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With George Lucas busy writing the final film in the Anakin Skywalker saga, Producer Rick McCallum is mobilizing the rest of the creative team for the three years of work ahead.
A small team of artists, including Concept Designers Erik Tiemens and Ryan Church, and Pre-Visualization Supervisor Dan Gregoire, have already been doing some exploratory sketches. "They've been doing research on some different scenes and potential new environments," reports McCallum. "We meet with George once a week for review. These preliminary visuals serve as inspiration for writing, more than anything else."
The design team will be joined in the coming weeks by Production Designer Gavin Bocquet, Concept Artist Iain McCaig, Costume Designer Trisha Biggar, and others. "We won't be in full mode until the script is closer to completion next year."
Even the post-production crew at Industrial Light & Magic is keeping one eye on the upcoming project. "We're really going to pump up the 3-D matte department at ILM," McCallum said. "We're looking to cast for that in early September, in the next few weeks. We expect to have twice as many as we did for Episode II, where they did a fantastic job."
Perhaps the most activity for Episode III preparation has surrounded the design and testing of the next generation of digital cameras to be used on the film. "When we were in Japan to promote Episode II, we also had some great meetings with Fujinon, Sony and some other companies who are working on some great things," smiled McCallum. "We actually just finished testing a new generation of lenses from Fujinon last week. There are some small changes we want to make, but they will be done by Christmas so we're in really good shape there."
Shortly, McCallum plans to travel to Australia to finalize agreements with Fox Studios in Sydney where principal photography for Episode III is to take place next summer. From there, he will head to London to meet with the U.K. crew and stop by Elstree Studios.
Another task for this winter is the start of location scouting. "For Episode II we visited Spain, Italy and Tunisia. In the next few months we'll nail down what we need for Episode III, and then try to find it," said the producer. "I just got back from Croatia and Bosnia on a holiday. I found some really great spots, but I doubt they are right for this film. Incredible stuff that I'll file in my brain for some future project maybe. We'll start scouting for Ep III in the early part of November."
Look for most of the actors from Episode II to return with the story focusing on the characters played by Hayden Christensen (Anakin), Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan), Natalie Portman (Padmé) and Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine). "Effectively, we're 95% cast except for incidental characters," said McCallum. "That probably won't begin until February or March of 2003."
"We're planning for a summer 2005 release," McCallum nodded, "and that's about all there is to tell at this point. Stay tuned to starwars.com for more as we have it."
With George Lucas busy writing the final film in the Anakin Skywalker saga, Producer Rick McCallum is mobilizing the rest of the creative team for the three years of work ahead.
A small team of artists, including Concept Designers Erik Tiemens and Ryan Church, and Pre-Visualization Supervisor Dan Gregoire, have already been doing some exploratory sketches. "They've been doing research on some different scenes and potential new environments," reports McCallum. "We meet with George once a week for review. These preliminary visuals serve as inspiration for writing, more than anything else."
The design team will be joined in the coming weeks by Production Designer Gavin Bocquet, Concept Artist Iain McCaig, Costume Designer Trisha Biggar, and others. "We won't be in full mode until the script is closer to completion next year."
Even the post-production crew at Industrial Light & Magic is keeping one eye on the upcoming project. "We're really going to pump up the 3-D matte department at ILM," McCallum said. "We're looking to cast for that in early September, in the next few weeks. We expect to have twice as many as we did for Episode II, where they did a fantastic job."
Perhaps the most activity for Episode III preparation has surrounded the design and testing of the next generation of digital cameras to be used on the film. "When we were in Japan to promote Episode II, we also had some great meetings with Fujinon, Sony and some other companies who are working on some great things," smiled McCallum. "We actually just finished testing a new generation of lenses from Fujinon last week. There are some small changes we want to make, but they will be done by Christmas so we're in really good shape there."
Shortly, McCallum plans to travel to Australia to finalize agreements with Fox Studios in Sydney where principal photography for Episode III is to take place next summer. From there, he will head to London to meet with the U.K. crew and stop by Elstree Studios.
Another task for this winter is the start of location scouting. "For Episode II we visited Spain, Italy and Tunisia. In the next few months we'll nail down what we need for Episode III, and then try to find it," said the producer. "I just got back from Croatia and Bosnia on a holiday. I found some really great spots, but I doubt they are right for this film. Incredible stuff that I'll file in my brain for some future project maybe. We'll start scouting for Ep III in the early part of November."
Look for most of the actors from Episode II to return with the story focusing on the characters played by Hayden Christensen (Anakin), Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan), Natalie Portman (Padmé) and Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine). "Effectively, we're 95% cast except for incidental characters," said McCallum. "That probably won't begin until February or March of 2003."
"We're planning for a summer 2005 release," McCallum nodded, "and that's about all there is to tell at this point. Stay tuned to starwars.com for more as we have it."
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Taken from: www.starwars.com
With George Lucas busy writing the final film in the Anakin Skywalker saga, Producer Rick McCallum is mobilizing the rest of the creative team for the three years of work ahead.
A small team of artists, including Concept Designers Erik Tiemens and Ryan Church, and Pre-Visualization Supervisor Dan Gregoire, have already been doing some exploratory sketches. "They've been doing research on some different scenes and potential new environments," reports McCallum. "We meet with George once a week for review. These preliminary visuals serve as inspiration for writing, more than anything else."
The design team will be joined in the coming weeks by Production Designer Gavin Bocquet, Concept Artist Iain McCaig, Costume Designer Trisha Biggar, and others. "We won't be in full mode until the script is closer to completion next year."
Even the post-production crew at Industrial Light & Magic is keeping one eye on the upcoming project. "We're really going to pump up the 3-D matte department at ILM," McCallum said. "We're looking to cast for that in early September, in the next few weeks. We expect to have twice as many as we did for Episode II, where they did a fantastic job."
Perhaps the most activity for Episode III preparation has surrounded the design and testing of the next generation of digital cameras to be used on the film. "When we were in Japan to promote Episode II, we also had some great meetings with Fujinon, Sony and some other companies who are working on some great things," smiled McCallum. "We actually just finished testing a new generation of lenses from Fujinon last week. There are some small changes we want to make, but they will be done by Christmas so we're in really good shape there."
Shortly, McCallum plans to travel to Australia to finalize agreements with Fox Studios in Sydney where principal photography for Episode III is to take place next summer. From there, he will head to London to meet with the U.K. crew and stop by Elstree Studios.
Another task for this winter is the start of location scouting. "For Episode II we visited Spain, Italy and Tunisia. In the next few months we'll nail down what we need for Episode III, and then try to find it," said the producer. "I just got back from Croatia and Bosnia on a holiday. I found some really great spots, but I doubt they are right for this film. Incredible stuff that I'll file in my brain for some future project maybe. We'll start scouting for Ep III in the early part of November."
Look for most of the actors from Episode II to return with the story focusing on the characters played by Hayden Christensen (Anakin), Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan), Natalie Portman (Padmé) and Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine). "Effectively, we're 95% cast except for incidental characters," said McCallum. "That probably won't begin until February or March of 2003."
"We're planning for a summer 2005 release," McCallum nodded, "and that's about all there is to tell at this point. Stay tuned to starwars.com for more as we have it."
With George Lucas busy writing the final film in the Anakin Skywalker saga, Producer Rick McCallum is mobilizing the rest of the creative team for the three years of work ahead.
A small team of artists, including Concept Designers Erik Tiemens and Ryan Church, and Pre-Visualization Supervisor Dan Gregoire, have already been doing some exploratory sketches. "They've been doing research on some different scenes and potential new environments," reports McCallum. "We meet with George once a week for review. These preliminary visuals serve as inspiration for writing, more than anything else."
The design team will be joined in the coming weeks by Production Designer Gavin Bocquet, Concept Artist Iain McCaig, Costume Designer Trisha Biggar, and others. "We won't be in full mode until the script is closer to completion next year."
Even the post-production crew at Industrial Light & Magic is keeping one eye on the upcoming project. "We're really going to pump up the 3-D matte department at ILM," McCallum said. "We're looking to cast for that in early September, in the next few weeks. We expect to have twice as many as we did for Episode II, where they did a fantastic job."
Perhaps the most activity for Episode III preparation has surrounded the design and testing of the next generation of digital cameras to be used on the film. "When we were in Japan to promote Episode II, we also had some great meetings with Fujinon, Sony and some other companies who are working on some great things," smiled McCallum. "We actually just finished testing a new generation of lenses from Fujinon last week. There are some small changes we want to make, but they will be done by Christmas so we're in really good shape there."
Shortly, McCallum plans to travel to Australia to finalize agreements with Fox Studios in Sydney where principal photography for Episode III is to take place next summer. From there, he will head to London to meet with the U.K. crew and stop by Elstree Studios.
Another task for this winter is the start of location scouting. "For Episode II we visited Spain, Italy and Tunisia. In the next few months we'll nail down what we need for Episode III, and then try to find it," said the producer. "I just got back from Croatia and Bosnia on a holiday. I found some really great spots, but I doubt they are right for this film. Incredible stuff that I'll file in my brain for some future project maybe. We'll start scouting for Ep III in the early part of November."
Look for most of the actors from Episode II to return with the story focusing on the characters played by Hayden Christensen (Anakin), Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan), Natalie Portman (Padmé) and Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine). "Effectively, we're 95% cast except for incidental characters," said McCallum. "That probably won't begin until February or March of 2003."
"We're planning for a summer 2005 release," McCallum nodded, "and that's about all there is to tell at this point. Stay tuned to starwars.com for more as we have it."