Discussion Who Should Direct the Next/Future Star Wars Film(s)?

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Denis Villeneuve

 

I wonder if they're aiming for 2024? That would give them plenty of time for planning and also not having to directly compete with Avatar?

 

I think the thing to remember is that whatever is slated for 2022 is likely to have already been in development for a year or more. Announcing a director / screenwriter could be a formality at this point. Of course, if this stretches up through Celebration, then there could be cause for concern. In any case, I'm in no rush. Let Lucasfilm take their time on all upcoming projects rather than being handcuffed to release dates.

 

Even so, doesn't the announcement of a hiatus suggest whatever was in planning for 22 is now on hold? Why would this project not be affected by the hiatus?

 

If the 2022 Film is already in early stages with an actual plan and plot in mind, then Dezember 22 isn't rushed at all.
It's almost 3 years away.

 

I think it's more Disney's style to figure out the plot much later in the process, like while in the middle filming and in the editing room so I doubt they have a plot in mind outside of a maybe a time period. Just my opinion.

 

Only way a 2022 movie is coming is if Disney and Iger are completely happy with how things are going and want more of the same.

Doesn't seem likely at all but I guess hoping for a surprise Star Wars movie is better than no Star Wars movie for some. I just don't see it moving in silence because there is nothing to hide unless GL is coming back (and that's very unlikely).

 

Sam Raimi

 

That's what I fear.

 

How about a film directed by Bong Joon Ho, with Taika Waititi writing a screenplay adapted from an EU novel written by Bong Joon Ho that has never been released, so there's the element of surprise, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Renée Zellweger, Brad Pitt, and Laura Dern (as a non-Holdo alien or droid), with Roger Deakins as cinematographer, Hildur Guðnadóttir scoring, and an original song by Elton John?

 

"Can You Feel the Force Tonight?"

 

Love to see a Nightsisters movie from a female director. Perhaps Dee Rees, who has worked with themes of colonialism before. The Nightsisters could be shown as a subversive resistance against male domination of the darkside and the Force.

 

Rees is cool though, Mudbound wasn't a half-bad little flick.

 

David Lowery for the origins of the Force/Jedi/Sith film please and thank you.

 

Eep. That looks...interesting, to say the least. Heh. Kinda got some similar vibes to the Robert Bruce flick with Pine.

That whole Patel-as-Gawain thing's gonna cause some hilarious ruckus, though. Doesn't bug me one bit, but I guess I can kinda see it both ways: there's sort of something to be said for the "can't have it both ways" thing when complaining about the whitewashing, doing the inverse and not expecting anyone to say boo.

Ehh, it looks cool though, always a sucker for some Arthur stuff personally.

Just googled Lowery, couldn't put a body of work to the name. Pete's Dragon remake recently was a lot of fun though, I dug that for what it was bigtime.

 

That looks incredible. And is a re-telling of a favorite story of mine (and Tolkien’s). Lowery deserves a shot at a Star Wars film just based on that trailer!

As the story has clear Celtic roots, and Celts were pretty varied on the skin tone and even ethnicity level (for example, Celts from Spain were often dark-skinned and dark-haired, given their intermingling with Iberians, etc), it’s actually not that much of a stretch, even historically. I know Patel is of Indian background, but I honestly think he passes as someone with a southern Celtic background.

 

I was actually reading recently how there were a lot more black and brown people in Europe than we normally think during the European medieval ages (and the same can be said about light-skinned people in Northern Africa). I recall a book that talked about blacks arriving in China as servants or merchants as far back as the famous Tang dynasty. Indeed, a Chinese television series that I'm watching recently called The Longest Day of Chang'an (I recommend it if you can accept the premise of the show) has a black actor and so far an important one at that who came from beyond the far West of China (and indeed, in Tang China, there are Christians, Zoroastrians, Buddhists, Daoists, and many other people in the Tang capital of Chang'an as well as in the TV show itself). People often think that people just stayed in their villages for the most part during the "olden times" but I've seen that repeatedly debunked by historians (I read a lot of historians that go into the subject of travel before the Renaissance and Enlightenment).

Point is, I have no problems whatsoever with a non-white actor playing Gawain or any of the Knights of the Round Table (and besides, it's my favorite Arthurian tale and this movie is supposed to be a horror reimagining as well, which is a genre I also like). So with that said, I feel that what few comments I've seen lambasting the actor as being "inauthentic" is simply apart of "outrage culture." I know that may seem overly harsh, but it seems that too many people, especially on the Internet (though I've seen enough racialism and racism in real life to know that the Internet is really just an outlet for these things), are letting their prejudices get in the way of a good film or story. Or are simply repeating talking points on the Internet to fit in.

I don't want to come off as judgmental or harsh or anything, but I can't seem to see a movie trailer or read a book or watch a TV show without some controversy about an actor's ethnicity/race/gender/religion/etc.

 

I mean, yeah. At a certain point, who cares, right? I always thought the whole "a black Heimdall?!" with the MCU stuff was pretty stupid, they're fictional characters. Not actually Norse, but the gods the Norse ended up worshipping. Whatever, Idris it up I say.

I dunno, guess I just kinda can't dismiss the backlash entirely though. Patel's a really cool actor, and yeah, Brit by birth, as legit as anyone else in contention for the role I say. Still, kinda get the sense he's probably of the ultra-progressive mindset who'd be on the, say, complain-about-Scarlett-Johansson-playing-a-robot designed-by-Japanese-people-that-was-never-dictated-actually-look-Japanese-in-origin train. It's one or the other, at a certain point, gotta pick a position if we're considering fairness as an actual factor.

That being said, I'm there seeing that in theaters. More Arthur stuff the better, in 2019, talk about a drought of that myth lately.

 

I’d also love to see Denis Villeneuve. I loved Blsde Runner 2049 and Arrival. The tension and atmosphere he creates I think are just beautiful. But I realize it’s maybe not for main stream family audiences. So, I don’t know if it’s the wisest choice but I’d personally love it. The other very unpopular pick I’d have is Zack Snyder but only if he expressed a big desire. David Fincher is another director I love . I wonder if he found make something g Star Warsy though.

 

I was kinda thinking the other day, what about the trio of guys that do Cobra Kai?

Might be a cool out-of-left-field choice for some smaller anthology type of dealio. Lord-&-Miller-but-better type of thing. Cobra Kai's a blast, they found some really interesting angles with that.

 

While I never really liked Denis Villeneuve's other works, I understand that he definitely brings a lot of passion to his projects, at least from what I can see. If he were to do a Star Wars movie, he would be a fine addition to Lucasfilm's list of directors. And from what I understand, the reactions from private audiences who saw the recent footage and trailer early of Dune was quite positive.

I'd definitely give Mr. Villeneuve a shot at a Star Wars movie.