The rise of skywalker with a street date of march 31. Star wars creator george lucas tells fans direction of science fiction franchise. The revival was announced by the shows supervising director, dave filoni, on july 19, 2018 at san diego comiccon, during a panel commemorating the shows tenth anniversary. After months of rumors and virtual silence from director j. Disney and lucasfilm are turning to a familiar face to take the helm of star wars. Abrams revealed that disney had given him a mandate to discard lucass story and start from scratch. The film was announced after the walt disney companys acquisition of. Final details have been announced for star wars episode ix. Next star wars movie slated for january announcement with new director. Star wars, avatar release dates announced in wake of.
Rian johnson talks the future of star wars gamespot. It was funny it was fabulous it was marvellos and we finally saw it because until now every time we go to theatre it is sold out completely and utterly with no chance of tickets. Godzilla director gareth edwards announced to make first star wars spinoff film. While the star wars sequel trilogy arrives this december with episode vii. In addition to a multitude of retailer exclusives, disney will also be releasing all previously unavailable on 4k disc titles as individual releases as well.
The full schedule for star wars celebration 2015 has been released, with over 250 events jampacked into the fourday event taking place from april 16 through april 19 at the anaheim convention. 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. The trilogy consists of episodes vii through ix, chronologically following the prequel trilogy episodes i iii. Abrams, who has directed the last two and highly anticipated star trek films, was announced as the director for the. Three star wars films added to disney release slate. Lucasfilm and twentieth century fox released star wars episode iii. Disney was faced with the challenge of pleasing devoted star wars fans more so than with the companys other franchises. Episode ix following the exit of former director colin trevorrow. Disney has announced that three previously untitled liveaction movies slated for 2022, 2024 and 2026 will be new, untitled star wars films. Abrams planned on going to dental school, but decided to study film at sarah lawrence college.
Ever since walt disney pictures announced in october that they have acquired lucasfilm and will be making new star wars movies, speculation concerning episode vii s director has been all over the. From the moment it was announced rian johnson would be directing star wars. Colin has been a wonderful collaborator throughout. Batman v superman director zack snyder tweets another star wars mashup photo. Episode ix after colin trevorrow parted ways with the project last week, disney announced tuesday.
What you need to know about star wars resistance episode 21, including. Along with the episodic movies such as the original trilogy iv, v, and vi, the prequel trilogy i, ii, and iii, and the sequel trilogy vii, viii, and ix, disney has labeled the standalone movies as the anthology series. Next star wars new director, january announcement hypebeast. One is being overseen by rian johnson, the writer and director of. Star wars news net star wars news net is your source for. Disney subsequently announced the star wars sequel trilogy. In august 2015, colin trevorrow was announced as the director of the film.
Abrams says, we are so excited to finally share the cast of star wars. The last jedi and knives out director looks forward to the mandalorian and new stories in the franchise. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. It is the first film in the star wars sequel trilogy. Director rian johnson begins work on star wars episode viii. As the disney earnings call approaches, disney finally decided to announce publicly that screenwriter michael arndt was officially off star wars episode vii, and that director j. Why star wars 9s original director was fired gamespot. It is by mr disney and mr abrams very kind and ncie geniuses. At 15, he wrote the music for don dohlers nightbeast 1982.
Nominations announced for the ee british academy film awards in 2016. Star wars, avatar release dates announced in wake of disneyfox merger a scene from james camerons 2009 scifi smash avatar. The new film will continue the adventures of luke skywalker, han solo, and leia organa. Star wars episode vii director will be announced soon. Star wars episode 9 may have found its director cinemablend. The new star wars films will be released in 2015, earlier this year 20, j. Lucasfilm and colin trevorrow have mutually chosen to part ways on star wars. Abrams will return to the series as the star wars episode 9 director, replacing colin trevorrow after he departed the project last week. From dave filoni, director and executive producer of the mandalorian, the new clone wars episodes will continue the storylines introduced in the original series, exploring the events leading up to star wars. After some weeks of speculation, we finally have confirmation as to when star wars. New star wars movies coming in 2022, 2024, and 2026 polygon.
In his senior year, he and jill mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which. Abrams have assumed screenwriting duties for the film. Today at d23, walt disney studios chairman alan horn announced that writerdirector colin trevorrow will direct star wars. One is being overseen by rian johnson, the writer and director of star wars. Episode ix, the studio said in a statement tuesday. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved. The studio immediately announced that it would release a star wars episode 7 in 2015, the first of what is expected to be a new trilogy. Episode viii, fans have been excitedly wondering what kind of special sauce the director of genrebending films like. Every announced and previously released star wars movie is listed here. Jj abrams named star wars vii director film the guardian. There have been few details revealed about the project since it was first announced at the end of october, but now a miniupdate could clue us in on when well be finding out a lot more about the highly anticipated film. Star wars episode 7 coming in 2015, walt disney co. Episode vii the force awakens is a 2015 american space opera film produced, cowritten and directed by j. Disney and lucasfilm continue to nab the hottest young directors for star wars films, bringing on jurassic world helmer colin trevorrow to direct episode ix disney made the announcement at d23.
Star wars news net star wars news net is your source for news covering everything from the films, tv shows, novels, comics and more. Abrams was officially announced as episode viis director and producer, along with producer bryan burk and bad robot productions. Episode vii the force awakens, marketed as star wars. Episode vii cast announced, original stars returning. The clone wars season 7 episode 1 the bad batch premieres on disney plus on friday.
And more importantly, who would be trusted to tell it. Defected stormtrooper finn and the scavenger rey are caught up in the resistances search for the missing luke skywalker. Abrams, disney and lucasfilm, the cast of star wars episode vii has finally been. It is the first installment in the star wars sequel trilogy, following the story of return of the jedi 1983, and is the seventh episode of the ninepart skywalker saga. Episode vii the force awakens 2015 is a riot of laughter and full of wars in the stars. Ever since walt disney pictures announced in october that they have acquired lucasfilm and will be making new star wars movies, speculation concerning episode viis director has been all. As episode vii continues preproduction, lawrence kasdan and director j. Ever since disney first announced that not only would star wars be coming back, but would do so in the form of a fullblown sequel in star wars episode vii, speculation ran rampant over what story the film would tell. Lucasfilm and disney announced in june that looper filmmaker johnson will write. The force awakens, the identity of the director who will helm the series 2019 swan song may have been revealed. In june 2014, it was announced that rian johnson, writer and director of the last jedi, would write a story treatment for episode ix. Downton abbeys ed speleers and attack the blocks john boyega are on a shortlist of five actors tipped for a leading role in director jj abrams star wars. The film stars harrison ford, mark hamill, carrie fisher, anthony daniels, and. Director announced for next star wars posted by dustin on february 28, 2008 according to the liverpool daily post jim marquand could very well be filming some or all of the star wars live action television series.
Lucasfilm and disney have two announced series of star wars movies in the works. The star wars sequel trilogy is the third trilogy of the main star wars franchise, an american space opera created by george lucas. It could be that we dont have much longer to wait until the director for star wars. Star wars episode 7 director may be announced in january.
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