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Kinberg Approached to Write Star Wars Sequel

By StudentFilmmakers.com
posted Dec 27, 2012, 22:12

Columbia University Alumni News Update

Disney and Lucasfilm have tapped Simon Kinberg ('03 SOA) (X-Men: First Class, Sherlock Holmes, Jumper, Mrs. and Mrs. Smith) to pen future installments of the Star Wars franchise.

Michael Arndt will draft the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII, leaving further episodes open to Kinberg and Lawrence Kasdan (The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark), also approached by Disney and Lucasfilm.

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