{"id":60032,"date":"2013-11-08T01:12:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T23:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=60032"},"modified":"2013-11-08T11:31:16","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T09:31:16","slug":"star-wars-episode-vii-release-date-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/60032-star-wars-episode-vii-release-date-announced","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars: Episode VII release date announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walt Disney Studios has confirmed a release date of 18 December 2015 for Lucasfilm&#8217;s Star Wars: Episode VII.<\/p>\n<p>The company said that pre-production is in full-swing and shooting is scheduled to begin in 2014 at Pinewood Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Star Wars: Episode VII will be directed by J.J. Abrams (Super 8, Mission: Impossible III, Star Trek) and is being scripted by Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan (Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi).<\/p>\n<p>Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, with Tommy Harper (Mission: Impossible &#8211; Ghost Protocol, Jack Ryan, Star Trek Into Darkness) and Jason McGatlin (Tintin, War of the Worlds) serving as executive producers.<\/p>\n<p>John Williams is returning to score Star Wars: Episode VII.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re very excited to share the official 2015 release date for Star Wars: Episode VII, where it will not only anchor the popular holiday filmgoing season but also ensure our extraordinary filmmaking team has the time needed to deliver a sensational picture,&#8221; said Alan Horn, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kQ4jZr1w0AI\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/59996-award-winning-gaming-writer-to-lecture-in-sa.html\">Award-winning game writer to lecture in SA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/59989-r389000-for-a-dota-2-courier.html\">R389,000 for a Dota 2 courier<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/59964-ps3-console-and-game-lifetime-sales-revealed.html\">PS3 console and game lifetime sales revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walt Disney Studios prepares to leave its mark on the Star Wars film franchise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":52954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2826,21,1494,11683,11682],"class_list":["post-60032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-disney","tag-headline","tag-star-wars","tag-star-wars-episode-vii","tag-walt-disney-studios"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}