Godzilla man reportedly off to that galaxy far, far away...
When your studio filmmaking debut roars at the box office the way Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla did last weekend, people listen. And according to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney and Lucasfilm have him attached to direct one of the Star Wars spin-offs.
It’s not yet clear which of the potential spin-offs the companies want him to tackle, and indeed no-one at the Mouse House has even confirmed which characters might be the focus of the non-trilogy movies. So far, the prime rumours have flowed around Yoda, Han Solo, Boba Fett and even something about Luke Skywalker’s untold adventures.
While we do know that at least three spin-offs are planned to keep the Star Wars pipe full between Episodes VII, VIII and IX, everything else about them is a mystery besides the fact that X-Men: Days Of Future Past writer/producer Simon Kinberg and Episode VII co-writer Lawrence Kasdan have been overseeing their development and The Book Of Eli/After Earth's Gary Whitta is specifically on boards to script the film Edwards is set for. Whitta's credits give us pause, but we'll keep our fingers crossed.
Star Wars would be yet another feather in Edwards’ cap, coming after the indie success of Monsters and Godzilla’s stomping of the competition. He’s attached to any potential Godzilla sequel – which Warner Bros. and Legendary have already confirmed is in development – but it’s early days for that, with no finished script in existence just yet. So it’s entirely possible that Edwards could head to a galaxy far, far away before coming back down to Earth for another bout with the big G. Star Wars: Episode VII, which has just kicked off shooting in Abu Dhabi with J.J. Abrams calling the shots, is out on December 18, 2015. You can bid for a walk-on role in the film via a charity appeal here.
from Empire News
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