Six months have handed since information of the following Star Wars film broke and now we lastly have one other piece of the puzzle. We already knew that Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins will likely be making Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, and that the movie is aimed toward a December 22, 2023 launch. Now we all know it’ll reportedly be written by Matthew Robinson.
The Hollywood Reporter broke the information of the addition although Lucasfilm didn’t remark. io9 has additionally reached out and can replace this submit if or after we hear. As for Robinson, he co-wrote 2019’s shock hit Dora and the Lost City of Gold in addition to final 12 months’s underrated Love and Monsters. He additionally labored with Ricky Gervais to co-write and co-direct 2009’s The Invention of Lying, which is acceptable since he’ll be doing a variety of that now that he’s engaged on Star Wars. He additionally reportedly wrote a script for the sequel to Edge of Tomorrow however who is aware of what’s occurring with that.
Back when Jenkins’ movie was introduced, it was described as “[introducing] a new generation of starfighter pilots as they earn their wings and risk their lives in a boundary-pushing, high-speed thrill-ride, and move the saga into the future era of the galaxy.” Jenkins later confirmed that regardless of its sharing a title with a well-liked Nintendo 64 recreation, the movie could have an unique story that pulls from video games, books, and extra.
From all that, it appeared like Lucasfilm already had a reasonably good grasp of what precisely Rogue Squadron was going to be. So it’s unclear if Robinson is a brand new addition to the group or if we’re simply listening to about his involvement now. According to the commerce, “he is currently furiously keyboarding away on a draft” and “the project is hoping to go into pre-production this fall for a shoot sometime in 2022.”
What we do know is that Disney and Lucasfilm are planning for Rogue Squadron to be the primary live-action Star Wars film post-Skywalker Saga. Other films, together with one by Taika Waititi, are more likely to comply with, however nearly like The Force Awakens had a lot using on its shoulder to deliver Star Wars again to theaters, Rogue Squadron will carry an identical burden.
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