RIP Rogue Squadron.
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It has been a number of years since information broke that Marvel mastermind Feige and Wonder Woman director Jenkins have been every growing new movies set within the Star Wars galaxy. Since then, nevertheless, particulars have been scarce, as Lucasfilm has centered on TV initiatives like The Mandalorian and Andor.
Now, a brand new report means that each movies have been shelved. Based on Variety, each Jenkins’ movie and Feige’s movie are not in energetic growth.
A consultant for Disney didn’t reply to EW’s request for remark.
The reviews that Jenkins and Feige’s movies are being placed on maintain should not come as an enormous shock: Feige has lots on his plate as he is constructing the next phase of Marvel stories, whereas Jenkins has additionally turned her consideration to different initiatives.
Kevin Feige and Patty Jenkins
Kevin Feige and Patty Jenkins
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Again in December 2020, Disney announced that Jenkins can be directing the movie Rogue Squadron, an intergalactic journey specializing in a “new era of starfighter pilots.” As for Feige’s movie, it did not have a title however was anticipated to be written by Michael Waldron, who labored on Marvel’s Loki and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
In the meantime, Lucasfilm seems to be forging forward with a deliberate Star Wars movie from Taika Waititi. Per Selection, the director can be anticipated to behave in his movie, just like his on-screen appearances in Thor: Ragnarok and the Oscar-winning Jojo Rabbit.
That is not the one rumored Star Wars film, both. There’s additionally an alleged movie written by Lost mastermind Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson, which might be directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Ms. Marvel). The Final Jedi director Rian Johnson has additionally mentioned that he is dedicated to creating his beforehand introduced Star Wars trilogy, though he has been busy along with his new present Poker Face and the Knives Out movies.
Lucasfilm has remained tight-lipped about its future theatrical plans, and there hasn’t been a big-screen Star Wars film since The Rise of Skywalker hit theaters in December 2019. (The much less mentioned about that one, the higher.) Within the meantime, the studio has gone all in on Star Wars TV. In the previous few years, they’ve launched live-action exhibits like The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Andor on Disney+. There are additionally plenty of different Star Wars TV exhibits within the works, together with Ahsoka with Rosario Dawson, Skeleton Crew with Jude Legislation, and The Acolyte with Amandla Stenberg.
As for some other deliberate initiatives? Star Wars followers can safely anticipate some new bulletins in early April, when the Star Wars Celebration fan conference takes over London.
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