Adam Driver to enact villain in ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’?

Star Wars: Episode VII, a seventh instalment in Star Wars franchise, has likely decided its negative character Darth Vader and it is heard that Lincoln’s Samuel Beckwith, Adam Driver will be essaying the role. According to a source, the actor is close to signing the project. The already signed cast includes Anthony Daniels and Billy Dee Williams.

The film to be directed and given screenplay by J.J. Abrams, along with Lawrence Kasdan, is a big budget project. The director is also financing the venture, together with Bryan Burk, Kathleen Kennedy and co-producers Tommy Gormley and Ben Rosenblatt. Tommy Harper and Jason D. McGatlin will act as executive producers. Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill are rumoured to be associated with the venture. The sequel will hit the screens on December 18, 2015.