New ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ to be filmed in England
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LOS ANGELES |
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Filming of a new “Star Wars” film will take place in England, returning a authorization to a British roots, Disney’s Lucasfilm pronounced on Friday.
“We’ve clinging critical time and courtesy to revisiting a origins of ‘Star Wars’ as impulse for a routine on a new movie, and I’m anxious that returning to a UK for prolongation and utilizing a implausible talent there can be a partial of that,” Kathleen Kennedy, Lucasfilm president, pronounced in a statement.
The 6 prior “Star Wars” films were all partly filmed in a UK during famed studios including Pinewood, Elstree and Shepperton.
Disney announced 3 new “Star Wars” films in Oct 2012, when it purchased George Lucas’ Lucasfilm association for $4.05 billion.
The news was welcomed by a British financial minister, George Osborne, who tweeted on Friday: “Great news for a artistic industries. May a force be with us.”
“Star Wars: Episode VII” will be done by executive J.J. Abrams, and will serve boost a British film attention that has been renewed by a renouned James Bond and Harry Potter film franchises.
The “Star Wars” authorization has grossed some-more than $4.4 billion during a worldwide box bureau given a initial film was expelled in 1977.
“Star Wars: Episode VII’ is scheduled to be expelled in 2015.
(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy, Editing by Jill Serjeant and Peter Cooney)