Today, LRM revealed that Hayden Christensen is currently in talks to return to the Star Wars universe. According to their sources, Hayden Christensen has been in talks with Lucasfilm and Disney to return as Anakin Skywalker for the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series starring his former co-star Ewan McGregor. This comes off a recent resurgence of […]
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Director Taika Waititi Set To Helm An Untitled ‘Star Wars’ Movie
Today, StarWars.com announced that Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi will helm a new untitled Star Wars movie for Disney. His name was rumored last year after his directorial episodes of The Mandalorian was met with high praise by fans. 1917 screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns has boarded the project and will write the screenplay with […]
‘Rogue One’ Uncredited Director Tony Gilroy Set as ‘Cassian Andor’ Showrunner; Genevieve O’Reilly Returns as Mon Mothma
Today, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Rogue One uncredited director Tony Gilroy has taken over as showrunner of the upcoming Star Wars prequel Disney+ series Cassian Andor. Gilroy was brought on in post-production to direct the reshoots for Rogue One after Gareth Edwards was asked to step down as director. Gilroy also helped with rewrites […]
‘Russian Doll’ Co-Creator Leslye Headland Developing Female-centric ‘Star Wars’ Disney+ Series
Today, Variety is reporting that Russian Doll co-creator Leslye Headland is developing an untitled Star Wars series for Disney+. The report states the series will follow a female protagonist but exist outside the main film series timeline. This means that it isn’t recently rumored Ahsoka series starring Rosario Dawson. Headland will write and showrun the […]
Stellan Skarsgard & Kyle Soller Board ‘Cassian Andor’ Disney+ Series
Today, Variety announced that Thor & Dune star Stellen Skarsgard has joined that cast fo the upcoming Star Wars spin-off series Cassian Andor. Kyle Soller (Poldark, Brexit) has also joined the cast. The series is set to debut on Disney+ and see the return of Diego Luna in the title role. Obviously, this will be […]
‘Terminator’ Star Micheal Biehn Joins ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Cast as a Bounty Hunter
Recently, our friend Jason Ward over at MakingStarWars.net revealed that 80’s action star Micheal Biehn (Terminator) has join the cast of The Mandalorian. The upcoming sophomore season of the Disney+ series will feature a slew of new Bounty Hunters including Micheal Biehn character. The Mandalorian returns to Disney+ this Fall
Rosario Dawson Cast as Ahsoka Tano in ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2
Today, SlashFilm has revealed that long time Star Wars fan Rosario Dawson (Daredevil, Zombieland 2) has been cast in the upcoming season of The Mandalorian. She will play the live-action version of Ahsoka Tano. The once padawan of Anakin Skywalker during The Clone Wars turned into a grey Jedi after Order 66. Dawson has long […]
Director Steven Spielberg Drops Out of ‘Indy 5’; James Mangold Courted To Take Over
Today, Variety announced that longtime Indiana Jones director Steven Spielberg will not be returning to direct the upcoming sequel. He will, however, stay on as a producer on the project. It was also revealed that director James Mangold is in talks to replace Spielberg on the project. Mangold recently was nominated for his work on […]
Director J.D. Dillard and ‘Luke Cage’ Screenwriter Matt Owens Developing a ‘Star Wars’ Project
Today, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Sleight director J.D. Dillard and Luke Cage screenwriter Matt Owens are developing a new Star Wars project for Lucasfilm. It’s unknown if this film will be released theatrically or be released on Disney+. It is also unknown if J.D. Dillard will eventually helm the project as well. This is […]
Director Taika Waititi Courted To Helm a ‘Star Wars’ Movie
After coming off his Oscar-nominated Jojo Rabbit, and critically acclimated Thor: Ragnarok; director Taika Waititi was asked to star and direct several episodes of The Mandalorian on Disney+. With his episodes being hailed as some of the best of the entires first season many suspected that the director might be looked at by Disney to […]