Egotastic
Good news/Bad news. I was kind of scared when I woke to the rumor that Colin Trevorrow may very well be the director of Disney's Star Wars: Episode VII. Who is Colin Trevorrow you ask? He's the guy who directed Safety Not Guaranteed. What's Safety Not Guaranteed you ask? It's that hipster fest on 35mm about a guy who puts an ad in Craiglist about time travel and an unenthused Aubrey Plaza shows up. This is not exactly the guy you want handling Han Solo, but some mysterious tweets from Trevorrow late this past summer ("...For all those who love the mythology that I will be tackling, trust that I love it as much as you do. And I will respect it, and hopefully make it not suck") led some to believe that he was shortlisted for the job. He has thankfully confirmed....NO.
Whew. But, I also said there was some bad news. Brad Bird, who showed that he could handle live-action (M:I Ghost Protocol) as well as animated (The Incredibles) confirmed that he will be working on his George Clooney-starring Tesla sci-fi film 1952 and not tackling Episode VII. Read More »
The ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ News Is Coming Faster Than Me At a Princess Leia Cosplay Party
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that two new scribes have been hired to work on Episodes VIII and Episodes IX. The first name that should cause some trepidation is Simon Kinberg, who wrote the very witty and action-packed Sherlock Holmes, but also wrote the abysmal and disastrous This Means War. But the real good news of the day is that Lawrence Kasdan, the man who gave us not only Empire Strikes Back, but also Raiders of the Lost Ark and Return of the Jedi (also possibly Dreamcatcher, but cut the guy some slack), will also come board to write and co-produce the films with Kinberg and Kathleen Kennedy, giving us a KKK of producers for--Oh, wait, maybe I should come up with a better nickname for them. Read More » »