'Star Wars: Episode VII' pushed back to 2016? Disney & Lucasfilm deny producer's attempt to delay 2015 movie w/ Harrison Ford

When Star Wars: Episode VII lost writer Michael Arndt and replaced him with director J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan, delays were expected. That said, executive producer Kathleen Kennedy tried to push the film back from 2015 to 2016. Unfortunately for her, Disney wants to keep a tight release schedule with this new franchise so it was denied.

This new drama comes from a report from The Hollywood Reporter, one of the more substantial news websites for upcoming projects. Though the article is citing "inside sources" with this news, the odds that this release date drama is going on are high.

Meanwhile, there have been plenty of Twitter reactions to this news already, mainly that there was more to report!

The only thing that THR STAR WARS story has that conflicts w/ what I heard is that Abrams wants a 2015 date. I've heard he wants '16.

— Devin Obamascare (@devincf) October 31, 2013

Damn. @Latinoreview could have broken that STAR WARS story that appeared in THR. We know WAY more than their telling ya! — elmayimbe (@elmayimbe) October 31, 2013

...but at the source's request we gotta STFU. That's the scoop trade. Keep quiet on major story to watch other outlet blow up the spot. Smh.

— elmayimbe (@elmayimbe) October 31, 2013

.@GermainLussier @Latinoreview they're rushing the shit out of that movie to meet a pipe dream deadline that will most likely hurt the film. — elmayimbe (@elmayimbe) October 31, 2013

As of now we can only wait and see how this "Drama" plays out, but if this report is true it looks like we're still on track for a 2015 release.