
It’s time to visit the week that was via our Around the Circuit piece, where we look back at articles that we feel are worth your time covering the Oscar race, new releases, or really just anything film related.
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The big news this week (or year) was Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm for $4 billion, and the subsequent announcement that there would be three new Star Wars films starting in 2015. Following this announcement, the first instinct was to speculate on who should direct (Christopher Nolan, please). Nathan Adams of Film School Rejects, Ethan Anderson of First Showing, Oliver Lyttelton at The Playlist, and Matt Goldberg at Collider, were just a few who weighed in on the director discussion. While Susan Wloszczyna of USA Today talked about the odds of returning characters, and – enter shameless plug – yours truly was asked who I’d like to see reappear.
Read more on Around the Circuit: October 27th – November 2nd…