john-connor
October 31st, 2012, 07:26 AM
http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/1031/disney-buys-lucasfilm-in-4bn-deal-business.html he Disney Corporation has agreed to buy the Star Wars production company 'Lucasfilm' in a deal worth more than $4 billion.
George Lucas: Will be creative consultant on new films
George Lucas: Will be creative consultant on new films
As part of the deal, a new series of Star Wars films will be made, with the first new instalment - Episode Seven - to be released in 2015.
The deal unites the Northern California film studio that brought special effects into the digital era with a Hollywood powerhouse.
Disney plans to release at least three more films in the Star Wars sci-fi saga that ranks among the biggest movie franchises of all time, Chief Executive Bob Iger told analysts.
Although Lucas has in the past denied plans for any new "Star Wars" movies, he said in a video interview released yesterday on Starwars.com that he had already created story treatments outlining three more films as well as many other Star Wars story lines.
George Lucas: Will be creative consultant on new films
George Lucas: Will be creative consultant on new films
As part of the deal, a new series of Star Wars films will be made, with the first new instalment - Episode Seven - to be released in 2015.
The deal unites the Northern California film studio that brought special effects into the digital era with a Hollywood powerhouse.
Disney plans to release at least three more films in the Star Wars sci-fi saga that ranks among the biggest movie franchises of all time, Chief Executive Bob Iger told analysts.
Although Lucas has in the past denied plans for any new "Star Wars" movies, he said in a video interview released yesterday on Starwars.com that he had already created story treatments outlining three more films as well as many other Star Wars story lines.