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Carrie Fisher has been claiming for over a year now that she would reprise her role of Princess Leia in J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: Episode VII, but not official confirmation from Disney, Lucasfilm or Bad Robot have backed up this statement. Regardless, the actress has apparently been getting back into shape and has even revealed that she'll be staying in London for 6 months because that's where the movie is being filmed. Read More »
Filming for J.J. Abrams' 2015 blockbuster film, Star Wars: Episode VII, is set to start in May so casting news should be starting very soon. That said, actor Adam Driver is reportedly in final negotiations to star as the film's villain according to The Hollywood Reporter. Read More »
22-year-old Irish actor Jack Reynor might not be a recognizable name just yet, but after this summer's blockbuster movie Transformers: Age of Extinction hits theaters, we're sure to take notice of the film's young star. Though the Michael Bay film is a huge step for the relatively unknown actor, he's also the latest subject of a Star Wars: Episode VII casting rumor. Though these rumors are very frequent and rarely confirmed, do you think Reynor will star in the J.J. Abrams film in 2015? Read More »
It's very rare for a production company to reveal big spoilers for a highly anticipated upcoming film that is set to redefine a franchise. So when Lucasfilm posted a photo of J.J. Abrams and a bunch of others sat around a table, people didn't think too much of the update; that is, until we saw the concept art for the Millennium Falcon in the background. Is this a spoiler for Star Wars: Episode VII and did Lucasfilm just ruin a huge part of the movie? Read More »
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. Read More »
Even though production on the new Star Wars project, Episode VII, will reportedly start within the next few months, we have yet to have any real casting news for the J.J. Abrams film. This is why we get so excited about confirmed auditions that don't even lead to any real news besides the initially testing of an actor. So when Gary Oldman recently revealed that he had been approached for the film, we all got pretty excited for the prospect of him starring in the 2015 movie! Read More »
Disney CEO Bob Iger made a number of Star Wars announcements in the company's 2013 Shareholder letter released this week. Some of the updates from Iger included news on the highly anticipated, 2015 film Star Wars: Episode VII directed by J.J. Abrams as well as a new announcement regarding the animated Disney XD series, Star Wars Rebels. Read More »
Star Wars: Episode VII was announced in late 2012, and slowly added updates throughout 2013. Though the updates were sparse, the rumors were not but the confirmations have yet to start. We can (and will) continue to report on any news for the upcoming 2015 film, but the people behind the film won't offer any official news for the time being. In a recent interview, director J.J. Abrams addressed the reasoning behind keeping everything pretty secretive in terms of his new movie. Read More »
The latest rumor surrounding J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: Episode VII production is that the new movie could start filming in May of 2014! This, of course, is a little later than the January production date that we were told back in 2013 before the script re-write, but it's coming up quick! If only we knew who's been cast! Read More »
Earlier this month, reports were claiming that Breaking Bad star Jesse Plemons was scheduled to meet with J.J. Abrams and audition for a role in the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII movie. As of this week, the director himself has confirmed this news. Abrams also revealed that the delayed script that he and Lawrence Kasdan have been working on is now complete, opening up the possibility to start casting and filming in early 2014! Read More »
Earlier this week, we reported that Breaking Bad star Jesse Plemons is the latest actor rumored to be auditioning for a role in the upcoming J.J. Abrams film, Star Wars Episode VII. New reports have added a few other big names to that list including Michael Fassbender and Hugo Weaving. Girls star Adam Driver is also another new name rumored for a role. Now sources are claiming that these new names are the latest batch of actors called in for auditions after an earlier script for the film (written by Michael Arndt) was thrown out and a new scripts (written by Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan) was drafted. Apparently these two scripts were very different and the plotline for the film has officially changed. We've provided some of the information on the new script and characters below. Read More »
According to numerous reports around the Internet, new Star Wars Episode VII casting rumors have sprung up once again with one television star leading the news. Breaking Bad and Friday Night Lights alumnus Jesse Plemons is the latest young actor rumored to have meetings and auditions set up with director J.J. Abrams for the 2015 blockbuster film. If Plemons acts anything like his AMC character Todd, we should assume he'd be a villain! Read More »
Towards the end of 2013, it was revealed that Lawrence Kasdan, the writer of The Empire Strikes Back, would be taking over writing the script for 2015's Star Wars Episode VII alongside director J.J. Abrams. On top of this position, a new report claims that Kasdan is also penning a Boba Fett standalone film for the newly rebooted Star Wars film universe. Fett is one of the most iconic characters from the franchise, so fans should be happy to know that he is possibly in the hands of the man who essentially created the character. Read More »
