Star Wars: The Force Awakes was produced by three people; Kathleen Kennedy, J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk. One of which, (J. J. Abrams) also directed and was a co-writer for the blockbuster.
It's stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow.
The films budget was $306 million (gross) and $245 million (net).
The Force Awakens was films in numerous locations but it has been confirmed the main locations were England, Ireland, Iceland and the United Arab Emirates.
green light date: October 2012
Star Wars: The Force Awakens soundtrack by John Williams with Williams and William Ross conducting, and Gustavo Dudamel appearing as a "special guest conductor".
Star Wars the Force Awakens was realised in cinemas worldwide. The countries it went down best in were: The United Kingdom/Ireland, Germany, Sweden and Norway. The film also set opening day records in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, New Zealand, Finland, Netherlands, Ukraine, Slovakia, Croatia, Iceland, Serbia, Switzerland, Chile, and Peru.
Metacritic rated the film at 81% and Rotten tomatoes, one of the most popular film review websites, gave the film a generous rating of 92%. Majority of the film reviews I read were also very positive; lot of high ratings. However, of course as there is with any film, there was a handful of people who like to think differently. One of the top critics on the site, Richard Brody, stated that 'Despite the copious servings of tragic threats and good feelings, the production sinks under the weight of its emotional calculation.'. There are also a few other reviews that seem to agree with Richard's disliking to the film. However, despite a couple of negative reviews the film seemed to be pretty popular with most of the critics on the site.
Box Office Figures: It made just over $2 Billion worldwide over its time in the box office, with a $528 Million global opening weekend and a $900 Million US Domestic take, as well as a record breaking global take of $1 Billion in its first 12 days
Music Composer: The soundtrack was by John Williams, who was also the composer of the prequel Star Wars trilogy, the Indianna Jones films and the Harry Potter films.
Marketing: The first teaser trailer was released on 28th November 2014, over a year before the film was released. This was subsequently followed by several full trailers and a wave of TV spots and film clips. There were also several posters released, including the iconic main poster, as well as several individual character posters.
Tie-in Products: Many products were released around the time of the film being released including; costumes, Lego, action figures, toy Lightsabers, models and more.
Special Effects: Most of the film has practical effects however, there is a lot of SFX use for animation, motion capture and digital make-up, this was done by various companies and studios.
Any Issues: Harrison Ford had two very serious problems during the filming of Star Wars, the first was him breaking his leg when he had a door from the Millennium Falcon set land on him. He has had a plane crash whilst filming. Also, Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca struggled with walking whilst filming so he needed a double.
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