Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi, Lucasfilm Opzioni

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Dopo Indiana Jones , il regista James Mangold torna a Lucasfilm per un progetto su Star Wars.
L'azione si svolgerà all'epoca dell'Alba degli Jedi senza avere un titolo più preciso. Si tratta di un film che sembrerà un'epopea biblica ed epica che racconta la storia del primo Jedi della Storia della Galassia.


Dal sito Variety:

‘Star Wars’ Movies: James Mangold, Dave Filoni to Direct New Films

Dave Filoni and James Mangold are set to direct two new “Star Wars” movies, Lucasfilm revealed on Friday.

The directors will helm two separate films in the franchise. Meanwhile, a third movie that centers on Daisy Ridley’s Rey will be directed by Emmy- and Oscar-winning helmer Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy made the shock announcement at the studio’s showcase during London’s Star Wars Celebration, where fans were expecting the announcement of a single film and were pleasantly surprised by a trifecta of projects.

Mangold’s movie will go back to the dawn of the Jedi, while Filoni’s project will focus on the New Republic, and “close out” the interconnected stories that are told in series including “The Mandalorian,” “The Book of Boba Fett,” “Ahsoka” and other Disney+ shows.

“It’s a chance to tell the entire story of its own, the birth of the force,” Mangold told Variety after the panel. “When I first talked to Kathy Kennedy about it, I just said, ‘I just see this opening to make kind of a ‘Ben-Hur’ or ‘The 10 Commandments’ about the birth of the force.’ The force has become a kind of religious legend that spans through all these movies. But where did it come from? How is it found? Who found it? Who was the first Jedi? And that’s what I’m writing right now.”

Mangold most recently directed “Logan” and this summer’s “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” while Filoni is best known as the showrunner for “The Mandalorian” and “Ahsoka,” both of which are Disney+ series. (Mangold is also writing the DC Comics adaptation “Swamp Thing” for Warner Bros., with an eye to direct. The filmmaker told Collider that it’s unclear which project would go first.)

After the panel Variety asked Filoni what was the singular thread weaving the varied stories together. “On a base level, I would just say the coming conflict, the growing idea that the empire wasn’t as defeated as a lot of people want to believe and that the remnant is out there,” Filoni said. “We saw that from the very beginning with ‘The Mandalorian’ and how Giancarlo’s [Esposito] character Gideon was plotting. There are always people that are willing to undermine something that the Republic is trying to build and put back on its feet. I grew up with a lot of stories in the expanding universe that were exploring what happened after ‘Return of the Jedi.’ There has been this, for fans, idea that there was a new Republic and a remnant Empire and the conflict persisted after ‘Return of the Jedi,’ even though the heroes won and were more in control. What did that control look like? And since ‘Force Awakens’ is 30 years on out from ‘Return of the Jedi,’ we have room then to tell another story. That’s what I’m coalescing into this time period.”

Obaid-Chinoy’s film will be set after the events of 2019’s “Rise of Skywalker,” and will feature Rey as she builds a new Jedi Order. “Peaky Blinders” and “Spencer” writer Steven Knight will pen the script.

The project, which is still untitled, marks several major milestones for the franchise: Obaid-Chinoy is the first woman and the first person of color to direct a “Star Wars” movie. The Pakistani filmmaker won two Academy Awards for documentary short, in 2011 for “Saving Face” and in 2015 for “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness,” and she most recently directed two episodes of “Ms. Marvel” for Disney+.

Star Wars Celebration has so far yielded a number of announcements and new footage. Trailers were unveiled for the keenly anticipated “Ahsoka,” which launches in August, as well as “The Acolyte,” a new thriller series starring Amandla Stenberg and “Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae. “Andor” also shared some new footage from Season 2, which will premiere in August 2024.

Also previewed was the upcoming series “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew,” which focuses on a group of kids and is said to evoke classic Amblin films. The show stars Jude Law, who introduced his young castmates at the Celebration, including Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Kyriana Kratter and Robert Timothy Smith.

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Il film uscirà nel 2026 o nel 2017.

Le date dei prossimi film di Star Wars sono le seguenti:

- 22 maggio 2026.
- 18 dicembre 2026
- 17 dicembre 2027