With J.J. Abrams kicking off the first of three new Star Wars films, Disney announced on Thursday that Godzilla filmmaker Gareth Edwards will direct a separate spin-off installment of the franchise, scheduled for December 2016.
The yet-to-be-titled Star Wars film, which is being written by The Book of Eli screenwriter Gary Whitta, is being described as a stand-alone movie in addition to the next three installments beginning with Abrams's Star Wars: Episode VII, to be released in December 2015.
British director Edwards made his feature film debut with his re-imagining of Godzilla, which stormed the North American box office with $93.2 million in sales over the past weekend.
British director Edwards made his feature film debut with his re-imagining of Godzilla, which stormed the North American box office with $93.2 million in sales over the past weekend.
Walt Disney Co. purchased Star Wars creator George Lucas's production company LucasFilm for $4.05 billion in 2012 and announced it would release spin-off films between the releases of three new films in the popular sci-fi series.