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New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi will direct a new Star Wars movie.
the Jojo Rabbit and Thor: Ragnarok for months the filmmaker had been expected to take charge of the galaxy far, far away, as he had directed the galaxy’s season finale. Star Wars spin-off transmission The Mandalorian. But Walt Disney Co waited until the franchise’s unofficial holiday, May 4, to make Waititi’s rental official.
Waititi will co-write the film with Krysty Wilson-Cains, who wrote the World War I thriller. 1917 with Sam Mendes Waititi and Wilson-Cains they were nominated for the screenplay at the Academy Awards earlier this year; Wilson-Cains for the original script for 1917 and Waititi for their adapted Nazi satire Jojo Rabbit. Waititi won.
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Taika Waititi will direct the new Star Wars movie.
The announcement potentially suggests the new way forward for Star Wars theatrical films after considerable turmoil in Lucasfilm’s development plans. Last October, game of Thrones David Benioff and D.B. Weiss started from his planned trilogy. Rian Johnson, director of The Last JediHe was developing a separate trilogy but his status is unclear. Instead, Johnson has focused on a sequel to his 2019 movie, Knives out.
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In December Lucasfilm concluded the Skywalker saga with the release of Skywalker’s rise. But that release was the worst reviewed of the previous eight. Star Wars movies and not so strong at the box office. US $ 1.08 billion was raised.
To help rejuvenate the franchise, Disney turned to Marvel President Kevin Feige (who produced Thor: Ragnarok) and Jon Favreau, creator of the good received The Mandalorian.
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Taika Waititi is presented at the Oscars.
The Mandalorian, For which a third season is reportedly already being prepared, has also opened other series options for Star Wars. Other shows in development include an Obi-Wan Kenobi spin-off starring Ewan McGregor and a spin-off of Rogue One based on Cassian Andor’s character.
Disney added another series to its plans on Monday, announcing that Leslye Headland, co-creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed Netflix series Russian dollIt is also developing a new Star Wars series for Disney Plus.
No release date was released for any of the projects.
