As Pablo Hidalgo, a Star Wars creative executive at Lucasfilm, wrote in a since-deleted tweet (via The Direct):īasically BR wanted it blown up LFL didn't. Alas, apparently Lucasfilm wasn’t on board with blowing up Coruscant in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. No release date for “The Force Awakens” has been set for China as yet.Coruscant appeared in The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith as the capital of the Old Republic and home to the main Jedi Temple, so it would have been fitting for the metropolitan world to have been the hub for the New Republic government too.
Last month, Disney and Fox inked deals with China’s Tencent to stream the first six “Star Wars” movies in the world’s most-populous nation. “It’s up to Disney how they want to manage access to those assets before, during or after the release of ‘Star Wars VII.’ So it’s certainly an ongoing discussion,” Sarandos said.ĭisney, which bought Lucasfilm in 2012, controls rights to five of the six previous “Star Wars” pictures, while 21st Century Fox owns rights to the original 1977 “Star Wars.” On Netflix’s third-quarter 2015 earnings call last week, chief content officer Ted Sarandos said the company was in talks with Disney about the possibility of licensing past “Star Wars” movies. Meanwhile, although “The Force Awakens” won’t likely hit most Netflix queues anytime soon, older films in the mega-franchise could become available on SVOD. While movies from the “Star Wars” franchise and Marvel will not be included at launch, Disney might launch subscription services for each of those brands in the future, according to CEO Bob Iger.įor Netflix, obtaining worldwide rights to acquired and original programming is a big priority, as it expects to launch service in some 200 countries by the end of 2016. The streamer recently cut worldwide rights deals for three TV shows: CW’s “Jane the Virgin,” CBS’s “Zoo” and USA’s upcoming dystopian drama “Colony.” The issue of digital rights arose earlier this week, when Disney revealed plans to launch DisneyLife, a subscription service with movies, TV shows, books and music, in the U.K. A Netflix rep confirmed “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is slated to come to the service in the country under the terms of the deal, that will occur approximately eight months after the movie leaves theaters. Fortuitously for Netflix Canada subs, the company’s deal with Disney started with 2015 releases after the previous agreements for the pay-TV window with Corus Entertainment and Bell Canada expired.
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