Star Wars Episode 7 News

Friday, November 30, 2012

How Disney Kept Star Wars a Secret and When to Expect the Official Announcement of the Episode 7 Director!


Last night at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Disney studio chairman Alan Horn threw a party celebrating the company's successful 2012 animation slate. Vulture managed to ask him some questions including how did they manage to keep that info totally secret until the  press release went out?
"We threatened everybody with a blast from the Death Star!" Horn told me last night, laughing.
"But really, I think everybody was mature about it," he continued. "It's important to keep these things confidential, so people just kept their mouths shut." How many people knew about Episode VII? "Not many. It was a very small group. Probably a smaller group than knew about the attack on bin Laden!"
Rumors have been flying lately that X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn will helm Episode VII, and Horn demurred from confirming the buzz, though he set the timetable for an announcement on that front: "I would say you'll know soon. And it's got to come from Kathy Kennedy — we don't have the company yet!" Still, Horn said that fans should rest assured that Disney has the franchise's best interests at heart. "We take very seriously the obligation to make a very good movie. Kathy is a very experienced producer; George Lucas is the godfather of that franchise and very, very involved on a consulting basis, so we feel very confident."
Source: vulture.com

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