Rian Johnson's STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII Will Also Shoot At Pinewood
J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens recently wrapped production at Pinewood Studios in the U.K., and since they obviously had a pleasent experience there, it seems the next film in the rejuvenated series will return. Click on for more..
During a keynote address at the annual conference of the Confederation of British Industry, Pinewood Shepperton chief exec Ivan Dunleavy confirmed that the eight instalment in Disney/Lucasfilm's Star Wars franchise would indeed return to shoot at the U.K. studio. Episode VII (now officially titled "The Force Awakens") wrapped production there recently having also shot in Abu Dhabi and Iceland, but the still-untitled eight movie will be written and directed by Rian Johnson (Looper, Brick) with Disney scheduled to release the movie in 2017. Before that though, Pinewood will play host to Sam Mendes' new James Bond flick, which will see Daniel Craig reprise the role of 007.
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