UPDATE 2! Colin Trevorrow Out as Director of Star Wars: Episode IX!
Lucasfilm has released an announcement that Colin Trevorrow will no longer be directing Star Wars: Episode IX.
Here is the official statement from Lucasfilm:
Lucasfilm and Colin Trevorrow have mutually chosen to part ways on Star Wars: Episode IX. Colin has been a wonderful collaborator throughout the development process but we have all come to the conclusion that our visions for the project differ. We wish Colin the best and will be sharing more information about the film soon,”
This story is developing and we will update as more news comes out.
UPDATE!
The Hollywood Reporter shared what some of the reason for the break up are, coming from their sources:
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that script issues have continued to be the continuing sore spot with Episode IX’s development with Trevorrow having had repeated stabs at multiple drafts. In August, Jack Thorne, the British scribe who wrote the upcoming Julia Roberts-Jacob Tremblay movie Wonder, was tapped to work on the script.
Sources say that the working relationship between Trevorrow and Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy became unmanageable. Kennedy, who had already been through one director firing/replacement on the Han Solo spin-off, was not eager for a sequel and tried to avoid this decision.
Variety stated a similar reason for the departure:
Sources indicated to Variety that the split stemmed from differences on the script between Trevorrow and studio executives. The film was expected to hit theaters on May 24, 2019, with production expected to start early next year.
UPDATE 2!
Also Entertainment Weekly added the following:
While the nature of the disagreement with Lucasfilm isn’t clear, there have been rumblings of discontent for several months. During that time, Trevorrow also suffered withering reviews for his passion project, The Book of Henry, which was a critical and commercial calamity.
And Anthony Breznican shared what many of us had thought about the potential candidates:
Rian Johnson has had no such turmoil during the making of The Last Jedi, which hits theaters in December. And J.J. Abrams had a similarly smooth process reigniting the franchise with 2015’s The Force Awakens.
Depending on the turnaround necessary for a filmmaker to begin the 2019 Episode IX, either Johnson or Abrams, who has no pending directorial commitments, seem like possible fan favorites to bring the trilogy to a close.
Would you like to see J.J. Abrams or Rian Johnson return for Episode IX?
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— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) September 5, 2017
If Rian Johnson is willing to do it they should just let him do the next episode. It seems like pretty much everyone is happy with what he’s done with The Last Jedi.
Most logical thing, he has now the experence with filming SW movie. Also the story would benefit
I was thinking a director per film, but Ryan would be great to finish this story.
They’d have to push the date back to give him enough time.
Yes, they need to take the time to write a good story and ending of the trilogy.
The movie is already in production and there’s a working script. I’m not sure they’ll need more time.
Rian is still doing post on TLJ and then the press tour, that gives him less him less than a year and a half to make it. And personally I’d want him to rewrite the script first to better fit his vision which means even more time. I don’t want a bandaid slapped over this like with RO or solo.
Which might be a reason they don’t pick him. The script doesn’t have to be scrapped. Based on statements from the story group there’s a story in place.
Didn’t trevorrow co write it though? If their visions clashed I’d think they’d want a rewrite. I guess we’ll find out.
There’s many ways to tell a story. They probably didn’t like his vision.
I would be fine with a six month or so push back.
I would rather see TLJ first before handling to him the last entry of the trilogy.
He’s probably willing, but out of respect will not. Especially since LF wants diversity with all three films.
I want to remain optimistic that Lucasfilm has been letting directors go for the sake of their vision but I can’t help to think that Trevorrow is just another casualty of the corporate machine. Hoping for the best.
Yes i suspect that too , i dont like trevorrow but he was fired beacuse he was different or because he didnt do exactly what lucasfilm wants? we never know
That and it was inevitable. Trying to balance two giant films is something he should never have signed up for.
I’m very sorry for Colin Trevorrow as an individual that was chosen for this project and now needs to depart. This is sad.
However, JW’s box office is related to the brand hype rather than the film itself. We need a director that can understand characters and drive their arcs throughout the movie (something JW failed to do).
Bring in J.A. Bayona, please…………………
I liked that. Jurassic World was so bad.
That’s actually relief for me, Jurassic World was nothing but cliche movie. Maybe they are so happy with Rian’s script and vision of STAR WARS universe, to let him direct ep 9 ? Spielberg would be probably the best choice
…and we shall have peace.
I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of voices were crying out in terror*, and were suddenly like, “omg what a relief!”
*the voices of all those who had serious issues with Jurassic World…
LOL. This comment just made my night, thank you. 🙂
No, just retarded Star Wars fans in general who do nothing but complain about everything now.
Here we go again. Whatever you think of trevorrow this is not a positive trend.
The only negative trend here was chosing him to helm this project. He can handle a big budget film, which is something very few people can do. Just for that he’s great. However, this is not the kind of director Star Wars need.
Then why was he hired in the first place? Does Lucasfilm not vet these directors before they hire them? It’s a VERY bad look.
Nepotism. Trevorrow apparently knew Kennedy’s husband and that is how he got the job. Which really sucks as it represents just how crappy Hollywood can be.
If anything, this movie will need to be further pushed back and some significant revisions will need to happen.
Yeah. It was Nepotism. Totally because Trevorrow knew Kennedy’s husband.
Had nothing to do with a 1.62 billion dollar box office haul with Jurassic World. I mean, that just sounds like crazy conspiracy theory.
Did you check Breitbart today yet? Infowars? Some good stuff.
Trevorrow was Lucas’s pick for VII back in 2012. That’s why Kennedy kept him around so long.
It feels like they’ve had a lot of buyers remorse lately. Just like with Lord and Miller they realized way after the fact that their “visions” didn’t match. Need to know that before you hire the man.
Well, in the case of IX, don’t forget that Carrie Fischer was about to have a sustancial role on it. Just for that matter, things may have got worse in the course of this year.
That plus they probably didn’t know exactly where TLJ was going when they hired trevorrow. All the more reason to take your time with these films.
I don’t know how they would have thought that Lord and Miller would make a Star Wars film that matches anyone’s vision at LFL.
Honestly, when they announced them to direct, I assumed LFL was prepared to go in a very different direction with some of the films.
Oh wells.
we’ll see, TLJ is supposed to be breaking some new ground at least.
Dani, it would help if you listed why he’s not the kind of director Star Wars needs instead of making a very broad, vague observation without any sort of basis or evidence to support it.
It’s like your taking credit for someone else’s decision because you thought it was the right call.
The trend is because there is a guideline to what is and what shouldn’t be. Colin was in the what shouldn’t be category, so…by, bye
The trend is they didn’t figure it out sooner. I think pumping out one a year is forcing them to rush decisions they should have taken their time on and it’s biting them in butt.
I believe that is true too. I agree.Over-saturated and overlapping movies is getting them in a bind.
The issue is that Kennedy and LF want to be like the MCU; pumping movies one after another. Now, while I personally think that is a good strategy for Marvel; the only reason why is because Feige runs a tight ship and has a very good working relationship with each of the directors he’s picked.
Kennedy is a veteran, but very clearly she has made some big blunders. And I am not talking about TFA, but the anthology films. A wonderful concept, but one that needed to be handled with care. Much as I enjoy RO.
And really, I can see KK getting cold feet, after Lord and Miller and potential pressure from executives and everyone else.
If anything, I do agree that LF should slow the heck down. Have a plan and really think hard about which directors will fit what projects. Namely, the right ones.
The problem is SW isn’t drawing on decades of source material like marvel. This a ground up build and they should give their people as much time as necessary to create it. Unfortunately money won out over content I fear.
Which is such BS. Look, I get why they had nuked Legends. Minus, KOTOR most of the post-ROTJ stuff past Thrawn was a mixed bag and wouldn’t jell well. But LF I argue were more concerned about toy sales and product selling than telling a good story. And note; making movies is selling a product. But you can have both; they aren’t mutually exclusive.
Honestly, with the situation with these directors; it feels like LF is literally throwing darts on a dart board. They are trying to pull an MCU with picking indie directors and getting style points. Which is BS. Why that works is because Feige actually is very smart with the directors he picked. Whedon had experience with Serenity and ensemble projects. Gunn’s Quirkness translated well to outter space; Derrickson’s horror background equals visuals. LF should be more focused on picking the right director and not the cool director. Howard is a good choice. Abrams, much as I do not like his work, has done some okay work.
Some pro-NC fans are going to hate me, but really the way that LF is run is very much like WB and the DCEU; buyer’s remorse and no distinct message. To be fair, they have successes and hits more than WB. But that is the thing; success is like water. It can be gathered up and be numerous, but it can just easily disappear. So yeah; LF I think made the right call. But this needs to be a wakeup call. Be more cognizant about selecting directors/ greenlighting projects.
I stopped reading when you were trying to connect the old EU with “good story telling”.
Legends is legends is because most of it is absolute crap. Written by under paid comic book writers without original ideas whatsoever for the most part. And capped off with a huge series of books that had extra-galactic invaders that felt very un-Star Wars and did not fit well at all in the universe.
LFL is trying to market to both TOS fans and breach a new generation children who haven’t experienced Star Wars as their parents had. They’re cherry picking Legends all the time, and most of it is coming out better than what it was when it was in the crappy EU books.
Problem is they rushed VII, they had no idea where the story was going to go, and it continues to show. Now they’re freaking out about it. It also shows.
The feeling is mutual. I stopped reading when you said “Legends is absolute crap”. It is one thing to not like Legends. Fair enough. I have plenty of friends who do not.
Individuals, like Allan Dean Foster, Timothy Zahn and various other individuals managed to craft I see is nothing short of a miracle. So to undermine those individuals is both unfair and arrogant. Why should they be judged differently? In fact, it is commendable that they kept the franchise alive as long as they did. Even under the mess that was the PT, managing to make some truly great storylines. At least, in my view.
If it weren’t for Legends, I would have never become a hardcore SWs fan. I am not married to it, because I know why LF did it. It doesn’t change how I feel about TFA. Though, the NC is decent.
It’s not unfair or arrogant. There were some decent authors. Zahn is one of them. Foster is meh. I have no problem with people saying they like the books. I like some of them too. But they’re still complete garbage.
So, I’ll reiterate. Legends is absolute crap. Best thing Disney ever did was sling it to the dumpster.
Foster I actually really love. Not my favorite, but I did kind of enjoy Splinter of the Mind’s eyes. Zahn’s Thrawn Trilogy was amazing and very much its legacy is felt even to this day. The books, comics, and media, like any franchise, ranged from garbage to great. For instance, I hate Dark Empire; that storyline sucks. But the NJO stuff wasn’t half bad. And the Vong was a great way to mix things up.
The PT era/ KOTOR era storylines I find tend to be better. The sandbox was bigger due to the Clone Wars and Bioware’s universe. Plus, I honestly believe a lot of Legends material surpassed the movies. For example, the Bane Trilogy to me was some of the best storytelling from the franchise as it not only tied together the PT and KOTOR well but also managed to explain how was it that so many Sith disappear.
So really, Legends is crap in your eyes. But to me and everyone else; it was what made SWs, SWs. LF(Not Disney) got rid of Legends and really, they could have kept KOTOR and gotten rid of everything else. But really, I argue that how they did so was done poorly.
But to me Legends will always be where I go to get the most enjoyment out of the franchise. The NC is fine, but really I do not care about it that much. Though, Thrawn and Bloodline are two of my favorite books.
The Vong was not a great way to mix things up. They did not fit the setting and were so off putting as to probably be the primary reason why Legends is Legends.
I hate Dark Empire too.
Old Republic shit is fine, it’s far enough from the main time line that whatever happens in it is like the GRRM past of the Star Wars Universe and works for me.
I read all the books up until I was 18 or 19. I got like half way into NJO then just threw books at the wall. They’re crap. I know this because even as a kid, a hard core Star Wars fan like yourself, I’d be like. “Jesus, this is crap.”
Anything written by Kevin J. Anderson. Absolute shit. The Black Fleet Crisis; passable but with a pointless Skywalker plot line. The Courtship of Princess Leia. Ugh. The Corellian Trilogy. Again, passable, yet pointless and with some weird shit in it like Leia having the Falcon completely dissembled and rebuilt and Han would allow this?! In what Univer- oh yeah, the expanded one.
Rogue and Wraith books were good, but the Isard story line got hokey towards the end. And as much as I liked the Wraith’s, they were a little cartoony.
I didn’t read any of the prequel stuff except for the Palpatine book, which was very good and fixed all the plot holes in Episode I and II.
But yeah. Most of what came out of Legends was crap. People, like you and me, were hungry for more Star Wars content, so we ate it up. But it wasn’t a very good meal as time wore on.
I’ve read some of the newer stuff. It isn’t bad, but you can tell were LFL says “YOU CANT WRITE THAT” which is annoying. It does cripple the quality of the books, and the films for that matter, when they’re so controlling.
you could even point out that marvel only started going the indie route after the success of phase one. they had established directors like favreau, joe johnston and kenneth branagh to shepard things through. KK got established guys for the first two saga films but then seemed to roll the dice on the rest which in hindsight was too bold too early… at least by their standards.
That is a really good point. LF is desperately trying to be Marvel Studios. And yeah, Marvel isn’t perfect, but really their success a majority of it is Kevin Feige. He is a very different kind of executive and clearly is focused. Kennedy, I feel like; she is trying to do what Feige is doing and really isn’t doing it as well. And she shouldn’t. She is a titan in the industry and she should be focusing on making LF stand out on its own.
Overall, I think that TLJ will be fine. RJ is a capable dude in handling tough situations. LF just needs to be more careful over which directors/ projects they hire/ greenlight.
You are so right. Sweet Christmas… I will be honest; I do not hate JW, but I argue it wasn’t a good movie. And I was curious to see Trevorrow actually do. But given how his latest movie sucked and how LF has had issues with Lord and Miller and their recent pick for Obi-wan, you could argue that LF is looking for more competent directors and less willing to experiment with indie directors. Regardless, I kind of feel bad for Trevorrow, but knowing he got in through nepotism, my feelings are muted.
Overall, what worries me is how on earth will LF deal with this going forward? Because, TLJ will likely be fine(hopefully), but with Fisher’s death; Episode nine needs some serious work. And that could be problematic to say the least.
One year delay?
Possibly? It helps that production on Nine hasn’t started yet. Pushed due to Fisher’s death and needing them to retool it.
I am not sure how much work Trevorrow did; I know he worked on the project for two years. But really, I argue episode nine needs a massive rewrite. Maybe, a page one rewrite and get someone who clearly knows what they are doing.
Because, TLJ; I have hope will be fine. Episode Nine is going to be the challenge as Fisher is gone and that threw a monkey wrench into LF’s plans. So really, the pressure is on LF and KK.
Kind of relieved to be honest but let’s wait and see that we aren’t going from the frying pan into the fire.
I feel terrible for saying this since he had to depart a Star Wars movie but… THANK GOD. Jurassic World was very mediocre and his last movie was not well received. Just get Rian Johnson on board for another one. I trust him.
Don’t get me wrong; I love Rian Johnson. One of my favorite directors. But we should wait and see how he does with TLJ. Because, while I have immense faith; the movie could very well end up not being that good. If anything, LF could resort to Abrams, but given his polarized view; I suggest they go with someone else.
I can agree with that. RJ needs to prove himself as a Star Wars director first. But as of right now he seems to be very well versed in the SW universe and I am confident TLJ will be great. I hope they don’t go with Abrams. He did fine, but I think he’s very “surface level”.
I do not mean to be a downer, as I do love Rian Johnson; but we shouldn’t universally bandwagon on him much people did for Abrams. But to be fair; I think he is a terrible director. Regardless, LF I think should wait and see.
Let TLJ release and see how it does. If anything, LF needs to pick someone who is competent and has a good track record to restore some faith. If anything, LF needs to slow the heck down.
Episode Nine needs some major work, given Fisher’s death. I personally believe they should delay the movie further, do a page one rewrite and get a director who has a good track record. Spielberg or even Favreau could work out, but I know Favreau is busy and Spileberg likes to produce more.
Maybe, Bryan Singer?
Singer is interesting, but I think he’s already working on the next xmen film.
I believe he has stepped away from the X-men movies to pursue his own work. Overall, LF needs competent, established directors. They seemingly struck gold with RJ, but really I argue a lot of that is because he knows how to play ball/ do his own thing.
He was able to work well with Bruce Willis in Looper. And most people will tell you that he is a difficult person to get along. Kevin Smith couldn’t even do it. Now, admittedly; I am biased because I did meet him a while ago and I do love his work.
But really; I do have a feeling he is going to knock it out of the park. I am imagining TLJ to be like Legend of Korra second season for SWs. A story that will not only chart new territory for the franchise but also establish some cool new bits.
Hence, the First Jedi Temple.
at the very least i think Rian will rewrite the script, but whether he comes back to direct i think depends on how wedded lucasfilm is to the may 2019 release date.
Hell no. Bryan Singer single handedly destroyed the X-Men franchise. Favreau is a good choice though. Or maybe Matthew Vaughn.
F` it… I wanna see a Spielberg SW movie.. get him to wrap it up
He has seven kids. He never wraps it up.
Bring back Abrams!! shall he conclude all mysteries set up in TFA….
A force back shows me watching the end of Lost……
Oh wait…….
He created lost, he didn’t write it.
bring back george or hire me
Good god, no. He already ruined 3 SW films.
I like the prequels (especially Ep.3) but i acknowledge how bad those films are, i agree that is a terrible idea.
See dude. I love you.
It’s okay to admit the prequels are terrible God awful horrible pieces of trash, and yet still enjoy them.
The problem here is people can’t say “The movie sucked, but it’s Star Wars with Jedi and Lightsabers so how can I not love it?”
Instead, they’ll defend the prequels as circular story telling tone poem jerk off events that are the equivalent of Donald Trump playing 4D Chess in the White House.
There are some eerie similarities between Trump supporters and Prequel Defenders.
The cognitive dissonance is real.
But again thank you for being a reasonable human being. So rare here.
No, and no.
I’d prefer he had something with more creative freedom rather than rushing out a conclusion of a story he’s not involved in.
I’d prefer he had something with more creative freedom rather than rushing out a conclusion of a story he’s not involved in.
No.
Rian Johnson, please.
Yep, either RJ or Chris Nolan.
Nolan is an excellent director that doesn’t fit this universe at all IMO.
While not an ideal situation the sky is not falling. Better that Lucasfilm get this thing sorted out now than weeks into principal photography. So, please, Lucasfilm, sort this out.
Why can’t they sort these things out BEFORE they hire these directors?
I don’t believe Trevorrow was the right choice. And I don’t know anyone that does. So how is it that the entire fanbase seems to have a better understanding of who’s right and who’s wrong for these movies than the head of Lucasfilm?
ding ding ding. Exactly right. They should not be discovering they’ve hired the wrong people AFTER production starts. Over and over again. It’s increasingly looking like LFL doesn’t actually know what they’re doing. I hear Benny Hill chase music playing from the Presidio.
Why? Honestly, I’m as befuddled as you are. These people (Abrams, Edwards, Lord & Millar, even poor old Josh Trank) do seemed to get hired based on some kind of marquee value rather than any kind of suitability to the material.
Called it
This is good and bad, good because nobody has faith on trevorrow and bad because lucasfilm is a disaster, it seems K Kenedy doesnt watch the movies of the directors she hire , george come back as a consultant please!!!
K. Kennedy knows what the hell she’s doing. If you doubt her, take a look at her IMDB resume. It’s a long list of some of the most beloved movies of the last 35 years. A producer who keeps the bad director on the film until it’s too late is the bad producer.
K. Kennedy knows what the hell she’s doing. If you doubt her, take a look at her IMDB resume. It’s a long list of some of the most beloved movies of the last 35 years. A producer who keeps the bad director on the film until it’s too late is the bad producer.
EXACTLY.
Yet she’s humble enough to listen young directors and bring their visions in.
Let’s not forget that Ryan Johnson and Gareth Edwards are young directors with their own visions, and they have succesfully finished their movies.
Gareth Edwards did NOT finish his movie. Tony Gilroy did.
gareth edwards didnt finish his movie it was john gilroy
yes i know im not judging her by what she did in the past just she is know behind a company who only wants to sell toys
That’s the silliest thing I’ve heard all day.
Star Wars has been merchandised to death long before the mouse took over. The two SW films she has produced demonstrate that she knows how to choose the right people with the talent to pull off massively popular and critically-acclaimed SW films. Sometimes, however, you don’t know if you have the right people until they start working on the film – which causes friction and disruption if you have to let someone go. Heck, the Wizard of Oz went through 4 directors. The skilled producer spots if something isn’t working out and fixes it, before it permanently damages the final product beyond fixing.
How do you figure? On 4 films so far, she’s sidelined one director, and fired three. How? How is any of this looking good on Kennedy?
As opposed to leaving the shitty directors in place to finish a shitty movie? Should she’ve selected better directors from the start? Sure, you could argue that. But not everyone is going to work out as well as an Abrams or a Rian Johnson. Several well-known, tested talents have turned down her offers to direct. That leaves her with people like Colin Trevorrow and Lord & Miller, who have limited experience in big budget studio films, so they become riskier choices. But shutting down the shit before it ruins the movie is what a skilled producer needs to do sometimes. Not every movie is going to be a walk in the park to make, particularly such over-scrutinized, expansive and demanding films as Star Wars.
She knew what she was doing as a producer. But I think it’s fair to wonder if she knows what she’s doing as the head of a studio. Firing directors like this just isn’t normal.
Lucasfilm is a disaster? Based on what? The last two incredibly successful films? The popular animated show? The new theme park that is going to open in Disney World? Sounds like rather the opposite.
People are saying that because of all the directors coming and going. Yes, the movies are financially successful, but that’s because the franchise has a large and loyal fan base. Gilroy replacing Edwards, Howard replacing Lord and Miller, and now Trevorrow’s being replaced. Don’t they know what they want? Why hire Trevorrow if he has another creative vision as the company? They’re just hiring ‘names’, only to then realise they’re not the right man for the job.
“Yes, the movies are financially successful, but that’s because the franchise has a large and loyal fan base.”
It’s also because the movies were good.
One could just as easily say that this is all occurring because Lucasfilm knows exactly what they’re doing. Without Lucas at the helm, it’s reasonable to expect a bit of retooling when it comes to how Lucasfilm produces films – directors included. If a director doesn’t seem to be in line with what Lucasfilm wants, then they choose another director. But calling Lucasfilm a “disaster” is ludicrous.
“Yes, the movies are financially successful, but that’s because the franchise has a large and loyal fan base.”
It’s also because the movies were good.
One could just as easily say that this is all occurring because Lucasfilm knows exactly what they’re doing. Without Lucas at the helm, it’s reasonable to expect a bit of retooling when it comes to how Lucasfilm produces films – directors included. If a director doesn’t seem to be in line with what Lucasfilm wants, then they choose another director. But calling Lucasfilm a “disaster” is ludicrous.
Wait till they make a bad movie before you call for a disaster.
Lord and Miller ?
I hear Josh Trank’s available.
HA!
Not a popular pick I’m sure but bring back JJ pls.
He wouldn’t be my first choice but i’m not entirely against JJ returning.
TFA has it’s problems, but as the first part of a new trilogy, it’s a difficult film to make. He set the tone and characters for a whole new generation. Not a perfect movie, but J.J. did a great job. I’d love to see him do another SW movie.
I’d be all for bringing back JJ. And I’d disagree that it wouldn’t be a popular pick. The Force Awakens was overwhelmingly well-received.
Oh god please no!! you want a remake of ROTJ!!
At the very least he knows the new canon and characters and can work with KK.
J.J. brought the magic back to the franchise. I’m enterally grateful for what he did with The Force Awakens. He would be one of the directors I would welcome on this.
I beg to differ after Star Trek Into Darkness.
He made TFA after into darkness so the talent is still there.
I realize that.
From a personal viewpoint, I lost interest in SW back around ’84/85. The prequels came and went. But, TFA captured my interest in the franchise again. I was more than happy with what he delivered.
Star `Trek is a different matter.
He was the right man for the SW restoration project that was Ep. 7, but I’d rather it be Rian’s baby now that he’s giving us the meat of the sequel trilogy story after JJ’s introductory episode.
Rian script, JJ direction?
If they collaborate well together and are in agreement with what creative direction to take.
If they collaborate well together and are in agreement with what creative direction to take.
Again? I sort of expected it though, specially after Book of Henry
But really… I’m actually fairly happy this is the case. Colin Trevorrow isn’t a standout director, and I think a lot of us expected someone more big to direct the last entry of the trilogy. Now there is a whole realm of possibilities of who the director can be!
Imagine if Steven Spielberg stepped in to direct episode IX as he was supposed to direct VI. The world would explode!
Nevertheless this does again show another SW movie with Director problems, which can sort of be scary. Maybe LucasFilm is denying awesome stories just because they are different
Finally! Don’t get me wrong, I liked Jurassic World but that’s the problem. I only “liked” it. Trevorrows short portfolio and the constantly declining quality of his movies were another thing to worry about. With so many talented and more experienced directors out there I am glad they let go off him. If I could pick a director for IX it would be Matt Reeves. “War of the Planet of the Apes” was a fantastic movie (even better then it’s already phenomenal predecessor). This guy sure knows how to handle an AAA Blockbuster movie, he has experience working with Andy Serkis and he should be available now that the Planet of the Apes trilogy is over.
phew, what’s Rian doing in January?
He got hired because Jurassic World was a box-office hit. The Book of Henry was a disaster, and now he’s fired. Coincidence? I don’t think so. Lucasfilm got scared. The financial success of JW obscured the fact it was not a great film, and The Book of Henry has made them doubt their decision.
It likely had more to do with script than anything. If IX had an awesome script they wouldn’t care about his other work.
I haven’t read the book of Henry nor seen the film of Henry, but I thought Jurassic world was utter nonsense. Of course it was going to be a box office hit because it’s got loads of dinosaurs.
All I can say is…..WHAT A RELIEF!! Trevorrow was a bad choice. He hasn’t really made any decent films and I think SW fans in general were a little concerned about him helming Episode 9. I see a change in release date being announced soon. Can’t wait to hear who replaces him. Fingers crossed….
Ugh. Seriously. Allow me to be the contrarian since it’s, like, my job here.
Dude hasn’t even started making the movie. He wrote the script. I guess if the script it shit, then sure, this makes sense. But he had one crap movie between a successful reboot of a franchise that was literally dead as a door nail and you drop him?
The film (Book of Henry) had a budget of 10 million dollars. That’s what, 5% or less than what Disney is droping on IX? Trevorrow’s new movie sucked. Okay. Director’s make bad films all the time.
Lucas made bad films. Spielberg made bad films. Scorsese made bad films. All on much bigger budgets.
In Trevorrow’s defense, I really liked Safety Not Guaranteed. I watched it years ago on Netflix on a lark and it was enjoyable. He did a lot with absolutely nothing.
Now, people complain that Jurassic World was mediocre.
All the Jurassic Park movies are mediocre (or worse). Even the first was guilty of this. It was just something new that hadn’t been seen before. But it was still a Summer Blockbuster popcorn eating kind of movie. No character depth or development. It’s always been about “DINOSAURS! RUN! ARRGKHDFDJFKDLFLKKKK…….”
Trevorrow did the same damn thing with JW, but in my opinion, it was novel again. Wasn’t even the nostalgia that got me to enjoy that flick, it was just well done. Do I think we need more? No, not if they are just going to do Dinosaurs! Run! again and again. But it was far from a terrible flick.
It’s obvious Lucasfilm is definitely getting cold feet from bad experiences they’re having with Directors on their films. And I really think they focused more on what these Directors brought in box office than quality of film.
Oh wells. Let’s just hope VIII doesn’t blow.
You have a narrowed perspective about film and money.
George Lucas did the first StarWars movie for 13 million.
or…
Gareth Edwards did Monsters for 500.000 USD yet it’s a far better film than The Book of Henry.
Monsters is also a far better film than Rogue One or Godawfulzilla.
Godzilla is a big budget version of Monsters. Neither is a good film.
All 3 of his movies were kind of monster movies. Rogue One had Krennic, Walkers, and The Death Star. I liked Monsters way more than Rogue One or Godzilla. Anyway, I hope Gareth Edwards doesn’t return to the SW franchise. I find his movies too detached.
It’s not that they were monster movies. It’s how the action in the film was focused.
So in monsters, the creatures were essentially a back drop for a dramatic story between the two main (human) characters. The creatures weren’t the focus of the film, they were more or less the setting for it.
He did the same thing with Godzilla. You had the forgettable family battling their hardships alongside the big guy himself. Which was really f-cking stupid. It’s a Godzilla movie. Godzilla is the main character. We don’t care about the marine or army ranger wtf ever he was. We care about the giant green radioactive beast that tears shit up. The end. But again, Godzilla the monster was the back drop for a different story.
Rogue One didn’t really have that. I actually like Rogue One, didn’t mind Edwards on that one.
Keep in mind though – that 13 million for the original Star Wars was in 1970’s dollars. Not quite a fair comparison to what a film costs today if you account for inflation….
Oh Dani. You are the definition of hilarity when you accuse me of having a narrow perspective on anything here.
Pot, meet kettle. Guess the color.
Edwards made 3.5 million dollars in profit on Monsters at the box office.
Trevorrow lost 5.6 million.
It’s not narrow at all, the numbers are well within range of each other.
I hear Book of Henry was panned by critics, and I have no idea why it was a bad movie, because I don’t care about it so I won’t watch it. He made a bad film. It happens.
But now you want to hop back to 77 when 13 million was a lot more money than it is now yet that’s besides the point. Lucas has made shit films. They made money because Star Wars. But they pretty much shat all over his legacy as a film maker because the Prequels make him look like a crank. Crystal Skull makes him look like the Uwe Boll of legacy IP’s.
Yet folks defend George like he is a forgotten Messiah.
I’d say your perspective is the one that is narrow. But hey, that’s just my opinion.
Cheer Lucasfilm dumping its third director. In 2012, EVERYONE wanted to be a Director on a Star Wars film. Now? Everyone with talent is going to wonder if it’s worth it to commit to a project they could be jerked off of before it even begins because LFL has Hoth feet.
I liked all of JW except for that horrible ending. Whomever was in charge of that… ruined it. If that wasn’t in the movie I’d say it was perfect. So I was wary of him. No complaints about Safety. Great movie.
maybe christopher nolan if he is board
Batfleck to the rescue!!!
Not sure about Batfleck. Do you think he would include enough Banthas in IX?
He’s actually a really great director. Maybe he could direct.
THANK GOD
Never seen a comment section explode like that :O
I’m sure the complete script rewrite due to Fisher’s passing created a very difficult situation for Trevorrow.
totally agree. Can you imagine the pression?
I’m still not convinced that Leia doesn’t die in this movie. There is no way Lucasfilm would come out and say “Don’t worry folks, Carrie finished her Episode 8 scenes and she dies, so her passing won’t cause trouble for Episode 9”.
We won’t know for sure until we see the movie.
Me too! I also have suspisions Leia dies in Episode 8.
I’m guessing the TLJ trailer must be imminent since LFL likes to bury these all-too-common-now embarrassing announcements in the shadow of good news.
So… three cheers for Colin’s love for the fans? This was an elaborate plan. Months spent just trying to get to this point in the promotional period for TLJ, to make an exit knowing that Lucasfilm would do damage control. His commitment to the fans is admirable. Bless that man.
NOW GIMME THE TRAILER DAMN IT!
*Slashes computer monitor with plastic lightsaber toy*
So… three cheers for Colin’s love for the fans? This was an elaborate plan. Months spent just trying to get to this point in the promotional period for TLJ, to make an exit knowing that Lucasfilm would do damage control. His commitment to the fans is admirable. Bless that man.
NOW GIMME THE TRAILER DAMN IT!
*Slashes computer monitor with plastic lightsaber toy*
Yeah — deep down we’ve all known this for a while now.
My guess is October for the last trailer.
Rian Johnson said earlier this year that making TLJ was one of his favourite experiences and he also said that he’d be more than willing to return to the SW universe.
I hope he does IX. It makes sense to have the same director for the same story. Not to forget to mention that his writing ability is constantly praised by the cast and crew.
If Rian and Lucasfilm had such a mutual great experience, it’s seriously a no-brainer that he should have been the first choice. It was a mistake to announce *any* director for IX so early in the game.
It was early! What was that … months before TFA even arrived in theaters?
I think so.
I don’t think Lucasfilm was so confident in what the reception was going to be for TFA – and announced Travarrow to show they had a long term plan.
Maybe Rian wanted a break before going on. It’s more than three years of hard work after all…
Breaks are for pussies.
Directors direct.
Saw that coming!
Jeeze, you don’t suppose that there’s so much difficulty sorting out the final film because there was literally no story plan going into this trilogy….DO YOU? Nah.
Look, I’m not going to say I’m particularly sad to see Trevorow himself go but with the trouble getting a director to sign on the dotted line for 7, a director who was really pushed aside in the post-production process on R1, a pair of fired directors on HS, is it just me, or can anyone else here the circus-clown music playing at Lucasfilm?
The sound of them counting their $3 billion made off two movies is louder.
I think it’s time for a self indulgent reprise of my exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of Kathy Kennedy hard at work…
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It doesn’t look great, but they unlike DC (for example) can still land the plane well.
I think Disney was just in too much of a hurry to get a return on their 4-plus billion dollar investment when they bought Lucasfilm. Examples include: releasing TFA just 3 short years after the buyout; allowing only 2 years between sequels as opposed to the traditional 3 that was common for both the OT and the PT; stretching Lucasfilm thin by working the “stand alone” films in-between the saga films. And so on. It certainly seems like Disney has rushed a lot of things since they took over. Unfortunately, quality usually suffers when things are rushed.
Sometimes creativity thrives in adversity.
I knew of a guy (I won’t name names) who took two decades to roll out his trilogy, but all the time in the world still couldn’t help that train-wreck.
Don’t forget Josh Trank!
And I know there’s circus music playing over there at Lucasfilm, but it’s hard to hear over the fans celebrating Kennedy’s decision to fire yet another director that Kennedy hired in the first place.
Trank torpedoed his own career with fantastic 4.
Oh yeah. He deserved to be fired. But he also never deserved to be hired in the first place. And that seems to be a continuing story at Lucasfilm.
I’d rather they correct their mistakes before the film is finished than stick to their bad choices and making a bad film. I don’t really see the problem here.
Not meeting their standards? You’re fired. Next!
But it is a problem.
Directors aren’t going to look favorably on a studio that fires its directors with impunity.
And neither will Disney. This is not how you run a studio. You don’t hire and fire directors until you find one that bends to your artistic will.
If you think Disney wasn’t involved… I don’t think anyone is surprised how this is being treated. This was a big deal for Disney. You don’t get to screw up Star Wars.
I think any director knows going into this what it might entail. I have zero problems with how they’ve handled this. If anything it actually makes me feel better. One single person can’t ruin a movie.
I feel it’s almost a safety net most mega franchises don’t get. A last stop quality check to make sure no one messes it up.
Do you think they’re going to have a hard time find
directors going forward?
Agreed. They keep putting the cart before the horse with these films. Take a step back and plan it out before u hire a director.
They might be hiring a different type of director going forward.
I’ll care if it starts negatively impacting the product. I’m not saying the films have been perfect… but so far I have a fair amount of faith. If TLJ pans out I’ll be hard pressed to question Kennedy at all. If Han Solo turns out well… it’s a freaking sign of the end times!
It would’ve been nice if they could’ve mapped out the trilogy from the start and had some kind of actual plan beyond each individual project. That said, if there was it would’ve almost certainly been leaked on the internet prior to the final chapter and as there are different directors/writers on each movie they’d almost certainly want to put their own stamp on it and change the original perception.
Maybe Carrie Fisher’s death is giving them headache story-wise??? Look at what Heath Ledger death did to the Batman franchise. I am sure we would have gotten a 10x better film if this didn’t happened.
I hate agreeing with this guy but he’s right this time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsx2vdn7gpY
“because there was literally no story plan going into this trilogy”
Hey, it worked for the OT.
Even if there was a plan – loosing Carrie Fisher and the character of Princess Leia probably changed everything.
The OT didn’t have a story plan either. It isn’t necessarily a bad thing if the right people are on board…
God I hope it is not Abrams
Same here. If you want lazily derivative fan service,he’s your man. If you want an interesting movie;dear God,no!
Yeah he does not know of to direct emotion and give a movie heart. The Han Solo death was so on the nose…
I would love to see Johnson come back based on what we’ve been hearing about Episode VIII
I’d like to see either Johnson or Abrams come back. I don’t love TFA but realize it’s a solid film and TLJ looks amazing but I can’t say because I haven’t seen it yet. Still, either would be better than Trevorrow.
Robert Zemeckis, Jeff Nichols, Denis Villeneuve… time to pick up a serious and personal director. Or why not Edwards or JJ again… At least there is so emotion in this news 😉
As much as I’d love Villneuve, and am perhaps almost more interested in Blade Runner 2049 that TLJ at the moment, two factors in my opinion would work against him taking ep. IX: he has Dune to make, and his films are very mature, mostly R rated, and certainly not action films like Star Wars.
Yeah going with Villeneuve would be like if Lucas had gone with Lynch for ROTJ. An interesting what if? but not the right choice.
I as well am super hyped for Blade Runner 2049. I just hope it’s as good as it looks.
Ironically, Lynch declined directing ROTJ because he was going to direct Dune
Good point
Villeneuve is doing Dune. EON Productions asked him to do the next Bond movie, but he couldn’t because Dune is taking up a lot of his time.
Ups. You’re right. I didn’t think on that.
Villeneuve’s style is way too slow for Star Wars.
what about both abrams and johnson? penning the script togwther with Kasdan?
I think Kasdan is done with SW after two scripts and a problematic Han Solo production.
BRAD BIRD OR BUST.
That’s a good choice.
That ship sailed when he shit the bed with Tomorrowland.
Ok I don’t want to celebrate per se… but I’ll just say I feel so much better now. I mean Colin isn’t horrible but I just didn’t feel he was good enough. Now I can chill.
As for the poll… I can’t really vote until I see TLJ!
Let George Lucas come up with the idea, and have Rian or JJ execute it.
In other news I hear the working title for the Han movie before the directors were replaced was; ‘Han solo and the kingdom of the crystal skull. In space.’
Not that I’m any sort of expert on the movie business, but surely Lucasfilm’s reputation as a serious,dependable employer has to be suffering a bit by now?
It’s Disney and Lucasfilm. When they call. You answer. I doubt they are suffering at all. If anything… just don’t displease them. Hopefully that doesn’t mean we get nothing but yes men… I mean I’ll give credit to Lord/Miller and Colin. They wanted it to be their vision. Disney/LF said no. They parted ways.
Obviously they’re a very serious employer. If they weren’t, they wouldn’t have worried about the creative differences for IX.
Sure it can be blown out of proportion across the internet, but Lucasfilm are just doing what’s best, for lack of a better word, their baby.
However, it does make you wonder why they chose Colin in the first place. Maybe he was a good choice but the passing of Carrie Fisher changed the game. We’re in the dark here, but ultimately I hope Rian finished this trilogy. It would make so much sense.
Nah, hiring Ron Howard for Han Solo sent a strong signal that LFL is serious, and also a desirable place for talented directors to work.
Nah, hiring Ron Howard for Han Solo sent a strong signal that LFL is serious, and also a desirable place for talented directors to work.
And there was much rejoicing!!!!
Since Lucasfilm seems to like flavor of the day director, I am thinking Patty Jenkins, she is receiving a lot of praise for Wonder Woman, and showed that she can direct a movie with a strong female lead. I wouldn’t be against Joss Whedon for the same reason (Buffy, Dollhouse). But I wouldn’t mind Rian or JJ again.
Wonder woman 2 would prevent that.
There are wonder woman 2 and batgirl in plans for both directors
I’m sure she’ll use Star Wars to up her pay for Wonder Woman 2. WB won’t want to lose her as Director.
Patty Jenkins is directing Wonder Woman II, but I do see her as being the first female director of a SW movie somewhere down the line.
Enter, Spielberg.
They would have to cancel or postpone Ancient Indiana Jones for that.
Not a bad idea.
Agreed.
It’s a win-win
Spielberg’s been in the picture for a while now — just very silently.
(And I honestly don’t know if that’s a good thing anymore.)
I truly wish. And not just for novelty sake.
For such a prolific producer, Kennedy sure seems to have a hard time getting along with the directors she hires.
That said, I’m pulling for Rian Johnson to finish up this trilogy. A singular creative voice should’ve be guiding this story from the beginning.
I think Kennedy very much cares about George Lucas’ opinion. She was entrusted by him to look after the SW property. And I imagine she takes that responsibility very seriously. Can you blame her?
For caring about the franchise? No. For consistently hiring the wrong directors? Yes.
“A singular creative voice should’ve be guiding this story from the beginning.”
#onewhiteguy to rule them all.
Lol
https://twitter.com/Baloobear76/status/905193653580296193
0% chance a major director from outside the “family” would step in at this point. No point in calling for Nolan or anyone like that.
Not sure Nolan would want to but he did do Batman so maybe. I feel if Nolan was ever tempted it’d be a spin off. Saga films are to tied to over things. Plus… IMO Nolan is at his best when he’s being original.
Not sure Nolan would want to but he did do Batman so maybe. I feel if Nolan was ever tempted it’d be a spin off. Saga films are to tied to over things. Plus… IMO Nolan is at his best when he’s being original.
Originally is important but they also have their schedules mapped out years in advance. You have to find someone who has nothing better going on like Howard.
lol that’s true. Just sounds funny putting it that way. Sorry Howard!
“Nolan is at his best when he’s being original.”
Which is why it won’t happen.
I agree. Someone like Nolan is going to demand a carte blanche, and Lucasfilm can’t give him that. It will be a proven team player, like J.J., RJ or Ron Howard. Or maybe Tony Gilroy. If it’s true he reshot 40% of RO, why not give him Episode IX?
Even though I’m not a fan of “Fantastic Beasts…”, I think what David Yates achieved in the last 4 Potter films (and in such a tight time frame, mind you) was incredible, and Lucasfilm needs a “staff director” capable of the same level of consistency.
The lack of color wouldn’t work well with the depths of space.
Jeeez… no need to make this a racial thing.
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There’s extreme long shots like Francis Ford Coppola; technically within the ‘family’ and obviously can handle character and action. But, again; that would be a very bold move.
The body’s still warm, and you guys are taking a poll — that’s funny.
If we choose ‘other’, is that for the director whose name will be attached for the remainder of 2017? Or the guy who does all the filming in 2018? Or… the person who is actually credited as director in 2019?
I can’t in good conscience vote for Rian until I see TLJ anyway. I mean everything I heard sounds promising and he seems to love it. Smooth sailing. Doesn’t mean the movie will be good. If it’s awesome? Heck yeah I’ll be all for him to return!
It’ll be a divisive film for sure (as are all of the SW flics).
I hope Star Wars fans are ready to have a bit of (David) Lynch-ian flavor in their franchise, because Rian definitely comes from that noir school of film-making.
For sure. Vocal groups will be at each other’s throats as per usual. For me the house of the mouse is doing alright. The best it can be? Maybe not… but it’s certainly nowhere near the worst either!
I enjoyed TFA and R1 quite a lot… rewatched them a few times and still enjoyed them.
“The best it can be? Maybe not… but it’s certainly nowhere near the worst either!” Really? Dictionary would define this as ‘mediocre’…
I thought both of them were definitely better than mediocre. I’d say good to great! We all aren’t going to agree.
Who else is really doing better right now? They’re about on par with Marvel – but making way less films.
Of course everything sounds promising, they’re promoting the movie! They only thing we’ve seen so far is a teaser and toys. That doesn’t mean it will be the SW movie everybody’s expecting. For all we know TLJ is a disaster.
Of course everything sounds promising, they’re promoting the movie! They only thing we’ve seen so far is a teaser and toys. That doesn’t mean it will be the SW movie everybody’s expecting. For all we know TLJ is a disaster.
Right… so what I said basically. “Doesn’t mean the movie will be good.”
There does seem to be a different vibe coming off TLJ than the other two movies. It’s more of an understated confidence – the movie is finished well in advanced and everyone involved seem to really like it.
Will the masses feel the same way?
It’s funny to see all the love RJ is getting for a movie nobody has seen yet. We’ve only seen a teaser trailer. Remember the reactions after the first teaser for TFA? That movie was a financial success and was critically acclaimed. And yet, most people don’t want J.J. to return. What if TLJ is not the success people are expecting?
Trust me, it will be; but in a slightly different way.
Bingo. Let’s not acclaim Rian Johnson until we see TLJ.
Well, he wasn’t fired. He must’ve done something right that Lucasfilm likes.
That’s not really setting a high bar, is it?
I love what JJ has done with TFA but because of the mess that is the character Maz, I’d like to see someone else direct
I love what JJ has done with TFA but because of the mess that is the character Maz, I’d like to see someone else direct
Like we don’t get the movie we want but the movie we deserve?
If TLJ doesn’t deliver, it will suck. But really; that won’t take away my admiration for Rian Johnson. To use an example, Zack Snyder, I still very much enjoy. BVS sucked and MOS wasn’t that good either. But really, I dislike them because they are Snyder at his worst without any help. Snyder’s movies I can appreciate on a visual aesthetic and some, like 300 are popcorn flicks; that I can have a great time watching.
Are people putting Rian on a pedestal? Yes. It is why much as I like him, I want to see how TLJ does before he is vetted as a director. But if TLJ truly sucks, I will take the same stance as I did Snyder.
I treasure the past work that they did and still respect them. JJ Abrams to me was always a bad director. MI3 is the only film where I felt like he had something to offer. But really, it helped that the movie had such a fantastic screenplay, excellent cast and Abrams style melds well to Spy flicks. And seeing the trailers for TFA, nostalgia aside, I thought were meh.
After the failed Lord and Miller experiment, I would be pretty sure Kennedy would have a good continuity plan in place for such events. This has been brewing for some time, so they most likely already have a replacement in the frame to take over. This issue could also have a bearing on why we’ve yet to have an official confirmation on what the next spinoff movie will be.
So, problems with three out of five directors, keep defending her, please. I’d love to see Zemeckis direct it, but I’m guessing he can’t stand her either anymore.
2 critically-acclaimed and massively popular SW movies produced. Keep trashing her, please.
One a remake, (sorry, revitalized) the other a decent movie (Which required two directors/editors). Sorry, still need to see more to say she’s done alright (No, Gremlins and all her Amblin stuff does not count, Star Wars is a totally different entity)
If a $3 billion dollar gross on two movies (one of which is the most successful film in American history) with overwhelmingly positive reviews for both isn’t “doing alright” for you, I don’t know what is.
Again, the money and Rotten Tomatoes argument, sorry, but we are not talking about the same things here. Under that parameters, Trevorrow was a great choice, he made JW a huge box office success. Take care.
All money made off nostalgia, same with the reviews. Plus Disney is powerful. You can trust entertainment “journalism” now as much as a Home Shopping Newtwork show. Those people are cheerleaders ffs.
I guess that’s why the latest Disney PiratesOTC movie was destroyed by critics. There was no shortage of hype and nostalgia for Episode 1 and that movie got mixed reviews. And if the films were terrible, you would get a huge opening week on hype and then the box office would fall off drastically. That didn’t happen with Ep.7. The film had legs. You don’t get the highest grossing film in American history unless you provide a product that people want to see 2-3 times.
LOL.
Great Gerry. What wonderful points you make here.
Yet you defend the shit Lucas vomited on the movie screen that we call the prequels as if it were the Word of God.
I’m confused as to why this is a negative against her character? She saw a director with a decent track record and offered him a job. They started to work together and it didn’t click. So they parted ways.
Sounds pretty on point to me…
Until she produces a crappy movie, I will keep defending her haha.
Ahem…
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(I’ll give her a pass anyway.)
Remember when you said Trevorrow would never get fired?
She still hasn’t produced a bad movie though. Her involvement in Roge One for instance probably saved that movie.
Crap like the prequels could’ve never seen the sunlight under her watch imo.
Tony Gilroy saved that movie, and the first 2 hours of that movie are prequel caliber.
Tony Gilroy still came as a result of Kennedy’s involvement…
Also, claiming that the first two hours are prequel caliber is a gross exaggeration to say the least.
Wonder if Carrie Fisher passing and how to deal with her character has anything to do with these disagreements.
I totally think that is what is happening.
Why would that be the case?
They have a script everyone is happy with. Then one of your main actors passes away and it is decided not to recast the part and the entire script needs to be re-worked.
Trouble ensues.
Get on the phone to Steven Spielberg. Convince him he needs to add a Star Wars film to his bucket list!
I’m wary of him. He’s hit or miss these days. Kind of like Ridley Scott. When they hit… it’s pretty awesome. When they miss…
Ehh, I get that but I think he’d do a damn good job on a Star Wars film. Imagine the buzz it’d create!
Kingdom of a the Crystal Skull. Spielberg, Lucas, Harrison Ford. What could go wrong?
Oh… oh god… 😛
This ain’t the 90’s. His last collaboration with Disney — the BFG — was a financial disaster.
To be fair, that was more of a DreamWorks film, then a Disney film it was just distributed by Disney due to some shitty distribution deal they did.
That’s probably why they’ll save him for Episode 10. Get that buzz for the next trilogy.
I think I’d rather encourage him to take flying lessons from Harrison Ford.
In my opinion, Spielberg hasn’t made a great movie since Saving Private Ryan (1999). He wouldn’t be my choice.
I thought 2002’s “Catch Me If You Can” was pretty solid. I would probably put that movie in his list of Top 10 (definitely closer to 10 than 1, but still in the Top 10). But still, to your point, that was a while ago – and I agree he hasn’t made a truly great “Spielberg-level” film in at least 15 years.
True, that was an enjoyable romp, a pretty decent movie. I just feel the magic has gone from his films.
The fact that he hasn’t made anything truly great in a while could be the motivation for his SW project though…
Lincoln was a great cure for my insomnia.
Lol.
He should’ve directed Jedi if not for the idiotic union thing about the opening credits.
Seriously; it’s one of my greatest wishes. Not contributing ideas or shots…but DIRECTING a film.
Only reason KK didn’t wanna fire his ass because the dude made her hubbie Frank Marshall a whole lotta money with Jurassic World. Hell it was probably the only reason this schmuck was trusted to end the trilogy.
Who’s the more schmuck-ish, the schmuck or the schmuck who hires him?
Nice reference
Nice reference
Good one.
Guillermo Del Toro would be cool. But he always leaves projects unfinished.
So he’d be perfect!
is that sarcastic or are you actually serious?
Gotta put Gareth Edwards in the poll.
Gareth Edwards? If he didn’t swallow his artistic integrity and sit quietly in the corner while Tony Gilroy reworked his film, he would’ve been just as fired as Lord, Miller, and Trevorrow.
Damn
Likely true.
Apparently that’s the formula for a good Star Wars movie?
Thinking about this a bit more….seems like what’s hard to come up with is the “good story”. Lucasfim needs to develop that independently, in a way fits the vision and canon and merch and all that. Then pick a director to execute and add a few wow moments.
This artistic “express myself through Star Wars” trend with directors isn’t helping.
Thinking about this a bit more….seems like what’s hard to come up with is the “good story”. Lucasfim needs to develop that independently, in a way fits the vision and canon and merch and all that. Then pick a director to execute and add a few wow moments.
This artistic “express myself through Star Wars” trend with directors isn’t helping.
Storytelling does seem to be their biggest issue.
I understand Lucasfilm has a story group, but what do they actually do? They aren’t guiding the overall story. And they don’t produce screenplays.
I think what Lucasfilm is really missing is the singular voice of a gifted storyteller. Without that, they seem rudderless.
I’m pretty sure it was the lame story (not scripted at all by Gareth) that needed retooling.
Homie can direct like a pro, and I’d bet money he’ll be back for another go.
no?
I’d love Gareth to direct. Rogue One is possibly my top SW film. Especially the last 20 minutes of it.
maybe he can direct the last 20 minutes of Ep. 9, but they need to keep him away from the first 2 hours.
You’re actually a Tony Gilroy fan if you’re talking about the last 20 minutes.
Star wars doesn’t need another cuck director.
She only wants cucks she can push around.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 🙂
Didn’t they try to get Brad Bird for VII? Wonder if they’re still keen.
Knew it; been anticipating this for months.
David Lynch please.
I want to see a lesbian scene between Rey and Kylo Ren and I want to see the Snoke in the radiator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PALjbTo1D5U
George would’ve sanitized his vision just like KK does.
In that case, the name “Snoke” would absolutely be shorthand for “Snort Coke”.
This made me laugh out loud. Good one…
It wouldn’t be a lesbian scene if it’s between Rey and Klyo..
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you sure? 🙂
Duncan Jones, George Miller, or David Gordon Green.
Please George Miller.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VonRYTYG0w
Waiting for the SWNN think piece of “This is all totally normal. Look over here shiny object!” YOU DON’T KNOW THE MOVIE BUSINESS THIS IS COMPLETELY NORMAL AND HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
Sure, it doesn’t happen ALL THE TIME, but it does happen. How often do directors leave a project over “creative differences”? It happens. At least they dealt with it now instead of later in the middle of production.
It happens 3 of the last 4 movies. Not normal.
Safe directors make safe decisions that make safe movies, that are good but not great. I think most people saw this coming from a mile away but Jesus Lucasfilm has lost so much credibility. Whatever.
Maybe a good time for the Russo brother to come in as they expressed interest to direct a SW movie.
they’re making avengers 3 and 4.
Yep, they have way too much on their plate to to Episode IX.
Maybe they can get some creative differences.
I think they’re too busy.
Remember that statement KK issued awhile back defending her decision to hire Trevorrow for director? When are people going to start holding KK accountable?
When the movies start sucking.
Well….they aren’t great thats for sure.
Well….they aren’t great thats for sure.
Not according to critics and the vast majority of moviegoers.
When the movies stop benefiting from her creative influence.
She’s the studio head. They either issue statements of support for their hired people and their choices, or they axe the hired people and find new ones.
You guys need to realize that while yes, the final decision comes down to her, Kennedy didn’t pick all these Directors by herself. She was in a room full of people when it happened, and someone else most likely proposed the individuals and sold her and the other top executives on why they should be hired to do the films.
You know I really think they shield themselves from their horrible decisions with nostalgia. The ONLY reason the new film made a billion was the nostalgia factor of seeing Han, Leia and Luke(even though that didn’t really pan out.) Same with Rogue One, they added the Vader scenes where he’s awesome because they knew they had a bunch of characters you don’t really connect with who you know die. The movie becomes a big “who cares”. People saw Vader and creamed their jeans so they saw it.
They hype for TLJ is no where near TFA. I remember the stores were clear of merchandise after Force Friday, but on Force Friday II there was a lot of stuff left over. I even asked a few Target managers out of curiosity if they thought the customer interest was the same and they all said no.
What Rian Johnson said on twitter just in the past couple of months. https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/887864427894132736
A lot of that has to do with demeanor. Having an introverted/easygoing nature is enormously beneficial when working with certain people [Lucasfilm heads]….vs. a more headstrong/riskier work ethic, as evidenced by recent departures.
There’s a glorious alternate reality where Irvin Kershner took them up on the offer to direct ROTJ. Here’s hoping that this trilogy is getting a little karmic course correction from the space-time continuum.
1st…lets see how TLJ ends up. I’m still in the camp of TFA as a weak story, and hope JJ , stays away from it.
I do hope Rian gives us an original idea and great story.
several good directors out there, as long as we have a great story!
But wait Cw,
What about a great story? Is that important too?
I think JJ directs well with his cinematographer, but I’d prefer to have someone else write & produce.
yeah, I need to not post after a point of consumption….lol
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I really don’t think you can be expecting original ideas out of these new films, especially since TFA is a ANH remake with less Likable characters.
hard to disagree with that.
J.J. and Rian should have a lightsaber duel for the job. Think of the pay-per-view revenue!
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Good call!
Rian Johnson to take Trevorrow’s place then?
Not quite.
Nice
We need to remember that Disney/Lucasfilm are all about toy sales, protecting characters (Mickey Mouse),winning the girl and chinese market. And they’re using Luke Skywalker to make sure the older fans show up to the theaters again. Either way I’m all about the anticipation of these films. Not expecting great films anymore for the reasons I mentioned.
So would you prefer a sequel trilogy with no Luke? I think putting him in these movies is a no brainer, regardless of box office draw.
You make some wise points.
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I guess Kathleen Kennedy finally made time to watch Book of Henry, lol. I hope Rian Johnson can direct Episode IX, even if it has to be pushed back to 2020. Thank God that Kathleen Kennedy got out ahead of this one. I just hope that she and Lucasfilm can hire better directors from the outset in the future.
I hope VIII sucks, personally. It’ll be fun to see if the Rian fan boys and girls deflect, rationalize and experience cognitive dissonance to the level Trump supporters do. So much riding on a guy who hasn’t really proven himself either. Yet everyone thinks he’s the best thing ever.
If Rian Johnson doesn’t produce a good film, it will suck but that won’t really hurt my view on him. I still think he is a fantastic director, having delivered two of my favorite movies of all time.
If people want to do that, fine. But speaking from my own experiences, I was a whole lot more excited about Episode Eight than Seven was.
I just don’t get it. He’s this weird golden boy and I don’t think his films are all that amazing. Good, but to me he isn’t the next Speilberg or Lucas when he wouldn’t have thought Jar Jar Binks was a good idea to put in a movie.
i don’t have a strong opinion on the man’s previous work(looper was fine and i didn’t see his breaking bad eps) but seeing how he’s making it through this process drama free gives me high hopes for this.
i don’t have a strong opinion on the man’s previous work(looper was fine and i didn’t see his breaking bad eps) but seeing how he’s making it through this process drama free gives me high hopes for this.
To be fair to the people who were fired, they weren’t doing anything dramatic to attract attention.
The shit between Kasdan and Lord and Miller wasn’t even public till they got canned. They even stated they had no idea things were that bad.
It’s not like Trevorrow is doing crazy shit that caused this. They just decided he was a bad bet.
well, at the very least he was able to control the entire project without needing to fire writers, bring in extra writers, have any micro management from the brass or extensive reshoots. thus far this is the smoothest sailing of any of the films.
Always going to be micromanagement in Star Wars.
Name one director who can do a Star Wars film that you think is better than Rian. All the directors from the 60’s are on their way out. All the other good directors these days have their own stamp that just doesn’t fit the SW vibe.
It’s also difficult to tell what’s happening behind the scenes, I mean we literally just found this out today. Interesting how there is different takes on the media who seemed to have no idea what happened more than 6 hours ago.
I like Rian Johnson, but one that comes to mind is Jon Favreau.
He is easily one of the most versatile directors I have seen. When I look at his record, I see someone who is capable of doing a lot of genres. Whether it be Iron man, a film about a chef reconnecting, an Elf from the north pole.
Favreau never pigeonholed himself into any genre and always kept the focus on the characters. It is why Iron man works so well. And why the Jungle Book was in my view a great movie.
And that is what SWs is about: its characters. And Favreau is more than capable of doing that. Yeah, Cowboys vs, Aliens wasn’t that great. But even Spileberg has made plenty of duds.
I should have rephrased that. Name one director who’s done a sci-fi that’s better than Rian. I can’t think of a better Sci Fi film in the last 15 years than Looper. There is Interstellar which I like better but Nolan isn’t a good fit for SW.
Favreau, James Gunn, Alex Garland, Zack Syder, Edgar Wright…I can keep going.
Matthew Vaughn
I don’t think Rian Johnson is all that great. I would take pretty much any Director other than him and still be content with how the movie turned out.
Ok, but I repeat… name one Sci Fi in the last 15 years that’s better than Looper (with exception to Interstellar)
In the last fifteen years? So since 2002. Well, let’ see.
Anything Speilberg did, even War of the Worlds I prefer over Looper. Sunshine, District 9, the first Star Trek reboot, the new Planet of the Apes prequels, Dredd, Guardian’s of the Galaxy 1 & 2, Logan, and I would have to put Captain America 2 in there.
Interstellar was absolute crap. Called the end of the movie at the very beginning of it. And I admire Chris Nolan quite a bit, but still think that film is God awful.
Now this is off the top of my head and it’s opinion. I’m not going to argue opinion because there’s no point to it. But I still think Looper was all that great. It’s a good film, I think Johnson has talent and I’m not worried that he screwed up VIII. But I think the fanboism that runs rampant around these forums for him is so over hyped.
But I’ll happily state he did a great job with the next film if he did.
C’mon seriously… war of the worlds?
The thing about the movies you listed (asides from District 9) is that they are all flashy, color saturated, or “clean” movies where as Rian’s work which has a slight washed out look to it (like say comparing something like Italian renaissance painters vs. Netherlandish paintings of the 1700’s).
More specifically, he takes advantage of the film medium; the film grain is highly visible but not in the way that it’s distracting. Apologies for the art example again, but sort of like a painting where the texture of the canvas itself is utilized to create a uniform look that lends itself well to the work.
I see that look in all of his work and it’s a good fit compared to the first 2 Star Wars films.
Antonio Lopez Garcia comes to mind when I think of Rian:
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Again, this is opinion.
And I could give a shit less what the color saturation in a film is. I want to be entertained. I want a product I can re-watch and still be entertained. I want something I can obsess over.
If you’re hyping up Rian because of art house bullshit, that doesn’t belong in Star Wars.
That’s what Star Wars is. Look at Lucas & His origins. He got his start with Coppola & was making experimental films. All these popcorn flicks you enjoy aren’t going to last the test of time. Rian’s work will.
LOL. Sure. Because of color saturation.
I am well aware of where Lucas got his start. I’m also well aware that Episode IV was a series of happy accidents to get it where it was. Holding up Lucas as some sort of genius after he shit all over his two best IP’s isn’t a very convincing argument for why Rian is going to make VIII this legendary film.
Good luck with your hype. I really hope you’re not disappointed with what comes out in December. Having to watch you pretend you liked the film would be sad.
I probably agree with you more than you realize regarding Lucas, but he did know how to utilize different departments properly in that era.
Regarding Rian it’s not hype. He has 3 good films under his belt, no rotten eggs yet. He seems to have come from similar beginnings like all the greats did (low budget indy startups).
Sadly all the greats are washed up at this point. It’s understandable though, they are in their 70’s now. Marvel guys are good for marvel but I wouldn’t want them near Star Wars. The district 9 guy is the same one who did Chappie right? (lol).
Trevarrow did have one good film but then made 2 terrible films. Lord & Miller… meh.
It’s hype. People speak as though he walks on water.
I’m sure the film will be good. But you folks are taking this to Episode I Lucas levels.
Rotten Tomatoes disagrees
About what?
I like Looper from a character perspective and how it handled the concept of Time Travel. A plot device I find is most difficult to handle as it can break a narrative if not used well. Looper’s strengths for me its emotional threw line of time travel and the questions of fate and the notion of individuality.
And while I argue that its pacing was a bit slow, it does even out. The movie also reminded me why Bruce Willis is a good actor.
Brick, I respect for being a slick noir film. By all means; it has not aged well, but to be fair; it was a cheap indie film. But I did love the tension and escalation that was present in the movie. Brothers Bloom is a film that I dislike and I hope that TLJ does not fall into the same pitfalls as that movie.
And for those who say he is the next, Spielberg? No, he isn’t. He still is young and is developing his career. That is an unfair pedestal to assign.
Looper is cool. I enjoyed it. I just didn’t think it was insanely awesome as others did.
Haven’t seen Brick. Or even heard of it. Same for Brothers.
And I’m not assigning any pedestal, but plenty others have here.
Which is fine. Brick, I recommend. I think it is a much better movie overall. As for those assigning a pedestal, I wasn’t accusing you. Just those who are doing it.
I argue that while it is nice to admire a director or individual, do not let that admiration blind one’s vision. People who you admire are people and can make mistakes and aren’t perfect.
Rian Johnson could very easily make ESB 2.0 which would absolutely suck. I doubt he will be, but I will always keep that in the back of my mind.
“He (Rian Johnson) still is young and is developing his career.”
Is he really still young though? He’s 43 and will turn 44 around the same time “The Last Jedi” is released. You are exactly right about the Spielberg comparison – he is not the next Spielberg, and that truly is an unfair pedestal to assign. By the time Spielberg was Johnson’s age, he had completed “Jaws,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” and “E.T.” That’s quite the resume. Johnson is praised a lot on this site and seems to be almost as revered as Spielberg, but I feel (and you might agree) that maybe some people get a little carried away with their expectations. Not saying I don’t like Johnson – I just think a little perspective is in order. Additionally, “Brick” was released in 2005, which was 12 years ago. Sort of a long time. I don’t know if Johnston is still “developing his career.” At this point, he probably is what he is. A very good filmmaker by most accounts, but probably not one of the greatest of his generation as some seem to believe. Anyway, I’m hopeful he’ll deliver a great film in “The Last Jedi” that will live up to the hype…
Rian was the best possible choice LFL could get.
If even he fails to deliver (which is unlikely), than there is little to no chance for Disney Star Wars to ever deliver something truly great, imo.
I meant in terms of filmography and not actual age, but you are correct to point out the pedestal. Overall, I am happy to see him doing something a big as SWs. And really, I do think he can deliver something that won’t be like TFA or even ESB. But yes, people have gotten carried away.
Heck, I remember knowing who Rian was having met him a while back during a screening of Brick. Very nice individual and down to earth as well. And so far; it seems like he has maintained that aspect. Part of being a great director in my view is how you interact with others and know how to handle things when stuff goes wrong/ dealing with problematic. Unless, you are James Cameron who is known to be an ass when directing as he is a perfectionist. But I digress.
But learning how Rian was able to work well with Bruce Willis was a big boost in confidence. And really, that is the thing: I may not like TFA, but I like the actors overall. They are wonderful. I am very biased stating this, but Rian Johnson very much reminds me of a low key chef who has the potential to do some great work, even five star. But needed a chance to do so.
I personally believe TLJ will be his chance to shine. Do I wish TFA could have been better? Sure. But if it is a very bitter pill for a very good movie, I do not have any gripes.
I meant in terms of filmography and not actual age, but you are correct to point out the pedestal. Overall, I am happy to see him doing something a big as SWs. And really, I do think he can deliver something that won’t be like TFA or even ESB. But yes, people have gotten carried away.
Heck, I remember knowing who Rian was having met him a while back during a screening of Brick. Very nice individual and down to earth as well. And so far; it seems like he has maintained that aspect. Part of being a great director in my view is how you interact with others and know how to handle things when stuff goes wrong/ dealing with problematic. Unless, you are James Cameron who is known to be an ass when directing as he is a perfectionist. But I digress.
But learning how Rian was able to work well with Bruce Willis was a big boost in confidence. And really, that is the thing: I may not like TFA, but I like the actors overall. They are wonderful. I am very biased stating this, but Rian Johnson very much reminds me of a low key chef who has the potential to do some great work, even five star. But needed a chance to do so.
I personally believe TLJ will be his chance to shine. Do I wish TFA could have been better? Sure. But if it is a very bitter pill for a very good movie, I do not have any gripes.
Maybe because the early word on the film has been nothing but positive. The actors seem to love working with him and Lucasfilm seems to have gotten exactly what they were looking for by bringing him on board. I don’t know why any SW fan would root for a new film to fail because some fans have expressed confidence in him.
Did you miss what Mark Hamill had to say about the movie. Something like “I fundamentally disagree with every choice”. Or Daisy Ridley’s statement “(the movie) is different but right”. That sounds like we are in for a surprise. Whether it is a good one or a bad one remains to be seen. So until I have seen TLJ Ryan is not my first choice for IX.
Mark Hamill is a great guy, but an unexpected turn of events is a lot better than a safe, predictable one, especially for a film looking to be different. I think waaaaay too much hand wringing has occurred in response to those comments, and with all due respect to Mark, he’s an actor, not a storyteller, and he’s taken by surprise that his character didn’t go the same route that he had envisioned or how the expanded universe treated Luke’s post-ROTJ life. I don’t think that’s a sign of the film being terrible. If it was bad, Johnson would be where Trevorrow and Lord and Miller are now.
Mark Hamill isn’t a storyteller? He’s written comics boyo!!
Not too much literary prowess required in writing comic books.
I doubt they’ll push any movies, I belive they have a very tight plan laid out for the “phase 1” of SW and 2020 will see the last standalone movie. And I’ll take a screenshot of this, KK won’t be onboard after that year.
KK is in charge of Lucasfilm as a whole, you think she’s just going to retire after 2020?
retire? IDK, she has a prodction company with his husband, I just said out of LFL.
Why would she do that is my point though. There’s literally no reasaon whatsoever for her to step away from LF. Especially now. Maybe if the next three Star Wars films get sh*t on she might step away.
I read rumor that she will take over Disney after Bob Iger moves on.
I could see that happening.
Yup. so could I,but who will take over Lucas Film ? Rick McCallum returns?
What about that pablo guy?
Lucasfilm is so dense.
Great, she can go do her damage there :p
Great, she can go do her damage there :p
I also read it will be soon,within the next year or so?
I highly doubt that.
We can only hope she’ll be gone.
Rian was originally going to write the story for Episode IX so I’d be interested to have him come back and continue that. JJ could possibly come back as well to offer his insight, and then get Spielberg to come and direct.
Hav Rian write and co-direct with JJ.
Get the Wachovski Siblings to dirext Ep-9. I’d love to see Star Wars through a green filter.
Sometimes the small true true better than the big true true.
push Han Solo back to winter 2018 so they can get that sorted out, then push Ep. IX back to winter 2020 and have Spielberg direct. that would be fantastic, and it would allow for the Star Wars hype time to die down and build back up.
I completely agree. Keep thr Christmas slot for all future releases and lure Spielberg in!!
I think you mean Winter 2019
no, 2020. let’s take a break.
Oh I see. I’m starting to think that would be a good move also.
They won’t move any releases, they have shareholders with profit expectations to meet.
they moved Ep. 8 back, it was originally supposed to have come out by now. keeping quality and interest high are in shareholders best interests too.
Give it to George.
This was the best Star Wars news of the year! Thank goodness Trevorrow was given the boot before things got really dicey. Those who are saying that George Lucas should direct another Star Wars movie are off their rockers. That would be an even worse disaster.
Dave Filoni would be a dark horse, but unfortunately he doesn’t have a live action film under his belt yet. Maybe he should do a stand-alone first before being handed an episode.
I’d be comfortable with Rian Johnson for Ep.9, but if not him hopefully a director who fits his mold: good with story and works well with actors to pull out good performances. It’s a great opportunity to fix the recent errors with director picks.
Filoni would be a super interesting choice. I’m not sure how his serial TV show skills would transfer to film. Then again, didn’t he have a hand in Rogue One?
Filoni is too self serving with his own characters, he’d likely diminish main characters to push one of his animated characters into a more important role…
For me, Filoni is the only one who has produced great NEW stories for either film or TV since Disney bought Lucas Films. Several episodes of Rebels have put me on the edge of my seat, somewhere I haven’t been since the space battle and final duel in ROJ. I’d love to see Filoni try his hand at writing a Star Wars script..
Great news, but no JJ please! Push back the releases to December to work on Han Solo and Episode IX.
Great news, but no JJ please! Push back the releases to December to work on Han Solo and Episode IX.
Yep…I totally agree. Keep SW in December. Of course I am biased because I live on the west coast and don’t worry about any snow storms but still. I think making a SW film EVERY year is becoming a bit challenging for Lucasfilm. As long as they right the ship….that’s all I care about. Now where is that TLJ trailer???
Joe Johnston, Larry Kasdan, Roger Christian, Phil Tippet…
Joe Johnston, Larry Kasdan, Roger Christian, Phil Tippet…
No on JJ. I’d love to see master director Spielberg direct one. He’s also been friends with Lucas since like American Graffiti. Also Nolan, because his visuals are amazing and he does a lot of mind bending stuff. I think he’d be great for the obi wan film.
Push it back to winter and give it to Rian. Or Spielberg.
Rian hasn’t proven anything yet. Let’s wait and see, shall we? 😉
True. Spielberg then. At this point it should be on his bucket list…
Spielberg for me, he should have closed out the original trilogy but couldn’t…give him Episode VIII, if not then get Rian or J.J but it has to be someone they can trust to get it right, someone who knows Star Wars and those 3 guys do, Spielberg has been heavily involved with Star Wars since day one and J.J and Rian are steeped in it as well…even more so now with a movie each under their belts, my money is on Rian directing (is J.J still consulting on VIII and IX ?) and push it back to December…Star Wars owns the Christmas holidays now.
And perhaps a secret colaboration with best pal Lucas….
One thing is sure: If one day they do Star Wars X, there will be a lot of inappropriate memes in the saga…
I think Rian Johnson is the best choice right now. I liked A LOT JJ in TFA, but, Rian seems more bold in his choices for the story, and we need that for IX. If Rian is not supertired, he can jump directly to Ep. IX and carry on. At least it happened very soon, there is plenty of time to move. But, I support a change of date for december. A month more suited to that sequence of movies.
i think chris nolan would be an amazing choice
NOLAN RULES!!!!
Nolan cannot direct action at all. He’s good with intricate plotting and character moments.
I’d bet my life savings on it not happening. He’s simply too much of an original thinker.
And it’d be a huge pr thing with a bunch of baggage coming aboard. / That being said, he loves Star Wars and it’d have to be someone big to convince him [Spielberg might since he handed over Interstellar to him] but again, highly unlikely.
He loves a lot of things [Bond, Blade Runner] but has yet to commit to any offers.
I think if George was still around and he personally asked him he might do it, but there’s no way he’d do it under the current circumstances.
i agree, and i think nolan would want a trilogy to tell his story, not end someone elses. but one can dream i suppose :/
Excellent News. Colin’s recent film was terrible and I thought Jurassic World was decent attempt but nothing special
Gotta be Rian Johnson to finish out this new trilogy.
I would like to see TLJ before they announce another director,I would be fine with Rian Johnson coming back if it’s a good film.
Also I think they should talk to George Lucas to see which direction he thinks it should head.
No. Leave George alone.
No. Leave George alone.
Here are my other guesses for directors.
Steven Spielberg, Brad Bird, Guillermo Del Toro, Patty Jenkins, Jon Favreau, Joss Whedon, James Gunn, Ava DuVernay and maybe Hideaki Anno.
Steven Speilburg, Rain Johnson, Doug Liman, Duncan Jones, Joe Cornish, Denis Villeneuve, or Alex Garland.
The evidence seems to suggest that LFL are difficult to work with… hmmm?
It’s not you it’s me.
LFL?
Lazy way of saying Lucasfilm Ltd – Genuine abbreviation, honest!
Yeah, LFL is common
It will never happen, but i would love to see what ridley scott would do with a star wars film
Probably, shit all over it. He’s managed to wreck his own Alien franchise with dreck like Covenant.
All these “wouldn’t it be cool if…” lists of wishlist directors are missing one important thing – the director has to be completely subservient to the vision of Lucasfilm. That rules out anyone who has a strong attachment to their own ideas.
Didn’t seemed to be the case with Rian but well…
Seems likes it’s Kathleen Kennedy is the x-factor here, seems like she’s hard to work with. I just don’t understand why they hire these directors with very distinctive visions and voices, then try to sanitize it. And you can tell there is a clear feminist agenda now. I don’t know, it’s a sad state. I would love to see Alex Garland make a film, but again, he doesn’t seem to be a company man.
she all but ruined star wars
she all but ruined star wars
BRAD BIRD!!!!! that is all.
The Best Thing Star Wars franchise can do for Episode IV is Sam Raimi – let it sink in – this is the right answer. That’s right SAM RAIMI FTW
There are more than Plenty of good directors – no one IMO should have the luxury of directing 2 SW films – we the audience should have the luxury of enjoying many directors. Sam R has worked w/ Disney and Marvel – not that it matters to me but it might to KK. Some other second ups are :
Neill Blomkamp, Thomas J. Wright and if you really want to get artistic – Jamin Winans and / or Brothers Greg and Colin Strause (perhaps for spin offs)
I’m confused why everyone is saying Rian is the best choice for the final episode? Have people seen TLJ yet? Is it that good? People are acting like this film is going to be a masterpiece… and maybe it will… but all this hype is going end with disappointment. I wouldn’t be surprised if TLJ isn’t just as safe and predictable as TFA.
Given that two sets of directors have been fired from Star Wars films allegedly due to creative differences… I’m willing to bet Rian doesn’t have the much creative freedom. He’s going with the flow of the Disney and LFL, which is why he still on board. He’s probably more of a manager of this production rather than a director because he’s probably not calling all the shots. Disney is going make sure these movies make a ton of money and playing it safe is their best bet to please the masses and rake in the cash.