Stars
Wars
Stand-Alone
film
just
added
the
female
lead
in
the
cast.
Academy
Award
Best
Actress
nominee,
Felicity
Jones
has
been
reportedly
cast
as
the
female
lead
in
the
upcoming
‘Star
Wars'
film.
According
to
Hollywood
Reporter,
the
31-year-old
actress
was
chosen
by
both
Lucas
film
and
Disney
to
play
the
female
lead
in
the
first
stand-alone
film
in
the
Star
Wars
franchise.
Star
Wars
stand-alone
is
one
of
two
stand-alone
films
in
the
franchise,
and
is
separate
from
the
upcoming
sequel,
Star
Wars:
The
Force
Awakens.
Gareth
Edwards
is
directing
and
Chris
Weitz
is
writing
the
film.
Sources
say
that
Aaron
Paul
and
Edgar
Ramirez
are
reportedly
considered
for
the
male
lead.
The
movie
has
a
release
date
of
Dec.
16,
2016.
Felicity
Jones
has
been
really
busy
currently
making
the
awards
season
rounds
for
her
performance
as
Jane
Hawking
in
Oscar
nominated
film,
The
Theory
of
Everything.
She
plays
the
first
wife
of
physicist
Stephen
Hawking
(played
by
Eddie
Redmayne).
Her
new
release,
True
Story,
in
which
she
stars
with
James
Franco
and
Jonah
Hill,
just
premiered
at
Sundance.
Felicity
Jones
is
shooting
A
Monster
Calls,
a
family
fantasy
directed
by
J.A.
Bayona
and
stars
Liam
Neeson
and
Toby
Kebbell.