Walt Disney Studios Chairman confirms due date for Star Wars screenplay and work on Indy 5.
Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn may have been speaking to Variety’s Dealmaker Breakfast this morning, but he may as well have been heralding the trumpets of geekdom with his insights on Disney’s newest acquisition’s , Lucasfilm, most prized franchises: Star Wars and Indiana Jones.
Horn is reported to have said that while Star Wars: Episode VII’s screenplay is still being worked on by director J.J. Abrams and co-writer Lawrence Kasdan (the screenwriter of Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark), it is expected to be finished by January 2014. Horn additionally estimated the film will cost in the ballpark of $200 million and that Disney still has every intention of realeasing a new Star Warsmovie every year. Albeit, they would alternate between “saga chapters” and spin-offs every other year.
Also to the joy of fedora enthusiasts everywhere, Horn stated that they are still working on an Indiana Jones 5, though that is much further down the road.
“We need a story,” Horn said. However, this raises an intriguing question about exactly who will be wearing that fabled hat and snapping the whip, considering Harrison Ford is already 71 years old. Still, we’d opt for a wizened Indy as opposed to a dreaded recast.
SOURCE: Marc Graser