On the Horizon: “Star Wars” films by Shawn Levy and Rian Johnson
“Deadpool 3” and “Stranger Things” director Shawn Levy (54) is to direct a “Star Wars” movie in the future. The filmmaker only confirmed this in December 2022 to “Collider”.. However, Levy is first busy with his two major projects, Deadpool 3 and Stranger Things, and the Star Saga franchise will have to wait.
“Star Wars” fans will not like to hear that Rian Johnson (49), the director of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”, is still interested in the realization of his 2017 announced films from the galaxy far, far away should have. While this project is not currently in active development, it is not completely off the table either.
The controversial head behind “Star Wars 8” will also be busy in the next few years. Johnson is currently working on “Knives Out 3” with Daniel Craig (55) as detective Benoit Blanc and his new series “Poker Face”, which has successfully started in the USA on the Peacock streaming service.