Star Wars Episode VII

As big Star Wars fans probably know, George Lucas Chairman of Lucasfilm Ltd. has been talking about retiring for a number of years after creating his last movie in the Star Wars saga: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, it’s been rumoured that George was going to continue the Star Wars Saga, to many people’s surprise George Lucas has decided to do just that and continue the story, but he is retiring himself and handing over the Star Wars plans to Kathleen Kennedy (Co-chairman of Lucasfilm Ltd.) however he will be shadowing Kathleen as an advisor for the new episode.

George Lucas has also sold Lucasfilm Ltd. For $4 Billion to allow Star Wars to continue and unfold further into the future, continuously bringing fans to enjoy the story, who has he sold it to..? Of course it has to be a big company, a company that will bring the same entertainment and thrilling story that Star Wars has delivered throughout the 6 movies; George believed that there was only one company that would be the best for this, the best to continue the Star Wars saga... one of the biggest family entertainment companies in the world… Disney.

References:

http://screenrant.com/star-wars-disney-hollywood-reacts/

http://www.movieinsider.com/m8161/star-wars-new-trilogy-i/videos/9377/

Star Wars Episode VII (cont.)

News from Yahoo Movies website “Fans are shocked that the "Star Wars" series is going to be taken over by Disney” many people from the early days of Star Wars are massive fans and feel a little stabbed in the back about Disney taking over, because Disney make cartoons for children, some people don’t believe they can pull Star Wars off.

Below is data from Google Trends and Twitter which shows how many people are talking about Star Wars Episode VII

‘ 'Star Wars Watch’ on Twitter recorded 8,568 following ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ and 1,839 Tweets about this.

More details of Star Wars Episode VII are revealed on ‘Screen Rant’ where a number of actors/writers have their opinions on the new film and turnover to Disney http://screenrant.com/star-wars-disney-hollywood-reacts/

Damon Lindelof screenwriter for Prometheus said on Screen Rant “his heart started racing when he heard” he also said an idea for Star Wars 7 is “Yoda’s ghost gets annoyed by Obi-Wans ghost (too much whining) and they fight with ghostsabers” 47% of people on twitter told him to stay away from star wars whilst 15% undecided and 38% said he should write it. Samuel L. Jackson who stars as ‘Mace Windu’ in Star Wars simply said “he got cheated!” despite the film being released in 2015 contrasting the judgement of Disney at the moment it appears many people are happy with the takeover but also many are angered by it.

No initial plans for Star Wars Episode VII have been revealed, IGN News is updating Youtube users on a monthly basis on all the latest news on the story of Star Wars VII this video below currently has 94,196 views and 1,151 likes.

References:

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/star-wars-goes-disney-extent-231113047.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFl_plf3O34

http://screenrant.com/star-wars-disney-hollywood-reacts/

http://twitter.com/StarWarswatch

The Avengers

The brilliant Avengers movie, starring Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury director of the international peacekeeping agency S.H.E.I.L.D which includes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow – some of the most popular Marvel Super Heroes, the Avengers has become a very popular part of social media, since the release date in April 26nd 2012 the Avengers facebook page has received 217,545 likes and 5,761 people still talking about it despite the upcoming Avengers 2 movie, The Avengers first movie broke second weekend record with $103.1 million which was even higher than the very popular film Avatar at $75.6 million that’s a considerable amount of ticket sales!

Below is data from Google trends showing how popular The Avengers is in each country in the world

The data shown shows how hugely popular The Avengers is which gives the consideration; The Avengers 2 will be even bigger – which is a likely possibility as there are several facebook pages been created that accumulate over 12,000 likes, the largest group is holding 7,197 likes and 1,021 people talking about it, the film is being released in 2015 which is a while away, this can be considered a high number of people seeing as the film hasn’t even released a trailer yet. Looking forward to it!

References:

www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/

www.facebook.com/AvengersUK

www.screenrant.com/tag/the-avengers/

www.collider.com/weekend-box-office-the-avengers-break-second-weekend-record-with-103-1-million-dark-shadows-in-second-with-28-8-million/166003/

www.facebook.com/search/results.php?q=The+avengers+2&init=quick&tas=search_preload&search_first_focus=1354131471566

www.facebook.com/theavengersmovie.II

The Avengers II

The Avengers II has been revealed to be released in 2015, with the characters from the first Avengers movie, but people are hoping for additional superheros in the Avengers, such as the shrinking/growing brilliant scientist ‘Ant-Man’ (AKA Henry ‘hank’ Pym) with his ability to turn himself into the size of an ant and grow himself back into a human size form at any time, people want his character to add more Avengers humour and science banter between Pym, Stark and Banner.

Almost 2,000 people want to see Ant Man in the Avengers II, 156 Tweets have been tweeted on Twitter about Ant Man and the Avengers II, Dan Zarrella says most companies should be on Twitter; it’s easy, requires very little investment in time and can prove worthwhile increased buzz, sales and consumer insight. You can use twitter to announce offers or events, promote new blog posts, or keep your readers in the know with links to important news stories.

References:

http://www.dawsonera.com/depp/reader/protected/external/EBookView/S9781449389390/S39

http://screenrant.com/avengers-2-characters-superheroes-benm-170608/

Disney’s Takeover

So Disney owns both of these big films, the first Avengers movie was clearly a success with the amount of ticket sales that went by and the amount of people talking about it, but is Star Wars Episode VII going to have the same effect? Many people know that Disney make great films with Disney’s track record of the best movies in history, they average $10 million on their quarterly revenue report so it appears they should know what their doing, but can they pull off Star Wars? And Will The Avengers II be as awesome as the audience expects it to be? I’m certainly hoping so!

References:

http://finapps.forbes.com/finapps/jsp/finance/compinfo/IncomeStatement.jsp?tkr=dis&period=qtr