{"id":44369,"date":"2018-08-28T14:50:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T18:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=44369"},"modified":"2018-12-04T23:53:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T04:53:44","slug":"matt-smith-signs-on-for-star-wars-episode-ix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2018\/08\/28\/matt-smith-signs-on-for-star-wars-episode-ix\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Smith Signs On For STAR WARS: EPISODE IX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Matt-smith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Matt-smith.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"385\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Matt-smith.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Matt-smith-339x193.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And just like that, two of my favorite nerd worlds collide!<\/p>\n<p>Former <em>Doctor Who<\/em> star Matt Smith has been cast in the upcoming <strong>Star Wars: Episode IX<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Variety is reporting that the British actor will be joining the production, which is currently filming in the UK. There is no word as to whether Smith\u2019s character will be falling on the side of the heroic Resistance, siding with the evil First Order or landing somewhere in between.<\/p>\n<p>Smith will be joining franchise regulars Mark Hammill, Anthony Daniels, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver. Billie Dee Williams is making his return to the series, last appearing as suave gambler\/conman Lando Calrissian in 1983\u2019s <strong>Return Of The Jedi<\/strong>. Joining in for the first time for the final installment of this current trilogy is Keri Russell, Richard E Grant, Dominic Monaghan and Naomi Ackie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Star Wars: Episode IX<\/strong> is set for a December 2019 release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The DOCTOR WHO star is headed to a galaxy far, far away&#8230;<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2018\/08\/28\/matt-smith-signs-on-for-star-wars-episode-ix\/\" title=\"Matt Smith Signs On For STAR WARS: EPISODE IX\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[6470,7836],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-matt-smith","9":"tag-star-wars-epsiode-ix"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[2],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44369"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=44369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}