STAR WARS: EPISODE VII to Start Shooting Early Next Year

In a recent interview with producer Bryan Burk (via Collider), he confirms that Star Wars: Episode VII will start shooting in early 2014. It's no secret that the film would have to start shooting around that time if Disney and Lucasfilm hope to make their 2015 release date, but here's what Burk had to say about it regardless.

We’re progressing on a schedule to hopefully begin next year, or the beginning of next year, and the location is still kind of floating around in the air all depending on script and a whole bunch of other issues. As I just said, everything is kind of a free-flowing thing, and when we feel like the story level on this script and everything is really coming together and schedules are all working and pieces line up, we prowl ahead, and Star Wars will be no different.

I recently heard a rumor that they were scouting locations in Scotland, which would be a pretty cool place to shoot the movie. Although J.J. Abrams is still currently working with screenwriter Michael Arndt on perfecting the script, so it makes sense that they haven't settled on any locations yet. Burk goes on to talk about the level of interest in the new Star Wars movie saying,

I mean, it’s Star Wars. It’s something that obviously has successfully been handed down from generation to generation in the last 40 years. If I weren’t working on the project, I’d have the same interest as everyone else because it’s something that I, too, am looking forward to seeing where the franchise goes next.

Now we'll just continue to patiently wait for the movie to come out. In the mean time, we'll keep you updated on all of the Star Wars news.