Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16, D: Edwards) S: Jones, Luna, Mendelsohn, Yen
12-29-14, 02:10 PM
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re: Rogue One - Star Wars spinoff (12/16/16) D: Gareth Edwards
I don't think he'd be that bad of a choice. He's a good young actor as proven on Breaking Bad. I wouldn't say that he's had the best film career to date but I think that's just the films he's been in haven't been the greatest not necessarily that he's bad in them. I could kind of see him as a young Solo.
12-29-14, 02:41 PM
#52
re: Rogue One - Star Wars spinoff (12/16/16) D: Gareth Edwards
Yeah, there's no way in hell Aaron Paul is playing Han. First, he looks nothing like Ford. Second, he's older than Harrison was in the first film. If we do see a Solo movie, I'm sure it will be a teenage version so the audience can actually buy that this is the same person at an earlier point in their life.
I really wish they would nix the idea of making prequel films for established characters, but it looks like that ain't happening.
I really wish they would nix the idea of making prequel films for established characters, but it looks like that ain't happening.
12-29-14, 02:52 PM
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re: Rogue One - Star Wars spinoff (12/16/16) D: Gareth Edwards
Yeah, there's no way in hell Aaron Paul is playing Han. First, he looks nothing like Ford. Second, he's older than Harrison was in the first film. If we do see a Solo movie, I'm sure it will be a teenage version so the audience can actually buy that this is the same person at an earlier point in their life.
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12-29-14, 03:03 PM
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12-29-14, 03:06 PM
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12-29-14, 05:00 PM
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re: Rogue One - Star Wars spinoff (12/16/16) D: Gareth Edwards
Given the reported fate of said character in Episode VIII, a prequel that comes either right before or right after that movie (depending on when they're going to release it) makes sense.
Although I'm unsure about someone else playing Han Solo...although it semi-worked for Indiana Jones.
Honestly, I'd rather see a movie about a lesser-known character...like Lando, perhaps.
At least they didn't go with Yoda or Ben Kenobi...I have no interest in seeing either - especially after all the Clone Wars stuff (sure, animated, but enough with the Jedi - I want to see stories from outside that realm).
Although I'm unsure about someone else playing Han Solo...although it semi-worked for Indiana Jones.
Honestly, I'd rather see a movie about a lesser-known character...like Lando, perhaps.
At least they didn't go with Yoda or Ben Kenobi...I have no interest in seeing either - especially after all the Clone Wars stuff (sure, animated, but enough with the Jedi - I want to see stories from outside that realm).
12-29-14, 05:04 PM
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re: Rogue One - Star Wars spinoff (12/16/16) D: Gareth Edwards
Yeah, there's no way in hell Aaron Paul is playing Han. First, he looks nothing like Ford. Second, he's older than Harrison was in the first film. If we do see a Solo movie, I'm sure it will be a teenage version so the audience can actually buy that this is the same person at an earlier point in their life.
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12-29-14, 05:28 PM
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12-31-14, 09:41 PM
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re: Rogue One - Star Wars spinoff (12/16/16) D: Gareth Edwards
Exactly, after 6 movies I'm sick of the Skywalker fucking family. Aaron Johnson was great in Breaking Bad, but I don't want to see him(or anybody else) imitating the iconic Ford role. I would think history would leave you folks very wary of prequel stories with this franchise. All we're hearing about these films makes it seem like Disney is just cashing in on the Star Wars name and doesn't bode well for having exciting new stories to tell.
If they want to tell me a story about the Rebellion, the Clone Wars, the Sith, or any other "prequel" event I am OK with that. If they want to continue shoehorning in one family and one set of characters, I am out.
If you took this approach to real history it would entail George Washington's descendants continually crossing paths with the descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin as they lead the United States to victory in the Civil War, WWI, WW2, the Korean War, Vietnam, the Gulf War, and the War on Drugs. (Yes, that is intended to be as goofy as I wrote it.)
01-02-15, 09:42 PM
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01-10-15, 12:56 AM
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re: Rogue One - Star Wars spinoff (12/16/16) D: Gareth Edwards
Gary Whitta has left the movie after finishing an initial draft. There's speculation a new screenwriter will be brought in:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hea...e-loses-762372
EDIT: Slash Film now has an unconfirmed report that Simon Kinberg is revising the script. So they're replacing the guy who wrote After Earth with the guy who wrote X-Men: The Last Stand? Talk about going from bad to worse. At this rate, I'm expecting Akiva Goldsman to be brought in to script the next spin-off (with revisions by Ehren Kruger, of course).
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hea...e-loses-762372
EDIT: Slash Film now has an unconfirmed report that Simon Kinberg is revising the script. So they're replacing the guy who wrote After Earth with the guy who wrote X-Men: The Last Stand? Talk about going from bad to worse. At this rate, I'm expecting Akiva Goldsman to be brought in to script the next spin-off (with revisions by Ehren Kruger, of course).
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01-20-15, 09:49 PM
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re: Rogue One - Star Wars spinoff (12/16/16) D: Gareth Edwards
to Maslany.
The first Star Wars standalone could come under attack from a clone.
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Tatiana Maslany, the Canadian actress who stars as multiple replicants in BBC America's hit series Orphan Black, is testing for the female lead in the Star Wars spinoff that is being directed by Gareth Edwards.
Rooney Mara, who starred in the David Fincher version of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, is also due to test this week among a handful of others, according to multiple sources.
Additionally Felicity Jones, who just received an Oscar nomination for best actress for her work in The Theory of Everything, is said to be on the want list, although there may be scheduling issues with Inferno, the Da Vinci Code sequel that Ron Howard is due to direct this spring and summer.
Plot and character details for the movie (will it focus on young Han Solo? Young Leia?) are being kept hidden deep in an R2 unit. Insiders say that reading and testing for the movie occurred in the U.K. in December and has now moved stateside.
At this stage, Lucasfilm has two Star Wars standalones in development, one with Edwards, the filmmaker behind last year's Godzilla movie, and Josh Trank. Only the Edwards one has a release date: Dec. 16, 2016.
Edwards' project is currently seeking writers after Garry Whitta completed a first draft and left the project.
In the aftermath, rumors surfaced that Simon Kinberg, who is already co-writing the Trank standalone with Lawrence Kasdan, would take over writing during. Sources, however, say that while Kinberg is creatively involved in Star Wars in an overall manner, there are no plans for him to take over. Kinberg is additionally crafting the X-Men universe, writing the X-Men: Apocalypse script for Fox and overseeing the upcoming Fantastic Four reshoots for which he did the rewrites.
Disney had no comment on the testing nor did the actress' reps.
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Tatiana Maslany, the Canadian actress who stars as multiple replicants in BBC America's hit series Orphan Black, is testing for the female lead in the Star Wars spinoff that is being directed by Gareth Edwards.
Rooney Mara, who starred in the David Fincher version of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, is also due to test this week among a handful of others, according to multiple sources.
Additionally Felicity Jones, who just received an Oscar nomination for best actress for her work in The Theory of Everything, is said to be on the want list, although there may be scheduling issues with Inferno, the Da Vinci Code sequel that Ron Howard is due to direct this spring and summer.
Plot and character details for the movie (will it focus on young Han Solo? Young Leia?) are being kept hidden deep in an R2 unit. Insiders say that reading and testing for the movie occurred in the U.K. in December and has now moved stateside.
At this stage, Lucasfilm has two Star Wars standalones in development, one with Edwards, the filmmaker behind last year's Godzilla movie, and Josh Trank. Only the Edwards one has a release date: Dec. 16, 2016.
Edwards' project is currently seeking writers after Garry Whitta completed a first draft and left the project.
In the aftermath, rumors surfaced that Simon Kinberg, who is already co-writing the Trank standalone with Lawrence Kasdan, would take over writing during. Sources, however, say that while Kinberg is creatively involved in Star Wars in an overall manner, there are no plans for him to take over. Kinberg is additionally crafting the X-Men universe, writing the X-Men: Apocalypse script for Fox and overseeing the upcoming Fantastic Four reshoots for which he did the rewrites.
Disney had no comment on the testing nor did the actress' reps.
01-20-15, 10:07 PM
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re: Rogue One - Star Wars spinoff (12/16/16) D: Gareth Edwards
Ugh, I really don't care for Rooney Mara... so I'm sure she'll get the role. 
Only seen Felicity Jones in bit parts on Doctor Who and in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (seemed like a poor choice for Black Cat if that's where they're heading), so it's hard to judge her. I do think Tatiana is a talented actress. Haven't watched Orphan Black yet, but she was great as Ghost in Ginger Snaps 2.
Only seen Felicity Jones in bit parts on Doctor Who and in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (seemed like a poor choice for Black Cat if that's where they're heading), so it's hard to judge her. I do think Tatiana is a talented actress. Haven't watched Orphan Black yet, but she was great as Ghost in Ginger Snaps 2.
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01-21-15, 09:30 AM
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re: Rogue One - Star Wars spinoff (12/16/16) D: Gareth Edwards
The sexist in me doesn't really want a SW film centered on a female character. My daughters will probably love it.
01-21-15, 09:32 AM
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re: Rogue One - Star Wars spinoff (12/16/16) D: Gareth Edwards
It doesn't say that the film is centered on a female character. It says they are testing for the female lead. Presumably there could also be male leads. Carrie Fisher is the female lead of the OT.
01-21-15, 09:38 AM
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re: Rogue One - Star Wars spinoff (12/16/16) D: Gareth Edwards
I like the Orphan Black show.
Now I'm thinking maybe X-Wing spin-off with a female pilot as the lead. Would be strange if they leave out the Force users and light sabers but it could work.
Now I'm thinking maybe X-Wing spin-off with a female pilot as the lead. Would be strange if they leave out the Force users and light sabers but it could work.
01-21-15, 12:33 PM
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re: Rogue One - Star Wars spinoff (12/16/16) D: Gareth Edwards
Star Wars needs more chicks. It's too much of a sausagefest as it stands now.
