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Awesome New Fan Poster For ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’
May 17th
The Mad Butcher has put together this great poster for Disney and Lucasfilm’s ‘Star Wars: Episode VII,’ which will be directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Michael Arndt and is scheduled for a 2015 release. The Mad Butcher’s description for the poster is as follows: “Done in more or less the same style as my previous poster, this one is part of a triptych that will include the returning characters from the original movies, the first being Luke Skywalker. Full disclosure: A part of the moutain scenery was taken from the Mondo poster of “John Carter”. I try not to use official artwork as often as possible. However, I used the John Carter art in a temporary capacity, before adding in my own background. After working on it for while, I realized it worked beautifully as it was and decided to leave it like that. A lot of hours were still spent on the rest of the image, I assure you.” The Mad Butcher’s previous poster for ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ can be viewed below.
‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ Confirmed To Film In The UK
May 11th
Lucasfilm has just sent word that the production of ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ will take place in the United Kingdom. All of the six previous live-action Star Wars movies have included UK production in such famed studios as Elstree, Shepperton, Leavesden, Ealing and Pinewood Studios. ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ will be directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Michael Arndt and is scheduled for a 2015 release.
“We’ve devoted serious time and attention to revisiting the origins of Star Wars as inspiration for our process on the new movie, and I’m thrilled that returning to the UK for production and utilizing the incredible talent there can be a part of that,” said Kathleen Kennedy, President of Lucasfilm. “Speaking from my own longstanding connection to the UK with films like ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ ‘Empire of the Sun’ and recently ‘War Horse,’ it’s very exciting to be heading back.”
J.J. Abrams Speaks On His Approach To ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’
May 2nd
Out and about on the promotional campaign for ‘Star Trek Into Darkness,’ J.J. Abrams briefly spoke with the BBC about the approach he is bringing to ‘Star Wars: Episode VII,’ “It’s just about about approaching it from as authentic a place as possible, and not trying to apply what you believe or think, as much as trying to filter everything and get at it from the core of the characters. [It should be] what you deeply want to see, never what you assume the fans might like.”
Despite working on ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Star Wars’ concurrently, J.J. Abrams said he was not concerned that the two films might have a similar feel, “To me they are such wildly disparate universes – the back story, the tone, the mood, certainly the history [and] the characters – that I’m in no way worried.”
J.J. Abrams Believes John Williams Will Be Scoring ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’
Apr 30th
At a recent press conference for ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ in Berlin, J.J. Abrams was asked if he would reunite with regular composer Michael Giacchino for his much anticipated ‘Star Wars’ movie, ‘Star Wars: Episode VII.’ The filmmaker revealed, “Michael Giacchino is an incredible composer, who I was lucky enough to begin working with on Alias. … He’s truly one of the most influential members of our crew, and I think this score, he really outdid himself. Again, for Star Wars, it’s very early days, but I believe that, going forward, John Williams will be doing that film, because he was there long before I was.” Williams has scored all of the previous ‘Star Wars’ films and won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the first film.
New Lucasfilm Chief Kathleen Kennedy had reportedly been courting J.J. Abrams to direct ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ for a while. Abrams runs one of the movie and television industry’s top production companies, Bad Robot, and created or co-created television franchises like ‘Lost,’ ‘Fringe’ and ‘Alias.’ He has also directed the feature films ‘Mission: Impossible III,’ ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Super 8.’ Abrams is currently in the post-production phase of ‘Star Trek Into Darkness,’ his second Star Trek film since he rebooted the franchise in 2009. That film opens in cinemas on May 8th in the UK and May 15th in the US.
‘Star Wars’ Movies Coming Every Summer Starting In 2015; ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ Released Summer 2015
Apr 17th
This afternoon at CinemaCon, Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm announced that J.J. Abrams’ ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ will arrive in cinemas in the summer of 2015. Furthermore, they also added that every summer after 2015 they will offer a ‘Star Wars’ film, alternating between standalone films and “Episode” films. Late last year, the Walt Disney Company announced that they acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, and that they’re eyeing a 2015 release for ‘Star Wars: Episode VII.’ Today it was finally confirmed that the film will be hitting in the summer. At this moment in time we don’t know how many standalone films Disney and Lucasfilm are planning on making. Plot details are being kept under lock and key as well.
New Lucasfilm Chief Kathleen Kennedy had reportedly been courting J.J. Abrams to direct ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ for a while. Abrams runs one of the movie and television industry’s top production companies, Bad Robot, and created or co-created television franchises like ‘Lost,’ ‘Fringe’ and ‘Alias.’ He has also directed the feature films ‘Mission: Impossible III,’ ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Super 8.’ Abrams is currently in the post-production phase of ‘Star Trek Into Darkness,’ his second Star Trek film since he rebooted the franchise in 2009. That film opens in cinemas on May 8th in the UK and May 15th in the US.
Brilliant ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ Artwork Featuring Han Solo, Chewbacca & The Millennium Falcon
Apr 16th
“The End Of The Beginning.” Lyndon Berresford has drawn this top-notch ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ piece highlighting Han Solo, Chewbacca, and the Millennium Falcon. For the past few months rumours have been pointing towards a number of characters from the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy, Episodes IV, V and VI, returning for the J.J. Abrams-directed ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’; in particular Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher).
