Det återstår fortfarande månader innan vi äntligen får chans att glutta på Rian Johnsons super-hypade uppföljare till The Force Awakens men innan det sker, verkar det som att en del bekymmer med Episode IX-manuset måste redas ut, vilket Lucasfilm med bossen Kethlen Kennedy verkar pyssla med, för fullt. Storyn som Jurassic World-regissören/manusförfattaren Colin Trevorrow skrivit verkar inte hålla måttet och ska nu arbetas om inför produktionsstarten i januari. Det är nu Harry Potter-manusförfattaren Jack Thorne som kliver in för att skriva om delar och polera på resten av Colins historia. Filmbransch-blaskan Collider skriver följande om det som hänt:
"This likely comes as welcome news to fans who were worried about Trevorrow handling this crucial installment of the Star Wars saga. Safety Not Guaranteed was a successful indie and Jurassic World was a massive hit, but those films are not without their detractors, and Trevorrow doesn't exactly carry the same clout as Johnson or J.J. Abrams.
But in truth, this news of Thorne taking a pass at the Star Wars 9 script is par for the course. Michael Arndt worked on The Force Awakens script for a year before being given the boot, at which point Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan took over scripting duties. Rogue One went through a couple of screenwriters and uncredited script doctors, not to mention well-publicized reshoots. And Lucasfilm just recently fired the untitled Han Solo movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller three weeks before filming was supposed to wrap, replacing them with Ron Howard. So again, The Last Jedi is very much the outlier here, and really the main takeaway from this Star Wars 9 news is that Lucasfilm wants this movie to be the best it can possibly be. The untitled trilogy-capper is still set for release on May 24, 2019, and filming is now eyeing a January 2018 start-date. As Thorne gets to work on the script, we should start hearing about casting news within the next few months." Länk!
Vad tror du om Episode IX och om det faktum att filmen delvis kommer att vara skriven samt regisserad av gubben bakom Jurassic World?
Bilden kommer från The Last Jedi som har premiär i december.