Production Announcement Video on Star Wars: Episode VIII!

By Flora / 16 Feb 2016 (Tuesday)

It’s not a huge teaser per se, but anything Star Wars is always a big news even if it is a just a 30-second clip.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has surpassed the $2 billion dollar mark worldwide and it might just overtake Titanic to be the second highest grossing movie ever, just right behind Avatar. The cast and crew might not be throwing a huge celebration party for the sequel just yet, for Star Wars: Episode VIII has began shooting at Pinewood Studios in London!

New cast members including Academy Award winner Benicio Del Toro, Academy Award nominee Laura Dern, and talented newcomer Kelly Marie Tran will be joining recurring cast like Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, and Andy Serkis.

Check out this epic Episode VIII production commencement announcement video below, and some of the social media posts from the actors/director!

Daisy Ridley

I literally have no idea how to post the video so that's Maggie Belize I stole yours!!! WE ARE FILMING 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄 we also have INCREDIBLE new cast members including Kelly Marie Tran who is raaaaad and who likes musicals too 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

A video posted by @daisyridley on Feb 15, 2016 at 6:34am PST

John Boyega

First day on Star Wars 8 complete ! We must face them! Fight them!
— John Boyega (@JohnBoyega) February 15, 2016

Director Rian Johnson

Day one in the can!
Meaning we finished, not that we filmed it in a toilet. Though I'm not saying we didn't. Ok I should stop typing now.
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) February 15, 2016

Directed and written by Rian Johnson, Star Wars: Episode VIII is scheduled for release in December 2017!

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