Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens) is a 2015
American epic space opera film directed, co-produced, and co-written by
J. J. Abrams. The seventh installment in the main
Star Wars film series, it stars
Harrison Ford,
Mark Hamill,
Carrie Fisher,
Adam Driver,
Daisy Ridley,
John Boyega,
Oscar Isaac,
Lupita Nyong'o,
Andy Serkis,
Domhnall Gleeson,
Anthony Daniels,
Peter Mayhew, and
Max von Sydow. Produced by
Lucasfilm Ltd. and Abrams'
Bad Robot Productions and distributed worldwide by
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures,
The Force Awakens is set 30 years after
Return of the Jedi; it follows
Rey,
Finn, and
Poe Dameron's search for
Luke Skywalker and their fight alongside the Resistance, led by veterans of the
Rebel Alliance, against
Kylo Ren and the
First Order, a successor group to the
Galactic Empire.
The Force Awakens is the first film in the
Star Wars sequel trilogy announced after Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm in October 2012. It was produced by Abrams, his longtime collaborator
Bryan Burk, and Lucasfilm president
Kathleen Kennedy. Abrams and
Lawrence Kasdan, co-writer of the
original trilogy films
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and
Return of the Jedi (1983), rewrote an initial script by
Michael Arndt.
John Williams, composer for the previous six films, returned to compose its
score.
Star Wars creator
George Lucas served as
creative consultant during the film's early production. Filming began in April 2014 in
Abu Dhabi and
Iceland, with
principal photography also taking place in
Ireland and
Pinewood Studios in
England, and concluded in November 2014. It is the first
live-action film in the franchise since
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, released in 2005.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens was widely anticipated, with Disney backing the film through extensive marketing campaigns.
[4][5] It premiered in Los Angeles on December 14, 2015, four days before its
wide release in
North America.
The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews, with its ensemble
cast and action sequences being particular areas of praise. The film
broke
many box office records, becoming the
highest-grossing installment of the franchise, the
highest-grossing film in North America, and the
third highest-grossing film of all time with a worldwide gross of over $2 billion.
[6][7] It received five
Academy Award nominations and four
British Academy Film Award nominations, where it won
Best Special Visual Effects. Two sequels,
Episode VIII and
Episode IX, are scheduled for 2017 and 2019 respectively.
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Son of Saul (Hungarian: Saul fia) is a 2015 Hungarian drama film directed by László Nemes and co-written by Nemes and Clara Royer. It is set in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, and follows a day-and-a-half in the life of Saul Ausländer (played by Géza Röhrig), a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando.[4]