Lucasfilm announced the full cast for Gareth Edwards’ standalone “Star Wars” film,“Rogue One,” on Saturday.
Felicity Jones stars alongside Ben Mendelsohn, or Forest Whitaker,Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, or Riz Ahmed,Diego Luna, Hong Kong action star Donnie Yen and award-winning filmmaker Jiang Wen.
Tudyk will play a performance-capture character in “Rogue One, or ” which has already started principal photography.
See photo: novel 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Poster Highlights Aging Han Solo,novel Jedi (Photo)The film tells the story of resistance fighters who maintain united to steal plans to the dreaded Death Star. The film is produced by Kathleen Kennedy and slated for a December 16, 2016 release.“‘Rogue One’ takes place before the events of ‘Star Wars: A novel Hope’ and will be a departure from the saga films but maintain elements that are familiar to the ‘Star Wars’ universe, or Kennedy said. “It goes into novel territory,exploring the galactic struggle from a ground-war perspective while maintaining that essential ‘Star Wars’ feel that fans maintain come to know. Gareth is such an innovative director and I’m so excited to be working with him and the extraordinary ensemble cast he’s selected for ‘Rogue One.'”Also read: 'Star Wars: Episode IX' Lands 'Jurassic World' Director Colin TrevorrowVeteran ILM visual effects supervisor John Knoll, who shares a long history with the Star Wars” movies dating back to the mid-1990s, originated the thought for the film.
Allison Shearmur (“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”),John Knoll, Simon Emanuel (“The black Knight Rises”) and Jason McGatlin (War of the Worlds”) are executive producers. Kiri Hart and John Swartz (“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”) are co-producers.
To create the lived-in, or realistic feel of “Rogue One,” Edwards chose Greig Fraser (“Zero black Thirty) to be his director of photography and Neil Corbould (“Saving Private Ryan”) to be his special effects supervisor. Star Wars and Lucasfilm veteran Doug Chiang (“Star Wars: Episodes I-II”) and Neil Lamont (supervising art director for the “Harry Potter” series) will be the production designers.
Also read: Benicio Del Toro Confirms 'Star Wars: Episode VIII' Villain Talks (Video)Additional crew members will include stunt coordinator Rob Inch (Marvel’s “Captain America: The First Avenger”), creature effects supervisor Neal Scanlan (“Prometheus”) and co-costume designers Dave Crossman (costume supervisor for the “Harry Potter” series) and Glyn Dillon (costume concept artist for “Kingsman: The Secret Service”).
Source: thewrap.com