Official Info Trevorrow Not Directing Episode VII

Bazinga'd · Nov 27, 2012

Safety Not GuaranteedhelmerColin Trevorrowwas never the obvious choice to directStar Wars Episode VII, but thanks toreportsthat he’d met with Lucasfilm producers, he’s been rumored to be in the running for the past several weeks. While Trevorrow’s never confirmed that he was in the mix, he hasn’texplicitly deniedit, either. Until now.

“It’s not going to be me forEpisode VII, and I can’t believe I’ve actually had to come out and say that,” the filmmaker toldTHR. “That was the most shocking thing, like around the dinner table when I was 8, I had to assure everyone that it wasn’t me, but now actually for real. But there are a lot of things that have come up that are a lot of exciting opportunities that have come up because of this.”
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http://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-...r-warwick-davis-says-ewoks-are-misunderstood/

PrincessKenobi · Nov 27, 2012

From TF.N main page as well.

solojones · Nov 27, 2012

I thought this was already plainly obvious from his previous denial.

fishtailsam · Nov 27, 2012

solojones said: ↑

I thought this was already plainly obvious from his previous denial.
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Havent you seen, "All the Presedent's Men"?
You have to have two deniles to equal an affermative... or something like that.

The McDougal Bugle · Nov 27, 2012

Well Colin Trevorrow has totally denied Episode VII:
"To clarify, there is another film we all love that I'm currently trying not to mess up. Odds I will direct Episode VII: 3720 to 1."
"It’s not going to be me for Episode VII, and I can’t believe I’ve actually had to come out and say that," Trevorrow told The Hollywood Reporter at the IFP Gotham Awards on Monday. "That was the most shocking thing, like around the dinner table when I was 8, I had to assure everyone that it wasn’t me, but now actually for real. But there are a lot of things that have come up that are a lot of exciting opportunities that have come up because of [Safety]."
So Episode VIII then?

Arawn_Fenn · Nov 27, 2012

I'm confused.

Around the dinner table, when he was 8, he already had to assure everyone that he wasn't directing Episode VII?

What the **** is so ******* special about this guy?

The-Eternal-Hero · Nov 27, 2012

LawJedi · Nov 27, 2012

Arawn_Fenn said: ↑

I'm confused.

Around the dinner table, when he was 8, he already had to assure everyone that he wasn't directing Episode VII?

What the **** is so ******* special about this guy?
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I'm sure his mother loves him and thinks that he is very special.

Krueger · Nov 27, 2012

Ummm....is this what he was talking about in that interview? Something that's beloved by, like, trillions of people?

Disney taps 'Safety' duo for 'Navigator' rewrite

Being developed as potential directing vehicle for Colin Trevorrow

Two of Sundance 2012's breakout stars are preparing for another adventure, as the "Safety Not Guaranteed" team of Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly have been hired to rewrite Disney's "Flight of the Navigator" remake, which will be developed with as a potential directing vehicle for Trevorrow.
Directed by Randal Kleiser, the original 1986 sci-fi pic followed a 12 year-old boy who goes missing and reappears eight years later having not aged a day. At the same time, an alien spacecraft crashes nearby, which may explain the boy's disappearance. Joey Cramer starred in the original alongside Veronica Cartwright and Sarah Jessica Parker, while Paul Reubens provided the voice of the flying saucer's pilot. Brad Copeland ("Arrested Development") was hired to pen the first draft of the remake in May 2009.

David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are producing the remake through their Mandeville banner, which has a first-look deal at the Mouse House.
"'Flight of the Navigator' wasn't a seminal movie of my childhood but I remember liking it and the original meant a lot to Colin as a kid, so it's really his baby. It'll be good to have some balance so it's not two fanboys writing the movie," Connolly told Variety.

Disney is already in business with Trevorrow and Connolly, who recently sold the studio an untitled project that will be produced by Temple Hill ("The Twilight Saga"). Trevorrow is attached to direct the pic, which is keeping its logline under wraps.

Trevorrow directed "Safety Not Guaranteed" from a script by fellow producer Connolly, who won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance, where the film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. Duo were just nominated for Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards. They're also due to reteam with Big Beach for "Intelligent Life," formerly titled "The Ambassador," which Trevorrow will direct from a script he co-wrote with Connolly, who's currently writing a project for Pixar.

Trevorrow and Connolly are repped by Verve, 3 Arts Entertainment and attorney Lev Ginsburg.
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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118062737

Well, I think we've put that to bed. Apparently a Flight of the Navigator remake was worth all of what he said. Maybe it is. Not to me.

Darth_Kiryan · Nov 27, 2012

GOOD!

LawJedi · Nov 27, 2012

That makes sense now.

BigAl6ft6 · Nov 27, 2012

I really dug Safety, twas quirky but had some heart and nifty ending too.

Samurai-Jack · Nov 27, 2012

Disney taps 'Safety' duo for 'Navigator' rewrite - Being developed as potential directing vehicle for Colin Trevorrow

Two of Sundance 2012's breakout stars are preparing for another adventure, as the "Safety Not Guaranteed" team of Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly have been hired to rewrite Disney's "Flight of the Navigator" remake, which will be developed with as a potential directing vehicle for Trevorrow.

Directed by Randal Kleiser, the original 1986 sci-fi pic followed a 12 year-old boy who goes missing and reappears eight years later having not aged a day. At the same time, an alien spacecraft crashes nearby, which may explain the boy's disappearance.

Joey Cramer starred in the original alongside Veronica Cartwright and Sarah Jessica Parker, while Paul Reubens provided the voice of the flying saucer's pilot. Brad Copeland ("Arrested Development") was hired to pen the first draft of the remake in May 2009.

David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are producing the remake through their Mandeville banner, which has a first-look deal at the Mouse House.

"'Flight of the Navigator' wasn't a seminal movie of my childhood but I remember liking it and the original meant a lot to Colin as a kid, so it's really his baby. It'll be good to have some balance so it's not two fanboys writing the movie," Connolly told Variety.

Disney is already in business with Trevorrow and Connolly, who recently sold the studio an untitled project that will be produced by Temple Hill ("The Twilight Saga"). Trevorrow is attached to direct the pic, which is keeping its logline under wraps.

Trevorrow directed "Safety Not Guaranteed" from a script by fellow producer Connolly, who won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance, where the film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. Duo were just nominated for Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards. They're also due to reteam with Big Beach for "Intelligent Life," formerly titled "The Ambassador," which Trevorrow will direct from a script he co-wrote with Connolly, who's currently writing a project for Pixar.

Trevorrow and Connolly are repped by Verve, 3 Arts Entertainment and attorney Lev Ginsburg.
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From THR May 2009:
Disney is readying another launch of sci-fi adventure movie "Flight of the Navigator."

Brad Copeland is writing the remake, which is being produced by Mandeville partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman.

The 1986 original told the story of a 12-year-old boy who is abducted by an alien spacecraft in 1978 and reappears eight years later, still the same age and with no memory of what happened. NASA scientists discover a connection between the boy and a downed spacecraft and try to exploit the boy, who ultimately escapes with the ship and attempts to reunite with his family.

The movie grossed only $17 million when it was released but was later rediscovered on VHS, becoming a cult hit.

John Hyde, who executive produced the first one, steps into the same role for the new version.

Mandeville's senior vp Albert Page will help oversee development and exec produce. Kristin Burr is overseeing for Disney.

Copeland, repped by UTA, wrote "Wild Hogs" for Disney and is writing "Nightcrawlers" at Warners. He cut his teeth in the TV world, where he acted as writer-producer on "Arrested Development" and recently as writer and consulting producer on "My Name is Earl."

Disney-based Mandeville is readying the release of "The Proposal," the Sandra Bullock-Ryan Reynolds romantic comedy opening June 19. The company is behind the Bruce Willis sci-fi action thriller "The Surrogates," which Disney scheduled for a Sept. 25 release, and is in pre-production on Relativity and Paramount's "The Fighter," a boxing pic which will see David O. Russell directing Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg.
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