J.J. Abrams “to return to director's seat for “Star Wars Episode IX”” March 19, 2015 - 11:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Rumor has it, J.J. Abrams will be returning on the director's seat for the upcoming "Star Wars Episode IX". Latino Review broke the news that Abrams has become the frontrunner to direct the final installment in the "Star Wars" new trilogy upon seeing his works for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", AceShowbiz reports. There are no official words just yet from Walt Disney Pictures about the matter. Abrams himself has not commented on the report of him returning to the forthcoming film, which has been slated for a 2019 release. In the meantime, there were reports circulating that Abrams had disagreement with the film studio which resulted in him not directing the "Star Wars Episode VIII", which will be written and directed by Rian Johnson. The renowned film director is currently finishing up "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" which opens December 18 this year. The feature's spin-off, "Rogue One", directed by Gareth Edward will follow on December 16, 2016, before "Star Wars Episode VIII" hits theaters in May 2017.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
