In the spring of 2020, it was announced that the acclaimed director and screenwriter of jojo rabbit would take the reins of a new film set in a galaxy far, far away. However, over the course of three years, there have not been very optimistic updates regarding the feasibility of the project. And now, a reliable source has reported that the film Star Wars by Taika Waititi (Thor: Love and Thunder) it’s found “officially dead”.
The source in question is the insider Daniel Richtman, who spoke about the alleged cancellation of that project Star Wars exclusively for their Patreon community (via World of Reel).
If the veracity of that information is confirmed, this would mean that the only upcoming film titles of the franchise that are still in active development are those that respectively boast the direction of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Ms. Marvel), Dave Filoni (Ahsoka), James Mangold (logan) and Shawn Levy (Deadpool 3). Not forgetting the Lando Calrissian spin-off, same as last week, co-writer Stephen Glover confirmed that it would be a movie and not a television series, as originally stated.
Days ago, Taika Waititi himself hinted that his idea for a movie Star Wars might not bloom after all. Honoring director Shawn Levy at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival’s TIFF Tribute Awards, Waititi joked about Levy’s involvement in Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe as if it were “a cruel and indiscriminate virus” jumping from one intellectual property to another. On the other hand, in that same mocking tone, he commented that “unlike me, let’s hope he manages to finish a script” for Lucasfilm.
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Months ago, within the framework of the Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023, the president of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy, assured that Waititi – already familiar with the franchise thanks to The Mandalorian— continued working on the script for his film and that the production company had absolute confidence in one day bringing the New Zealand director’s vision to theaters. In May 2023, a source of deadline He stated that an enthusiastic Waititi intended to film the film in 2024.
«Taika is still working. He himself is writing the script. He really doesn’t want to involve others in that process and I don’t blame him. He has a very, very unique voice. So we want to protect that,” Kennedy told Variety back then (via).
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