Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fisher
08-13-13, 02:37 PM
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I hope not. It shouldn't have anything to do with anything that happened in the EU. And if clones of Jedi or Sith are involved, it will have a great chance at actually being worse than the prequels.
08-13-13, 04:21 PM
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Whether or not they go down the route of infinite clones = immortality in the sequel trilogy or not, who knows, but yeah the hook is already there.
08-14-13, 06:05 AM
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Ian McDiarmid rumored to return in Episode VII
Just a rumor for now, but I really don't want Palpatine to have survived ROTJ. Hopefully if he is in VII, then it will just be a flashback or Force Ghost or something.
Just a rumor for now, but I really don't want Palpatine to have survived ROTJ. Hopefully if he is in VII, then it will just be a flashback or Force Ghost or something.
If the ST is good, I think many fans will see the SW Saga as Episode IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and totally disregard the PT altogether.
08-14-13, 06:59 AM
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Why can't we just get a series of films that take place between the end of RotS and ANH? I'm dying to see what happened in-between that time period, and what happened to the characters at the end of ROTS and how Luke and Lea were raised.
08-14-13, 07:46 AM
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http://starwars.com/news/new-animate...fall-2014.html
Personally, I'm not too excited about interquels; they're usually too limited in what they can do, since they can't betray the backstory in the movies set beforehand, and can't change anything that would affect the movies set after them. The sequels are interesting to me because they don't have to be as beholden to the previous films, and we as the audience literally don't know what's going to happen next.
08-14-13, 10:13 AM
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Pretty sure there will be Vader and Obi-Wan standalone films at some point that takes place during III and IV. Personally, I'd be stoked for a Macgregor to play Obi-Wan again in a few years.
08-14-13, 11:03 AM
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The Obi-Wan standalone film is just about him sitting in a cave on Tatooine & stalking a little kid on the farm.
08-14-13, 01:16 PM
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08-14-13, 02:41 PM
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08-14-13, 02:48 PM
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at the word "interquel". The word "prequel" is bad enough - interquel is just ridiculous.
08-14-13, 04:32 PM
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08-14-13, 04:37 PM
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08-22-13, 07:56 PM
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http://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-e...m-not-digital/
Cue the bitching from Terrell that this is going to ruin the look Lucas established in the last two films.
Star Wars Episode 7 To Be Shot On Film, Not Digital
Posted on Thursday, August 22nd, 2013 by Peter Sciretta
Cinematographer Dan Mindel ASC, BSC will be reteaming with JJ Abrams to shoot Star Wars Episode VII. That comes as no surprise as Mindel worked with Abrams on the Star Trek films and Mission: Impossible III. The big news is that Mindel says that Episode 7 will be shot on Kodak film stock 5219 film, NOT digital cameras like the last couple prequel movies. The Phantom Menace was the last Star Wars film to be shot with film cameras (although some trivia fanatics will note, the movie did include a digitally photographed shot).
What does this mean? Here are a few things we can extrapolate from this information:
The movie will not be shot natively in 3D, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the film won’t be post converted (which is what happened with JJ’s Star Trek Into Darkness).
We also all know about JJ’s love for anamorphic lens flares, something not possible now with digital 3D camera rigs. So while film would allow him to use (or overuse?) this visual style, I’m guessing (and I could be wrong) that JJ will employ a look for Episode 7 more in line with the original trilogy.
Who knows what this means for IMAX, but JJ has shown an excitement for the company in addition to shooting a couple kew scenes of Star Trek Into Darkness with IMAX cameras. Disney has a deal with IMAX, so the movie will likely be released in IMAX theaters (what event movie would forgo the extra cash on the table?).
Abrams had previously stated his preference for film vs. digital at the PRoduced By conference earlier this year:
“I have not yet shot a movie digitally. Film is the thing I am most comfortable with. If film were to go away — and digital is challenging it— then the standard for the highest, best quality would go away.”
Mindel is also known for his collaborations with Tony Scott on Enemy of the State, Spy Game and Domino, as well as Andrew Stanton’s John Carter and Oliver Stone’s Savages. Mindel just got done shooting The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
The news comes from bobafettfanclub via . Mindel reportedly confirmed this information today at an American Society of Cinematographers event in Los Angeles.
Posted on Thursday, August 22nd, 2013 by Peter Sciretta
Cinematographer Dan Mindel ASC, BSC will be reteaming with JJ Abrams to shoot Star Wars Episode VII. That comes as no surprise as Mindel worked with Abrams on the Star Trek films and Mission: Impossible III. The big news is that Mindel says that Episode 7 will be shot on Kodak film stock 5219 film, NOT digital cameras like the last couple prequel movies. The Phantom Menace was the last Star Wars film to be shot with film cameras (although some trivia fanatics will note, the movie did include a digitally photographed shot).
What does this mean? Here are a few things we can extrapolate from this information:
The movie will not be shot natively in 3D, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the film won’t be post converted (which is what happened with JJ’s Star Trek Into Darkness).
We also all know about JJ’s love for anamorphic lens flares, something not possible now with digital 3D camera rigs. So while film would allow him to use (or overuse?) this visual style, I’m guessing (and I could be wrong) that JJ will employ a look for Episode 7 more in line with the original trilogy.
Who knows what this means for IMAX, but JJ has shown an excitement for the company in addition to shooting a couple kew scenes of Star Trek Into Darkness with IMAX cameras. Disney has a deal with IMAX, so the movie will likely be released in IMAX theaters (what event movie would forgo the extra cash on the table?).
Abrams had previously stated his preference for film vs. digital at the PRoduced By conference earlier this year:
“I have not yet shot a movie digitally. Film is the thing I am most comfortable with. If film were to go away — and digital is challenging it— then the standard for the highest, best quality would go away.”
Mindel is also known for his collaborations with Tony Scott on Enemy of the State, Spy Game and Domino, as well as Andrew Stanton’s John Carter and Oliver Stone’s Savages. Mindel just got done shooting The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
The news comes from bobafettfanclub via . Mindel reportedly confirmed this information today at an American Society of Cinematographers event in Los Angeles.
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08-22-13, 11:24 PM
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That's great(and surprising) news!
08-22-13, 11:48 PM
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http://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-e...m-not-digital/
Cue the bitching from Terrell that this is going to ruin the look Lucas established in the last two films.
Cue the bitching from Terrell that this is going to ruin the look Lucas established in the last two films.
08-23-13, 05:39 AM
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I always thought that artificial look of the prequels was due to the lack of filming on practical sets vs CGI sets.
08-23-13, 06:40 AM
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Both. Digital had a slight issue with fast movements and some other stuff. It works great in some films, Collateral, and it doesn't work great in other films. Digital is near up there with film but it still can't capture an image like film can at times.
08-23-13, 06:56 AM
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I think these CGI environments do not age well as AOTC and ROTS look like one big video game when you watch them today. Atleast TPM had some real sets/real locations, as its ironic that it was the most panned by the critics, but has aged the best in its look. (Although its still a terrible movie.)
I know there are many that disagree with me, but I find that films in this genre always hold up better 20 years later when they are filmed on real sets/locations.
08-23-13, 10:54 PM
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No one else should score Star Wars unless Williams is physically incapable of the job. As I said earlier in this thread or another thread, I knew Disney would bring him back. They did the right thing, while Warner dumping Williams's Superman theme off of Man of Steel was the wrong decision.
But in all seriousness, as beautiful as Williams' Superman march is, it would have sounded completely out of place in Man Of Steel.
By keeping Williams on board, at least there's hope they intend to cater to Star Wars fans rather than go a new direction. The question is whether the movies will be made for OT or PT fans.
08-28-13, 05:13 PM
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I know who went in for an audition to play the daughter of Princess Leia (and presumably Han Solo)…And got it confirmed via representation and other solid sources: Rachel Hurd-Wood
Our sources told us that she went in for a read and, so far, was the only one that went in for the part. However, there will be other girls going for a read, meaning SHE DOESN’T HAVE THE ROLE YET!! We want to be very clear on that before it gets blown out of context.
Hurd-Wood is an English actress and model who isis known for her role as Wendy Darling in the 2003 film Peter Pan.
That’s not the only thing I found out! I’ve now heard from a number of people that another actor is going for a meeting to possibly star in the film: Alex Pettyfer.
Pettyfer starred in the 2012 movie Magic Mike, and played a supporting role Lee Daniels film The Butler.
As for what Pettyfer is going in for? Your guess is as good as mine, but I would say he’s going in for Skywalker’s son now that Gosling has declined.
Episode VII takes place thirty years after Return of the Jedi. Episode VI: Return of the Jedi represented the end of the Star Wars series on film but the story for Episode VII will be original and written by Michael Arndt, whose writing credits include Toy Story 3 and the upcoming The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Things are going to start heating up in the next month and announcements will probably start around October.
One last note, I’m hearing there is a major casting news (not what I reported above) dropping very soon via Lucasfilm. It could even be officially announced today… but I promised that I wouldn’t say a word on it.
Our sources told us that she went in for a read and, so far, was the only one that went in for the part. However, there will be other girls going for a read, meaning SHE DOESN’T HAVE THE ROLE YET!! We want to be very clear on that before it gets blown out of context.
Hurd-Wood is an English actress and model who isis known for her role as Wendy Darling in the 2003 film Peter Pan.
That’s not the only thing I found out! I’ve now heard from a number of people that another actor is going for a meeting to possibly star in the film: Alex Pettyfer.
Pettyfer starred in the 2012 movie Magic Mike, and played a supporting role Lee Daniels film The Butler.
As for what Pettyfer is going in for? Your guess is as good as mine, but I would say he’s going in for Skywalker’s son now that Gosling has declined.
Episode VII takes place thirty years after Return of the Jedi. Episode VI: Return of the Jedi represented the end of the Star Wars series on film but the story for Episode VII will be original and written by Michael Arndt, whose writing credits include Toy Story 3 and the upcoming The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Things are going to start heating up in the next month and announcements will probably start around October.
One last note, I’m hearing there is a major casting news (not what I reported above) dropping very soon via Lucasfilm. It could even be officially announced today… but I promised that I wouldn’t say a word on it.
08-28-13, 05:17 PM
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I think these CGI environments do not age well as AOTC and ROTS look like one big video game when you watch them today. At least TPM had some real sets/real locations, as its ironic that it was the most panned by the critics, but has aged the best in its look. (Although its still a terrible movie.)
08-28-13, 05:29 PM
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I totally agree with this and Lucas even talks about this during the Kamino sequence in the DVD Commentary. He pretty much said they could have built a huge model for these landscapes, but it was cheaper to do it through CGI.
I think these CGI environments do not age well as AOTC and ROTS look like one big video game when you watch them today. Atleast TPM had some real sets/real locations, as its ironic that it was the most panned by the critics, but has aged the best in its look. (Although its still a terrible movie.)
I know there are many that disagree with me, but I find that films in this genre always hold up better 20 years later when they are filmed on real sets/locations.
I think these CGI environments do not age well as AOTC and ROTS look like one big video game when you watch them today. Atleast TPM had some real sets/real locations, as its ironic that it was the most panned by the critics, but has aged the best in its look. (Although its still a terrible movie.)
I know there are many that disagree with me, but I find that films in this genre always hold up better 20 years later when they are filmed on real sets/locations.
08-28-13, 06:42 PM
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I think these CGI environments do not age well as AOTC and ROTS look like one big video game when you watch them today. Atleast TPM had some real sets/real locations, as its ironic that it was the most panned by the critics, but has aged the best in its look. (Although its still a terrible movie.)
I know there are many that disagree with me, but I find that films in this genre always hold up better 20 years later when they are filmed on real sets/locations.
