As a Star Wars fan, this is a fantastic piece of news…
Netflix is close to finalising a deal with Rian Johnson to make not one, but two sequels to his 2019 movie Knives Out. This would make it the biggest streaming deal in history.
This would be bad news for cinemas as I am troubled by this moving away from the silver screen, especially during this damn pandemic but it’s good news for many people because, firstly Knives Out was a fun wee flick and secondly, anything that keeps him away from Star Wars after The Last Jedi, the better.
Word is Johnson will write and direct both sequels and also direct the movies which will begin filming this June in Greece.
It seems the movies were put up for auction between Apple, Amazon and Netflix with Netflix the winner.
I look forward to seeing these for sure and hopefully it will lead Johnson to making more movies that don’t involve wars. In the stars.
Anyway, now that I’ve likely annoyed several people, let me know your thoughts, guys.
Source: Deadline
Marc
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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