into production.

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JJ Abrams Reveals Deleted Shirtless Benedict Cumberbatch Star Trek Shower Scene

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From the moment the first press screening of Star Trek Into Darkness ended, there were burblings of sexism in the film, largely centring on Alice Eve parading around in her underwear.

However now director JJ Abrams has gone on Conan to defend the movie, saying that the film also features a shirtless Chris Pine (admittedly in bed with a woman). He also revealed there’s a deleted scene – or at least show – where Benedict Cumberbatch’s villain in standing in the shower getting all wet.

You can take a look at that above, if you need a little Cumber-hotness!

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers Rumored For Star Wars: Episode VII

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Jonathan-Rhys-MeyersPersonally I’d take this with a pinch of salt, but Latino Review is suggesting that The Tudors star Jonathan Rhys Meyers is in talks for an major role in Star Wars: Episode VII. If a deal is made, the actor would reunite with his Mission: Impossible III director J.J. Abrams.

No story details have been revealed yet, but Michael Arndt (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Toy Story 3) is currently working on the screenplay. We don’t know what role Meyers might play, but it’s possible he’d play the child of Han Solo and Princess Leia, or indeed Luke Skywalker’s son (they’re not sticking to the previously established post Return Of The Jedi mythology, so it’s impossible to narrow it down further).

Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher should all be back. Shooting will begin in early 2014 in the UK.

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