'Star Wars 8' Wants 'Dairy of a Teenage Girl' Star Bel Powley?

"It's great. Much darker, but we're very excited". For better or worse, we know exactly what the film is all about, both its good moments and its flaws.

"One of the biggest surprises that filmmakers wanted to keep under wraps was that the Force awakens in Rey and she carries a lightsaber", Paul Southern, head of licensing for Lucasfilm, told The Wall Street Journal. If The Force Awakens worked, it was the ideal place to say, "I got to make a Star Wars movie", and not be a greedy bastard.

It doesn't have a title, though it does have a director, Rian Johnson, who also wrote the script. And it seems "Episode VIII" will take a turn to the dark side. He has been working on the script for Episode VIII for months now.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story stars Felicity Jones as a mystery character and a bunch of other mystery characters that presumably are going to steal the plans for the Death Star that Darth Vader is looking for in the first scene of A New Hope.

"The Force Awakens" has been marketed aggressively in China, where the "Star Wars" saga has a short history because the first six films have not been released commercially - although they have played on television and in legal and illegal home entertainment formats. But a recent post from the Inquisitr suggests that Del Toro may not be cast in Episode VIII after all, despite his confidence.

Praised for her performance in the 2015 drama starring Kristen Wiig and Alexander Skarsgard, Powley is believed to be in contention for a lead role in Episode VIII, reported Ace Showbiz. "The Force Awakens" has grossed $1.75 billion worldwide and trails only "Avatar" at $2.78 billion and "Titanic" at $2.19 billion.

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