{"id":30076,"date":"2013-08-19T19:32:34","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T23:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=30076"},"modified":"2020-04-15T14:37:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T18:37:19","slug":"star-wars-episode-vii-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/08\/19\/star-wars-episode-vii-release-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Disney Eyeing A December 2015 Release For STAR WARS:EPISODE VII"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the midst of the news of Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm last fall, it was announced that the studio was looking to release the first in a new trilogy of Star Wars<\/strong> films in 2015. Nearly everyone assumed that the date the studio was aiming for would be May 20th, the Wednesday before Memorial Day Weekend.<\/p>\n

Why that date? Well, that Wednesday has been the traditional day that a Star Wars<\/strong> film hits theaters ever since 1977 when the initial film in the franchise opened.<\/p>\n

But Badass Digest<\/a> is hearing that that tradition might be broken with Episode VII<\/strong> and that the studio is currently looking at a date in mid-December of 2015, six months later than what fans were expecting.<\/p>\n

Now nothing is official, and the studio hasn’t committed to any date as of right now.<\/p>\n

But I can’t say that I blame them.<\/p>\n

Currently, 2015 is looking to be a big year for genre films and Episode VII<\/strong>, for all the excitement in the air around it, is just one of several 800-pound gorillas in the room. Just a few weeks before the presumed May release date, Disney has Marvel Studio’s The Avengers: Age Of Ultron<\/strong> opening on May 1. I’ve said before<\/a> that I wouldn’t be surprised if the studio wanted to give the film some room to dominate at the box office for several weeks, just the same way The Avengers<\/strong> did last summer, and would push off Episode VII<\/strong> accordingly. In June, Disney has the Pixar film Inside Out<\/strong> hitting screens on the 19th and July will see them release the fifth Pirates Of The Caribbean<\/strong> film on the 10th. Even though August is not quite the dumping ground it used to be for films, I still don’t see Disney opening up something as prestigious as a new Star Wars<\/strong> film in that month.<\/p>\n

Holding the film until December – where its biggest competitor could possibly be James Cameron’s Avatar 3<\/strong> but only if he actually gets into production in time to make that date – seems like a sound decision.<\/p>\n

And besides, Peter Jackson has shown us that a highly anticipated film trilogy can do pretty well at the box office in December. Still, I have to admit to a touch of melancholy that the franchise that epitomizes (in a godd way) the term “summer movie” won’t be debuting its newest offering in that season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

But it makes sense, and here’s why.<\/div>\n

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