Disney buys Lucasfilm

  On 8/13/2013 at 5:00 PM, patternoverlap said:

LOL the look on Lucas's face says it all.

He's got his hand on Mickey's arse.

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Lucasfilm has announced that Star Wars: Episode VII director J.J. Abrams and Raiders of the Lost Ark writer Lawrence Kasdan have taken over screenwriting duties from Michael Arndt, an Oscar winner for Little Miss Sunshine and nominee for Toy Story 3, who had previously been working on the story. http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/10/24/star-wars-episode-vii-j-j-abrams-and-lawrence-kasdan-now-rewriting-screenplay-breaking/

Lawrence Kasdan could go either way, but I see it as a positive. Inexplainably, I have high hopes for this.

@stupid fanboy self.

  On 10/25/2013 at 10:55 AM, teetime said:

 

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Lucasfilm has announced that Star Wars: Episode VII director J.J. Abrams and Raiders of the Lost Ark writer Lawrence Kasdan have taken over screenwriting duties from Michael Arndt, an Oscar winner for Little Miss Sunshine and nominee for Toy Story 3, who had previously been working on the story. http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/10/24/star-wars-episode-vii-j-j-abrams-and-lawrence-kasdan-now-rewriting-screenplay-breaking/

 

The plot made too much sense, so JJ couldn't understand it.

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  On 10/25/2013 at 11:31 AM, Philip Glass said:

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Naw. He's busy writing Blade Runner 2.

  On 10/25/2013 at 10:55 AM, teetime said:

 

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Lucasfilm has announced that Star Wars: Episode VII director J.J. Abrams and Raiders of the Lost Ark writer Lawrence Kasdan have taken over screenwriting duties from Michael Arndt, an Oscar winner for Little Miss Sunshine and nominee for Toy Story 3, who had previously been working on the story. http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/10/24/star-wars-episode-vii-j-j-abrams-and-lawrence-kasdan-now-rewriting-screenplay-breaking/

 

I don't see it as facepalm-worthy. Kasdan wrote ESB, the best Star Wars.

  On 10/25/2013 at 1:56 PM, azatoth said:

 

  On 10/25/2013 at 10:55 AM, teetime said:

 

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Lucasfilm has announced that Star Wars: Episode VII director J.J. Abrams and Raiders of the Lost Ark writer Lawrence Kasdan have taken over screenwriting duties from Michael Arndt, an Oscar winner for Little Miss Sunshine and nominee for Toy Story 3, who had previously been working on the story. http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/10/24/star-wars-episode-vii-j-j-abrams-and-lawrence-kasdan-now-rewriting-screenplay-breaking/

 

 

I don't see it as facepalm-worthy. Kasdan wrote ESB, the best Star Wars.

 

Indeed. No Doubt about it "Empire" was Star Wars at its best, but this is the only script by Kasdan that is worth noting for. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001410/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

JJ Abrahams though is giving me a headache! His movies are just above average pseudo "spielbergian" mainstream blockbuster action flicks. Micheal Arndt as the screenwriter had so much potential. Worst case: Another Indy 4 debacle. The Indy 4 script has been rewritten quite a few times. Too many cooks spoil the soup. A grand space opus needs a clear vision with depth and characters. I have yet to see a Abrahams movie thats even close to spielberg flick even when steven is on auto pilot.

Episode VII will be released on December 18, 2015. The first SW movie ever not to be released in the summer.

Does that mean that it'll be a christmas movie. "Feel the spirit of the christmas force luke." . Marketed at children, not proper space western like.

Or maybe it's for the toy sales. But then none of the kids will have seen the film, so won't feel as strong a need to purchase the items available.

Perhaps then it's to be read as a christmas present to Star Wars fans.

Either that or the obvious that they're scared of the Marvel Universe. And the summer blockbuster warzone that sees so many big budget films fall into oblivion.

I think it was a compromise, Abrams was pretty close to walking bc he didn't want to be rushed, but Iger insisted it has to come out before the end of 2015. Like 13 days before the end of 2015.

  On 11/8/2013 at 12:47 AM, delet... said:

Does that mean that it'll be a christmas movie. "Feel the spirit of the christmas force luke." . Marketed at children, not proper space western like.

Or maybe it's for the toy sales. But then none of the kids will have seen the film, so won't feel as strong a need to purchase the items available.

 

Perhaps then it's to be read as a christmas present to Star Wars fans.

 

Either that or the obvious that they're scared of the Marvel Universe. And the summer blockbuster warzone that sees so many big budget films fall into oblivion.

They always roll out the toy lines before the movie premieres anyway, as part of the marketing.

Seems like they're scared of sharing a summer with Marvel and DC, which is fair enough. I don't want to see a summer like that either.

Perhaps LucasDisneyLucasDisneyDisney is trying to reclaim winter like Spielberg and Jaws started the summer market.

december releases worked for lord of the rings, no reason it can't work for star wars.

  On 11/8/2013 at 5:15 PM, zaphod said:

december releases worked for lord of the rings, no reason it can't work for star wars.

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  On 11/8/2013 at 5:15 PM, zaphod said:

december releases worked for lord of the rings, no reason it can't work for star wars.

 

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  On 11/8/2013 at 5:15 PM, zaphod said:

december releases worked for lord of the rings, no reason it can't work for star wars.

 

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flol, didn't actually think of daat!

Remember everybody, seems to be a thing these days for films that were coming out on a specific date to be pushed back. Re-shoots, problems with the editing, not testing as well as they'd hoped, or normal production delays, these things might help to push it into summer 16 or at least easter 16. Don't really like the idea that this thing is now in the sausage factory method of production, even though obviously the corporation has to justify their expenditure in picking up LucasArts, with some return well beyond the constant flow from toysales and that new probably shit tv show. Then again, perhaps a deadline is a good thing. Stops the procrastination, focuses the mind.

R2 is in.

I'm gonna have a punt at naming the movie.

Stars Wars Episode VII: Rise of the Ewoks

Star Wars episode VII: Little miss D2

Luke S is strung out on heroin, Bobba F is in it for the hunt, and nothing will stop r2-d2 from becoming the prettiest little robot in the brothel.

So is it refreshing that they look so awkward and nerdy? I suppose at least they're not all suited like Xbox Execs saying buzz for the money. But those two guys in the middle don't look very happy at all.

Is this better than having Lucas shit spiritual ("it's like poetry, they rhyme") all over it? Someone tell me what to think.

It is better, but it isn't good.

  On 10/26/2013 at 3:31 AM, teetime said:

 

  On 10/25/2013 at 1:56 PM, azatoth said:

 

  On 10/25/2013 at 10:55 AM, teetime said:

 

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Lucasfilm has announced that Star Wars: Episode VII director J.J. Abrams and Raiders of the Lost Ark writer Lawrence Kasdan have taken over screenwriting duties from Michael Arndt, an Oscar winner for Little Miss Sunshine and nominee for Toy Story 3, who had previously been working on the story. http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/10/24/star-wars-episode-vii-j-j-abrams-and-lawrence-kasdan-now-rewriting-screenplay-breaking/

 

 

I don't see it as facepalm-worthy. Kasdan wrote ESB, the best Star Wars.

 

Indeed. No Doubt about it "Empire" was Star Wars at its best, but this is the only script by Kasdan that is worth noting for. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001410/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

JJ Abrahams though is giving me a headache! His movies are just above average pseudo "spielbergian" mainstream blockbuster action flicks. Micheal Arndt as the screenwriter had so much potential. Worst case: Another Indy 4 debacle. The Indy 4 script has been rewritten quite a few times. Too many cooks spoil the soup. A grand space opus needs a clear vision with depth and characters. I have yet to see a Abrahams movie thats even close to spielberg flick even when steven is on auto pilot.

 

Just throwing it out there - Besides Empire, what notable screenplays has Kasdan written since then?

Raiders of the Lost Ark. I guess The Bodyguard isn't terrible.

Valid point, though.

I was too old when the prequels came out to freak out over them as the OT did when I first saw them, but did kids who saw them get all crazy over it like the OT did with the kids of that day?