A news report from Empire magazine has stated that JJ Abrams has done the decent thing and turned down STAR WARS EPISODE VII. Well, he is the man behind the in-progress STAR TREK franchise, and would rather view the new SW movies as a fan, rather than being the force behind creating them. Here’s what he said to Empire:
“I guess the franchises could go up against each other, but I’m not thinking that far ahead! I’m a huge fan of Star Wars, Empire and Jedi, and the idea of the world continuing is exciting and will be amazing. Kathy Kennedy is a friend and there are no smarter producers. It’s in great hands.”
He also went on to say:
“There were the very early conversations and I quickly said that because of my loyalty to Star Trek, and also just being a fan, I wouldn’t even want to be involved in the next version of those things. I declined any involvement very early on. I’d rather be in the audience not knowing what was coming, rather than being involved in the minutiae of making them.”
We HAVE to have some kind of confirmation of the director very soon as the first film is due in what, 2015? Got to get things going soon Disney! We’ll keep you posted…
Source: Empire
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