Ever since the surprise announcement that Disney had purchased Lucasfilm last October and quickly announced Star Wars: Episode VII, the internet has been abuzz on who would write and direct the next trilogy. Very soon after that, on November 10 to be exact, Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3 and Brave screenwriter Michael Arndt was confirmed as the writer.
Now months after that, Disney will confirm that J.J. Abrams will direct the first film in the new series. It had been known that producer Kathleen Kennedy was interested in Abrams, but even the director said back in November -like many other big name directors from Steven Spielberg to Zack Snyder- he was not interested in doing the film, “I have some original stuff I am working on next,” he told Entertainment Weekly. Back then, as he is today, he's still in deep post-production work on the other big franchise that the fanboys and girls love, Star Trek Into Darkness.
Abrams is one the most popular and financially successful producers and directors currently in Hollywood today, mostly because he brings a great love of the 80s era in which he grew up in, which have influenced most of his work, and in which bring in hordes of fans. Plus, through his Bad Robot production company, he brought such TV series as Alias, Lost and Fringe, along with successful films Mission: Impossible 3 and Super 8 and, of course, the two films in the reboot of the Star Trek franchise.
The Wrap, which broke the news, also questioned if this will "complicate his relationship with Paramount, where Bad Robot is a top supplier." But one assumes that the lure was just to good to pass up. The first film in this new trilogy is slated for May 2015 release.
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