"Star Wars: Episode VII" will start filming in January.

Director J.J. Abrams said so last weekend at a Producers Guild of America conference in Los Angeles.

"We are, most likely, if all goes as planned, going to be moving to London at the end of the year for the Star Wars movie," he said, referring to moving his wife and three children overseas during the film's production.

If they film in London, does that mean all the spaceships will fly on the left side of space?

Details about the film have been kept secret so far, though Abrams did sort of, kind of, hint at something that may or may not concern the upcoming film, which is scheduled for a 2015 release.

"The key to moving forward on something like this is honoring, but not revering, what came before," Abrams said.

Oh ... OK. Thanks.

The script is being, or has been, written by Oscar winning writer Michael Arndt, who wrote "Toy Story 3" and "Little Miss Sunshine."

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