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'Star Wars: Episode VIII' release date pushed back

Today Disney announced that Star Wars: Episode VIII, originally scheduled for summer 2017 has been delayed for release to December 15, 2017. This movie will now be the franchise's third December release in a row, following the anthology film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, out December 2016.

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“The move follows the extraordinary success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was the first Star Wars movie to premiere outside the traditional summer blockbuster window and smashed numerous records, including biggest domestic and global debuts of all time as well as the biggest domestic second and third weekends, en route to becoming the highest grossing domestic release of all time with over $861.3 million and the third biggest global release ever with $1,886.7 billion.

Written and directed by Rian Johnson, Star Wars: Episode VIII is currently in preproduction and will begin principal photography in London next month. Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman will produce and J.J. Abrams, Jason McGatlin, and Tom Karnowski will executive produce. Stay tuned for exciting updates in the coming weeks.”