Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy wants you to know that her New Jedi Order movie will be continuing the new era of Star Wars and is not shying away from one of the most polarizing characters ever. As Obaid-Chinoy prepares for production on her upcoming film, which is rumored to be titled Star Wars: New Jedi Order, […]
Daisy Ridley is excited about Rey’s return to Star Wars in a story “really worth telling”
Amongst all of the Alderaan Asteroid field amount of news that flies at us about Star Wars, the return of Rey in an as yet untitled outing is one of the most exciting, and Daisy Ridley has been echoing those sentiments during a recent interview, revealing that it’s a story “really worth telling.” Following the […]
Kathleen Kennedy talks Star Wars movie future, teases connections with Rey Skywalker and James Mangold movies
As Star Wars moves away from the core story, Kathleen Kennedy says the films will still have a distinct shared universe. That goes for movies that will take place thousands of years apart in terms of the story. Lucasfilm president sat down with GamesRadar+ while promoting Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny to speak […]
Daisy Ridley’s Rey Skywalker returns as three new Star Wars movies announced by Lucasfilm
Get ready for the return of the Jedi (again) as Daisy Ridley’s Rey Skywalker is heading back to the big screen in the first of three new Star Wars movies announced by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy at Star Wars Celebration Europe today. Ridley’s Rey will return in an as-yet-untiled movie from director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Ms. Marvel) […]
Steven Knight to write Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Star Wars movie
Another day on the Star Wars merry-go-round has seen Steven Knight swap Peaky Blinders razor blades for Lucasfilm lightsabres with the news that he is set to inherit Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Star Wars movie following the departure of original screenwriters Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson. Variety reveals that the Locke and Taboo writer is set to set to pen the […]
Damon Lindelof exits his Star Wars movie, Lucasfilm bringing in new writer
AbovetheLine.com reports that Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson will no longer write the script for the Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy-helmed film. Sources close to the situation note, “Lindelof and Britt-Gibson turned in a draft of the script in mid-February and parted ways with the project just days later.” During SXSW this year, Lindelof sparked conversations about this […]
New Star Wars movie will be a standalone taking place after The Rise of Skywalker
The other day news reached us from the farthest corners of the galaxy that Damon Lindelof was working on a brand new Star Wars film that would be directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Ms. Marvel). Now, like the mists clearing over Planet Naboo, we have more details on who will be writing the film alongside Lindelof, […]
Ms Marvel’s Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy to direct Damon Lindelof’s Star Wars movie
So much of the recent Death Star style blue-print plans for the galaxy far far away have been focused on the small screen output, with the futures of Rian Johnson’s proposed trilogy, Taika Waititi’s solo-outing, a Kevin Feige-produced film and Patty Jenkins’ Rogue Squadron all up in the air. Now you can add another Star […]
Will Smith to team with filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on Paramount’s Brilliance
Will Smith is making moves after the Oscars drama from this year’s event. The actor and producer is set to work with Ms. Marvel’s Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on a new sci-fi thriller film based on the novel Brilliance. Deadline reports that the four-time Emmy- and two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will make her narrative feature directorial […]
Ms. Marvel series taps Bad Boys for Life and The Punisher directors
Just a day after Disney+ announced the casting of Tatiana Maslany for the lead role in She-Hulk, the streaming service isn’t done with news regarding the future of the MCU on the small screen. The Hollywood Reporter revealed Marvel Studios and Disney+ has hired Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Bad Boys for Life), Meera Menon […]
