The director of Thor Ragnarok from Marvel Studios will be in charge of a new installment of the Lucasfilm saga after directing the last episode of The Mandalorian.
Coinciding with the celebration of Star Wars Day (due to the coincidence of the date in English “May, Fourth” and the famous phrase “May the Force be with you”), Lucasfilm has confirmed that filmmaker Taika Waititi, director of Thor Ragnarok from Marvel Studios, he will co-write and direct a new Star Wars movie and for which no data or approximate release date is known at the moment.
Return to Star Wars after The Mandalorian
And it is that after taking over the direction of the eighth and last episode of the first season of The Mandalorian, Taika Waititi returns to the Star Wars universe through the front door and as head of a new movie in such a popular film saga.
So much so, that in the script he will work with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, awarded at the last BAFTA awards for her work in 1917. Of course, for the moment, any detail of his setting in such a rich universe is unknown, as well as its possible arrival at theaters; And it seems that everything indicates that we will still take long to enjoy the vision of Star Wars by Taika Waititi, since he is still rewriting the script for Thor: Love and Thunder, whose film has yet to start filming and is scheduled for release. in February 2022, all of this counting on the fact that the current coronavirus crisis no longer lengthens the deadlines.
Along with the Waititi announcement, the recent news about a new Star Wars series for Disney + by the writer Emmy Leslye Headland, head of the Russian Doll, and starring a mysterious female figure: “The Oscar winner Taika Waititi, Recent winner for best screenplay adapted by Jojo Rabbit and director of the critically acclaimed final episode of The Mandalorian on Disney +, he will direct and co-write a new Star Wars movie with a theatrical release, "the official statement said.
Along with Waititi, the script will include Oscar nominee Krysty Wilson-Cairns, who received a BAFTA Award for Best British Feature Film of the Year for the triple Oscar winner 1917. In addition, Emmy-nominated writer Leslye Headland (Russian Doll ) is currently developing a new Star Wars series for Disney + ", continue from Lucasfilm.
Headland will write and serve as executive producer and showrunner for the series, which will be added to the growing list of Star Wars stories for Disney's streaming platform, including The Mandalorian, now in post-production for its second season, and others. two previously announced series: one based on the life of Cassian Andor prior to the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars story and another that follows the adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi between Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars : A new hope ”, conclude those responsible.
