Star Wars getting spin offs?

Reports are suggesting that Disney are looking to make two spin off films within the Star Wars universe, these two films are going to focus on Han Solo & Boba Fett. The Han Solo film has been said to focus on "on the wisecracking smuggler’s origin story" while Boba Fett's feature is described as "bounty hunter adventure".

Bob Iger said in a recent interview;
"There has been speculation about some stand-alone films that have been in development and I can confirm to you today that in fact we are working on a few stand-alone films... We still plan to make Star Wars 7, 8, 9 roughly over a six-year period of time starting in 2015 but there are going to be a few other films released in that period too."

According to the report the Han Solo film will take place between "Revenge Of The Sith" and "A New Hope", while the Boba Fett film will take place between "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return Of The Jedi". This would leave the films open the return of some beloved characters that aren't yet dead within the story arc like, Darth Vader.

"Star Wars: Episode VII" update

Well where do we start, since Walt Disney announced that they had acquired Lucasfilm back in October and they announced they were continuing the Star Wars franchise. The question on nearly everybody lips has been who will direct the first film? Well, yesterday we found out that the incredibly talented J. J. Abrams will be at the helm.

 If you aren't familiar with his work, where the heck have you been ha, here is an insight to the films an TV shows he has had parts in. J. J. has been co-creator of such of icon shows as "Lost", "Alias" & "Fringe" and films like "Armageddon", "Cloverfield" & "Star Trek"(2009) so you can see he has an affiliation to the Science Fiction world, so personally I think he is a great fit for the film. A lot of people moan about his usage of lens flare, which at times is annoying it really did wind me up at time when watching "Star Trek" at times it became hard to watch, but the film was great. The only downfall to J. J. Abrams to directing is his approach to marketing he likes to keep things under wrap and not leak much.

We also know that Michael Arndt s writing the screenplay for the film, he doesn't have a huge background behind him he did write the screenplays for Oscar winning "Little Miss Sunshine" and Oscar nominated "Toy Story 3". So with his first ever film he won an Oscar and his second film was nominated for one, good sign? Bad sign?

Star Wars old boy Lawrence Kasdan is returning franchise, he an fellow screenwriter Simon Kinberg are writing scripts for films that will either serve as Episode VII sequels or spin offs that will feature other characters, kind of like "The Avengers" lead up films would be my guess.

There is also a rumour that Zack Snyder the man behind DCs next big project "Man Of Steel" is set to direct a spin off film within the Star Wars universe. Whether there is any truth to this we don't know yet, lets see how well he does with "Man Of Steel" first before we get too excited.

"Star Wars" spin off???

I recently posted about one of the writers from "Empire Strikes Back" returning to the Star Wars franchise, now there is contradictory information about the upcoming trilogy being more of a spin-off than a continuation from "Empire Strikes Back".

"Apparently, Kasdan and Kinberg have been hired to work on films that would be like spin-offs, and that’s why the writers would also be producing the films themselves. The trade says these films are “not necessarily Episode VIII and Episode IX” but “could turn into official ‘Episodes’ in the main Skywalker storyline or they could form the basis for spinoffs focusing on side characters.” Honestly, we’re not sure what the hell that means, but we’re going to try and figure it out."

According to Huffington Post, Disney has plans to release as many as three films each year from the LucasFilm setup. Does this mean Disney are going for an "Avengers" style formula by introducing us to multiple characters then going for a trilogy of blockbusters? Anybody think this would work?

"Empire Strikes Back" writer connected to...

The new Star Wars trilogy, yes Lawrence Kasdan is going to be involved in writing one of the movies in the new trilogy. Even though Kasdan is connected to the films, we do not yet know which film(s) he will be writing. I am happy that the genius behind by far the best Star Wars film "Empire Strikes Back" an that's a fact not an opinion ha ha. This makes me optimistic about the future of the franchise,

"Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg have closed deals to write installments of the new Star Wars trilogy, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. The pair will write either Episode VIII or Episode IX — their exact division of responsibilities is yet to be determined — and also will come aboard to produce the films."