On that note, Rian Johnson's Star Wars: Episode VIII also got an official release date for just five months after Star Wars: Rogue One. The release date holds true to statements from Disney execs about annualizing the Star Wars movie brand, with standalone character-focused movies filling in the schedule gaps between core episodic installments. As it turns out, Jones has officially landed the gig, as part of a set of announcements Disney made today during an investors meeting.įelicity Jones will play the lead in Star Wars: Rogue One, the first franchise spinoff for Lucasfilm and Disney, which will open in theaters December 16, 2016. Multiple reports pointed towards the possibility that Felicity Jones ( The Theory of Everything) and Tatiana Maslany ( Orphan Black) were frontrunners for the lead role in the first Star Wars spinoff to be directed by Gareth Edwards ( Godzilla). Whether or not the first standalone Star Wars spinoff movie Disney plans to release in 2016 brings back some characters from Episode VII or the original trilogy remains a mystery, but at least one major rumor has just become true.
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