Iger said that screenwriters Larry Kasdan and Simon Kinberg are working on the new standalone films. Kasdan wrote the screenplay for two Star Wars films, 1980's Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI - Return of the Jedi in 1983. Episode VII will be the first Star Wars film Kinberg has worked on, however the writer was behind X-Men: The Last Stand and the Sherlock Holmes screenplay. He has also written X-Men sequel Days of Future Past which is due out in 2014.