Are lawrence kasdan, simon kinberg being courted to script ‘star wars’ pics 2 and 3?

To Script 'Star Wars' Pics 2 and 3 -- Lawrence Kasdan, Simon Kinberg? You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content November 20, 2012 3:06pm SERVICES

TO SHARE THIS PAGE. EXCLUSIVE: Here’s some tantalizing dish to chew on before the Thanksgiving turkey and trimmings. After hiring Michael Arndt to script the first installment of the

relaunch of George Lucas‘_ Star Wars_ franchise, I’ve heard Disney has approached Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg and I believe it is to get the ball rolling on the subsequent installments

mapped out by Lucas. Both of the scribes in question have franchise experience. Kasdan scripted two of the original _Star Wars_ films in the 1980 _The Empire Strikes Back_ and the 1983

follow-up _Return of the Jedi_. He also scripted _Raiders Of The Lost Ark_ for Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Kinberg’s franchise work: _X-Men: The Last Stand, Sherlock Holmes_ and the upcoming

_X-Men: Days Of Future Past_ which Bryan Singer will direct. Disney’s $4 billion buy of George Lucas’ signature franchise certainly has stirred up passions from fans. I’m still feeling so

let down by the last three films that I am not sure they can bring back the magic on the original trilogy, which was so groundbreaking for its time. But that time seems like a galaxy so far

far away. Back in the late 1970s, _Star Wars_ set the bar for visual effects in science fiction. Doing that again is very difficult in the age of _The Hobbit, The Dark Knight_ and _Avatar_.

But Disney was certainly proven right when it spent the same money on Marvel, and already has made back much of that cash with _The Avengers_. WATCH ON DEADLINE Disney plans to generate a

film every other year starting in 2015. Getting great writers is the right way to relaunch _Star Wars_, and the studio got off to a good start hiring _Star Wars_ fanatic Arndt to do the

first installment. The studio has told me that they will not address speculation. Fair enough. But I’m going to go with my sources on this one and I would not be surprised if these guys sign

on, or if they are already in the fold. 57 Comments JavaScript is required to load the comments. MARKETPLACE SITE ad