New Star Wars movie to be written and directed by Taika Waititi

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The Thor: Ragnarok director will be co-writing the new movie with Krysty Wilson-Cairns

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Well, it’s official: a new Star Wars movie is on the way – and it’s set to be directed and co-written by none other than Taika Waititi.

The announcement came on, when else, May the Fourth (AKA Star Wars Day). StarWars.com carried the reveal, which stated that Waititi will be joining forces with Academy Award-nominated screenplay writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns, who penned 1917.

As of writing, that’s all that is known about the project. No title, no release date, not even a general synopsis or tease to glean info from. Still, it’s nice to have confirmation that the scary post-Rise of Skywalker world that the franchise has to navigate now looks slightly clearer.

“I wish there was a better story,” Waititi told Variety about those whispers. “Are there discussions about the Star Wars film? Like, yeah, I discussed with my friends in 1996 how cool Star Wars was. That’s what they’re going off.” He later said he would "love to" but only “if it was right. I would want to do any kind of movie if it made sense. And if it felt not like career suicide.

Bradley Russell
Bradley Russell
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