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Kathleen Kennedy on Convicing J.J Abrams to Direct Star Wars Episode VII, She May Join Forces with Spielberg in New Indiana Jones

By GustavoLeao / 07:38, 31 January 2013 / Star Trek: Nemesis

The latest issue of The Hollywood Reporter features an in-depth profile of Lucasfilm new president Kathleen Kennedy and here iss an excerpt from the article.

�I learned firsthand how incredible and persuasive she is�, Abrams (�Star Trek�) tells The Hollywood Reporter. �The thing about any pre-existing franchise � I�d sort of done that�But when I met with Kathy, it was suddenly very tantalizing.�

Kennedy already had called Beth Swofford, Abrams' CAA agent, and been told Abrams was too deeply engaged in the next Star Trek movie and other obligations at Paramount -- not to mention innumerable television projects -- to consider the job. Nonetheless, Abrams agreed to meet with Kennedy on Dec. 14 at his Bad Robot offices in Santa Monica. Famously plain-spoken, she summarizes her pitch like this: "Please do Star Wars."

And she had cards to play. Not only was Oscar winner Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3) writing the script, but Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote 1980's The Empire Strikes Back and 1983's Return of the Jedi, was on board to consult. Abrams "was flipping out when he found out that Michael and Larry were on the movie already," says Kennedy.

Kennedy is confident Abrams is going to be in the director�s chair when the film begins rolling, but isn�t so confident the film will be ready by 2015.
�Our goal is to move as quickly as we can, and we�ll see what happens,� says Kennedy. �The timetable we care about is getting the story.�

Meantime, the trade also reports that Kennedy may join forces with Steven Spielberg again soon to make another �Indiana Jones�. Spielberg�s stipulation? That �it�s based on George�s story�.
The full article is online now

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Delay for Star Wars? | Report this post to moderator
By: DIGINON (Odo's file, contact) @ 15:24:15 on Jan 31, 2013

The article hints that the Star Wars sequel may be delayed.
Im just wondering: Could it be that Paramount may try to fast-track another Star Trek sequel to get it out before J.J. takes on Star Wars full-time? If they started work right away they could have ST in cinemas in 2015 and probably still get SW finished for a 2016 release.

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RE: Delay for Star Wars? by cdydatzigs @ 22:01:19 on Jan 31
    RE: Delay for Star Wars? by DIGINON @ 22:31:42 on Jan 31
RE: Delay for Star Wars? by Italiantrek @ 19:55:55 on Jan 31
    RE: Delay for Star Wars? by cdydatzigs @ 22:07:43 on Jan 31
       RE: Delay for Star Wars? by Italiantrek @ 17:57:07 on Feb 01
          RE: Delay for Star Wars? by Bean @ 19:06:25 on Feb 02
          RE: Delay for Star Wars? by cdydatzigs @ 19:51:59 on Feb 01
       RE: Delay for Star Wars? by Bean @ 16:36:24 on Feb 01
       RE: Delay for Star Wars? by GustavoLeao @ 23:41:43 on Jan 31

And thats my final article about STAR WARS | Report this post to moderator
By: GustavoLeao (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 08:27:52 on Jan 31, 2013 | (1)

Wars is science fantasy.

Trek is science fiction.

Thats it for Star Wars on TrekWeb. I hope JJ Abrams remmebers he has to promote a movie called Star Trek Into Darkness.

Amem.

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RE: And thats my final article about STAR WARS by Klingon Bonehead @ 10:19:09 on Feb 01
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RE: And thats my final article about STAR WARS by cdydatzigs @ 14:47:07 on Jan 31
    RE: And thats my final article about STAR WARS by Italiantrek @ 20:06:49 on Jan 31
       RE: And thats my final article about STAR WARS by cdydatzigs @ 19:55:53 on Feb 01
          RE: And thats my final article about STAR WARS by Klingon Bonehead @ 09:32:50 on Feb 02

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