Inverse reports that Waititi and co-screenwriter Tony McNamara are working on something different together.
Inverse describes Taika Waititi's Star Wars movie as "on ice." A quote from the director shared with the report says he and co-screenwriter Tony McNamara are working on something different together.
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Taika Waititi has put his long-developing Star Wars movie on hold. During a press-junket interview for “Klara and the Sun,” he told Inverse that the movie was being put “on ice” and that he and Tony McNamara are “working on a different thing together.”
Taika Waititi’s Star Wars movie is officially on hold, confirms the director. “I hate to break this to you, but we're going to actually put it on ice and [co-screenwriter Tony McNamara working on a different thing together.” (Source: )
McNamara, the screenwriter behind “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” had previously taken over scriptwriting duties on the Star Wars project so Waititi could concentrate on directing, according to Inverse. Waititi offered no details about their new collaboration. When asked for more, he checked with his publicist and was told not to elaborate.
The pause does not amount to a definitive cancellation. Waititi called the project “very iced” and said he has about four other films he is trying to make, but joked that “ice ages do come to an end.” He already has Star Wars history through his directing and voice work on “The Mandalorian,” and he did not provide a timetable for his movie.
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Many accounts welcomed Taika Waititi’s Star Wars film being put on hold because they expected it to be poor, while others focused criticism on the director’s past work instead.
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Many accounts welcomed Taika Waititi’s Star Wars film being put on hold because they expected it to be poor, while others focused criticism on the director’s past work instead.
Based on 39 sentiment-bearing replies from 39 accounts across 3 conversations.
A Spider-Man and Star Wars fan criticized the idea of Watts making a trilogy. Another commenter contrasted him with filmmakers including Rian Johnson and Taika Waititi, writing, “After all that we get Jon Watts.”
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Simon Kinberg is writing the trilogy, which is said to be the next episodes of the Skywalker Saga.
