A secret Star Wars movie has landed a writer and director

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Another 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new Star Wars movie has been confirmed to be in development. Despite 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:projects from Taika Waititi, Patty Jenkins, Kevin Feige, Rian Johnson, and J.D. Dillard being in various stages of development, reports signal that a completely sepa🌜rate installment in the sci-fi saga is incomiꦉng, scripted by Watchmen's Damon Lindelof and set to be directed by Ms. Marvel's Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

Rumors of Lindelof's involvement have long been making waves on internet forums, and now has confirmed the news. The publication adds that the script is still being written, but both 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Lucasfilm and Lindelof – who also acted as showrunner on Lost 𝔉and The Leftovers – wanted to find a filmmaker early on in the process, so that their "vision for where they see this story headed gets included in the script."

That person now appears to be Obaid-Chinoy, who acted as director on 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ms. Marvel's fourth and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:fifth episodes – the first of which was action-heavy, the second saw the eponymous superhero travel back in time. Considering Lindelof's love of time-jumping stories, the pairing is quite apt (and exciting for the future of Star Wars). Before Ms. Marvel, Obaid-Chinoy won mu🎀ltiple Emmys and Oscars for her documentary work. She also became the first Pakistani filmmaker to ꦇmake a computer-animated feature-length film with the fantastical 3 Bahadur.

What story the new Star Wars movie will tell remains to be seen. Details are heavily under wraps, with reports indicating that the project is one of Hollywood's most guarded secrets. There's currently no release date on the movie, though it's certainly still some time off. Deadline adds that, "given how pro-active [executives] were in finding a director for this film, this Star Wars feature seems to have the most momentum out of all the films cꦑurrently in development at the studio."

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was the last big-screen outing set in that galaxy far, far away. Lucasfilm has since been focussing on Star Wars TV shows, including 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Obi-Wan Kenobi, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Book of Boba Fett, Andor, and the upcoming return of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Mandalorian. A few months back, Patty Jenkins' Star Wars movie, Rogu꧂e Squa🅰dron, was set to be coming out in December 2023. That was later delayed due to her work on various other movies,澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询: including Wonder Woman 3, plus some reported 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:c♛reative differences with the studio.

Taika Waititi's Star Wars movie was expected to replace Jenkins' project, though speaking to To🉐tal Film, Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedಌy remained coy on when to expect the movie: "We haven't locked anything in," she told us. Waititi himself was more open when talking to us earlier this year about his movie: "I would like to take something new and create some new characters," he said. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Read the interview here.

Whether Lindelof and Obaid-Chinoy's movie will be the next big-screen Star Wars outing is unclear right now. Whatever the case, Lucasfilm hasn't forgotten about its cinematic projects – it just appears, from an outsider's perspective, that the studio is still working out how to proceed beyond the Skywalker Saga. For more, check out our pieces on the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars timeline and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:how to watch the Clone Wars in or🔴der.

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