I gotta hand it to Disney, they seem to be interested in making sure the new Star Wars films are actually, you know, good. J.J. Abrams is directing Episode VII, Gareth Edwards is directing Boba Fett (probably), Chronicle’s Josh Trank is directing an additional spin-0ff, and it’s just been announced that Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper, several episodes of Breaking Bad) is going to write and direct Episode VII and Episode IX.
From Deadline:
Essentially, that means that the intention is for Johnson to take the baton from JJ Abrams, who has gotten the space franchise off the ground and is right now helming Episode VII. I don’t know too much more at this point, but it is in keeping with Disney and Lucasfilm’s strategy of entrusting the venerable franchise to the best and brightest writers and directors, including the spinoff films that are being directed by Chronicle‘s Josh Trank and Godzilla‘s Gareth Edwards.
This is really exciting. Johnson is a hell of a director; Brick blew me away, The Brothers Bloom is seriously underrated, Looper is one of the best mainstream sci-fi movies of the century, and he also directed the best episode of Breaking Bad, “Ozymandius.” We’ll keep you up to date on this as it develops.
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