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Quelques précisions concernant Star Wars : Episode VIII et le spin-off signé Gareth Edwards


Ou une date de sortie pour le premier, et un titre et une vedette pour le second...


Alors que l'on attend avec une impatience non-feinte que Le Réveil de la Force ne débarque dans nos salles obscures en décembre prochain, on le sait, Disney a déjà la tête vers l'avenir et la suite de sa riche et imposante franchise qui nous offrira au minimum, une nouvelle péloche par an.

Aujourd'hui, lors d’une conférence pour les actionnaires, le big boss de chez Disney Bob Iger s'est laissé aller à quelques révélations concernant le premier spin-off de la franchise dirigé par Gareth Edwards avec la douce - et enfin confirmée au casting pour le coup - Felicity Jones en vedette, mais également en ce qui concerne l'Episode VII que mettra en scène l'excellent Rian Johnson.

En effet, cette dire suite au film de J.J. Abrams devrait atteindre les salles obscures mondiales pour mai 2017 - soit un an et demi tout pile après la sortie de The Force Awakens -, tandis que le spin-off de la franchise aura pour titre Rogue One.
Pas de précision en revanche sur les tenants de son intrigue, la rumeur voulant qu'il se déroule avant Un Nouvel Espoir, et mettrait en scène des chasseurs de primes chargés par la Rébellion de subtiliser les plans de l’Etoile Noire.
Ou l'origine de l'Escadron Rogue, Rogue étant justement une partie du titre du dit film...



Ci-dessous le communiqué de presse officiel :

ROGUE ONE IS THE FIRST STAR WARS STAND-ALONE FILM, RIAN JOHNSON TO WRITE AND DIRECT STAR WARS : EPISODE VIII.

THE TITLE FOR DIRECTOR GARETH EDWARDS’ STAND-ALONE MOVIE, FEATURING ACTRESS FELICITY JONES, IS REVEALED, AND RIAN JOHNSON IS CONFIRMED FOR STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII — COMING TO THEATERS MAY 26, 2017.

“Always in motion is the future,” Yoda said. The future of the Star Wars cinematic galaxy, however, is taking shape.

This morning at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, across the street from Lucasfilm, Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger hosted a shareholder meeting where he announced news regarding the first Star Wars stand-alone movie as well as Star Wars: Episode VIII.

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.

In addition, 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.


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