George Lucas is going to pocket a little more than 4.000 million dollars, about 3.100 million euros, from the sale of his company Lucasfilm to the Disney factory.
The filmmaker thus leaves the franchise «Star Wars»In the hands of the new production company, which has already announced Chapter 7 for 2015.
Disney has already announced that it will carry out the seventh part of «The Wars»In the year 2015 and that will be followed by the eighth and ninth installments.
«It is time for me to pass Star Wars to a new generation of filmmakers. I have always believed that Star Wars could outlive me and I thought it was important to establish the transition during my life«, He commented George Lucas.
George Lucas, the owner to date of 100% of Lucasfilm, takes half the cash and the other half in shares of the company. Disney, shares amounting to 40 million of them.
Big bussiness the one made by the director, who takes a huge amount and also a good share of the Micky Mouse factory.
Perhaps he is not a director, since he has only shot films in six films in more than forty years, but he is an example of doing business in the cinema.
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