you may recall that not that long ago we reported that Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki expressed his interest in directing a Star Wars movie and my response was ‘give him whatever he wants!’, well we may have just had movement of a sort on this.
“I watched Star Wars, and that’s how I ended up being a filmmaker,” Yamazaki said at the time, “I’m really hoping I will get a call and they will bring me on Star Wars.”
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Well, now we’ve learned that Yamazaki was invited to Lucasfilm on January 10th for a special screening of Godzilla Minua One with, among others, Jon Favreau and chief creative officer of Lucasfilm, Dave Filoni, the two men who are now, essentially running Star Wars and overseeing its future.
GODZILLA MINUS ONE director Takashi Yamazaki at Lucasfilm for a screening of his film hosted by Dave Filoni pic.twitter.com/Usa8xf5xUg
— Star Wars Holocron (@sw_holocron) January 19, 2024
Now, sure, this isn’t any sort of confirmation that something is happening but it confirms that Filoni and Favreau are aware of his interest – something that is bound to have been discussed and that’s certainly great news for a start.
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Minus One was, before anything else, just a wonderful movie about human characters who we genuinely cared about, making their situation all the more engrossing and terrifying, something Hollywood has forgotten how to do.
On top of that, with recent estimates putting Minus One’s budget at under $10m, it also means Yamazaki can deliver a movie that looks incredible and does so for a fraction of the price of most Hollywood blockbusters, meaning that he would be a great choice to be given a Star Wars movie, trilogy, series, whatever because on the strength of Minus One alone, he’s more than fit for the task.
I’ll file this in the drawer marked ‘please, please, please make this happen!’.
Do you agree? Let me know…
A screening of #GodzillaMinusOne was held at Lucasfilm on January 10th, organized by Dave Filoni. Afterward, Filoni ran a Q&A with director Takashi Yamazaki. pic.twitter.com/Cx7B5B0RkX
— Kaiju No. 14 (@14_kaiju) January 12, 2024
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Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….
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