Discussion The Utterly Awful Completely Contemptible Please God Make The Suffering Stop Rumors Thread

Thank you. Thank you very much.

 

Gareth has potential? He directed one of the best sci-fi/ fantasy films of the century. I think he’s arrived.

 

Yes, but the risk you take with an inexperienced big budget him director, even if it costs a little more, can lead to gems like Rogue One. And despite not being a fan of Peter Jackson’s style, New Line’s bet on him for LOTR (a very indie director at that point with only one medium-sized film under his belt) paid off...

Also, when does “experience” with big budget films start? At some point, a director will have to direct their first big budget film. By Scott’s standard, nobody new will ever get to direct a big budget film because they never have...

 

I would rather SW films made by people with voices of their own, rather than "point and shoot" directors. For me, that's why Solo is the weakest of the new films so far.

 

The leap from independent films to studio tentpoles used to be filled by greener directors taking on mid-budget studio films, but those have almost entirely disappeared. TV series have filled that gap a bit, but they're largely dictated more by writers and showrunners than directors. Directing an episode or two of TV (even on a larger scale) still isn't quite the same comparison as a commitment to a studio film.

Lucasfilm is starting to fill that void a bit though. While most directors on TV tend to be involved for just a couple weeks, almost every director on The Mandalorian was involved for several months. And now we've seen a couple of those directors transition to larger scale efforts. Deborah Chow is directing all of Kenobi, Rick Famuyiwa is directing Children of Blood and Bone, and presumably Dave Filoni is largely handling Ahsoka by himself.

Building bridges like these is possible path forward for future directors, while films in the near future are being handled by directors who have already helmed large scale features elsewhere (Jenkins and Waititi).

 

Will not be surprised if sooner rather then later Deborah Chow is helming a movie of her own within Star Wars one day.

 

She deserves it. But honestly, I think these days, helming a high-quality TV series is probably a more prestigious accomplishment.

Yes, but I disagree with that standard. And there are many example of where such a risk taken led to unique cinematic achievements. Lord of the Rings and Rogue One being just a few examples.

 

By the way Jordan Mason or however you spell his last name says that Lucasfilm is working on more animated movies.

 

I hope we get more info about the live action films those are my favorite part of the Star Wars universe.

 

That's basically the rub of it. Handing leviathan budgets to relatively inexperienced filmmakers can always be problematic. I think it also risks closing down the opportunities to make smaller films for those filmmakers..

 

When do we think we’ll hear more about there future slate of live action films?

 

In the future.

 

That's my prediction too.

 

maybe tomorrow

 

Why tomorrow?

 

Why not tomorrow? If it isn't tomorrow, there's always the next day. And if not then, the day after that.

 

Or sometime in August.

 

I was mostly just being an arse there

I have no actual idea

but yeah, maybe tomorrow lol

or yeah sometime in August, it’s usually so hot that time of year I never want to go outside, so all the more reason to have new Star Wars news to read about

 

After all, tomorrow is another day.