Disney Buying LucasFilm! WHOA

Festivus

Festivus

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Lee said:
In a mostly unrelated note, I met McDiarmid once, after a play in NYC.
Nice enough guy, but it's very surreal to hear that voice in person.
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Did he mumble 'something, something, something, DAAARK sssiiide...'? Would be funny if he did, even funnier if you said it to him!
 
danlb_2000

danlb_2000

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Festivus said:
Come to think of it, Hugo Weaving would be a great villain also...
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Yes, he would make a good villain, but I could also see him as a Jedi. He has done a great job in the past as a bad guy (Matrix), Good guy (Lord of the Rings), and morally questionable (V for Vendetta).

Dan
 
sshindel

sshindel

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Still reading that, but interesting note that the article seems to put the hiring of Arndt for the script WELL before the deal was really in full swing for Disney:
Lucas and Kennedy hired screenwriter Michael Arndt, who won an Oscar for Little Miss Sunshine, to begin work on the script for Episode VII. They enlisted Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote the screenplays for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, to act as a consultant. Lucas started talking to members of the original Star Wars cast, such as Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford, about appearing in the films. In June 2012, he called Iger.
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Edit: Later in the article, it talks about him turning over the treatments, so it could be just an issue with the writer of the article not being clear about script vs. treatment.


Edit 2: Another interesting quote:
Asked whether members of the original Star Wars cast will appear in Episode VII and if he called them before the deal closed to keep them informed, Lucas says, “We had already signed Mark and Carrie and Harrison—or we were pretty much in final stages of negotiation. So I called them to say, ‘Look, this is what’s going on.’ ” He pauses. “Maybe I’m not supposed to say that. I think they want to announce that with some big whoop-de-do, but we were negotiating with them.” Then he adds: “I won’t say whether the negotiations were successful or not.”
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Pentacat

Pentacat

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sshindel said:
Still reading that, but interesting note that the article seems to put the hiring of Arndt for the script WELL before the deal was really in full swing for Disney:


Edit: Later in the article, it talks about him turning over the treatments, so it could be just an issue with the writer of the article not being clear about script vs. treatment.


Edit 2: Another interesting quote:
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Sounds to me like Lucas wisely decided to get the next trilogy lined up prior to approaching a sale. Not only ensuring his legacy as the father of Star Wars but also adding some serious value to the company in Disney's eyes.
 
sshindel

sshindel

The Epcot Manifesto
Pentacat said:
Sounds to me like Lucas wisely decided to get the next trilogy lined up prior to approaching a sale. Not only ensuring his legacy as the father of Star Wars but also adding some serious value to the company in Disney's eyes.
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The way the article read, it was kind of the only way Iger would actually buy it. He required Lucas to let him read through the treatments of all 3 next films before he would really get heavy into the deal. Lucas knew he needed content to grab a buyer, Iger knew he needed the content to be decent.

My next favorite quote:
Iger is busy readying the machinery that will crank out Star Wars-related toys and theme park attractions and whatever Disney deems as appropriate franchise exploitation.
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People on the forums should/will have a field day with that statement.
 
Festivus

Festivus

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Genie of the Lamp said:
Found this article on the LA Times website:
http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/luke-han-leia-star-wars-trio-almost-sure-to-return-in-vii/#/0
It's only a matter of time before they publicly announce the trio minus Fisher are returning for Episode 7.
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Am I misreading your post, "minus" Fisher? The article doesn't state anything about her not returning. Am I missing something? Are you refering to only Ford and Hamill because Fisher has already spilled the beans on her return? Even though she has said as much, I'm waiting for the official announcement from Lucasfilm/Disney. I'm sure all 3 will be announced in the same press release together, whenever that occurs.
 
Festivus

Festivus

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Thought of another good villian, for what it's worth IMHO. Michael Sheen of Tron:Legacy, the Twilight Saga, and several other films...
 
danlb_2000

danlb_2000

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Festivus said:
Am I misreading your post, "minus" Fisher? The article doesn't state anything about her not returning. Am I missing something? Are you refering to only Ford and Hamill because Fisher has already spilled the beans on her return? Even though she has said as much, I'm waiting for the official announcement from Lucasfilm/Disney. I'm sure all 3 will be announced in the same press release together, whenever that occurs.
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Actually, she hasn't, that statement was retracted shortly after it was made.
 
Genie of the Lamp

Genie of the Lamp

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Festivus said:
Am I misreading your post, "minus" Fisher? The article doesn't state anything about her not returning. Am I missing something? Are you refering to only Ford and Hamill because Fisher has already spilled the beans on her return? Even though she has said as much, I'm waiting for the official announcement from Lucasfilm/Disney. I'm sure all 3 will be announced in the same press release together, whenever that occurs.
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I meant to refer to only Ford and Hamill. However we got this news update today:
http://triblive.com/news/editorspicks/3618814-74/lucas-star-wars#axzz2MyVoMcna
Sorry if I confused you. Not the greatest gramatically correct poster here. Lucas says all 3 are returning to Ep.7
 
sshindel

sshindel

The Epcot Manifesto
Genie of the Lamp said:
I meant to refer to only Ford and Hamill. However we got this news update today:
http://triblive.com/news/editorspicks/3618814-74/lucas-star-wars#axzz2MyVoMcna
Sorry if I confused you. Not the greatest gramatically correct poster here. Lucas says all 3 are returning to Ep.7
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I'm pretty sure that article is referring to the one I was quoting in this post:
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/disney-buying-lucasfilm-whoa.855043/page-107#post-5358270

I think at this point it's pretty much a forgone conclusion that the big 3 are going to be back.
 

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