Disney/Lucasfilm may have only announced the title of their Star Wars spin-off, Rogue One, a couple of weeks ago, but with a December 2016 release date already set there’s no time to waste as with tonnes of special effects needed, they know they need to start filming fairly soon.
Felicity Jones has already been cast, and now Deadline reports that Dark Knight Rises and Animal Kingdom’s Ben Mendelsohn may join her. Unsurprisingly there are no details on who he’ll play.
Indeed no official plot details have been released at all, although rumours suggest it will be about a groups or bounty hunters or pirates who steal the plans to the Death Star, and that it will therefore be set between Episodes III and IV (and may involve a young Han Solo). Mendelsohn would seem perfect for the type of rough, tough character who’d be sent on such a mission.
Gareth Edwards will direct from a script by Chris Weitz (with an earlier draft by Gary Whitta). The movie will shoot this summer in the UK.