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In a shareholders call this week, Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed some huge news concerning the next two chapters of the Star Wars universe. Iger announced that Star Wars: Episode VIII, the sequel to J.J. Abrams' 2015 blockbuster The Force Awakens, would officially be written and directed by Rian Johnson (Looper, Brick) and would hit theaters on May 26, 2017. We also learned that the first spin-off, standalone movie project in the Lucasfilm franchise officially has a name and a star! Academy Award nominee Felicity Jones will star in director Gareth Edwards' Star Wars: Rogue One. You can check out more on this story HERE, but find out more about Episode VIII below! Read More »
With director Rian Johnson taking on the next Star Wars movie after J.J. Abrams' Episode VII (Episode VIII, of course), we know that the Looper filmmaker has some great insight into the 2015 movie. Naturally, every interview he takes part in these days are full of Star Wars questions, so his latest with Terry Gilliam had our attention right away! (SPOILERS to follow) Read More »
When Rian Johnson was named the director of Star Wars: Episode VIII and Episode IX, fans of the filmmaker were ecstatic! But it turns out some big-name actors were also pretty excited, namely his Brothers Bloom star Mark Ruffalo. This week, thanks to a Twitter conversation, we found out that Ruffalo sent Johnson an e-mail asking for a role in the upcoming Disney project! Read More »
