Rogue One: A Star Wars Story , the upcoming spin-off film from director Gareth Edwards, may be shooting in the classic 70mm widescreen format.

According to The Playlist , reports suggest the film will be shot using the same Ultra Panavision 70 anamorphic lenses "recreated" for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight by Panavision. Interestingly, however, at Comic-Con in July Tarantino said that the lenses he used to shoot Hateful Eight weren’t just the same type that were used on classic epic films like Ben-Hur, but were in fact the same lenses.

Quentin Tarantino Schools Comic-Con on Ultra Panavision 70mm

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But as the site points out, word also leaked recently that parts of Rogue One will shot with the Arris Alexa 65 large-format 6K digital camera, which could possibly be why the Panavision lenses might be needed. Disney has not specified what format Rogue One will be shot in, so we'll have to wait for official confirmation before we can say definitively one way or the other. But if the film is in fact released in Ultra Panavision 70, that will be a screening fans will most certainly want to attend.Rogue One's cast was revealed back at D23 and includes the likes of Felicity Jones, Riz Ahmed, and Donnie Yen. For an overview of the entire crew, check out our character gallery below.Rogue One will be released on December 16, 2016.

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