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Showing posts with label Star Wars Spinoff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Star Wars Spinoff. Show all posts

Monday, August 17, 2015

First Star Wars Rogue One image featuring Felicity Jones

Disney has released the first official image for "Star Wars: Rogue One". Directed by Gareth Edwards, the film is a spinoff prequel set in the Star Wars universe and it follows a group of resistance fighters who must steal the plans to the Death Star which the rebels ultimately destroy in "A New Hope", so I guess there's not much room for a twist ending.

The image provides the first look at the cast which is led by Oscar nominee Felicity Jones ("The Theory of Everything"). She is joined by Riz Ahmed, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Forest Whitaker, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Mads Mikkelsen, and Alan Tudyk. Tudyk will be playing a performance-capture character.

Another notable change is that the title went from "Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One" to a more Disney-friendly "A Star Wars Story: Rogue One". It sounds ridiculous and I hope they go back to the Anthology version.

Check out the image after the jump.

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Friday, March 13, 2015

Star Wars Rogue One

Rian Johnson
Disney offered some very interesting "Star Wars" updates today. The first announcement is that "Star Wars: Episode VIII" will be released on May 26, 2017 and Rian Johnson ("Looper") has been confirmed as writer and director. While Johnson's name had been attached to this project for months, this is the first time Disney confirmed it officially. Here is the press release:
"Bob Iger confirmed that Rian Johnson will write and direct Star Wars: Episode VIII. The film, which continues the saga after the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, is set for release on May 26, 2017 — forty years and a day after the release of Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977. Johnson is widely considered one of cinema’s most gifted young filmmakers, having directed the modern sci-fi classic, Looper, as well as Brick and The Brothers Bloom. He was also behind the camera for three episodes of the critically-acclaimed TV series Breaking Bad, including “Ozymandias,” which series creator Vince Gilligan named as the best installment of the show. Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman, producer of Looper, Don Jon, Brick, and The Brothers Bloom, are on board to produce, and J.J. Abrams will serve as executive producer."

Felicity Jones stars in Star Wars: Rogue One
The second bit of news brings some major updates for the "Star Wars" spinoff. Disney revealed that the movie will be called "Star Wars: Rogue One" and Felicity Jones ("The Theory of Everything") has been officially cast. The title brings to mind the old LucasArts games "Rogue Squadron" and "Rebel Assault". The first focused on the titular squadron of rebel fighter pilots and the latter had a fighter pilot protagonist with the handle Rookie One. Neither game is considered canon but it sounds like the spinoff could be related to the fighter pilot part of the "Star Wars" universe. The film will be directed by Gareth Edwards ("Godzilla") and written by Chris Weitz ("About A Boy"). Here is the official press release:
"Rogue One is the title for the first film in a unique series of big-screen adventures that explores the characters and events beyond the core Star Wars saga. Rogue One will be directed by Gareth Edwards (Monsters, Godzilla) and written by Oscar nominee Chris Weitz (Cinderella, About a Boy, Antz). The first actress cast is Felicity Jones, who garnered an Academy Award nomination and critical acclaim for her performance in The Theory of Everything. The idea for the story of Rogue One came from John Knoll, an Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor and chief creative officer at Industrial Light & Magic. He will executive produce along with Simon Emanuel (The Dark Knight Rises, Fast & Furious 6) and Jason McGatlin (Tintin, War of the Worlds). Kathleen Kennedy and Tony To (Band of Brothers, The Pacific) are on board to produce and John Swartz (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) will co-produce. The film starts shooting this summer in London and is due for release on December 16, 2016."



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Thursday, February 5, 2015

Felicity Jones Picture 1
The "Star Wars" spinoff directed by Gareth Edwards is beginning to attract a lot of attention lately. Recently it was announced that Chris Weitz ("About a Boy" ) would be writing the script instead of Gary Whitta ("Book of Eli"), and now we have the first casting announcement.

Academy Award nominee Felicity Jones ("The Theory of Everything") is in talks to star in the untitled "Star Wars" spinoff. Rooney Mara and Tatiana Maslany were considered for the lead, but the filmmakers seem determined to bring Jones on board. The actress has also signed on for Ron Howard's "Inferno", an adaptation of Dan Brown's latest novel in the Robert Langdon series.

The spinoff is rumored to be something in the same vein as "Dirty Dozen" and that it would focus on a group of bounty hunters who are trying to retrieve the plans for the Death Star. But, again, these are only rumors at this point. There are also some rumors regarding the male lead, and according to THR, Aaron Paul ("Breaking Bad") and Edgar Ramirez ("Deliver Us from Evil ") are being considered.

The "Star Wars" spinoff will be released on December 16, 2016.


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