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Puck information was simply taking Lucasfilm and its President Kathleen Kennedy to job at present, mainly asking what the hell is up with that studio and its lack of studio motion pictures. The reply could be learn as, particularly within the face of tonight’s information, a whole lot of issues they didn’t know.
The Hollywood Reporter has a brand new piece up at present that’s making that assault look just a little skinny and foolish on reflection, noting that, nicely, tons has been taking place. It’s simply that shops like Puck News didn’t learn about them. Today, we acquired particulars on Damon Lindelof’s “Star Wars” film. Yes, he’s writing one, growing one, and already has a collaborator and director in documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, who directed some episodes of Marvel’s “Ms. Marvel” that have been launched this previous summer season.
THR provides to at present’s information that Lindelof has discovered a co-writer in Justin Britt-Gibson, a sizzling, rising star author who was an govt story editor on Guillermo del Toro’s vampire collection, “The Strain,” and a author of Starz’s “The Counterpart,” that starred J.Ok. Simmons.
To get to that place—hiring a co-writer—Lindelof put collectively a secret author’s room after “Star Wars” Celebration in May, presumably to generate concepts after which choose the perfect one to co-write with (although particulars of the particular intent are a bit imprecise. Writers picked to be in that room have been Patrick Somerville, who created and showran “Station Eleven” and wrote on Lindelof’s “The Leftovers,” Rayna McClendon, a consulting producer on Lucasfilm’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi “and a writer on the company’s upcoming “Willow” collection; and journalist/podcaster/author/creator Andy Greenwald who created and showran the collection “Briarpatch” starring Rosario Dawson (the present sadly solely lasted one season). Other writers have been in attendance too, however they weren’t named.
THR provides that Dave Filoni, a protégé of Star Wars creator George Lucas, and the present star of Lucasfilm’s TV empire alongside Jon Favreau, might have been there, nevertheless it’s not confirmed. The author’s room held a two-week session in July, and after the story had been cracked, Lindelof and Britt-Gibson set to work.
There’s an increasing number of particulars on the movie itself. The film might be set after the occasions of “Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker,” and whereas it gained’t be a direct sequel or continuation, it might include among the characters from these movies. It can also be a standalone film that might result in extra movies, however sources inform THR that Lucasfilm is taking every movie and story separately as an alternative of making large trilogies.
Lucasfilm hasn’t had a “Star Wars” movie in theaters for the reason that costly failure of 2018’s “Solo: A Star Wars” story, a movie that flopped so onerous, it appeared to place a full pause on “Star Wars” motion pictures which as an alternative pivoted to TV on Disney+.
Currently, solely a handful of “Star Wars” movies are nonetheless in manufacturing after Patty Jenkins’ “Rogue Squadron” was placed on the again burner. They embody the “Star Wars” movie that “Loki” author Michael Waldron is writing based mostly on an thought from Marvel’s Kevin Feige and a film being written by Taika Waititi and “1917” author Krysty Wilson-Cairns.
The earliest the movie might arrive is December 2025, Disney’s subsequent date, put aside for a Lucasfilm film, and given the velocity of stories popping out of this one, it really appears greater than attainable. Lindelof was given shit by followers for years for the ending of “Lost” and the writing on Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus,” however bounced again onerous of their favor after the success of HBO’s wonderful “Watchmen” collection.
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