Star Wars Episode VII " screenwriter Michael Arndt abandoning ship

BUZZ - Kathleen Kennedy , the owner of Lucasfilm announced that director JJ Abrams and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan resumed writing the Star Wars Episode VII , initially told Michael Arndt . Of frying in the galaxy far , far away ?



Michael Arndt, Oscar-winning screenwriter of Little Miss Sunshine , was hired on Star Wars Episode VII before the arrival of director JJ Abrams . Photo: Mark J. Terrill / AP / SIPA
It is a small thunderbolt for Star Wars fans . Michael Arndt, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Little Miss Sunshine and Toy Story, not finally sign the script of the highly anticipated Episode VII . In a statement posted on the website of the saga, the patron saint of Lucasfilm , Kathleen Kennedy reveals a new duo of writers is indeed at work. And not just because that is more or less the film's director, JJ Abrams, and veteran Lawrence Kasdan , 64, co -author of Empire against attack and Return of the Jedi .

"I am very excited by the history we have established and delighted that Larry and JJ working on the script ," says the producer . " Few people understand how fundamentally a story of Star Wars works and it is simply amazing to associate the return of the saga on the big screen . When JJ is of course an incredible storyteller to his way. Michael Arndt did a great job so far and now we have an incredible crew , ready to go into production . "

A difficult choice ?

Very civilized , the press Kathleen gives no reason from Michael Arndt, or if the story on which it planchait far will a little, a lot or not at all maintained. We knew little about the plot of the film so far, except that it would focus on the descendants of siblings Skywalker. And the actors of the first trilogy , Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill should be making an appearance . The news of the departure of Michael Arndt is all the more curious that JJ Abrams admitted to Metronews , on the occasion of the release of Star Trek Into Darkness , his pleasure at the prospect of working with one of the most popular writers Hollywood .

Lawrence Kasdan , meanwhile , was already associated with the return of the saga since he had been assigned to write spin- off devoted to some key characters, and the output should be inserted between each new installment new trilogy . Were his ideas came into conflict with those of Arndt ? Kathleen Kennedy and JJ Abrams did they decide between the two men? This change seems , for now, not delay the start of filming in January in England , for release in the summer of 2015.