Taika Waititi to write and direct a new Star Wars movie

[The ADD]

Seems good for a one off. I just don’t trust them with a series under this regime

 

[detroitwalt]

Star wars bout to go full robot chicken now.

His episode of the mandalorian basically started with a 5 minute robot chicken sketch.

that's a pass for me. It won't be terrible or anything, but i'm not trying see Star Wars turn into thor ragnorok. Better off making a new franchise.

Didn't they get rid of Lord & Miller because they seemed to be going a similar route on a Star Wars flick or was that some Marvel movie they were working on?

 

[Json]

We getting that Jar-Jar redemption the streets been begging for?

 

[Jello Biafra]

Didn't they get rid of Lord & Miller because they seemed to be going a similar route on a Star Wars flick or was that some Marvel movie they were working on?

Lord and Miller were on the SOLO movie before they were pushed out and replaced with Ron Howard.
The assumption was that they were going to make a comedic movie but anonymous insiders from the production made it seem like that wasn't going to be the case:

Another anonymous source told the outlet that “in their minds, Phil and Chris were hired to make a movie that was unexpected and would take a risk, not something that would just service the fans. They wanted it to be fresh, new, emotional, surprising and unique.” The source added, “These guys looked at Han as a maverick, so they wanted to make a movie about a maverick. But at every turn, when they went to take a risk, it was met with a no.”

Lord and Miller’s original film also had an entirely different actor on board to play the film’s central villain, Dryden Voss. Michael K. Williams was initially set to play the baddie, but he “could not return for a full overhaul of his villainous character due to another commitment.” Howard opted to cast his frequent collaborator, Paul Bettany.

On a technical level, “Lord and Miller had conjured a gritty, grimy palette reflective of the seedy underbelly of conniving crooks, battle-weary war deserters and ruthless criminal syndicates on display,” one that should have been reflected in the work of their lauded cinematographer Bradford Young.

But, as the anonymous crew member noted, “Howard was inseparable from Young. You can totally see the love affair because Howard seemed super invested in how the film looked. Lord and Miller didn’t seem too fussed with that aspect, really.”

 

[Luke Cage]

Same, and I waited until TLJ dropped on Netflix to watch it. Smart move.

prolly wont even stream it, unless somebody i with wants to watch it.

 

[ORDER_66]

I gotta see how this turns out with all his fukkery....

 

[Rekkapryde]

I actually skipped the last movie, first starwars film i didn't bother watching.

same for me.

 

[Big Dick]

This guy came a long way from directing flight of the conchords eps

 

[Sghost597]

Seems like another flashy move by KKk again that ultimately means nothing.

 

[Sensitive Christian Grey]

Waititi about to be like Favreau for Disney, another utility man

 

[jay211]

This is good news. His episode of THE MANDALORIAN was really good.

I wonder if this means that Rick Fumiyawa will get a Star Wars movie directing gig based on the episodes of THE MANDALORIAN he directed?

He should!

 

[Ziggiy]

He’s a good director, he made the ONLY Thor movie worth watching.


But I refuse to get my hopes after the abortion of a trilogy that was The Finn Sleeps, The Last Castration, and The Fall Of Finn...

 

[LordDeathwatch]

Good deal, looking forward to seeing what he's able to create.

 

[KevCo]

I actually skipped the last movie, first starwars film i didn't bother watching.

Good, say what you will about how last jedi handled Luke and the over all story of the sequel trilogy but that movie (ROS) took a legit wet dump on the OG trilogy.

 

[KevCo]

He’s a good director, he made the ONLY Thor movie worth watching.


But I refuse to get my hopes after the abortion of a trilogy that was The Finn Sleeps, The Last Castration, and The Fall Of Finn...

Finns haircut had a better story arch than his character