Rogue One update

A few days ago, Making Star Wars updated with details about the first standalone film, Rogue One. Here’s what we know for certain: Scheduled for release on December 16, 2016 Directed by Gareth Edwards Written by Chris Weitz, based on a story by John Knoll Starring Felicity Jones Score by Alexandre Desplat Now, here are…

Seven Samurai… in space?

Back in December last year we reported on a Seven Samurai-style movie outline written by George Lucas that could possibly be one of the proposed standalone Star Wars films. Things are now getting a little bit more interesting. /Film are currently reporting a rumour they’ve heard regarding Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars film, which goes into…

Standalone #1 to film at Pinewood Studios

Pinewood Shepperton CEO Ivan Dunleavy has announced that Pinewood Studios have been booked for the next Star Wars movie, the Gareth Edwards-helmed standalone film rumoured to centre around the iconic bounty hunter Boba Fett. This is not terribly surprising, except that it does indicate that there is forward momentum on the film. J.J. Abrams’ The…

Gareth Edwards IS directing a Boba Fett standalone film?

This one is a story that goes waaaaaay out on a limb, but bear with me… While I’d previously noted that various bits and pieces were suggesting that Gareth Edwards would not be directing a Boba Fett standalone film, the industry “film and TV production tracking database” Production Weekly recently listed two new productions: “Untitled Star…

Is Red Five the first standalone film?

There have been some conflicting rumours regarding the overall schedule for the upcoming standalone films. The leaked Hasbro schedule listed Boba Fett for 2016, Solo for 2018 and Red Five for 2020, with episodes VIII and IX appearing in between. Lawrence Kasdan had always been attached as the screenwriter on Boba Fett. But when Gary Whitta was…

Spinoff writer, director and release date announced!

Well, it seems like LFL are still on schedule to deliver the first spinoff film in 2016. Specifically, the film will see release on 16 December, 2016. The announcement has come straight from StarWars.com. Lawrence Kasdan will not be writing the film, presumably because he’s knee-deep in the production of Episode VII. Instead Gary Whitta…