Add one more mysterious Star Wars film to the combination. Deadline stories that Shawn Levy, the prolific director and producer behind Stranger Things, Night on the Museum, and Free Guy is gearing as much as develop a movie in a galaxy far far-off. He’ll deal with that after finishing Deadpool 3, which stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. io9 reached out to Lucasfilm for remark and can replace this story if we hear again.

Levy’s movie will get added to a rising pile of Star Wars films reportedly in improvement at Lucasfilm. There’s Patty Jenkins’ delayed, however not canceled, Rogue Squadron film, Taika Waititi’s film, a brand new one being co-written and developed by Damon Lindelof, in addition to a Kevin Feige-produced movie and, sure, possibly even a brand new trilogy from The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson.

The sheer variety of movies in varied levels of improvement speaks to how cautious the corporate is being with theatrical Star Wars movies. After the discharge of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which was actually a hit however not the hit Disney had in thoughts, the corporate shifted its focus to Disney+ reveals. Everyone is aware of that Star Wars films are exponentially extra prestigious although and it looks as if everyone seems to be simply working diligently to verify no matter one is subsequent is nearly as good as everybody desires it to be.

That subsequent Star Wars film is predicted to be launched in December 2025 and, in line with latest stories, is most definitely to be both the Lindelof or Waititi movies. Since Levy received’t focus on his film till after Deadpool 3, which has but to begin filming and received’t be out till November 8, 2024, that is manner down the road.

Nevertheless, Levy’s profession has actually made it clear he is aware of what audiences need. His films and reveals are typically profitable it doesn’t matter what critics assume and, with first Free Guy and now Deadpool 3, he’s starting to develop a relationship with Disney. That certainly performed a job right here and we are able to solely start to take a position what he has in thoughts for Star Wars.

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