‘EPISODE VII’ Rumor: Movie is dropping in DECEMBER of 2015. Ho-ho-holy shit?

Aw man! Underhand pitched that stupid headline! Swung so hard I cracked vertebrae! Whatever. I don’t care. The latest Star Wars: Episode VII: Abrams’ Controls My Heart rumor is that the flick isn’t dropping in May of 2015. This doesn’t surprise me very much. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. Every movie in the franchise has arrived in May. But they ain’t cast anyone for this fucking flick, let alone started filming it. So December? Makes sense to me.

Cinderella, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Inside Out, Pirates of the Caribbean 5, Ant-Man andFinding Dory. Those are the six (?!) movies the Walt Disney Company has currently has scheduled with firm release dates in the year 2015. The one glaring omission is by far the biggest: J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars Episode VII. Disney CEO Alan Horn was quoted just last week saying the film would be released in the Summer of 2015, and every single Star Warsmovie has been released in May of their respective years. So a May berth always seemed like the best bet.

But with six other movies already dated for that year, why hasn’t Disney announced a release date for Star Wars Episode VII? The latest rumor is because they’re considering releasing it in December. Below, we’ll discuss the pluses and minuses of that rumor.

The rumor originated over on Badass Digest who quote “multiple sources” saying Disney has yet to make a firm decision, but they “have December circled on their calendars, with a mid-month release – the 15th – being most likely.

You’d think a quote from the CEO of the company is gospel, but Abrams hasn’t always hit his original release dates. (Both Star Trek films were moved several months later from initial dates, for example.) Plus, this would give him more time to work on the movie, whether for editing and visual effects at the end, or in pre-production and casting now.

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