Research the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens directed by JJ Abrams.

 Find out about the following:

• Producers/ Production companies

JJ Abrams (also the film's director), Kathleen Kennedy and Bryan Burk.
production companies-  Lucasfilm (George Lucas' own production company, owned by Disney), Bad Robot (Director JJ Abram's own production company) and True North Productions (British production company).

• Director

J.J. Abrams             

• Screen writer

Writers:

Lawrence Kasdan,  

J.J. Abrams
Michael Arndt
George Lucas		(based on characters created by)

• Actors-

This movie stars many actors such as:

Harrison Ford	...	Han Solo
	Mark Hamill	...	Luke Skywalker
	Carrie Fisher	...	Princess Leia
	Adam Driver	...	Kylo Ren
	Daisy Ridley	...	Rey
	John Boyega	...	Finn
	Oscar Isaac	...	Poe Dameron
	Lupita Nyong'o	...	Maz Kanata
	Andy Serkis	...	Supreme Leader Snoke
	Domhnall Gleeson	...	General Hux
	Anthony Daniels	...	C-3PO
	Max von Sydow	...	Lor San Tekka
	Peter Mayhew	...	Chewbacca
	Gwendoline Christie	...	Captain Phasma

• Budget

$245,000,000 (estimated)

• Locations

England, Ireland, Iceland and United Arab Emirates.

• Greenlight date

30th October 2012

• Screens shown on (opening weekend, peak figure, weeks at cinema)

5,500 screens (roughly) worldwide on its opening weekend.

• Critical reaction (Rotten Tomatoes & Metacritic)

Rotten Tomatoes score of 92% and a Metacritic score of 81%.

• Box office figures: worldwide, US, China

$2 Billion worldwide over its time in the box office

• Music (composer of score/ soundtrack)

Soundtrack by John Williams

• Marketing (teaser trailers, trailers, TV spots, posters, websites etc)

Teaser trailer was released in 2014. Followed by full trailers, TV spots and film clips. posters were released also.

• Tie-in products

Lego, action figures, costumes as well as toy Lightsabers.

• SFX (special effects - technology used)

Produced by many companies and studios. Film in majorly practical effects.

• Any issues

Harrison Ford-  the Millennium Falcon set landed on him. as a result he broke his leg. He also had a plane crash during filming.