‘Andor’ Season 2 Enlists ‘Yellowjackets’ Director Ariel Kleiman
As part of a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy revealed that Yellowjackets director Ariel Kleiman will be a director on the second season of the new Star Wars series, which will film in the UK between November and August.
When asked if he’ll be directing on season 2, Tony Gilroy said the following:
“I am not. I can’t. This job is just too huge. I don’t have the time to spare. It’s a really poor use of my time. Ari [Ariel] Kleiman is out in Pinewood. I was out there this morning. We start shooting in November. He started prepping three weeks ago. He’s got his hands full out there just to get to November. I have all the rest of the things I have to do. There was some fantasy that I would end up doing the last block, but I just can’t, to be honest with you.”
Gilroy confirmed in another interview last month that the writers’ room from season 1 will be returning for the second and final season, but we didn’t know about any directors (Toby Haynes, Susanna White, and Benjamin Caron directed for season 1). We do know, however, the directors of the second season will work on three episodes each, with each set taking place in a different year between 4 BBY and the events of Rogue One.
New episodes of the first season are coming out every Wednesday. If you haven’t already, make sure to check out our review of the first three episodes of Andor, both in written form here and through the live discussion from The Resistance Broadcast here. Stay tuned for our review of the fourth episode next Wednesday!
Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as movies from Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.
