News from the galaxy far, far away as it seems Disney want Thor: Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi to develop a Star Wars movie.
Develop likely means write and/or direct as he did with Thor Ragnarok.
Is this related to the Star Wars movie being developed my Marvel’s Kevin Feige? Who knows… at this stage there’s no real details to reveal beyond his name being in the ring.
Waititi is the man of the moment with the superb Jojo Rabbit currently destined for possible Oscar glory and having directed an episode of Disney+ hit Star Wars series The Mandalorian (as well as voicing droid IG-11).
Personally, while I already have Jojo Rabbit as potentially my movie of 2020 (I know it’s early, but it adored that movie) and liked his work on The Mandalorian, I really don’t want him going near Star Wars as I hated his take on Thor in Ragnarok (I like the movie, but it isn’t Thor), so I fear that if he was given creative control we’d have something fun but not Star Wars.
Waititi is also attached to Akira as well as the next Thor movie so even if this were a thing, it would likely be a while down the line
My choice for Star Wars on the big screen would be The Mandalorian’s Jon Favreau or Dave Filoni, just not Waititi, sadly.
Am I wrong? Let me know in the usual ways.
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