UPDATE: Disney has just announced that the release of Star Wars -- Episode VIII has been pushed from May 2017 to December of that year.
The original report follows.
Rian Johnson is reportedly rewriting his script for Star Wars -- Episode VIII.
The rumor comes from the Meet The Movie Press video podcast. Therein it's stated that filming on Johnson's iteration "has been pushed about a month." The delay, if true, is the result of the writer/director reworking his script in response to the strengths of The Force Awakens. Specifically, the roles of Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac's characters Rey, Finn and Poe will be expanded some while a pair of new characters' roles will be reduced. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tatiana Maslany, Bel Powely and Gina Rodriguez have been rumored to be up for those mysterious new roles.
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The original report follows.
Rian Johnson is reportedly rewriting his script for Star Wars -- Episode VIII.
The rumor comes from the Meet The Movie Press video podcast. Therein it's stated that filming on Johnson's iteration "has been pushed about a month." The delay, if true, is the result of the writer/director reworking his script in response to the strengths of The Force Awakens. Specifically, the roles of Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac's characters Rey, Finn and Poe will be expanded some while a pair of new characters' roles will be reduced. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tatiana Maslany, Bel Powely and Gina Rodriguez have been rumored to be up for those mysterious new roles.
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