Speculation OFFICIAL Episode VII/Spin-Off Casting Rumors and Speculation Thread

Hell, on the commentary track for "Star Trek" they flat-out say they were thinking about tossing in a credit cookie about the Botany Bay! When I heard Del Toro, I thought Khan immediately. I think even Deadline flat-out said it. Then when Cumberbatch was cast, I thought maybe a different augment. So it was a reverse double-fake-out!

 

Just give me time to get used to the idea. That's all I ask. Whoever the cast may be.

 

Ok, here is another from March of this year:

http://latino-review.com/2013/03/03/exclusive-dcu-takeover-huge-developments-justice-league/

Excerpt:

World’s Finest Again, unconfirmed. But certainly within the realm of possibility. Could we instead get just a team up between these two and then graduate to a Justice League movie? Anything is possible folks.

 

On top of that Harry Knowles coming out and saying he was 100 percent sure Kahn was not going to be in the Star Trek sequel.

 

For the record, I'd say Section 31 cosmetically altered Khan into Cumberbatch (so people wouldn't notice a genocidal dictator walking down the street, be a pretty bad black-ops guy). Hope the comic series in the fall will come out with that.

 

If you take the Ep7 casting call into consideration, perhaps Gosling is trying out for the guy in his late 20s, while Efron is trying out for the guy in his early 20s. Just a theory.

 

Yep, Gosling would be the late twenties dude. Which, if he is Skywalker's son, is not what I expected. Efron would be the mid twenties guy. Although he doesn't really fit as "not traditionally good looking."

Still, they both fit the descriptions more or less. People aren't typically casted EXACTLY like a call sheet anyways. They are just general ideas...

 

I don't really want either of those guys, but I am also aware that actors can get better if you only give them a chance and a good director. Gosling has already proven he can act, and I'm sure Abrams, who is really good with actors, can get something worthwhile out of Efron. If I would have cast a Skywalker kid, though, I would have chosen Dane Dehaan. He looks much more like Mark Hamill than Gosling does.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2851530/?ref_=tt_cl_t1

Honestly, I'm more curious about how casting the females is going, especially if the rumors about the lead being a teenage female are true.

 

I love this graphic and 3 of these choices but I absolutely hate Emile Hirsch (he's my Zac Effron). I'm so torn! Seriously, just his mug bothers me.

I really think Elle Fanning is a solid shot, if only for the JJ connection.

 

I'd be so down if Gosling is in this film since he is a great actor!!!! but NO EFRON PLEASE, guy is terrible

Plus if Gosling plays the main role then we have 2 Canadian Actors that have played the main role

 

If Luke has children, would the mother be dead, or a supporting character, who's casting wouldn't be announced until after the main cast?
of course we could assume that the big 3 are just supporting cast, and the only reason they have prominence is because they're the big 3?

 

Well, Luke's son would be a main protagonist. But, perhaps not the central character. It would certainly be unusual.

 

Well, whats to say that Luke's son wouldn't be adopted? Granted, if Gosling rumor is true; I would assume that they would be biologically linked with the blonde hair and all.

 

Well Zahn was told, that if there was ever an ST, it would be about Skywalker children, but that was in 89-90, so who knows.

 

I'll give you another possibility. The main focus could be on co lead solo kids with the Skywalker son as an older guiding sibling. I still don't know how I feel about keeping this so close to bloodlines. But, then again the movies main theme could be the idea of family.

So, whatever....

 

Yeah, well they could go REALLY on the nose with the original story treatments and have Gosling playing essentially the 30 year old Luke(replacement) with his younger Skywalker sister. Its another possibility....

 

I just read some news...

http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2013/07/rumor-ryan-gosling-zac-efron-cast-in.html

Now, before everyone goes postal, let's see if we can come up with other wacky choices.

What would some of your choices be for Ep VII?

Robin Williams as an Ewok. (What can I say? The Dude is hairy.)

 

Well, here is another angle some of us might be overlooking:

If you examine the Star Wars films 1-6 central character:

You notice an age progression:

Episode 1: Skywalker character is a child

Episode 2: Skywalker character is a teenager

Episode 3: Skywalker character is a young adult.

Episode 4: Skywalker character is a young adult

Episode 5: Skywalker character transitioning into an adult. Luke essentially becomes a man by the end of Empire Strikes Back.

Episode 6: Skywalker is an adult.

So perhaps episode 7-9 is dealing with a Skywalker as a a fully formed adult. How we age as adults and the decisions you have to make, Likewise, its always been youth surrounded by age and experience. Perhaps, this time, its about age surrounded by youth?