Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (USE SPOILER TAGS!)

[Himmel]

So can we expect a Super Bowl commercial for Ep.7 on Sunday??

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by Terminated

So can we expect a Super Bowl commercial for Ep.7 on Sunday??

I'd put the chances of that at 10%. Maybe lower. We won't get anything until celebration, and even then, it'll probably just be the poster. The next trailer will be with avengers 2.

[Scorpion Soldier]

Originally Posted by Gamma_Winstead

I'd put the chances of that at 10%. Maybe lower. We won't get anything until celebration, and even then, it'll probably just be the poster. The next trailer will be with avengers 2.

Pretty much this. Disney will without a doubt be pushing Age of Ultron and Ant-Man or Tomorrowland at the Superbowl, rather than Star Wars in advance.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by Gamma_Winstead

I'd put the chances of that at 10%. Maybe lower. We won't get anything until celebration, and even then, it'll probably just be the poster. The next trailer will be with avengers 2.

I'm sure a trailer may be with Avengers 2, but it won't be limited to that. It will be an internet event. You won't need to go to the Avengers to see it. This isn't the 90's anymore.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by Terminated

So can we expect a Super Bowl commercial for Ep.7 on Sunday??

As of a few hours ago, the only movie trailer confirmed for the Super Bowl is Jurassic World. We'll see what happens...

[aiman04]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

I'm sure a trailer may be with Avengers 2, but it won't be limited to that. It will be an internet event. You won't need to go to the Avengers to see it. This isn't the 90's anymore.

I'm sure everyone knows that, ever since The Phantom Menace. When people say that now, it's more about the release date of the trailer. So when they say attached to The Avengers sequel, we'll know we'll get to see it on May 1, to see it online or at the theaters is up to each own.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by aiman04

I'm sure everyone knows that, ever since The Phantom Menace. When people say that now, it's more about the release date of the trailer. So when they say attached to The Avengers sequel, we'll know we'll get to see it on May 1, to see it online or at the theaters is up to each own.

Pretty much exactly this. I'm more surprised you took it that way Ernest.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by Gamma_Winstead

Pretty much exactly this. I'm more surprised you took it that way Ernest.

That's a response to certain on-line sites reporting that. We just went through this in November when AICN and Latino Review were saying the SW7 trailer was going to premiere with The Hobbit, and LucasFilm went way, way bigger, making it a Black Friday event. The full trailer will be like that, it won't simply be attached to a movie.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

That's a response to certain on-line sites reporting that. We just went through this in November when AICN and Latino Review were saying the SW7 trailer was going to premiere with The Hobbit, and LucasFilm went way, way bigger, making it a Black Friday event. The full trailer will be like that, it won't simply be attached to a movie.

Thinking disney would premiere the most anyicipated teaser, for quite possibly their most anticipated film of all time, on a competitor studios release... THATS ridiculous. That wasn't going to happen anyways.

[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by Gamma_Winstead

Thinking disney would premiere the most anyicipated teaser, for quite possibly their most anticipated film of all time, on a competitor studios release... THATS ridiculous. That wasn't going to happen anyways.

Disney's most anticipated film of all time?? Fans aside (most of whom are old men now), I think that over the years, just as there are young people who don't really know who the Beatles were (or do know but don't care), there are young people who really don't give much of a hoot about Star Wars. They know it's out there and they've seen some of the films, but they simply don't think it's all that big a deal. Why? Because films can only be truly understood within the context of the time they're originally released.

It's an unrealistic expectation to expect that any future Star Wars film from Disney is going to have an effect on the culture the way that the OT did. No film has that impact today because movies are not as central to the culture as they were once were and any new Star Wars movie can't have that effect because it can no longer be a surprise. It's like expecting that a new ride at Disney World is going to have some big impact.

That's no reflection on the quality of what Abrams is producing. It's just an impossibility for the seventh of anything (except for the aforementioned Beatles whose seventh album was Revolver, although it was the eighth, Sgt Pepper, that had the bigger cultural impact).

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

It's just an impossibility for the seventh of anything (except for the aforementioned Beatles whose seventh album was Revolver, although it was the eighth, Sgt Pepper, that had the bigger cultural impact).

Well for me, I have more personal connection to Revolver than I do SPLHCB. But that's another matter entirely.

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

Disney's most anticipated film of all time?? Fans aside (most of whom are old men now), I think that over the years, just as there are young people who don't really know who the Beatles were (or do know but don't care), there are young people who really don't give much of a hoot about Star Wars. They know it's out there and they've seen some of the films, but they simply don't think it's all that big a deal. Why? Because films can only be truly understood within the context of the time they're originally released.



It's an unrealistic expectation to expect that any future Star Wars film from Disney is going to have an effect on the culture the way that the OT did. No film has that impact today because movies are not as central to the culture as they were once were and any new Star Wars movie can't have that effect because it can no longer be a surprise. It's like expecting that a new ride at Disney World is going to have some big impact.



That's no reflection on the quality of what Abrams is producing. It's just an impossibility for the seventh of anything (except for the aforementioned Beatles whose seventh album was Revolver, although it was the eighth, Sgt Pepper, that had the bigger cultural impact).

I don't think that's true...I work at a theme park, and I see kids running around in Star Wars shirts, costumes, etc. all the time still. Kids are more than aware of what Star Wars is, and they're still as into it as previous generations were, because many of their parents are. The Clone Wars cartoon really helped keep the series alive to little kids.

As for movies not being influential in pop culture, yes and no. We've seen movies like The Avengers skyrocket straight into pop culture over the last few years, as well as things like The Hunger Games. To the levels of Star Wars? Maybe not. But movies still have an impact, but these really are much different times.

Movies don't play months, or even years at a time like they used to. They also have much more competition, but if a movie is an enigma, it can transcend those problems and reach pop cultural love and significance. I look at American Sniper's absolutely unprecedented success to show film can still be huge, pulling people who don't normally go to the movies back to the theaters. With how talked about and what a big deal this movie even being made is, it can be just as significant as what came before. I think you're almost understating how big it can be, and how much people love the universe. Hell, you might even get people who just go because they want to see the old cast again. But make no mistake, this movie will be huge, and as long as it's great, it'll enter pop culture pretty easily.

[Ernest Rister]

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was "Disney's" most anticipated movie. The Force Awakens is LucasFilm's most anticipated since The Phantom Menace and Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

[jpthomas27]

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

Disney's most anticipated film of all time?? Fans aside (most of whom are old men now), I think that over the years, just as there are young people who don't really know who the Beatles were (or do know but don't care), there are young people who really don't give much of a hoot about Star Wars. They know it's out there and they've seen some of the films, but they simply don't think it's all that big a deal. Why? Because films can only be truly understood within the context of the time they're originally released.

It's an unrealistic expectation to expect that any future Star Wars film from Disney is going to have an effect on the culture the way that the OT did. No film has that impact today because movies are not as central to the culture as they were once were and any new Star Wars movie can't have that effect because it can no longer be a surprise. It's like expecting that a new ride at Disney World is going to have some big impact.

That's no reflection on the quality of what Abrams is producing. It's just an impossibility for the seventh of anything (except for the aforementioned Beatles whose seventh album was Revolver, although it was the eighth, Sgt Pepper, that had the bigger cultural impact).

I would agree with you that it will definitely not have the same cultural impact as the Ep. 4-6, but I think you are completely off when it comes to how anticipated it is.

My dad is nearly 60 and was in his prime (21ish) when A New Hope was released, I'm in my 30's, I have a brother that is only 21 and nephews that are 8 and 5... Every single one of us is excited for Ep. 7. Yes, my nephews of 8 and 5 are huge Star Wars fans, all six of them even though the first one was released almost 40 years ago. Unlike the Beatles (your example) Star Wars has remained in (or, came back to) the forefront. When Ep 1-3 was released starting in 1999 it brought in a whole new generation who then went back and watched the OT to see the next chapter of the story Then the clone wars in 2008 kept it relevant and the animated series, being that they are essentially cartoons kept the young kids interested. The little guys love cartoons, they learned some of the stories and then moved on to the movies as they got a little older and they were hooked.

It may not be a cultural impact as it was in 1977, but anyone would be hard pressed to find any Disney movie that was more anticipated than Ep. 7 is, and will until it's release.

[Elandyll]

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

Disney's most anticipated film of all time?? Fans aside (most of whom are old men now), I think that over the years, just as there are young people who don't really know who the Beatles were (or do know but don't care), there are young people who really don't give much of a hoot about Star Wars. They know it's out there and they've seen some of the films, but they simply don't think it's all that big a deal. Why? Because films can only be truly understood within the context of the time they're originally released.

It's an unrealistic expectation to expect that any future Star Wars film from Disney is going to have an effect on the culture the way that the OT did. No film has that impact today because movies are not as central to the culture as they were once were and any new Star Wars movie can't have that effect because it can no longer be a surprise. It's like expecting that a new ride at Disney World is going to have some big impact.

That's no reflection on the quality of what Abrams is producing. It's just an impossibility for the seventh of anything (except for the aforementioned Beatles whose seventh album was Revolver, although it was the eighth, Sgt Pepper, that had the bigger cultural impact).

Dunno about that ...

My first "adult" movie experience ever was watching The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 with my parents when I was 8.
Over the years I've liked Star Wars a lot but I don't think I exactly became a "fan" (I never really subscribed to the extended universe or the KOTOR one per example).

And now ... my 3 and 6 year olds are already almost bigger fans than I ever was (and honestly I can't wait to share the experience of seeing a Star Wars in the theater with them).
Between the fact that it's a sequel, and also the cross generational thing (people who were kids with the OT are now parents, even grand parents for some) will play a big part here imo.

[klauswhereareyou]

Should do over 500 million domestic unless it's a turd.

[dyne]

Originally Posted by klauswhereareyou

Should do over 500 million domestic unless it's a turd.

Sadly even turds make a lot of money these days.

[BozQ]

Originally Posted by dyne

Sadly even turds make a lot of money these days.

Like former Lucasfilm employee, Michael Bay and a certain robot movie.

[Riddler The Slag]

Ewan McGregor on the new lightsaber.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...usaolp00000592

[Himmel]

Disney CEO Confirms Release Years for ‘Star Wars Episode VIII’ and ‘IX,’ Teases More Trilogies!!

The first Star Wars standalone film opens (December 16, 2016.)

In a Disney shareholders report, he talked about seeing footage from The Force Awakens, confirmed the release years for the next two films in “this” trilogy.


Here is the breakdown..

1. Iger has seen most of the footage from The Force Awakens.
2. He believes it’s “worth the wait.”
3. He mentions the 2016 standalone movie.
4. He hints the 2016 standalone movie is about “these characters,” potentially meaning characters from the new movies.
5. Star Wars Episode VIII will be out in 2017.
6. There is no mention of a second standalone movie, directed by Josh Trank, hypothetically in 2018.
7. Star Wars Episode IX will be out in 2019.
8. He refers to that film as the end of “this trilogy.” That makes it sound like there will be more.

http://www.slashfilm.com/bob-iger-st...equel-trilogy/