Star Wars: Every Summer

[ARNie]

...Oh...Thrills...

Briefly: Today at Disney’s CinemaCon presentation, the studio announced that beginning in 2015 we’ll see a new Star Wars movie every summer. The plan is to begin with Episode VII, written by Michael Arndt and directed by JJ Abrams, then alternate between standalone “spin-off” movies and new Episodes in the core storyline.

We’ve known that Disney has been working with the idea of doing many new Star Wars films, beginning with the announcement that there could be one every two to three years, as stated when Disney bought LucasFilm. We’ve also heard that spin-offs might alternate with the core storyline. But this is the first studio confirmation of a plan, and also a pretty aggressive statement. Disney really isn’t messing around with the Star Wars franchise.

The precise characters and storylines for the films, both “core” and spin-off, have not been revealed. This is also the best confirmation we’ve had so far that 2015 will see the release of Episode VII. That date was floated months ago, but JJ Abrams said 2015 wasn’t locked. Looks like Disney wants the one-two punch of Episode VII and The Avengers 2 to own summer ’15.
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How does this make you feel?

[mutantoverlord]

shrugs. the marvel movies have no been so bad since disney took over. and disney is leaving the strwars franchise in the hands of those who know it. not sure how it will turn out.

at least we got another aniamted series to look forward to. and the guys who headed the clone wars are the ones making it.

[Cao Cao the Deciever]

...I have a bad feeling about this.


What?

[erikson]

This sounds like overkill, there is a real danger of overdoing it and making people actually sick of Star Wars. I admit I am not a SW fan, and cannot conceive of the circumstances that would lead me to see any of these films, but if I were a fan I'd be nervous about oversaturation of the brand.


As far as the Marvel films, they are made by Marvel studious not Disney. Disney wasn't involved till Avengers, and mostly there in marketing and such, the Marvel brand is still in the hands of Marvel for the time being.

[Suichiro]

The same thing is true with Disney and Lucasfilm. It's really Lucasfilm that's in charge of the movies, with Disney giving them the capital they need to push what they want to. Only difference here is that most likely Disney is pushing them more aggressively.