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Showing posts with label Star Wars: Rogue One. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Star Wars: Rogue One. 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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Monday, April 20, 2015

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This weekend's Star Wars Celebration revealed some new information about the upcoming "Star Wars: Rogue One" spinoff. According to an official tweet, the film will follow a band of resistance fighters who unite for a daring mission to steal the Death Star plans. Furthermore, the film has been called an "anthology film", probably the first of many such standalone installments. The official title will now be "Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One". A logo was revealed at the Celebration:


Felicity Jones Photo
"Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One" will take place between Episode III and Episode IV, and Felicity Jones will star as a rebel soldier. There will be no Jedi in this movie and according to director Gareth Edwards:
"It comes down to a group of individuals that don’t have magic powers, that have to bring hope to the galaxy."
The screenplay has been written by Gary Whitta ("After Earth") and Chris Weitz ("Cinderella") and the story was apparently pitched by ILM's John Knoll.

A teaser for the movie was screened at the Celebration and while any online embeds are forbidden, a description of the trailer did make its way on the Internet:
"A card with “December 2016″ fades in and out, with a sound that is somewhere between a slow Inception horn and a lightsaber. Then a familiar voice: Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi, saying “For more than a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the old Republic. Before the dark times. Before the Empire.”

As he speaks, the teaser fades in on a tracking shot, high up through a forested canyon. We hear a TIE Fighter pass overhead, and see the ship move forward into frame as the camera continues to push forward. We see, dominating the sky, the outline of what could be a moon. But that’s no moon, it’s a… well, you know what it is. The Death Star, under construction. Music swells and the screen goes black. The Rogue One logo comes up, and we hear radio voices, like troops communicating during combat. The chatter gets more frantic and loud as light strobes on the logo, which finally breaks up as the sound cuts out."
"Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One" opens in theaters on December 16th, 2016. Below you can also see a photo of the concept art for Rogue One that was unveiled at the Celebration panel:




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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Alexandre Desplat to score Star Wars: Rogue One
After it was announced that the "Star Wars" spinoff will be titled "Rogue One" and will star Felicity Jones, we now have another update on the project. Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat will score Gareth Edwards' film. The French film composer delivered the news himself on the Radio Classique’s Culture Club podcast.

Desplat also scored Edwards' "Godzilla" remake and won his first Oscar last month for his work on "The Grand Budapest Hotel".

J.J. Abrams' "Star Wars Episode VII" will be scored by franchise veteran John Williams, and it's possible that the main trilogy will continue to be scored by Williams, but the decision to get Desplat for the spinoff is probably related to the difficulty of handling the tight schedule since Disney seems determined to release a "Star Wars" movie per year.

"Star Wars: Rogue One" will open in theaters on December 16, 2016.



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Friday, March 13, 2015

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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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