Lucasfilm announced on August 15th that the first film in the Star Wars stories series will be “Rogue One”. Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Monsters) is directing the film. Rogue One tell the story of resistance fighters who have banded together to steal the plans of the Death Star. The film is slated to release on December 16, 2106. The movie is set to take place before “A New Hope” and give an alternate feeling and perspective from the resistance fighters.
The filmmakers have assembled a stellar cast, including Felicity Jones, nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in The Theory of Everything; Diego Luna, who was featured in 2008’s Oscar-winning Milk and 2013’s Elysium; Ben Mendelsohn, recently nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Bloodline and co-starring in the upcoming Mississippi Grind; Donnie Yen, Hong Kong action star and martial artist who starred in Ip Man and Blade II; Jiang Wen, who co-wrote, produced , directed and starred in the award-winning Let the Bullets Fly and Devils on the Doorstep; Forest Whitaker, recently featured in the critically-acclaimed Lee Daniels’ The Butler and winner of an Academy Award for his leading role in 2006’s The Last King of Scotland; Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006’s Casino Royale; Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance-capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon-to-be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November; and Riz Ahmed, who was recently featured in Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA-winning film Four Lions.
I can say personally that I am happily awaiting the arrival of this movie and the others to follow. Are you looking forward to the Star Wars story series or do you think they should stick to their main movies? Let us know in the comments below!
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