Is Disney Making More Star Wars Movies
There are at least 7 more 'Star Wars' movies in the works — here's everything we know
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2018-05-03T20:53:00Z
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" launched a franchise reboot in 2015 and it's not going anywhere soon.
Between multiple TV projects, franchise movies, and spin-offs, it feels like we're going to return to a galaxy far, far away once a year for the rest of our lives. In addition to "Solo," in theaters May 25, Lucasfilm has "Episode IX," another spin-off, and a whole new trilogy.
Here's everything "Star Wars" fans can expect to see on the big screen.
A Han Solo spin-off movie is coming this summer called "Solo."
The movie originally featured Chris Miller and Phil Lord as directors. In June 2017, after principal photography on the film had already started, Lucasfilm announced the two left due to "creative differences."
Ron Howard came in to replace the directors.
The movie stars Alden Ehrenreich as a younger Solo.
The rest of the cast includes Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke ("Game of Thrones", Thandie Newton ("Westworld"), Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Donald Glover ("Atlanta") as Lando Calrissian. Paul Bettany is playing a crime boss named Dryden Vos.
You can read more on Ehrenreich here.
The movie will show how Solo meets and becomes friends with Chewbacca and gambler Lando Calrissian.
The movie will be in theaters May 25, 2018.
J.J. Abrams will return to direct "Episode IX," the next part of the new "Star Wars" trilogy.
It was supposed to be directed by Colin Trevorrow, but he stepped down in September 2017.
J.J. Abrams was announced as his replacement a week later. Abrams is co-writing the script with Chris Terrio ("Argo"). Abrams pitched the script for the sequel December 15, the release day for "The Last Jedi."
The movie was moved back several months to December 20, 2019 to fit with the director change.
A release date of May 2019 was originally planned.
If you've watched "The Last Jedi," it's not clear where the sequel could go, but we wouldn't be surprised if it skipped a few years into the future.
It's unclear what the anthology movie will be or when it will come out.
We presume it will still be released in 2020 to follow with Lucasfilm's schedule of releasing a new "Star Wars" movie a year.
There have been reports we may get an Obi-Wan Kenobi movie, too. Perhaps that will be the third "Star Wars" anthology film.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, early talks are underway for an Obi-Wan spin-off with Oscar-nominated director Stephen Daldry. Ewan McGregor told our sister site Business Insider he'd love to come back and play Obi-Wan.
"Game of Thrones" showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff will also work on a "series" of "Star Wars" movies.
At this point, every big director is getting to work on their own "Star Wars" movie.
It was announced in February, Benioff and Weiss will write and produce a series of new "Star Wars" films. Variety reports the movies will be different from both the original Skywalker narrative and the Rian Johnson trilogy.
And that's it... for now.
Disney CEO Bob Iger has big plans for the franchise.
"We're starting talk about what could happen after Episode IX. About what could be another decade-and-a-half of Star Wars stories," he said at a talk in March 2017.
Is Disney Making More Star Wars Movies
Source: https://www.insider.com/star-wars-movies-through-2020-2017-9