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After rumors that claimed as much started making the rounds, Disney and Lucasfilm have just confirmed J.J. Abrams as the director of Star Wars Episode VII. Given the director’s work on the Star Trek series, this is bound to get many Star Wars fans excited. The only problem now is that we’ll have to wait until 2015 to see what Abrams can do with Star Wars series.
Abrams’ role as director was confirmed in a post on the official Star Wars website earlier this evening, with Kathleen Kennedy saying he’s the “perfect director” for a new era of Star Wars. The announcement also confirmed that Academy Award-winning writer Michael Arndt will be penning the screenplay. Star Wars Episode VII, as many of you already know, will be the first in a new series of Star Wars movies that will be made under Disney‘s leadership, after Lucasfilm was sold to the company last year.
Abrams seems to have the blessings of many big names in the movie industry, including Dennis Muren from Industrial Light and Magic and the man who started it all, George Lucas. The creator of Star Wars says he’s “consistently been impressed” with the work that Abrams puts out, going onto say that the Star Wars legacy “couldn’t be in better hands.” Indeed, it seems that Disney and Lucasfilm could have done much worse when it came time to choose a director for the first Star Wars movie in a decade.
There’s no word on whether or not Abrams will direct more movies past Episode VII, but provided the movie performs well when it’s released in 2015, it isn’t hard to imagine Disney asking Abrams to return for more Star Wars films. More details will undoubtedly be revealed as we continue on through 2013, and we’re sure that plenty of fans have many burning questions about the direction Abrams is planning to take the series. What do you think of the choice of J.J. Abrams to direct the next Star Wars flick?
Star Wars Episode VII to be directed by J.J. Abrams is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It’s official guys. Disney has just confirmed that the next Star Wars: Episode VII will be directed by JJ Abrams. Yep, the guy in charge of Star Trek is officially in charge of Star Wars. More »
My wife and I are still considered newlyweds since it has yet to be a year since we’ve been married. Now that I’ve seen these Star Wars engagement rings, I’m thinking about divorcing her just so we could tie the knot again with these awesome rings.
The Star Wars engagement rings are made of sterling silver, with the lady’s ring coming with the Imperial Cog and Death Star, while the man’s ring also has a Death Star, but the instead of an Imperial Cog, it comes with a Jedi symbol. I smell a disturbance in the couple that shows their allegiance to both the Galactic Empire and the Jedi Council.
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According to millions of voices suddenly crying about it on the internet, JJ Abrams will direct the next Star Wars. The Wrap says that Disney has already signed the director of Lost, the Star Trek reboot and Star Trek: Into Darkness to direct Star Wars VII for a 2015 release. More »
Has the news of Disney purchasing Lucasfilm sunk in yet after all these months? Well, we do know that Star Wars 7 has been speculated to arrive sometime in 2015, and word has it that JJ Abrams will be the director. The House of Mouse will most probably see plenty of box office receipts coming their way, despite the fact that JJ Abrams himself did stress his commitment to Star Trek recently, but I guess things do change from time to time, including feelings, no?
JJ Abrams mentioned in the past, “There were the very early conversations and I quickly said that because of my loyalty to Star Trek, and also just being a fan [of Star Wars], I wouldn’t even want to be involved in the next version of those things. I declined any involvement very early on. I’d rather be in the audience not knowing what was coming, rather than being involved in the minutiae of making them.”
Well, we hope that Toy Story 3 screenwriter Michael Arndt would do a good job with Star Wars Episode 7, and perhaps with Mickey Mouse being the new Emperor of the galaxy, we might see the Sith team up with the Borg, as Vader and his cohorts beam down onto the Enterprise which has crash landed on Coruscant. Ouch, my head.
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While it’s definitely not confirmed, we’re hearing a whopper of a rumor that claims none other than J.J. Abrams will direct Star Wars VII. Ever since Disney announced that it will continuing the Star Wars franchise after its buyout of LucasFilm, the Internet has been going crazy trying to figure out who the director will be. Names have been tossed around left and right, though Abrams is definitely one of the bigger directors to be mentioned.
There’s always a problem, though, and this time that problem comes in the form of an Entertainment Weekly interview with Abrams from late last year. In it, he claimed that he wasn’t going to be directing the next Star Wars movie, seemingly settling the case. He’s also got something of a conflict of interest with his Star Trek films, the latest of which will be releasing in May. If he does sign on to direct Star Wars VII, that could potentially cause some issues with the Star Trek series should Paramount decide it wants a third film.
In any case, The Wrap says that LucasFilm’s Kathleen Kennedy has been spending time trying to sway J.J. Abrams to the project, and if these rumors are to be believed, then it sounds like she’s convinced him. Deadline has run a report supporting The Wrap’s claim, supposedly speaking to an anonymous source close to the project who claims that “It’s done deal with J.J.”
Again, keep in mind that with no confirmation from Disney or LucasFilm, it’s impossible to tell whether these rumors are legitimate or false. It goes without saying that you should take a claim as big as this with more than a few grains of salt, so it probably isn’t the best idea to get your hopes up for an Abrams-led Star Wars movie just. We’ll be keeping an ear to the ground for new details, so stay here with SlashGear for more.
Star Wars VII director tipped: J.J. Abrams is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 – 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.
Even though God in Heaven has prohibited man from directing both Star Trek and Star Wars at the same time—lest he be sent into a pit of tar and screaming—we’ve got (anonymous) two reports saying J.J. Abrams will make Star Wars VII. Seriously. More »
It was science fiction before, but now it’s really happening, Young Skywalker: The US Navy and Air Force are going to install liquid-cooled, solid-state lasers in combat airplanes. Laser turrets designed to defend the planes by shooting incoming threats like surface-to-air missiles and rockets. Seriously. The above is an official concept image by DARPA, but integration is happening this year, with real firing tests coming in 2014. More »
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