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  • Writer Michael Arndt exits Star Wars: Episode VII

    Writer Michael Arndt exits Star Wars: Episode VII

    MUMBAI: Michael Arndt is no longer a part of Star Wars: Episode VII. Lawrence Kasdan and JJ Abrams have taken over the scriptwriting duties. Abrams is also directing the movie.

     

    Arndt had been writing Star Wars since more than a year, the Episode VII. In October 2012, Disney announced it was buying Lucasfilm as well as it was planning a new movie in the series. A release date of 2015 was planned.  Arndt was officially hired to write in late 2012.

     

    The latest movie also has many newcomers in the films filling the post of DOP, production designer, costume designer, sound designer etc.

     

    Arndt won an Oscar for his script for Little Miss Sunshine and he also wrote The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Toy Story 3.

  • Disney holds plans to re-release Star Wars films

    Disney holds plans to re-release Star Wars films

    MUMBAI: Disney and Lucasfilm have postponed their plan to continue re-releasing of the prequel trilogy Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith in theaters in 3D.

    “Given the recent development that we are moving forward with a new Star Wars trilogy, we will now focus 100 per cent of our efforts on Star Wars: Episode VII in order to ensure the best possible experience for our fans,” the company stated in a post on the franchise‘s official site. “We will post further information about our 3D release plans at a later date.”

    The Phantom Menace 3D reissue was released by 20th Century Fox on 10 February last year and grossed $22 million in its opening weekend to finally end a domestic haul of $43 million.

    The fate of the 3D versions of Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith are now to be determined.

    Star Wars: Episode VII is scheduled for release in 2015.