Rogue One Bits: Rooney Mara and Trailer Chatter
In recent weeks there has a been a lot of buzz around Episode VIII starting production and the impending release of The Force Awakens for home consumption. Somewhat lost in all that talk has been the next Star Wars movie to be released, Rogue One.
But, not to be overshadowed, as we approach the early start of Marketing for the first “Star Wars Story” more attention is beginning to be paid to the story of a band of rebels stealing the plans for a certain moon sized battle station.
First up we have a piece over at Cinemablend, in which they talked to Rooney Mara about why she did not pursue the role that eventually was given to Felicity Jones for Rogue One. Mara had been rumored to be in contention for the lead in the new film, but according to this interview, she passed very early in the process due to scheduling conflicts.
I met with the director (Gareth Edwards) and I really liked him but then I didn’t end up reading for it. I was working, and it wasn’t the right thing for me, so I decided not to read for it. I was on a film. I was working six day weeks and it was just, like, it wasn’t going to be possible.
So, it appears that Mara never even auditioned for the role. In other Rogue One news, we are starting to hear chatter about a possible trailer coming soon. According to Jordan Maison over at Cinelinx, there are a few versions that are still being considered as they want to get the right tone for their first impression. But he describes the tone of at least some of the footage as “dark”.
Like many others, I've heard some of the footage shown is "dark".
— Jordan Maison (@JordanMaison) February 23, 2016
So what do you think? Are you excited for that first footage of Rogue One? Let us know in the comments what you expect from the first trailer.
I just want like 10 seconds of people screaming and Vader tearing crap up and I’ll be satisfied. 🙂 But seriously, I can’t wait for this trailer. It’ll be like Christmas morning all over again.
If they could squeeze in some of the ‘Vader Down’-scale mayhem in there too, that’d be insane. He completely f***s some s__t UP in that piece! (Great comic if y’all have not seen)
The bit where he used the Force to detonate that commando’s thermal detonator was frigging brilliant.
Well, when it was announced, everyone was talking about how gray it was going to be (as opposed to the black-and-white obvious “good and evil” that Star Wars is known for). So it being darker is absolutely no surprise to me.
That said, I’m very excited. While I disagree with people that think “we’re getting too much kiddie shit” (it’s a franchise meant for kids, that’s part of the deal!), I do think it’ll be nice to see something that goes against that norm we’re so used to by now, and will be more used to going forward.
ready in time for tfa blu ray?
Oh my god, that would be evil. “Also featuring an exclusive trailer for Rogue One! Buy the Blu-Ray to see it!”
I don’t mean as an exclusive to the blu ray, just included and available elsewhere as well. But really, who wants to see this trailer that bad and won’t be getting TFA in some form of consumer video? Blu Ray, DVD, Streaming
They put everything on youtube anymore.
Yes, I agree. I think people took my comment as meaning you had to buy tfa to see the trailer. Its not really what I meant. I feel like they usually time trailer releases to go along with something. I’d rather that be TFA home release than captain america 3 in Theatres (just cause its earlier).
Again though, who won’t be buying TFA?
Yeah. That, or all the file-shares / torrent sites it’ll be spilling out to like 30 seconds after its release….
Or few days before its release. It would be online before BR will hit the stores, so it would be a bad PR movie and Lucasfilm knows that.
Trailers on DVD’s aren’t the rage anymore because they just upload them online anyway.
You literally beat me to it by a few seconds! Surely this would a perfect way to release the trailer.
I’m expecting R1 to ignite my interest just like the first TFA teaser. Think the first teaser will be a bit longer, and will end with the sound of Vader breathing. Should drop before TFA hits the home market.
I’m very open minded about this film, primarily because my favorite Star Wars sequence of all time is the space battle at the end of ROTJ. It featured no Jedi, none of the main 3 characters, just Lando and the fleet against the Death Star and the imperial fleet. There’s a great edit of it on Youtube, cutting out everything happening on Endor and in the throne room.
As a child i used to fast forward all of the ewok scenes to get to the space battles. To me easily the best part to ROTJ. Don’t get me wrong Han’s rescue and Luke vs Vader are great as well but that space battle is pure magic to a child.
Just like how I fast forward Attack of the Clones to get to the credits.
People criticize me all the time but i have always felt that The Phantom Menace was a better movie in almost every way when compared to Clones. I don’t get all the love for Clones, to me parts of that film are close to unwatchable
I agree. It took a while but The Phantom Menace to finally grow on me but I think it is a better film than Attack of the Clones. That scene with Anakin and Padme and the kiss she shouldn’t have given him? If I spoke to a woman like that I’d get laughed at.
“more attention is beginning to be paid to the story of a band of rebels stealing the plans for a certain moon sized battle station.” Starkiller base?
What are you talking about? It’s already known that this is about stealing the plans for the first Death Star. Besides that, Starkiller Base has the size of a planet, not a moon.
“Sorry it took us 33 years, but here are those plans you guys wanted.”
WTF!? You are aware that Rogue One is set BEFORE A New Hope and acts as a prequel to it, right?
Jokes. Do you get them?
I do…if they’re obvious.
I read that in Samuel L Jackson’s voice.
You are aware that I was making a joke about Gerardo’s comment, right?
Now I am
That’s the size of a large planet, actually. I know that what you said was a joke, but it doesn’t quite work.
the wait for a trailer is excruciating
Some of the footage is “Dark” … I like!
Rooney Mara is so overrated, totally not sad that she’s not in it.
Well said, she has a grating voice and she biggest nepotism ever as her family owns Giants and Steelers.
I don’t think we will get a trailer until at the earliest May. Celebration this year is in June so I think that’s a bit too late. Too early in March and you take attention away from TFA being in theaters and too late in March and you take attention away from TFA on Blu-Ray. So by the time May rolls around we will be 7 months out and it will be prime time for Star Wars to be back in the zeitgeist.
If it’s not released with Jungle Book it’ll definitely be attached to Civil War.
Yeah I think it will be attached to Civil Way, but it will of course come out online before that.
5/4/16 trailer…that’s my bet
Release the damn trailer already!!
– That’s what I think.
My body is ready. I want it to be DARK!!!!
I’m not even going to make a joke here.
I see what you did there.
the lulz, the lulz
gimme that dark stuff
I’m not even going to make a joke here.
again with the lulz
And now we resume the “when will the trailer drop?” conversation. Feels like we just finished this guessing game with TFA 😀
Imma just leave this here
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCJ3qzyFeZv/
thats game footage
You don’t say -___-
Do you think they’re gonna make us wait until a week before Civil War, or drop the trailer before a month or two beforehand?
Hoping for the latter. xD
They need to just show something
ditto that
Space is dark.
Rooney Mara is hotter than the core of Starkiller Base.
Rooney Mara Jade Skywalker
Her Family owns the NY Giants
And that’s relevant because…?
Nepotism, he family owns the Steelers too.
Hope Rogue One still feels like a Star Wars film. Hope they do not Man of Steel this thing and make a dark moody mess.
Dark & moody mixed with Star Wars, yes please! ☺
I want dark and moody (like we got with The Dark Knight), I just don’t want “Dark & Moody: The Movie, Featuring Star Wars” (like we got with Man of Steel).
How was MoS a mess? Please elaborate.
Because the story was terrible and uninteresting. Watch Nostalgia Critic’s review for a more in-depth answer.
I’ll be super interested in this movie if the rumours are true about Vader being in the film. I read a great description somewhere of a supposed scene on an ice planet where Vader and the storm troopers are tearing through rebels. Sounded to good to be true though , so probably was lol
Fuck dark. I want fun. A story for my kids. Not 30-40 year old fan boys.
Then don’t watch the movie.
Good bye.
nice!
Dark and fun aren’t mutually exclusive.
There can be many interpretations on what “dark” in the context of Star Wars could mean. Originally it was TESB. Then Lucas told us Anakin killing younglings is whats really dark.
Now with the spin-offs they are free to explore and go with something different compared to what has been seen in the saga so far. Anyways, I think they will want to keep the Star Wars feel intact, so it could be dark as in “more dramatic/realistic depiction of war in Star Wars universe” but not anything like Man of Steel or Dark Knight dark. I don’t think they’re going for that at all, and that’s why they are careful with getting the tone right in the trailer. You know that it’s so easy to make wrong assumptions when you see a minute worth of flashes from a two-hour movie.
MOS was dark for Superman but not in Dark Knight’s category.
In my opinion, it was less dark, and more dreary and depressing.
Superman Returns was for me with him getting beat up for most of the film and being reduced to a super powered stalker.
Give me Band of Brothers in a galaxy far away.
If they want to set the right tone with the fans for the first trailer, all they need to do is put out a trailer with the song Sabotage in it. Nothing quite gets the fan juices flowing better than a bit of the Beastie Boys
Really curious how successful this film will be considering it’s the first film of it’s kind. Personally I’m more excited than VIII for this but I know the idea of a SW film starring no force users with zero familiar characters (other than possibly Vader or Tarkin) holds less appeal than the EU to them. It makes sense now why the cast is largely made up of veteran actors and stars a female protagonist to lure those on the fence in.
I don’t think Edwards is the greatest talent in the world but I like him a lot better than Abrams and Treverrow, You can also tell this is his passion project.
I’m just worried about the general confusion. Every time I talk to someone about Rogue One, the first response is almost always “you mean 8 isn’t next?” I don’t know how this leap-frogging thing will do in the grand marketing scheme. People will go to RO and expect a followup to Rey and Finn’s adventures, instead getting these new people in a new story and setting.
I mentioned on how how a grown ass man in line for TPM thought that young Anakin was really Luke. They probably should have waited to do these spinoffs till after the ilogy ended.
Seems like Rogue One has been even more secretive than Vii was.. Hardly any info has gotten out about it. Not even camera stills or artwork.
Just a few on-set photos of a beach, a crashed a x-wing, and another crashed craft.