Star Wars 7 Casting News, Rumors: Filming for J.J. Abrams' 2015 blockbuster 'Episode VII' runs from May through September 2014; still no title

According to new reports, Star Wars: Episode VII will film from mid-May through September of 2014. This leaves plenty of time from the end of filming to the premiere date of December 18, 2015, for postproduction work. There have yet to be any casting announcements and the plot is pretty secretive, so all we have now is that filming will take place this summer.

Director J.J. Abrams hinted at the May filming a few weeks back, saying that the "current plan" was to do so. But this new announcement confirms Abrams' hints and now we have some more announcements to look forward to!

HitFix reports:

Multiple sources now have confirmed for us that "Star Wars Episode VII" is set to start shooting mid-May and will run through September of this year, and most principal casting on the film is complete, with many announcements still to come. While Abrams had mentioned May during the TCA press tour and there had been speculation about the summer date, the full production schedule was finally confirmed for us. If they wrap in September, that gives them over a year of post to build out the world that Abrams says he wants to make as close to the feel of the Original Trilogy as he possibly can. The thing that is most exciting to me about production dates is that extra added anticipation that we'll have any time during those four months as we try to imagine what the cast and crew are doing at that particular moment.

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