UPDATE! Josh Trank Departs Second Star Wars Anthology Film.

 

josh-trank-directing11Josh Trank has dropped out of the director’s seat for the second Star Wars Anthology film. Hit the jump for more details…

 

 

From starwars.com

 

“Trank said, “After a year of having the incredible honor of developing with the wonderful and talented people at Lucasfilm, I’m making a personal decision to move forward on a different path. I’ve put a tremendous amount of thought into this, and I know deep down in my heart that I want to pursue some original creative opportunities.”

 

“That said, the Star Wars universe has always been one of my biggest influences, and I couldn’t be more excited to witness its future alongside my millions of fellow Star Wars fans. I want to thank my friends Kathleen Kennedy, Kiri Hart, Simon Kinberg, and everyone at Lucasfilm and Disney for the amazing opportunity to have been a part of this. May the Force be with you all.”

 

 

 

UPDATE!

 

TheHollywoodReporter shared some insights on Trank’s departure. It appears the rumors we’ve been hearing about the problems surrounding the Fantastic Four reboot were correct after all.

 

Trank, had raised eyebrows in April when he didn’t appear as scheduled at a Star Wars celebration in Anaheim. At the time, both Disney and the director cited illness as the cause but multiple knowledgeable sources say the studio had asked the filmmaker not to attend while considering whether to proceed with him on the second spinoff in a planned series of films.

 

Indeed, producers on Fantastic Four, set for release July 30, are said to have faced great challenges pulling the film together given behavior described by one insider as “erratic” and at times “very isolated.” Trank did not offer clear direction, this person adds, saying, “If you’ve got someone who can’t answer questions or who isn’t sure or is in hiding, that’s not good.”

 

According to sources, Trank was sometimes indecisive and uncommunicative. Producers Simon Kinberg and Hutch Parker had to step in to help pull the film together, though sources stress that Trank was still on set and directing the film. (Were that not the case, the production could have run afoul of the Directors Guild of America.)

 

Kinberg, who is producing the second Star Wars standalone project (the first, Rogue One, is being directed by Gareth Edwards for a December 2016 release), is said to have communicated his displeasure with Trank to Kathleen Kennedy and the team at Lucasfilm. As the Star Wars brain trust heard more about Trank’s behavior and working style, they became less confident in handing over the film to him.

 

 

There is still plenty of time so changing the director won’t affect the second Anthology film. We wish all the best to Trank and can’t wait to see the new candidate. Who do you think Disney should hire?

 

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163 thoughts on “UPDATE! Josh Trank Departs Second Star Wars Anthology Film.

  • May 2, 2015 at 3:12 am
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    Oh my….

    • May 2, 2015 at 10:06 am
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      yea!!!!! HURA!!!! 😀

    • May 2, 2015 at 10:35 am
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      Perhaps this is known some time internally. Im pretty sure this is the real reason why he was not attending SWCA, and they agreed that this news is better shared a little later, because it would distract fans from the “all things positive” buildup of SW7 news towards and at SWCA.

    • May 2, 2015 at 4:52 pm
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      I think this is a reflection of Kathleen Kennedy’s leadership style. Meaning to fix a disaster now before it’s too late. Her name is on the quality of these movies as much, if not more, than the director’s. Who could be a replacement? Please list names:

      Whedon seems more like a Trank. Why replace with the same? Who else?

      Edgar Wright

      Peter Jackson

      Christopher Nolan

      • May 2, 2015 at 7:41 pm
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        David Fincher

        John Favreau

      • May 2, 2015 at 9:54 pm
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        Did you really just compare Josh Trank, a one time studio film director whose reputation has sank on that one film to Joss Whedon, who has a stellar reputation with studios and especially fans as a show runner for over twenty years and multiple features under his belt including two nearly 200 million dollar budget Avengers films?

        Whedon is in a class of very few that has directed a billion dollar grossing film you moron.

        Ya you’re fucking ignorant and just talking put of your ass. Also none of the directors you mentioned would touch this, every single one you mentioned has the ability to do whatever the hell they want in Hollywood, save for Edgar Wright who may be brilliant but isn’t at all right for a project like this. Hell, it’s somewhat doubtful Joss would touch a Star Wars film where he doesn’t have creative control and extremely doubtful he would want to play second fiddle to a director like JJ Abrams who doesn’t hold a fucking candle to him and made his name more as a schmooze than as a solid filmmaker.

        • May 3, 2015 at 2:56 am
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          Let me put it this way…Please no Whedon!!!
          Avengers was a huge smash hit but it is not a GOOD movie. Weak!!!

          • May 3, 2015 at 12:56 pm
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            Let me put it this way, you hold a minority opinion. In a sea of overbudgeted purely forgettable garbage The Avengers stands above the rest because Whedon is an expert at juggling huge ensemble casts and allowing each character to shine.

            Joss isn’t perfect but if you honestly just don’t see how talented he is I don’t think you’re qualified to even weigh in on this.

      • May 3, 2015 at 3:03 am
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        I think Guillermo Del Torro could make a sweet star wars film.

      • May 3, 2015 at 6:59 am
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        Matthew Vaughn! Matthew Vaughn!

      • May 5, 2015 at 5:44 am
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        Peter Jackson? Oh my god no!!!
        The hobbit trilogy was the biggest bunch of crap since the prequels

      • May 15, 2015 at 2:51 pm
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        I think directors like

        Tom Benthonomy
        Rick Bishop
        Edgar Milow
        George Lucas
        Peter Smith

        could be considered.

  • May 2, 2015 at 3:13 am
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    It sucks to work under a corporate giant like Disney.

  • May 2, 2015 at 3:16 am
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    Shame I was really curious to see his vision of a star wars film set this universe.

  • May 2, 2015 at 3:16 am
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    I have a difficult time believing anyone would leave voluntarily. More likely they fired him and left him with the dignity of making it look like he did it on his own.

    • May 2, 2015 at 3:24 am
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      MakingStarWars.net is reporting that Fox and Simon Kinberg are unhappy with his performance on the Fantastic Four and that why they let him go. So i guess take that with a grain of salt.

      • May 2, 2015 at 8:52 am
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        No I’ll take that with a heaping dose of educated guess. Fantastic Four looks awful.

      • May 2, 2015 at 12:37 pm
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        I hope Rian Johnson gets the sack as well. he is not a proven filmaker. the idea of him working with John Williams is embarrassing and painful.

        • May 2, 2015 at 5:03 pm
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          I agreed with you. Loopers suck so bad I threw the bootleg DVD away after watching it!

        • May 2, 2015 at 5:15 pm
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          Obviously he HAS proven himself.. he is in pre-production right now..too bad for you 🙂

        • May 2, 2015 at 9:59 pm
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          I haven’t seen any of Rian Johnson’s films, but to be perfectly 100% accurate Star Wars is not at all the kind of property that requires a seasoned filmmaker to get it right.

        • May 4, 2015 at 2:29 am
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          Fartkraum, is that you hiding behind the anon tag?

    • May 2, 2015 at 3:42 am
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      I agree with you but… GL voluntarily SOLD Star Wars.

  • May 2, 2015 at 3:17 am
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    Trank gets tanked. Good news! Now they can get someone much better.

    • May 2, 2015 at 8:43 am
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      Like Joss Whedon. 🙂

      • May 2, 2015 at 9:00 am
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        Not a chance. Joss wouldn’t do anything less than a main series episode if that.

      • May 2, 2015 at 10:43 am
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        Joss Whedon is SOOOO overrated!

        His stupid witty banter gets old after awhile and can’t direct action scenes…

        • May 2, 2015 at 12:03 pm
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          Still he wrote and directed the best superhero movie of all time.

          • May 2, 2015 at 12:17 pm
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            He had nothing to do with the original Superman in ’78….. 😉

          • May 2, 2015 at 5:17 pm
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            hahahaha… NO

          • May 2, 2015 at 10:00 pm
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            That’s debatable. The Dark Knight is superior to the Avengers. Who was the villian in the Avengers? Oh yeah, a buncha weird aliens riding flying jet skis… The Avengers is entertaining, yeah, but won’t hold up over time. It’s just another generic popcorn movie with set piece after set piece.

      • May 2, 2015 at 1:33 pm
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        That SJW hack? In SW? No thanks.

        • May 2, 2015 at 5:17 pm
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          Ditto

    • May 2, 2015 at 10:08 am
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      Yea!!!! 🙂

  • May 2, 2015 at 3:23 am
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    It seems Trank struggled with substance abuse while shooting the F4 Reboot and so Disney had to make this choice.

    • May 2, 2015 at 3:39 am
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      What’s the substance? Crackhead? Or does he smoke weed all the time? Things worked out for Carrie Fisher and she supposedly partied on set.
      Hopefully they find an awesome replacement and put out a great film.

      • May 2, 2015 at 4:05 am
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        Directors have way more responsibility on set than actors. You don’t want your director high on set fumbling thru call lines, not remembering where to put the cameras. It’s hard to be in charge of everything when ur messed up. It could ruin the integrity of the film. IMO an actor on the other hand can be drunk or high, and it’ll work out in the movies favor ala Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight. (Although it didn’t work out too well for him.) Actors are pretty much force fed lines and told to spit them out in a convincing way… That’s their only responsibility.

      • May 2, 2015 at 7:41 am
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        There’s a big difference between an actor doing drugs on set and the director. One of them only has to perform well in that scene. The director has to control EVERYTHING with the production.

        If the director is off shooting up or whatever, he could really destory the whole film.

  • May 2, 2015 at 3:26 am
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    This guy gave up having his name at the end of a Star Wars Movie. I’m not sure I could do that if I had the chance.

  • May 2, 2015 at 3:31 am
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    Guess he didn’t get enough creative freedom.

    • May 2, 2015 at 4:47 am
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      If you google ‘Fantastic Four’ problems you’ll see that production was a train wreck of Trank’s creation. He pissed off Fox so bad he’ll probably never work there again. Disney wanted no part of that.

      • May 2, 2015 at 1:37 pm
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        Then I retract my statement.

  • May 2, 2015 at 3:42 am
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    (To Trank)
    Move along, move along

  • May 2, 2015 at 3:48 am
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    Good riddance! He can keep on getting wasted without having to taint the Star Wars franchise. At this point (considering also his absence from SWC), it feels like all the rumors have been true, that he mistreats co-workers on set and shows up to work boozed up or coked out. Kinberg is king for choosing not to continue working with the kid. Save room for positive, mature professionals!

  • May 2, 2015 at 3:48 am
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    All Hope is Lost..

  • May 2, 2015 at 3:53 am
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    Who’s Josh Trank? no name nobody? Never heard of him….

    • May 2, 2015 at 4:56 am
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      That’s your problem loser. Stop being rude. What film follower hasn’t heard of chronicle?

      • May 2, 2015 at 6:41 am
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        Chronicle sucked.

        • May 2, 2015 at 7:02 am
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          Yea that was a piece of shit.

      • May 2, 2015 at 12:08 pm
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        Chronical was an okay film, entertaining in places but nothing special. I was surprised that this director was originally chosen to helm a Star Wars title as a result of it.
        So, not unhappy about this news

  • May 2, 2015 at 3:56 am
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    What a moron, he has directed 2 films. After a film like Star Wars he could do what ever he pleases. Now if Fantastic 4 bombs he’ll be doing creative films in his garage.

  • May 2, 2015 at 3:58 am
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    Edgar Wright will replace him.

    • May 2, 2015 at 5:05 am
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      Please shut up. I’m sick of such remarks. Just because a director directed a film or films that you like doesn’t mean they’ll be right for STAR WARS. This is not the comedy garbage that Wright directs, regardless of its quality, he directs an entirely different genre, unless you want the second anthology to be childish comedy bullshit. Trank showed himself to be a pure and original talent by creating chronicle with such a small budget, just as Edwards did with his debut, and that was clearly the direction they were going with (until trank messed it up) so please don’t be childish and just blurt out a garbage comedy director that has had many chances unlike those two and has yet to make something as memorable just because you casual film goers like nothing but hollow comedy and silly airheaded laughter films

      • May 2, 2015 at 8:47 am
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        Yesss! Release your anger!

      • May 2, 2015 at 12:30 pm
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        The hypocrisy of your comment is most amusing.

      • May 2, 2015 at 5:04 pm
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        The only obvious choice then is Michael Bay. A true artist

        • May 3, 2015 at 5:39 pm
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          Michael Bay is way overrated. Transformers was watchable because of Spielberg, but all the following sequels sucked. He does a bunch of remakes that are mediocre. He wouldn’t have a clue how to make a good Star Wars movie. He would overload it with CGI and replay the same scenes from different angles. He needs to find the best angle for the shot and do it once.

          • May 5, 2015 at 5:55 am
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            I don’t think u can call micheal bay overrated because everyone knows he sucks

  • May 2, 2015 at 3:59 am
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    I’m ok with this, he’s only done one, decent, low budget film, and he’s attached to the Fantastic Four reboot (Which everyone seems to hate so far.) In my opinion, he just wasn’t right to make an important entry in the Star Wars cinematic universe. I’m sure they can find someone better to take his place. In other words, THANK GOD.

    • May 12, 2015 at 11:23 am
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      How’s a movie hated when it’s not even been shown yet? I bet the FF movie will be good forreal. Trank, unseasoned or not had a ton of upside that he ruined by being an ASS CLOWN.

  • May 2, 2015 at 4:02 am
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    Wonder if this will set the release date back?

    • May 2, 2015 at 6:43 am
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      It shouldn’t with a release date of 2018. That should be plenty of time.

  • May 2, 2015 at 4:07 am
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    Who didn’t see this coming?

    He didn’t show up to Star Wars Celebration.

    Rumor has it that he didn’t even show up for the Fantastic Four reshoots and that Matthew Vaughn is doing the reshoots for him because he was a no show.

    Simon Kinberg seems to being handling all the interviews and promotion of the FF film and not Trank.

    Rumor has it he would show up drunk and high on the set of FF and trashed the sets.

    Rumor that he trashed the house they rented for him during the shooting of FF so bad that the head of Fox had to personally apologize to the home owners.

    It goes on and on. Either someone is trying to ruin his career with these rumors or sometimes when there is smoke there is fire.

    • May 2, 2015 at 7:10 am
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      I’m willing to bet all those rumors have been true. Trank seems like such a flake and unprofessional ass-hat. He’s a teenager who rocketed into film industry notoriety because he got lucky, and now is playing catch-up in terms of growing up.

  • May 2, 2015 at 4:08 am
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    I kind of don’t want these anthology movies. I feel it’s going to distract and deflate 7,8 & 9.

    • May 2, 2015 at 4:42 am
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      I agree. Unfortunately, Disney want to suck as much money as they can out of this as soon as possible. In the end, they’re going to reduce “Star Wars” to being just another franchise. In 30 years, I highly doubt the fan community will be as involved and emotionally attached as it has been so far.

      • May 2, 2015 at 5:12 am
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        You’re right.. Fans will most likely be even more obsessed than they are now

      • May 2, 2015 at 5:58 am
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        After the Prequels, Star Wars has become ” just another franchise.” In less than 10 yrs. the SW fans will realize how bad all these new SW movies, and anthologies suck. They will all have some cool moments and perhaps entertaining scenes, but as a whole, it will be crap. OT will forever dominate it’s destiny, consume you it will.

        • May 2, 2015 at 6:17 am
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          Woah. If you can see the future, what are you doing on a Star Wars forum?

          • May 3, 2015 at 1:31 am
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            Always in motion is the future. I wasn’t looking for you’re opinion Threepio. Chewie, take the professor in the back and plug him into the hyperdrive.

      • May 2, 2015 at 1:36 pm
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        A franchise that does good because it has more than Lucas in charge of it. The man ran the Prequels into the ground because he had no one keeping him in check, just yes-men.

    • May 2, 2015 at 11:59 am
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      I totally disagree.

      The greatest thing that this new age of StarWars has is that the door is opened to creativity as never before.

      Summarizing:

      Lucas did a great first film (A New Hope). Wise enough he decided to step back the director chair to control the business, and was nourished by other talented people such as great writer Kasdan and talented directors Kerschner and Marquand (the last one pretty talented with actor direction). Nothing but reading the Making Of books to have an impression of how this people (fortunately) influenced Lucas on the sequels.
      Then the prequel period arrived. Lucas decided to go on his own direction and not listen others. No video explains this better than this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KseqzmcqQBQ

      And now, in this new era, Lucas accepted that other people could do Star Wars equally or better than he could in his last years, and passed the torch to the greatest producer blockbuster film has had at all. The greatest thing Kennedy has done is giving young, talented directors the opportunity to do Star Wars.

      We can discuss if the chosen directors are good or bad choices, but as concept, the Anthology films are amazing.

      • May 2, 2015 at 8:56 pm
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        It’s actually worse. When Ep. 1 was in it?s early stages of production (I think ’94) Lucas originally wasn’t going to write the script and offered the job to Frank Darabont, who wrote and directed some no name movie called The Shawshank Redemption, and later was showrunner for some dumb zombie show called The Walking Dead. (Yes a lot of this is sarcasm). He turned it down and basically said, “No George, it’s your thing, you do it.” He now defends Ep. 1 whenever he’s asked, so he might have been a yes man too, I still think it would have much better if he were involved.

    • May 6, 2015 at 10:14 am
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      No name calling guys. Comments will be deleted. Address the post, not the poster!

  • May 2, 2015 at 4:09 am
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    Fantastic Four sucks as a team anyway. I can’t believe they even tried to reboot it. I mean I’ll probably still see it, but I’m not expecting it to be any good.

  • May 2, 2015 at 4:15 am
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    Fantastic Four is my favorite comic book. But I’m not excited for the new movie.

  • May 2, 2015 at 4:43 am
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    Wow, I had no idea about his habits. Why wasn’t his personal problems apparent to Lucasfilm/Disney when then they hired him? From what people are saying, it sounds like he was a widely known fuckup. Why was he hired in the first place?

    • May 2, 2015 at 8:35 am
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      He was hired before the Fantastic Four production which was his first big studio film. Now with all the problems involved with that, they are firing him. They couldn’t have known at the time they hired him. He was a young director with a lot of good buzz and not much else when he was hired.

  • May 2, 2015 at 4:50 am
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    Good f-ing riddance you pretentious, druggie douche-bag.

  • May 2, 2015 at 5:02 am
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    Under the new management of Lucasfilm, the story idea for the film is coming from Story Group. This leaves little creative freedom for the director. That is the bottom line of this issue.

    • May 2, 2015 at 7:08 pm
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      It could be but I’m not sure.

      According to them they give a lot of freedom to creators. They just act as judges in terms of what’s possible or not. If it works, they just make it fit in the timeline.

      But that, of course, it’s the “official” information. How it works inside, we don’t know.

  • May 2, 2015 at 5:02 am
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    Happy happy happy

    • May 2, 2015 at 9:55 am
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      Joy joy joy

  • May 2, 2015 at 5:59 am
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    Here’s my thing though, where was all of the vitriol for his so-called habits and problems when he was initially announced as the director of the film?? I’m not an advocate or defender of this cat, but I can say that I wasn’t in the loop regarding his behavioral problems until this thread.

    Now that he’s not in the picture anymore, a lot of people on here are expressing their relief and disdain for the guy. Please point me in the direction of the threads on this site where this had been brought up and discussed prior to now. I’ll gladly and willingly read them.

    • May 2, 2015 at 8:31 am
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      Lots of people weren’t happy with the choice. His Fantastic Four hasn’t exactly been roundly accepted by fanboys and there are a lot of people out there who hated Chronicle. So that is why people are relieved.

      It was his first big studio film and now reports are coming out from The Hollywood Reporter and elsewhere that he was very difficult to work with. That Kinberg and others are heavily involved in the reshoots to help save the production. Fox even admitted there have been some rough patches with the filming.

  • May 2, 2015 at 6:37 am
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    Thank the Force!

  • May 2, 2015 at 6:42 am
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    Whedon recently expressed interest in doing Star Wars movie and has a working relationship with Disney. I don’t really care if he gets it or not, just tossing a name I thought might be picked.

  • May 2, 2015 at 7:09 am
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    So is he saying his spinoff was not creative and original?

    I’m dying to know what the second spinoff is about. Remember all those rumors about Solo and Fett that now look like bullshit? I wonder if he left because of something like that or if they just fired his ass and are letting him play the gracious dropout.

    • May 2, 2015 at 8:25 am
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      The Hollywood Reporter is saying that there were all kinds of issues with Fantastic Four and Trank. That Kinberg and others have a hands on approach with all the reshoots to help save the film. Fox said they are excited about the film but also admitted that there were some issues, but didn’t specify. Considering Kinberg is also working on this spin-off film, its not surprising that he would let Disney know about how difficult the Fantastic Four production has gone and he probably doesn’t want to work with Trank again.

      They allowed him to save face by announcing he chose to drop out, but it seems pretty evident he was fired.

  • May 2, 2015 at 8:34 am
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    Hello
    where might I send my CV to interested parties for the new anthology film?

    • May 3, 2015 at 12:39 am
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      Lol you made my day

  • May 2, 2015 at 8:59 am
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    I’d bet Lucasfilm knew that during the celebration alreaady, for the sake of not having any bad vibrations during the celebration, they went with a lie instead of telling the truth to the fans they all sooo dearly love, because they buy every last shitty product that has STAR WARS on it. ^^

    • May 3, 2015 at 7:38 am
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      If only you were there man. Good times, good times. There were definitely a lot of positive vibes and I didn’t meet a single negative person. People were tired as hell after waiting in lines to watch the live panels too. Of course the higher ups want Star Wars fans to buy their crap that’s a given. But that’s still the buyer choice to buy it. Personally I didn’t buy a single thing except for some autographs and I wanted to buy some really cool art by a couple of artists but it didn’t happen.

  • May 2, 2015 at 9:06 am
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    Brilliant,F4 looks crap so I’m glad this guy is well away from SW.He was my only concern in all the new SW thats coming out.

    • May 2, 2015 at 9:18 am
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      What is Chronicle?

      • May 2, 2015 at 4:20 pm
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        A bad found footage movie that critics enjoyed for some reason

  • May 2, 2015 at 9:44 am
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    I for one liked Chronicle, so I’m disappointed. It sounds like he’s self-destructing. If it’s really the result of addiction, I feel bad for him. But with addicts, the best thing is usually for them to experience some shock to the system that tells them they need to seek help; so maybe this will help him, in the long run. And, I also don’t want a Star Wars movie to be ruined by an out-of-control addict.

    • May 2, 2015 at 4:49 pm
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      ever seen AKIRA???? CHRONICLE IS A TOTAL RIP OFF

      • May 3, 2015 at 10:47 pm
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        Agreed…and Akira was much better

  • May 2, 2015 at 10:03 am
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    Any suggestion for new director for this movie ?

  • May 2, 2015 at 10:37 am
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    Disney steamroller -gimme your money

  • May 2, 2015 at 10:46 am
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    now let’s speculate for a new director! I’d like to see Nolan maming a star wars movie, but oretty sure that that won’t happen. so anyone having ideas about who’ll direct this damn movie?

  • May 2, 2015 at 1:05 pm
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    I actually like the F4 trailer. Chronicle was great too! Feel sorry for Trank, he is pure talent, hope he gets better soon.

  • May 2, 2015 at 1:12 pm
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    I’m willing to wager that Matthew Vaughn will be announced very soon. Has been VERY vocal about his desire to helm a Star Wars film and has proved he’s got the skills to do it with X Men, Kick Ass and Kingsman. Would be a great choice. You heard it here first!!

  • May 2, 2015 at 1:35 pm
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    Matthew Vaughn seems like he would be shoe in since he’s butt buddies with Simon Kinberg and helping fix Fantastic Four. But he just signed on to reboot Flash Gordon.

    • May 2, 2015 at 1:39 pm
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      If you were Vaughn and Star Wars became available, wouldn’t you drop everything and take your dream job?

    • May 2, 2015 at 1:42 pm
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      Brad Bird is available.

      • May 2, 2015 at 6:18 pm
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        Brad Bird is working on ‘The Incredibles’ sequel.

        • May 2, 2015 at 11:32 pm
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          Only the screenplay. He could still direct an anthology film.

  • May 2, 2015 at 1:52 pm
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    BRING IN JOSS WHEDON.

    • May 2, 2015 at 2:57 pm
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      Whedon sucks!!!
      Most over rated film maker every.

    • May 3, 2015 at 6:41 am
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      To me Joss Whedon seems to have no love of images and to distrust things that are mysterious or otherwise non-prosaic. I like The Avengers but I once watched it without sound and noticed that when they weren’t fighting they were just talking. There was very little actual visual storytelling. In other words there was very little cinema. I admire the apparent firmness of his belief in getting beyond the individual delusions of grandeur that isolate people from one another and I think he has artistic vision but not the sensuous type required for Star Wars.

  • May 2, 2015 at 2:00 pm
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    Gareth Evans!
    Raid levels of tension and suspense not to mention fantastic action as well as solid performances.

  • May 2, 2015 at 4:38 pm
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    (stands up and raises hand) I’ll do it.

    • May 2, 2015 at 5:09 pm
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      Make me exclusive concept designer and you got yourself a gig!

  • May 2, 2015 at 5:42 pm
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    Rupert Wyatt or Matt Reaves could be a good choice.

  • May 2, 2015 at 5:45 pm
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    James Gunn! I know he is directing Guardians II but still…i think he would be awesome.

  • May 2, 2015 at 5:56 pm
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    George Lucas 🙂 🙂 🙂

    • May 2, 2015 at 6:31 pm
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      That would actually be kind of cool!

  • May 2, 2015 at 6:26 pm
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    I already mentioned him before: I think Cary Fukunaga would be a great choice for a “Star Wars” movie – maybe even better suited for an “Anthology” title

    Other names I’d like are

    Michelle MacLaren
    Vince Gilligan
    Sam Mendes
    Frank Darabont

  • May 2, 2015 at 7:31 pm
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    Alfonso Cuaron
    Frank Darabont
    Ridley Scott
    David Fincher
    Michael Mann
    Sam Mendez
    Steven Spielberg if he shot it like Saving Private Ryan
    Laugh if you want, but Ben Affleck is a great director

    • May 2, 2015 at 7:33 pm
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      Fincher would be a dream come true.

      • May 3, 2015 at 12:41 am
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        Fincher? To do what he did with Alien?

    • May 3, 2015 at 3:06 am
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      Guillermo Del Torro

    • May 3, 2015 at 6:14 am
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      Cuaron!

  • May 2, 2015 at 7:32 pm
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    Arschbold Mulligan

  • May 2, 2015 at 8:20 pm
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    Steven Spielberg!

  • May 2, 2015 at 9:20 pm
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    If it’s the Boba Fett film I would say Pete Travis (Dredd 3D). His take on Judge Dredd was awesome and I’d love to see him apply some of that to Fett.

    If want to go for a lighter tone I would say Joe Johnston since he deserves it. Or better yet have Joe Johnston produce and act as creative advisor while Pete Travis directs.

    • May 3, 2015 at 1:25 am
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      The Judge Dredd remake was awful. I’m no Sly fan, but the 1995 Dredd had a good story, some comedy, and the right amount of action. The remake only had the action. Not a good story.

  • May 2, 2015 at 9:33 pm
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    David Lynch A film noir version of Star Wars or a Duneesque Star Wars would blow everyone’s mind.

  • May 2, 2015 at 10:06 pm
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    David Fincher? How about David Lynch?

    • May 2, 2015 at 11:26 pm
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      I love David Lynch, but he turned down ROTJ and said that it was George’s world, he should do it.

      However now that Lynch is off the map, maybe he would be open to something big like SW to get him back in the public eye.

  • May 2, 2015 at 10:18 pm
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    If its Boba Fett, I say give it to Joe Johnston.

  • May 2, 2015 at 10:38 pm
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    Quentin Tarantino, bring Mace Windu back and add John Travolta. Maybe they accidentally shoot Jar Jar in the face.

  • May 2, 2015 at 10:55 pm
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    James Cameron. Too bad it would never happen.

  • May 2, 2015 at 11:48 pm
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    A release schedule shakeup and instead of 2018 it slips to 2019? I don’t see why they can’t put Episode 9 out in ’19 and the second spinoff within the same year. Marvel is doing 4 movies a year and no one is complaining. Same company here.

  • May 3, 2015 at 12:33 am
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    Kevin Smith finally has his chance! Just kidding, but I would like to see Ridley Scott’s star wars but it will never happen.

  • May 3, 2015 at 12:45 am
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    Bonh Joon Ho (Snowpiercer) would be awesome too

  • May 3, 2015 at 6:12 am
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    This is too bad. Trank was the director I was most excited about (just based on the innovation and realism of the Chronicle trailer). I hope they get Alphonso Cuaron.

  • May 3, 2015 at 6:54 am
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    Ok.I’ll do it…

  • May 3, 2015 at 7:04 am
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    I hope it was some cold-blooded shit like K.Kennedy goes up to Trank with a deadpan, stern, mean face and says, “Get the fuck out.”

  • May 3, 2015 at 9:39 am
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    Get Gareth Evans to direct. The guy is the best director going..just watch the raid films and you will understand. He knows how to direct action, story beats and gets the best out of his actors. His use of silence is second to none and that is the mark of a good director! Get him before he ends up doing a mission impossible film with Tome Cruise ..actually get Chris Mquarrie..

  • May 3, 2015 at 10:59 am
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    You know it has to be Dean Parisot with his last movie being Red2 it should be a done deal oh and he directed Galaxy Quest so come on let’s Get Dean on Board! 😉

  • May 3, 2015 at 11:44 am
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    Sam Mendez or Afonso curon. Basically people that can make deep emotional movies with some drama and action.

  • May 3, 2015 at 12:55 pm
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    They should have George Lucas direct it… But, no, I am super sad to see Josh get tanked. The Fantastic 4 trailer looks great and I hate to see a creative genius get stumped. The only person I can think of that would do better than Josh Trank would be Neill Blomkamp, but I think he is busy making an Alien sequel.

  • May 3, 2015 at 3:07 pm
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    I feel sorry for him. His first studio movie seems to have been a car crash, and he’s been fired from his second one (allegedly). It’ll be a long, long time before he directs another major movie, even if he can address these rumoured personal problems. Seems a pity as he clearly has potential and talent.

  • May 3, 2015 at 3:24 pm
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    Joseph Kosinski – Oblivion
    Doug Liman – Tron Legacy / Edge of Tomorrow

    • May 3, 2015 at 8:21 pm
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      My mistake.

      Joseph Kosinski – Oblivion / Tron Legacy
      Doug Liman – Edge of Tomorrow

      • May 12, 2015 at 11:45 am
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        I would love to see Kosinski do this! Bashed movies or not, the way his movies look and feel, are incredible. Other worldly. Perfect for a anthology Star Wars film. It’d be sooo great to have a different feel to a Star Wars movie. And not have john Williams do the score. Or make Williams callaborate with M83 or something. Sounds insane, but I think it’d be incredible. And new. Have some better writers than Kosinski though to generate the main story and polish. But Kosinski is so good at taking you to the place the movie is in.

  • May 3, 2015 at 4:47 pm
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    I’m gonna use my crystal B. “Josh Trank was found D, of an apparent S or OD”

  • May 3, 2015 at 6:09 pm
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    Edge of Tomorrow is a GREAT FILM, whoever did that should be Director. MAKE IT HAPPEN.

    As far as Whedon, hm, ability aside, I’m not sure if Joss himself is actually up for jumping into YET ANOTHER franchise, he’s voiced his personal and creative exhaustion from keeping up on 2 Avengers films, so I’m not sure he’ll be quite ready to tackle STAR WARS. IMO Avengers might not have been the best movie per se, but is Star Wars the best film itself? Whedon’s visual storytelling falls short, but his character story is SPOT ON. That said, I just don’t think Whedon’s a match.

    You know who’s the overreated director? Chris Nolan.
    Whedon’s cool in my book, just not right for this particular franchise

  • May 3, 2015 at 9:39 pm
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    they should think out of the box. someone who is good with characters, story telling, combining camera extravaganza compared to cgi action overload, someone young, yet experienced, an fan boy, the next fincher…these are not hanging on trees…

  • May 3, 2015 at 9:44 pm
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    This Josh Trank is a real MUNSON.

  • May 3, 2015 at 9:53 pm
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    Edgar Wright would make a great Star Wars movie.

  • May 3, 2015 at 11:33 pm
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    Clint Eastwood CG for unmasking as Boba Fett for one scene, directed by Robert Rodriguez.
    However Johnston doing a bounty hunter tale would be awesome.

  • May 3, 2015 at 11:51 pm
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    Whedon needs to sit on the bench for a couple of quarters. He sucks. Don’t let your Marvel boner fool you, guys. He is a hack par excellence.

  • May 4, 2015 at 4:19 pm
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    Get Spielberg! I don’t know if he would do a good film for the saga-proper, but I think with his relationship with Lucas and Ford, he was BORN to at least get one foot into a galaxy far far away. Maybe a Han Solo spin-off, or an original idea. Maybe a movie about the ET Aliens from the Senate in the prequels (kidding on that last one).

  • May 4, 2015 at 4:54 pm
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    Brad Bird is the best Choice for a Star Wars film. Yes he’s turned it down in the past but that was because he was busy with Tomorrowland. He’s Finishing up the script for Incredibles, but alas it won’t happen because of 1906. maybe he can do another Extended universe film. Just a generic Action film set on cloud city would be fine with me.

  • May 5, 2015 at 12:08 pm
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    Quentin Tarantino or David Lynch 🙂

    Can you imagine Quentin Tarantino Star Wars – 18 rated LOL

  • May 6, 2015 at 1:35 am
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    Some names I haven’t heard mentioned yet, specifically addressing a Boba Fett story and who might actually be available:

    Danny Boyle (28 days later, Sunshine)
    Paul Greengrass (Bourne Supremacy, Captain Phillips)
    Ben Affleck (The town, Argo)
    Lexi Alexander (Punisher Warzone)
    Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
    Duncan Jones (Moon, Warcraft)
    Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed, Jurassic World)
    Cary Fukunaga (True Detective)
    David Ayer (Fury, Suicide Squad)

    If I had to bet my house however, I’d put my money on Vaughn right now, who seems to be on everyone’s short list.

    • May 12, 2015 at 11:53 am
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      I’d probably take any of those. But I’d love to see cuaron do a spin off. Or joseph Kosinski, as long as he has plenty of help writing. I think he would kill a Star Wars movie. Of course Ridley Scott would be great, but there’s no way. My ultimate pick would be Guillermo del toro, but only if it was something other than a boba fett spin off. If they ever did something with like old republic stuff, I think Guillermo would be beyond perfect for it. Especially with the look and feel. Say what ya want about pacific rim, every other movie Guillermo has done has been amazing.

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