Badass Digest also says there are a few other projects Benedict Cumberbatch will have to leave in order to work on STAR WARS: EPISODE VII with director J.J. Abrams, so this isn't set in stone just yet and there still is a chance it won't happen. There have been a few official denials about Benedict Cumberbatch starring in the new film, but are you going to really believe a rebuttal from a J.J. Abrams production? Remember how things went for Abrams and "John Harrison"? Cumberbatch might not be a lock for the new STAR WARS but it certainly sounds like there is interest in bringing Sherlock to the Dark Side, and if it is true hopefully we'll get an official announcement shortly.
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