Star Wars Bits: Casting Call Reveals Three ‘Episode VII’ Roles; Plus Two Potential Stars, Drew Struzan And ‘The Clone Wars’
Two more actors have been rumored for roles inStar Wars Episode VIIand one of them is literally named “Solo.” Read who they are, as well the following, after the jump.
The actors above are namedKsenia SoloandLiam McIntyre. According toJedi News(viaCBM) Solo is possibly up for a role inStar Wars Episode VII(as the daughter of Princess Leia and Han Solo) and McIntyre read for the role of a Jedi. These are obviously both rumors but theBlack Swanactress andSpartacusactor both look the part. Read moreat the source links.
Speaking of the lead roles ofStar Wars Episode VII,Showbiz 411reports a casting call for an “Untitled Studio Feature” is underway in New York City. This “Untitled” feature, though, is a Disney film directed byJ.J. Abrams. Boom. They’re looking for three primary roles:
Those last two sounds like the roles Solo and McIntyre could be up for, right? Also, that original casting call had seven roles. Have four of them been cast?
Last week, the following internal Toys R Us memo made waves when it confirmed that Dinobots would be inTransformers: Age of Extinction. It also has a few small tidbits on how the store will be covering the newStar Warstrilogy for the rest of the decade, including a likely unofficial, but still kind of cool, logo. Thanks toSeibertron.
Jedi News, an increasingly intriguing source forStar Warsnews, ran a very interesting rumor recently. They report that Lucasfilm and Disney are in negotiations withAppleto launch anStar Warsapp for iOS7 that would exclusively run the final episodes ofThe Clone Warsin the coming months and then, next year, run featurettes on the making ofStar Wars Episode VII. It would primarily run over Apple TV, but possibly on iPhone and iPad too. This is nothing but a rumor at this point but it’s somehow a convincing one.
Another rumor from over onJedi Newsis thatDrew Struzandoes not want to, or will not, do the poster forStar Wars Episode VII. Instead a company calledBLT Communicationsmight be up for the gig. The problem with this rumor isn’t that it’s not-plausible, it’s why would Lucasfilm and Disney be worrying about the poster for a film that’s not even cast yet? (One possible answer: They want to encourage fans by bringing back important pieces of the original films, even if it’s too early, like John Williams.)
That’s enough rumors for one edition of Star Wars Bits, don’t you think? On the official side, via theStar Wars Blog, they have a preview of a bunch of newStar Warscomic and graphic novels coming out in the next few months. Head there for the full list, but here’s one particularly pretty one.
Finally, in what could have potentially been a disaster, a firewas recently reportedstarting at Skywalker Ranch. Fortunately, the ranch has its own fire department and they quickly took care of it.
