UPDATE! Disney Confirms Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars Spinoff Movie for December 2016.
Marc Graser form Variety has some really interesting tweets from Disney’s communications & entertainment conference…
Disney’s impressive slate of upcoming movies: pic.twitter.com/pKLTQykCvN
— Marc Graser (@marcgraser) September 17, 2014
The president of Walt Disney Studios is wearing Storm Trooper tennis shoes at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch conference. — Marc Graser (@marcgraser) September 17, 2014
Walt Disney Studios president Alan Bergman says there is no awareness issue for Star Wars: Episode VII. #understatement
— Marc Graser (@marcgraser) September 17, 2014
Walt Disney Studios president Alan Bergman says Gareth Edwards’ standalone #StarWars movie to be released December 2016 — Marc Graser (@marcgraser) September 17, 2014
So Disney is sticking with December for first two #StarWars movies. It worked for The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.
— Marc Graser (@marcgraser) September 17, 2014
The December 2016 date for the standalone Star Wars already had been announced. — Marc Graser (@marcgraser) September 17, 2014
Nothing new really but it’s good to hear that they are still going according to the initial plan – 1 Star Wars movie every year.
UPDATE!
And some more bits from Variety:
Walt Disney Studios admits it doesn’t have an awareness problem with “Star Wars” when it starts releasing new movies, beginning with next year’s “Episode VII.” The future of the franchise at the Mouse House, however, relies on getting the film right for fans and newcomers.
“This title is very well known out there,” and “the single most important thing is to make sure that this movie is great,” said Walt Disney Studios president Alan Bergman.
With a new animated series, “Star Wars Rebels” debuting on Disney XD, an expanded merchandise program, and the first live action film to debut in theaters in 10 years next year, the franchise’s presence at Disney is starting to be felt.
Yet a lot is riding on the success of “Episode VII,” out in theaters Dec. 18, 2015, since the J.J. Abrams-directed film will drive much of the interest in “Star Wars” across the rest of Disney’s divisions. In addition for new films, there are plans for more TV shows, licensing deals and theme park attractions.
“If we can get this right, it’s a huge opportunity for the entire company,” said Bergman, who wore Stormtrooper tennis shoes while discussing the studio’s upcoming film slate — a standalone film, to be directed by “Godzilla’s” Gareth Edwards, is already scheduled for Dec. 16, 2016.
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Neato. Hopefully they’ll say what the project is about before Episode VII hits the silver screen.
It’s the Boba Fett spinoff. Haven’t heard an news on it in awhile, though…
I mean an actual confirmation that it’s about Boba Fett. All rumors point to that, but concrete proof stamps out rumors any day of the week.
Next they are going to “confirm” that JJ Abrams is directing Epidode 7. Frustrating. How about a title, guys?
They can wait as long as they want before releasing the title. They know we’re all going to see it anyway.
hope it is not a Boba Fetty movie.
Can’t wait for those Pixar movies!
Boy, originality is clearly out of vogue in the movie theaters right now, isn’t it?
I just can’t wrap my head around stand-alone Star Wars movies.
And how burned out will we become?
And Star Wars burnouts shall crowd the elderly homes.
I’m not burned out on Marvel movies and those come out twice a year…
I wonder if Lucasfilm will ever grow big enough to eventually do two movies a year, like one April-May, the other Nov-Dec… o_0
Practically everyone in the Star Wars cast should be in the elderly home.
Cant we just replace all of these with Star Wars films…. please?
At this point, the only one I’d want to see replaced is Alice In Wonderland 2 with Tron 3. Even as a Wonderland movie, that movie made no sense.
OMG… Tron 3. I so want that to happen. Olivia Wilde haunts me to this day!
You (and I) are in luck then as just today an article came out stating Cillian Murphy re-signed to play Dillinger Jr. in Tron 3, and that Olivia Wilde will be back as well.
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-news/cillian-murphy-in-line-for-tron-sequel-30579215.html
Yeah maybe I’m a bit harsh. Definitely keep the marvel movies, and I guess the kids do really enjoy the Pixar movies (So do I :). I just need more Star Wars, and I need it NOW.
Alice In Wonderland is not supposed to make any since. It’s a drug trip!
I meant that it felt less like the kind of surreal you’d see in a C. S. Lewis book and more like really zogging weird. Like, instead of consuming Acid, it’d be more like downing your medical cabinet in one go, if you want to go by drug metaphors.
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If Han Solo dies during EpVII, then a stand alone movie about a young Han (maybe meeting a young Lando) would seem to be an excellent ‘first’ choice.
too bad, I wish lucasfilm/disney would expand our notion of Star Wars, not keep it confined to OT characters. Next, we’re going to see the untold story of Chewbacca’s sad youth.
That’s likely to be a hairy one!
I’ve been saying this for a while. I think some of the rumors we are getting and the various locations could be related to the stand alone films or episodes 8 or 9. If it takes 2 years to make a movie, than the 1st stand alone has to be where episode 7 was a year ago. I’m sure some of the casting is already underway as well as some of the 2nd unit stuff. Just as Episode 7 was doing before the official start date.
No, I don’t think so. Episode 7 does not have that many locations outside of Pinewood.
Thinking about the spinoffs, we don’t need to see the same characters. A movie like Enemy Mine could almost be thought of as a spin-off. The story must be good, the way the characters relate, and it has to agree with Ralph McQuarrie’s art. Not Avatar’s or anything like that.
Enemy Mine… Right On!
Its an Oola spin-off for sure.
No pics of said Stormtrooper tennis shoes. 🙁
What happened to the Maisie Richardson-Sellers chick?
Yeah, great question. Any info on this?
She’s in the movie in some capacity. Carrie Fisher’s assistant tweeted something about being on set with his “Star Wars girls,” including Daisy, Billie Lourd (Carrie’s daughter) and Maisie.
Could be anything from glorified extra to minor supporting role or even that rumored character who is said to be minor in Ep7 but more important in Ep8 & 9. Or maybe that role went to Lupita Nyongo.
Hoping for Han Solo underworld spinoff first!
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I am really hoping the Boba Fett spin off is just speculation. He is dead. No need to bring him back. I really cannot wrap my head around why so many people like him that much. Even his back story in the PT was pretty stupid like the entire PT.
My thoughts exactly, he is so overrated, I would much rather see a movie about Obi-Wan, Han, Darth Vader, Yoda, or even Sidious before a Fett movie
Fett lives. Lucas confirmed this.
Gareth Edwards film is called “rancor”, and features a giant beast terrorising the local city”.
Outer Rim: Rancor vs. AT-AT
GENERAL SOLO: Today. Today… At the edge of our hope, at the end of our time, we have chosen not only to believe in ourselves, but in each other. Today there is not a man nor woman in here that shall stand alone. Not today. Today we face the monsters that are at our door and bring the fight to them! Today, we are *canceling* the apocalypse!
Obviously Guillermo del Toro gave him some pointers. 😛
I hope it’s about the dianoga and how he ended up in the garbage smasher on the detention level. I have waited 37 years to find out, I want to know his complete story before I die. I know I’m not alone in this.
Episode 7 will be about a time machine. Luke will go back in time and rescue Vader, Boba, Yoda, The Emperor, Owen, Beru, Darth Maul, Qui, Jabba, Obi Wan, all of them so that they can live on and we can have more merchandise.
No Luke will go to the future to save some whales.
C-3P0: Oh my, R2! I believe those creatures are whales! Over here!
I’m super-excited to watch Episode VII next year.
This news story gets the “Duhhh” award.
Wake me up when there’s some real news… I’d even take a good rumor.
What tells you we won’t see any other characters from the franchise in the spinoffs? The story and main character might be Boba Fett (or whomever) but that does not mean we won’t see any other already known characters, afaik.
Spinoff 1: Rancor Keeper
Spinoff 2: Ewok Medicine Man
Spinoff 3: Droopy McCool
Spinoff 4: Ben Quadinaros
Spinoff 5: Captain Tarpals
Spinoff 6: Tarfful
Spinoff 7: Tales From Dex’s Diner
Spinoff 8: Interview with a Bantha
Spinoff 9: Dak to the Future
Spinoff 10: Dr. Evazan or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Empire
Yousa in big doodoo dis time!
I’d love to see Spinoff 10!!!
If they wont be about main characters, i would think fett counts as one of those. So who are characters that are not main?
– IG88?
– Dengar?
– Lobot?
– Amanaman?
– Bib fortuna?
– The Imperial Dignitaries?
– Uncle Owen?
– Mon Mothma?
Plenty of sub characters that they could make varied stories about, and I would imagine they interweave with elements of the main films, like some sets, parallel events etc – almost like “wow that was going on while luke and han were doing that…” For example an IG88 movie set during ESB where he is ends up being shot by fett on cloud city could be interesting.
I hope IG88 will be given some love, i know that in the “Shadows of the Empire” game both in his cutscene and boss battle he was quite a unnerving character.
Stories must be about humans and human relationships in order to work in the cinema. So IG88 fighting Stormtroopers for 120 minutes would quickly get boring, like Transformers.
You left out Nimb Num
I Hope the give the movie “a name” – No only “Star Wars: Boba Fett”
Boba Fett: Birthright would be a cool name.