J.J. Abrams to Direct Star Wars 7
###less###p(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/News/JJ-Abrams-Direct-Star-Wars-1059546.aspx?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))###less###/a(((great)))###less###p(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jj-abrams/194178?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))J.J. Abrams###less###/a(((great))) has been tapped to direct the upcoming seventh ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://movies.tvguide.com/star-wars/109957?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Star Wars###less###/a(((great))) ###less###/em(((great)))film, ###less###a href="http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/j-j-abrams-to-direct-new-star-wars-movie-for-disney/" target="_blank"(((great)))Deadline.com###less###/a(((great))) reports.###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))Abrams - who helmed the new ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://movies.tvguide.com/star-trek/290685?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Star Trek###less###/a(((great))) ###less###/em(((great)))franchise, ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://movies.tvguide.com/super-8/326254?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Super 8###less###/a(((great))) ###less###/em(((great)))and ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://movies.tvguide.com/mission-impossible-iii/279865?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Mission: Impossible III###less###/a(((great))) ###less###/em(((great)))- was a heavy contender against the likes of ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://movies.tvguide.com/argo/382412?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Argo###less###/a(((great))) ###less###/em(((great)))director ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ben-affleck/141463?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Ben Affleck###less###/a(((great))) and others, according to the site. He is certainly well-versed in the sci-fi genre, with his other credits including ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/fringe/293813?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Fringe###less###/a(((great)))###less###/em(((great))), ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://movies.tvguide.com/cloverfield/289394?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Cloverfield###less###/a(((great))) ###less###/em(((great)))and ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/lost/100272?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Lost###less###/a(((great)))###less###/em(((great))).###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))When the Walt Disney Company purchased LucasFilm in October, Disney announced that ###less###em(((great)))Star Wars 7###less###/em(((great))) would be slated for 2015. The film is the first since ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://movies.tvguide.com/star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith/137906?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith###less###/a(((great)))###less###/em(((great))) came out in 2005, and would chronologically follow 1983's ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://movies.tvguide.com/return-of-the-jedi/115820?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Return of the Jedi###less###/a(((great)))###less###/em(((great))).###less###/p(((great)))
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###less###p(((great)))"For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see ###less###em(((great)))Star Wars###less###/em(((great))) passed from one generation to the next," ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/george-lucas/151659?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))George Lucas###less###/a(((great))) said in a statement after the acquisition. "It's now time for me to pass ###less###em(((great)))Star Wars###less###/em(((great))) on to a new generation of filmmakers. I've always believed that ###less###em(((great)))Star Wars###less###/em(((great))) could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime."###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))After the initial announcement, Disney chairman and CEO Robert Iger said the companies "have a pretty extensive treatment of the next three movies" and added that Episodes 8 and 9 will come out every two to three years after the initial installment in 2015.###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))In addition, Iger said there is potential for the ###less###em(((great)))Star Wars###less###/em(((great))) brand to expand in new ways beyond the big screen. "We really like ###less###em(((great)))Star Wars###less###/em(((great)))' potential on TV, and Disney XD would be a great home for that," Iger also said. The Disney-owned ABC already took advantage of that during Sunday's episode of ###less###em(((great)))###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/once-upon-a-time/319533?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Once Upon a Time###less###/a(((great)))###less###/em(((great))), in which the ###less###em(((great)))Star Wars ###less###/em(((great)))theme was heard as the cell phone ringtone for a new stranger in Storybrooke.###less###/p(((great)))
###less###p(((great)))Are you excited Abrams will be directing the next ###less###em(((great)))Star Wars###less###/em(((great)))? Or do you think ###less###a href="http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/joss-whedon/194228?rss=breakingnews&partnerid=gatehouse&profileid=breaking"(((great)))Joss Whedon###less###/a(((great))) or someone else would've been a better fit? Hit the comments with your thoughts!###less###/p(((great)))###less###/br(((great)))
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