The force must be strong with rian johnson the looper director is in talks with lucasfilm to write and direct the next star wars film, episode viii, according to sources. Dillard is an american screenwriter and director who portrays fn1226 in the 2019 film star wars. After yesterdays surprise announcement that disney would be producing star wars episode 7, many eyes quickly turned to the currently empty director s chair. Irvin kershner was born on april 29, 1923 in philadelphia, pennsylvania. Abrams new sequel as it continues shooting in the uk.
He is known for his work on rogue one 2016, death becomes her 1992 and forrest gump 1994. Dillard grew up with a father who was in the navy, leading to his family moving eight or nine times before he was eight, before they settled in. Disney and lucasfilm were planning to announce the star wars. While hes currently working on the star trek sequel, j. The director, who had previously rebooted star trek for the big screen in 2009 and was in. Johnson confirmed the report that following month and the film, star wars. While hes currently working on star trek, and doing quite a tremendous job. Star wars episode 7 director, cast tease the force awakens. Star wars episode vii director auditions ign originals.
Abrams and cast members oscar isaac, daisy ridley, john boyega, and lupita nyongo tease fans about the new film. In his senior year, he and jill mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which. Episode vii cast on sunday, may 4, which is widely known as star wars day may the fourth be with you, but casting rumors grew to. Michael moores star wars episode vii audition tape. But who are the two men standing behind artoo, looking very protective of the overweight glob of grease. Abrams planned on going to dental school, but decided to study film at sarah lawrence college. The reason disney fired original episode 9 director star. A graduate of the university of southern california film school, kershner began his career in 1950, producing documentaries for. Watch our news video on the purchase of lucasfilm here. Episode vii will look like a film from the con air director, but i think its safe to say no one really expected. Michael fassbender, girls star adam driver and hugo. In other words, anything fans have read about or seen in books and graphic novels may have.
Jeffrey jacob, aka jj, abrams, director of star trek and mission impossible iii, will direct star wars episode vii, the first film in the sequel trilogy star wars creator george lucas said. Episode vii hit twitter last thursday, featuring director j. Disney was faced with the challenge of pleasing devoted star wars fans more so than with the companys other franchises. Doug chiang was born on february 16, 1962 in taipei, taiwan. Badass digests devin faraci claims that while at this past weekends san diego comiccon. Abrams revealed that disney had given him a mandate to discard lucass story and start from scratch. Jj abrams is star wars episode 7 director disney taps. In this exclusive video, legendary late night host conan obrien discusses his shows recent series of episode vii director audition tapes and his love of star wars. Jj abrams named star wars vii director film the guardian. Episode vii will focus on the heroes of the original trilogy luke skywalker, princess leia and han solo but a younger actor is also being sought who. Before star wars the last jedi came to theatres, we were promised colin trevorrow to direct star wars episode 9, however due to creative differences, he was. Episode vii the force awakens 2015 three decades after the empires defeat, a new threat arises in the militant first order. A graduate of the university of southern california film school, kershner began his career in 1950, producing documentaries for the united states information service in the middle east. Abrams, lucasfilm president kathleen kennedy, and a certain blue and white astromech droid who can now confirm will indeed be in the film.
At 15, he wrote the music for don dohlers nightbeast 1982. Director kevin smith, a selfdescribed super fan of the star wars universe, was brought to tears while visiting the set of j. Im not exactly sure why tarantino thinks the disney sale means that star wars. Box office mojo estimates that the film sold close to 110 million tickets in north america, 295 the most tickets sold by any film in north america since titanic in 1997 128 million. Industry gossip today stirred up fans eagerly awaiting director j. First class director matthew vaughn, who dropped out of the xmen sequel last week, is in talks to direct star wars episode 7. Now that disney has bought lucasfilm and has confirmed that star wars episode vii will be released in 2015. Jj abrams has posted a coy handwritten note on twitter, hinting that han solos iconic millennium falcon spaceship has a part to play in the forthcoming star wars. Episode vii the force awakens 2015 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Episode vii casting speculation game continues and the hollywood reporters heat vision has a few names to add to the mix. Defected stormtrooper finn and the scavenger rey are caught up in the resistances search for the missing luke skywalker.
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