--- description: Most of the cast is in place, and filming has begun on the latest 'Star Wars' installment, said Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn title: 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Has Begun Filming image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Star Wars: Episode VII_ Has Already Begun Filming by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 6, 2014 3:54 PM CUT by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 6, 2014 3:54 PM CUT The new _Star Wars_ movie is already being filmed, and most of the cast for the latest installment — _Episode VII_ — has already been chosen, said Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn. Horn, whose studio is producing the film, said of the cast for the upcoming _Star Wars_ movie, due in 2015, “We have a lot of them … We’re just not completely done yet,” the _Hollywood Reporter_ reports. Horn added that casting has been the greatest difficulty in getting the latest _Star Wars_ launched. Speculation has surrounded casting for the movie for some time, with rumors flying that Adam Driver of HBO’s _Girls_ will [play](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/star-wars-villain-adam-driver-girls-1201121646/ "undefined") the villain in the new _Star Wars_ installment and reports of [talks](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/mar/17/lupita-nyongo-star-wars-episode-vii-jj-abrams "undefined") with Lupita Nyong’o, who starred in _12 Years a Slave_, as a female lead. But in response to further questions about the cast, Horn adopted a Yoda voice. “Patience, you must have,” he said. The screenplay for the film has been completed, and was written by J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan following an early draft by Michael Arndt. Horn said the film will be released in December 2015. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-chief-reveals-star-wars-693950 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/50983/star-wars-vii-disney-alan-horn/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/50983/star-wars-vii-disney-alan-horn/"},"headline":"Star Wars: Episode VII Has Already Begun Filming","datePublished":"2014-04-06T15:54:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:09:30.933Z","description":"Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn said filming of Episode VII in the popular sci-fi franchise has already begun, but he said casting has been the greatest difficulty in getting the latest Star Wars launched","url":"https://time.com/50983/star-wars-vii-disney-alan-horn/","keywords":["movies","Star Wars topic","Disney"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/50983/star-wars-vii-disney-alan-horn/","name":"Star Wars: Episode VII Has Already Begun Filming"}}]}] ```