JJ Abrams confirmed that the script for Star Wars Episode 7 is now complete (Picture: Reuters)

JJ Abrams has announced that the script for Star Wars Episode 7 has been finished.

The director, 47, was asked about the new sci-fi film while promoting his latest TV show Believe.

Speaking at the Television Critics Association’s press tour, he said: ‘We’re working really hard and we’ve got our script and we’re in deep prep.’

He added: ‘We’re full steam ahead.’


Abrams confirmed that he has been in talks with actor Jesse Plemons even though the Breaking Bad star denied the rumours over the weekend.

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JJ Abrams revealed he has been in talks with Jesse Plemons (Picture: WireImage)

But JJ revealed: ‘He is one of the actors that we’ve talked to but it’s not often that I read about actors that I’m going to be meeting.



‘I get to read articles about actors who are going to come in. And so I get to see someone and say, ‘Oh, I read that I was going to see you!”

Abrams said ‘in the right situation’ he would like to use IMAX for the film.

But he added: ‘The problem with IMAX is that it’s a very loud camera. It’s a very unreliable camera. Only so much film can be in the camera.

‘You can’t really do intimate scenes with it. It’s slow. They break down often… But we’re going to be shooting this next movie on film.’

Asked whether he was close to finding a director for the next Star Trek film, he said he was ‘just focusing’ on the new Star Wars movie.

Star Wars Episode 7 is due out on December 18, 2015.

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