Director J.J. Abrams turned down Star Wars?

J.J. Abrams was one of the names who emerged as a potential director for "Star Wars Episode 7". He, however, has ruled out the possibility of him doing the new installment of the successful film franchise and revealed the reason why. 

"There were the very early conversations," he tells Empire Magazine (as quoted by Comic Book Movie), confirming that he was offered to direct the upcoming "Star Wars" movie. "...and I quickly said that because of my loyalty to 'Star Trek'." 

He further explains, "...and also just being a fan, I wouldn't even want to be involved in the next version of those things. I declined any involvement very early on. I'd rather be in the audience not knowing what was coming, rather than being involved in the minutiae of making them." 



When presented with an idea that the next installment of "Star Trek" film could face off one of the new "Star Wars" movies, Abrams responds, "I guess the franchises could go up against each other, but I'm not thinking that far ahead." 

He adds, "I'm a huge fan of 'Star Wars', Empire and Jedi, and the idea of the world continuing is exciting and will be amazing. Kathy Kennedy is a friend and there are no smarter producers. It's in great hands." 

Abrams isn't the only notable filmmaker who removes himself from the shortlist of possible "Star Wars Episode 7" helmer. Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino and Zack Snyder have previously stated that they're not interested to do the project. 

 

"It's not my genre. It's my best friend George [Lucas]'s genre," so the "Lincoln" director, Spielberg, reasoned. "Django Unchained" helmer Tarantino said, "No, sorry. Especially if Disney's going to do it. I'm not interested in the Simon West version of Star Wars." 

Meanwhile, Snyder whose latest projects include "Man of Steel" admitted, "I'm a huge 'Star Wars' fanatic. I just think doing [episodes] seven, eight and nine is just a slippery slope. It's a whole other mythological experiment I'm excited to see, but it's a lot of effort." 

"Star Wars Episode 7" has tapped Michael Ardnt to provide the script, but still hasn't found a director. It's expected to come out in 2015 and words are, the story will take place after the events in "Star Wars Episode VI: The Return of Jedi". 

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Dabangg 2 going strong, spells profit for all

Dabangg 2, the last big release of 2012, seems to cap the year on a profitable note. The Salman Khan-starrer opened with a record-breaking collection of Rs.21.10 crore on the first day and trade pundits predict it will enter the Rs.100-crore club.

BO report: Salman Khan's Dabangg 2 set to create historyDabangg 2 is all set to create history in India. Rewrite boxoffice records. Set new benchmarks. The latest Salman Khan starrer opened to a thunderous, earth-shattering, unimaginable response across the nation. 

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First Look At 'Mad Max' Sees A Post -Apocalyptic Tom Hardy

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After several hours during which it was assumed to be a very competent fake, Warner Bros. have confirmed that the autographed photo originally posted on Ain’t It Cool Newsis indeed our first glimpse of Tom Hardy as Max Rockatansky in the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road.

The image doesn’t reveal too much about George Miller‘s flick, aside from a slightly updated look that Hardy brings to the character. And, of course, the fact that Hardy is still extremely handsome, despite the post-apocalyptic wastes of Australia:

It’s unwise to make predictions based on a single image, but it’s interesting to notice that perhaps you can see a hint of the original plan for Mad Max 4. First conceived as an animated 3D film to be co-written and co-designed by cartoonist Brendan McCarthy, who’s known for his long run on Judge Dredd in the anthology comic 2000AD, Max’s uniform as seen here is definitely reminiscent of the kind of post-civilized militarism you see dripping from the pages of that book. As McCarthy is still credited as co-writer of the live-action Fury Road script, I look forward to seeing how much of his vision makes it into the finished flick.

Salman Khan's Dabangg 2 gets fantastic opening at Box Office

 

 

Actor Salman Khan and actress Sonakshi Sinha, who are in high spirits, are back with a bang. Their latest outing Dabangg 2, a sequel to their 2010 blockbuster movie Dabangg, has received an overwhelming response at the Indian Box Office. Trade experts say that the Arbaaz Khan directed film will become the biggest opener on a non-holiday Friday at the domestic Box Office.Dabangg 2, which has released in 3,500 screens in India today (December 21), opened to packed houses everywhere in the country. The movie has registered 100% occupancy in both single screens and multiplexes across North and South India in the morning shows and matinee shows. In many places, some ardent fans of Salman were seen leaving with a big disappointment after they did not get tickets as all the tickets for all the shows on the first were booked in advance.However, Dabangg 2 may not smash the first day record of Salman Khan's Ek Tha Tiger, but it will surely be a second biggest opener of all time by beating the record of Agneepath, which has scored Rs 23 crores on its opening day (Republic day holiday). Trade analyst Taran Adrash tweeted, "#RowdyRathore holds record for being biggest opener on a non-holiday Fri [15.1 cr]. #Dabangg2 should be 20 cr +, might even touch 23-25 cr."We bring you some of the important tweets about the response for Dabangg 2 in various location and these posts are re-tweeted by Taran Adarsh on his Twitter page.

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Bollywood Boxing Blackburn Rovers: Salman Khan with Lennox Lewis

It was the most unlikely Twitter source to grab our attention, but there it was, a tweet from former heavyweight world boxing champion Lennox Lewis, serenading none other than Bollywood superstar Salman Khan.
 
The retired boxer posted the image Monday night, saying: “The guy on the left is Salman Khan, the biggest movie star in India. The guy in the middle... Not so much.”
 
The middle man in reference is none other than director of Venkys and owner of Blackburn Rovers FC, Balaji Rao.
 
Now before you go scratching your head, Salman and Venkys have a long-standing history, which goes beyond their Celebrity Cricket League relationship where the corporate is the title sponsor of the Khan-managed charity initiative. 
 
Could the next season feature Lewis in the team, which in the past has seen the likes of Govinda, Suneil Shetty, Riteish Deshmukh, among others? 
 
When quizzed by a fan, Lewis admitted he met the actor during his visit to Mumbai.
 
Well, we should know in a few months if Lewis is a part of CCL. 
 
And if the smiling faces and visible camaraderie is anything to go by, we at least know will not be signing up for Team Shah Rukh Khan any time soon.

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