Director J.J. Abrams is notorious for keeping details about his films a secret. He's well aware when it comes to the franchises he has in his back pocket, "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" even the tiniest bit of news can go a long way.
The latest in news from the popular filmmaker, who's latest blockbuster hit "Star Trek: Into Darkness" has made $192 million in the box office to date, leaked the tiniest bit of news regarding his next great undertaking "Star Wars VII."
"We are, most likely, if all goes as planned, going to be moving to London at the end of the year for the 'Star Wars' movie," Abrams told the crowd at the Producers Guild of America's "Produced By" conference in Los Angeles. This means production for the first Star Wars movie since "Revenge of the Sith" in 2005.
The moment occurred when Abrams was expressing his distaste for having to film outside of Hollywood. All of the Star Wars films to date have been produced in London. However, Abrams has not worked outside of Hollywood, he even paid a bit of money out of pocket to ensure "Into Darkness" could be filmed in L.A. according to The Hollywood Reporter. A move to London is tough on the 46-year-old director who must now relocate his wife and three children overseas while he works on this latest undertaking.
Last year, Disney announced it purchased the Star Wars franchise from George Lucas and announced, starting in 2015, they would be producing another trilogy of films. This time they would be follow-ups to the original three and not prequels.
Abrams dropped a few hints for his philosophy on taking on such a sacred franchise.
"It is so massive and so important to people," he said. "I think the key to moving forward on something like this is honoring but not revering what came before."
This will be especially difficult as he has to somehow work off the stigma that the prequel series left people with while also finding a way to include original actors Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher in their original roles as Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia without making it seem to contrived.
"Star Wars VII" is still expected to come out in 2015. Oscar winner Michael Arndt, who is responsible for writing "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Toy Story 3," will write the script.
