Cast of new ‘Star Wars’ movie revealed
By Nick Levine
The cast of the new Star Wars movie has finally been revealed.
A picture of the ensemble with writer-director JJ Abrams at a script read-through in Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire was posted on the Star Wars website last night (April 29). See below.
Original Star Wars favourites Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Antony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker will all be back for Episode VII.
They will be joined by Girls actor Adam Driver, Inside Llewyn Davis‘s Oscar Isaac, John Boyega (Attack the Block), Domhnall Gleeson (About Time), up-and-coming British actress Daisy Ridley, Swedish acting legend Max von Sydow and motion-capture specialist Andy Serkis.
Abrams said of the news: “We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again.”
“We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud,” he added.
Star Wars: Episode VII is set for release on December 18, 2015. Abrams wrote the script with Lawrence Kasdan, who also worked on two films in the original Star Wars trilogy.