Disney Chairman Alan Horn mentioned that "Star Wars Episode VII" has already started shooting and has most of its cast. “We have a lot of them, it’s not completely done yet,” Horn responded when asked about casting, noting it as the most difficult part of putting the highly anticipated film together.
Variety learned in February that “Girls” actor Adam Driver is in talks to play the villain. Actors being considered for the lead role include Ed Speleers,John Boyega, Jesse Plemons, Matthew JamesThomas and Ray Fisher.
“We're actually shooting some of it now,” Horn said, despite previous comments that filming would start next month. The chairman could have been referring to getting B-roll and location shots without having the cast on set with second unit teams. With full production starting on May 14, 2014.
Horn also gave a specific timeline for the seventh film, placing it 35 years after the events of Return of the Jedi. Previous reports had it at close to thirty years. That puts it almost 40 years after the originalStar Wars. The last time we this was done in the Star Wars Universe on a new trilogy it was in 1997 with shooting on The Phantom Menace, a film set 32 years before A New Hope.
At LMU Film School with The Hollywood Reporter¹s Stephen Galloway.
The Hollywood Master: Alan Horn
“Star Wars: Episode VII” is produced by Abrams, his Bad Robot partner Bryan Burk and Lucasfilmhead Kathleen Kennedy. It’s set to hit theaters Dec. 18, 2015.
Variety learned in February that “Girls” actor Adam Driver is in talks to play the villain. Actors being considered for the lead role include Ed Speleers,John Boyega, Jesse Plemons, Matthew JamesThomas and Ray Fisher.
“We're actually shooting some of it now,” Horn said, despite previous comments that filming would start next month. The chairman could have been referring to getting B-roll and location shots without having the cast on set with second unit teams. With full production starting on May 14, 2014.
Horn also gave a specific timeline for the seventh film, placing it 35 years after the events of Return of the Jedi. Previous reports had it at close to thirty years. That puts it almost 40 years after the originalStar Wars. The last time we this was done in the Star Wars Universe on a new trilogy it was in 1997 with shooting on The Phantom Menace, a film set 32 years before A New Hope.
At LMU Film School with The Hollywood Reporter¹s Stephen Galloway.
The Hollywood Master: Alan Horn
“Star Wars: Episode VII” is produced by Abrams, his Bad Robot partner Bryan Burk and Lucasfilmhead Kathleen Kennedy. It’s set to hit theaters Dec. 18, 2015.
