the first exclusive interview with director j.j. abramsar wars" a force awakens." ♪ >> guillermo: hi. it is me guillermo. i'm at the "star wars" celebration for my interview with j.j. abrams. let's go. hi. i'm very, very excited for my interview with j.j. abrams. >> how are you doing? >> i'm doing pretty well. how are you doing, guillermo? >> what's the name of the movie? >> it is "star wars" the force awakens." >> guillermo: but they had a "star wars" u n't think you rip off? >> you have to see the movie. hopefully you'll like it. >> guillermo: is beyonce in the movie? >> yeah. >> guillermo: she is, really? >> no. >> guillermo: big mistake. what about spider man, is spider man in the movie? >> no. it is "star wars." spider man is not in the movie. >> guillermo: another big mistake. two mistakes already. >> that is true. >> guillermo: you know chewbacca? >> i do. >> guillermo: is he is bear or dog. >> he is a wookie. >> guillermo: what's that? >> a cross between a bear and dog. >> guillermo: i don't understand that. you're very smart. >> t

director j.j. abramsc's sara haines has the story. >> reporter: it was a force felt round the world. the newest trailer for "star wars: the force awakens" unvald thursday. the teerz filled with relics from a galaxy far, far away. darth vader's melted mask. >> my father has it. >> reporter: along with a few new faces. and a closer look at some new intergalactic gadgets. the moment that had "star wars" fans everywhere cheering -- >> crewie, we're home. >> reporter: harrison ford's triumphant return as han solo. along with chewie. >> there was a roar in the room. >> reporter: the crowd at the "star wars" celebration if anaheim, california. >> who wants to see a new teaser. >> reporter: even demanding a repeat showing. what did that feel like to you guys? >> it was so beyond -- >> but hearing that reaction was physical. you actually the roar i have never heard anything like it. >> and it brought people on to their feet. >> it was nuts. >> some people were crying. >> reporter: fans immediately dissecting every

in j.j. abram? >> i'm very optimistic. because j.j. p watching and imagining new things built on what george lucas created rather than what he wanted to do with the prequel trilogy back explained. now we have new frontiers and new people. >> what i loved just from the trailer, he's got, j.j. abrams has a sense of scale and scope that i love. >> yeah. >> it was -- "star wars" is nothing if not grandiose, operatic massive, epic epic epic. jar jar binks didn't feel epic. that felt epic. that's what i want. >> and you have to point out two of the leads, they are not white men. >> i'm excited thabt about that, too. abraham and jason, thanks. that is it for this evening. that's "all in" for visthis evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts now. >> that was not just fun, that was heroic spectacular rar well done. the force is with you.iuáz well done. thanks to you at staying with us the next hour.

because j.j. abramsup watching and imagining new things built on what george lucas wanted to do. and the prequal trilogy back explained. >> and he's got -- j.j. abrams has a sense of scale and scope that i love. star wars is nothing if not grandiose and epic, epic. and jar jar binks didn't feel epic. that felt epic. that's what i went. >> and you have to point out two of the leads, they are not white men. >> i'm excited about that too. abraham and jason, thanks. that is it for this evening. the rachel maddow show starts right now. >> that was not just fun. that was heroic. spectacularly well done. the force is with you. well done. and thanks to you at home for staying with us the next hour. the force is with you too. the reason i'm doing the show in beautiful washington, d.c. is because i got an interview with the top in the senate, senator harry reid. like when we had to bleep him. >> that is so timely. yesterday on the senate floor, john mccain came to me and told me, that little incident we had togeth

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so i challenged j.j. abrams to take the twizzler challenge.nd behold, they took me up on that. >> hi, it's j.j. abrams. to benefit april, the autism awareness month, i'm accepting jimmy kimmel's challenge and i'm going to eat a twizzler with my friend, chewbacca. here we go. hold on. oh, my god. who should we challenge? good idea. jennifer aniston and guillermo. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: guillermo, sounds like you and jen aniston have some twizzling to do. for more information on how you can help, go to twizzlerchallenge.org. yesterday was april 20th, which is 4/20. a lot of pot-related celebrations over the weekend in anticipation. the biggest was the cannabis cup in denver, colorado. pot smoking is legal in colorado which gave cnn the opportunity to fire live soft hitting reports like this. >> you're going to hit this. when the hit gets to where you want it, give me a thumbs up. it's going to shoot the smoke right down your throat. >> we're going to watch the process here. this is a company giving examples of how their products work.

very cute little guy moving around there on stage at j.j. abramsdent of lucas film. of course the potential for "star wars" is bigger than just the six movies that have been announced. it is really about expanding "star wars" to the theme parks. bob iger telling us they are working on various ways to bring "star wars" into the parks. though he wouldn't say whether or not there is a plan to create a whole stand-alone of "star wars" parks. there's been some speculation about it. of course consumer products as we've seen here with people buying all sorts of things. the potential for consumer products is huge. then also to bring the "star wars" characters to different tv programming. we could even down line see a "star wars" program on netflix the way disney has brought its marvel character dare to netflix with a new show that just hit netflix about a week ago. guys? >> it's amazing disney right now is the fourth-best of the dow but it did move looks like about $1 on the release of that trailer. tell your buddies to remake the movie "doomed." frank her

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>> it's going into overdrove, it has been viewed 50 million times it's even surprising director j.j. abrams. >> reporter: it was a force felt around the world. the newest trailer for star wars the force awakened unveiled on friday. from a galaxy far far away. darth vaders melted mask along with a few new faces. and a closer look at some new inter gallic tic gadgets but the moment that had star wars fans cheering. harrison ford's triumphant return home along with chewy. >> hans solo appeared on screen and there was a roar in that room. the star wars celebration in anaheim, california. even demanding a repeat showing. >> what did that feel like to you guys? >> it was so beyond. >> hearing the reaction was physical. the roar, i never heard anything like it. >> it brought people on to their feet and people were crying fans immediately dissecting everything about the teaser. >> the force is strong in my family. that is the voice of mark hamel that played the young jedi, luke skywalker. >> how hard is it to keep this a secret. >> you can't necessarily go home and chat about it how do you keep it

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director j.j. abrams unveiling a new teaser for the force awakens in theaters december 18th. >> i've never had more fun in my life working on anything and the opportunity far outweighs the risk of this and i can't wait for you to see it. >> and fans were excited by what they saw. >> it was loud. >> everyone was super excited, cheering and standing and yelling. all of it. it was really saw some. >> just the craziness, mayhem. it is amazing how many people are here. >> you want to see more and more and they end it showing han and chewy together. >> it is much larger than it ever was and there are markets that weren't existent before and china being an example of that. and we're fairly confident this film will be well but way too soon to make redictions and not making any in public. >> and they've been working hard to reassure die-hard fans like the one here that the 40-year-old franchise is in good hands under new ownership. based on the reaction so far the disney ceo bob ieger said he is confident that the

week - tim allen, kiernan shipka, guillermo has an exclusive interview with "star wars" director j.j. abramsand the neighbors and jamie foxx with chris brown and kid ink. [ cheers and applause ] >>>i would also like to welcome our viewers watching on 5 eyewitness news. we are on as god intended in minneapolis. if anyone wants to send me a pizziola it will definitely get eaten. did you know minneapolis is the most literate city in america? did you know that guillermo? >> did you know there's a war on drugs? >> yeah. >> you did. all right. our guest tonight are from both asgard and earth. they are here to save the world just before taxes are due. their new movie, "avengers: age of ultron" opens everywhere may 1st - please welcome, our heroes - robert downey jr., chris hemsworth, mark ruffalo, chris evans, scarlett johansson and jeremy renner. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> good to have you here. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome. thank you for coming. i know you have the big premier across the street from us here just after the show. will you wait for the signal,

if j.j. abrams would like to stop by anytime, i love pizza.orrow along with the trailer. >> maybe he'll bring pizza. >> maybe he will. >> i just put the idea out there. >>> "pop news" and weather coming up. >>> but now let's go the mike until the social square. >> here's a look ahead on the morning menu. we all fell in crazy stupid love with ryan gosling and emma stone. could they be reuniting on the big screen? >>> and avril lavigne speaking out for the first time about her health battle. only here on "gma." >>> plus, the love equation. how math can help you find a perfect match. >>> and "veep" star anna chlumsky is here live all coming up on "gma" here in times square. ♪ ♪ sometimes the little things last the longest. give extra. get extra. you pay your auto insurance premium every month on the dot. you're like the poster child for paying on time. and then one day you tap the bumper of a station wagon. no big deal... until your insurance company jacks up your rates. you freak out. what good is having insurance if you get punished for using i

and guillermo has an exclusive interview with j.j. abramsre you gonna ask him, guillermo? what do you have planned? >> how do you do a good director? how do you become a good director, i mean. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how do you do a good director? >> i'm thinking of the barbecue. how do you become -- >> jimmy: your english is worse than mine. besides having a delightful name, our first guest is one of the people who've repeatedly saved this planet from ne'er-do- wells. she is shield agent maria hill in "marvel's avengers: age of ultron." >> orphaned at 10. cobi has had a rough history. nowhere special. >> her abilities? >> increased metabolism. her think is tell ke knee sis. she's fast and she's weird. >> they're going to show up again. >> agreed. they volunteered for the experiment. >> all right. what kind of monster than a german scientist to experiment on them to protect their country. >> we're not at war, captain. >> jimmy: please welcome cobi smulders. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thanks for being here. >> oh, thank you.

j.j. abramsas on hand this morning to reveal the movie trailer at the end of a star wars celebration in anaheim. many of the original actors will make an appearance in the film. star wars the force awakens hits theaters december 18th. we're getting a lot of lead time on this. >> we're going to be pumped up for that movie for sure. >> a rather eclectic group of the 100 most influential people. >> it will feature five different covers nationwide. ruth bader ginsberg is one of those features. others include kanye west, jorge ramos, bradley cooper, misty copeland. this is the 12th year that "time" has put together this list. >> congratulations to everybody. >> so whether you want to get out of the house or just stay home, there's so much to do this weekend. >> layla has some us suggestions on how you can explore where you live. >> the fantastical and whimsical story of the lord of the wings turns into an epic event in san jose starting tonight. silicon valley presents a film trail on of this oscar wi

i will challenge j.j. abrams and chewbacca, or any of the "star wars" characters. >> who should his partner be? >> jimmy: jim parsons' partner? maybe also chewbacca. >> or molly. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's fine. rihanna's new single is called "bitch better have my money." and her animated movie "home" is in theaters right now. be right back with music from death cab for cutie! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by at&t. mobilizing your world. >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by at&t. mobilizing your world. >> jimmy: i'd like to thank dwayne johnson, rihanna and apologize to matt damon. we ran out of time. "nightline" is next but first, their album "kintsugi" came out yesterday, here with the song "black sun," death cab for cutie! ♪ ♪ there is whiskey in the water and there is death upon the vine ♪ ♪ there is fear in the eyes of your father and there is yours and there is mine ♪ ♪ there is a desert veiled in pavement and there's a city of seven hills ♪ ♪ and all our debri

i will challenge j.j. abrams and chewbacca, or any of the "star wars" characters.o should his partner be? >> jimmy: jim parsons' partner? maybe also chewbacca. >> or molly. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's fine. rihanna's new single is called "bitch better have my money." and her animated movie "home" is in theaters right now. be right back with music from death cab for cutie! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by at&t. mobilizing your world. i moved our old security system out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. why don't you switch to xfinity home? i get live video monitoring and 24/7 professional monitoring that i can arm and disarm from anywhere. hear ye! the awkward, teenaged one has arrived. switch to modern security. add xfinity home for $29.95 a month and lock in your rate for 2 years. plus save up to 20% on your home owners insurance. call 1-800-xfinity today. >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by at&t. mobilizing your world. >> jimmy: i'd like to thank dway

i will challenge j.j. abrams and chewbacca, or any of the "star wars" characters.> jimmy: okay. >> who should his partner be? >> jimmy: jim parsons' partner? maybe also chewbacca. >> or molly. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's fine. rihanna's new single is called "bitch better have my money." and "home" is in theaters right now. be right back with music from death cab for cutie! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by at&t. mobilizing your world. arthat's why xfinity is perfect for me.. with millions of wifi hotspots all over the place including one right here at the shop now we can stream all things fast and furious. you've done it again, carlos! with the fastest in-home wifi and millions of hotspots, xfinity is perfect for people who love fast. don't miss furious 7, in theaters april 3rd. >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by at&t. mobilizing your world. >> jimmy: i'd like to thank dwayne johnson, rihanna and apologize to matt damon. we ran out of time. "nightline" is next but fi

j.j. abrams is now doing this.nk we can expect for the qualify of what we're going to get in december? >> that's such an excellent question. let's say attack of the clones and the phantom menace are really sub standard films. i think the most recent film was sort of a more return to form. but boy, we seemed to go down some long trails with some of those characters and just the heavy handedness of the film making but you have these long-standing decades of goo will which pushed them into popularity and everyone thinks that j.j. is someone who appreciates sort of the light touch of the first three. the -- the good humor of them and the -- and just the con -- connectic form in them. and frankly his work shows that he understands that. >> well he will certainly hear it from the fans if he doesn't bring it. that's for sure. bill wonderful conversation now we all have to wait until december. thank you. >> thank you. >>> now time for sport. and here is andy a star wars fan. [ laughter ] >> okay. footballers might be used

at a fan event today in anaheim, the audience screamed their approval for the director j.j. abramsbie one kanobie. >>> hey, so excited with the warriors! >> yeah you know what nothing magical about what they have done. they've just been the best team. up to this point, warriors have done all they can do. they own home court advantage throughout the playoffs have managed to stay injury free and should be rested as well. now, in the regular season the doves had their way with the new orleans pelicans, winning by an average of 12 points and also won every critical statistical category as they pretty much did against every other team as well. as our kelly johnston reports, there are a lot of reasons to expect a deep playoff run. >> 67-15, 39-2 and bring on the full season. >> reporter: after an historical regular season the warriors know it means nothing come playoffs. >> you know, a few wins doesn't mean crap going into a seven-game series against anyone. they don't care that we won. we don't get an extra pat on the back before the series start or anything like that. >> reporter: a bi

j.j. abramsident kathleen kennedy unveiling the main attraction. a look at the future of the franchise. j.j. abrams showing a new teaser for the force awakens, which hits theaters december 18th. >> the force is strong in my family. my father has it. i have it. my sister has it. you have that power, too. chewie, we're home. >> disney's ceo bob iger telling us base on the reaction here he expects the new "star wars" kicking off a series of six films in the works to be huge. >> no predictions on how big this will be. you know we know that "star wars" films did incredibly well but there hasn't been a film out since 2005 actually. >> bob iger also telling us that they're working to build a "star wars" presence at disney's parks. we can also expect more things in terms of "star wars" consumer products. there are obviously a lot of interested merchandisers here and there is the potential to bring "star wars" into more television properties. >> i'm sure we'll see it everywhere. julia boorstin thank you.

j.j. abramss to be because episodes one through three i did not really care for. four, five, six i am more of an empire strikes back. did a really great job with rebooting the star trek series. now we get episode seven. everything about this trailer. tell me you didn't get a little teary eyed when you saw him say we are home. >> a lot of people did not see that particular thing you are talking about right there. let's play it for you. watch this. >> chewy, we're home. >> it's just something about it. years later with chewbacca who has not aged a day. they are back in action. and here is the beauty of it all. it hit all nostalga elements. they are bringing back carey fisher harrison ford, r 2 d 2. they have bb 8 who looks unbelievably cool. i was online yesterday late for an important meeting because i was streaming the character and they brought out the character. i had nerd tears down my face. you are seeing the millennium falcon fly again. does a great job of building these massive set pieces a

help me, j.j. abrams, you're my only hope. otherwise, ya burnt. [ laughter ] mud runs.the middle ground between jogging and "saving private ryan." [ laughter ] would i like to do a mud run with you this weekend, that depends, are we in the woods being chased by a bear, if not, then i'm gonna pass. a mud run sounds like something that happens when you get chipotle twice in one night. [ laughter ] >> have you no decency anymore? >> steve: you were okay with the donut. [ laughter ] but seriously, the race must have been exhausting. it only left you with enough energy to post pictures on every social media platform. so congrats on ruining a pair of shoes i hope you can still walk home in them because you are not getting in my car. mud runs, ya burnt! up next, special-ed teachers going the extra mile. hey, wha -- [ buzzing ] uh-oh, that buzzer means we've just run out of time. you just got saved by the bell. this has been "ya burnt." sit tight, we'll be right back with the russell crowe. [ laughter and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you love our greatest, now try our latest. olive garde

yeah it's kind of like an abusive relationship because we're not sure initially we wanted to trust j.j. abramsople who grew up and i went up and saw the original "star wars," felt there was a level of ridiculousness in those three movies that left me with a bad taste in my mouth. but first of all, it's got the great moments, when hans solo and chewbacca show up and say we're home we all felt like we were home walked through the door with them. that was it, they had me at chewie and i'm ready to go. >> i've got goose bumps, i feel i've gone to church and it's friday. we should gush on and on and on but i have to ask you about the other movie getting budge, batman versus superman there was a leak online. what's happened there? >> well i feel like i should do the entire interview in the batman voice. ll heard ben affleck's batman voice. this is a leaked video of clearly a trailer, ran in another country, people were watching it, taped it you could see the subtitles, but you hear the words. we finally know the story. superman's too much of a god, too much control, i guess they sent batman out to k

now j.j. abrams released the 90-second trailer., here it is in its entirety. >> the force is strong in my family. my father has it. i have it. my sister has it. you have that power, too. >> chewy, we're home. >> gonna be awesome, guys! make sure to check out our facebook page where we have a lot of behind-the-scenes photos and a special video from a voice that "star wars" fans might recognize. that's over at facebook.com/thecycle. >> it's time for the your business entrepreneur of the week. aaron is the owner of the comic shop and a geek easy in orlando, florida. he attracts new customers by having fun events and then turns them on to comics, often turning them into regular readers. for more watch your business sunday mornings at 7:30 on msnbc. american express for travel and entertainment worldwide. just show them this - the american express card. don't leave home without it! and someday, i may even use it on the moon. it's a marvelous thing! oh! haha! so you can replace plane tickets, traveler's cheques, a lost card. really? that

bam. >> he's in good hands with j.j. abrams in everybody comes out. and you'll take your kids. >> it's generations that grew up with it. every time we say what are we going to watch tonight, if we can't think of anything "star wars." >> not the prequels. >> you know i still haven't seen those? because i didn't want to tarnish my memory. >> if it's a bad weather day, put it in. some great acting. there are some controversial characters let's be honest. but it's good. >> to me one of the redeeming value of those first three, samuel l. jackson. and yoda kicks butt against -- >> you get a texture of the characters. >> it's jar jar we can't move past. >> here's a picture of a very odd looking han solo. >> i love yoda. >> wow. look at that. my goodness. >> so we will be in costume in line with everyone that day. can we zip past the rest of the year and to that? >> that we're excited about. this we're not so excited about. video of espn reporter britt mchenry berating a tow company employee. this is an edited portion of what she had t

he then got j.j. abrams whose father -- >> who did "lost." >> yes. who will make one of the best "star wars" ever made. >> but there's faith? >> exactly. >> the fans are desperate for this to be amazing. the last three were not amazing. >> lay down. >> so what do you do? what do you do with "star wars"? you have the rides -- >> there's already two attractions in all the parks. it's just like pixar, like marvel. mostly like disney. it is things that kids grew up with. it's in their dna. it's religion. these characters are the force. >> it's the force! >> right. >> michael eisner, it's a real pleasure. good luck with tops. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. they're bullish on star wars out here. everybody's talking about it. the movie's not out for another nine months and everybody's talking about it. mandy, i know you're a star wars fan, although apparently nobody else at cnbc has seen any of the movies. >> i don't think there's a single male on the globe that hasn't seen star wars. but the female's cnbc population has been slacking on that. >>> le