The upcoming Star Wars Episode VII has yet to find a cast, filming schedule or even a finished script, and yet the production is already starting to become troubled.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, requests from the production team to delay the Summer 2015 release date have been flatly refused by Disney.
CEO Robert Iger has created a release strategy for the new Star Wars that requires Episode VII to open in summer 2015, and is said to have dismissed the idea of moving it back to 2016. Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy, however, believes that the script is nowhere near ready to go before the cameras, and she has the backing of many members of the movie's creative team.
Director JJ Abrams, however, is still keen to make the release date, and is reportedly not backing Kennedy in her request for a delay. Abrams and Star Wars veteran Lawrence Kasdan recently took over scripwriting duties, with Michael Arndt leaving the project for undisclosed reasons.
This is not the only clash between Abrams and Kennedy: Star Wars sources are also claiming that Kennedy and Abrams have been at loggerheads over casting, with the latter becoming "autocratic" over who features in the film.
I've got a bad feeling about this...
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