Breaking News: Taika Waititi to direct new Star Wars film

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Great news on Star Wars Day as Oscar winner Taika Waititi, the director behind the awesome Thor: Ragnarok and What We Do In The Shadows and the actor behind IG-11 as well as helming the finale episode of The Mandalorian is directing and co-writing a future Star Wars big screen release.

With three dates in the diary, there’s no idea which slot he and his co-writer, Oscar nominee Krysty Wilson-Cairns will be taking, but whatever the date it’s sure to be an exhilarating ride into the GFFA.

Academy Award® winner Taika Waititi, who recently won Best Adapted Screenplay for Jojo Rabbit and directed the widely-acclaimed first season finale episode of The Mandalorian on Disney+, will direct and co-write a new Star Wars feature film for theatrical release.

Joining Waititi on the screenplay will be Academy Award® nominee Krysty Wilson-Cairns (1917, Last Night in Soho), who received a BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film of the Year on the three-time Oscar-winning film, 1917.

Also announced on StarWars.com is confirmation that Russian Doll creator Leslye Headland is developing a new untitled Star Wars series for Disney Plus.

Emmy®-nominated writer Leslye Headland (Russian Doll, Bachelorette) is currently developing a new untitled Star Wars series for Disney+. Headland will write, executive produce, and serve as showrunner for the series.

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Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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Great news on Star Wars Day as Oscar winner Taika Waititi, the director behind the awesome Thor: Ragnarok and What We Do In The Shadows and the actor behind IG-11 as well as helming the finale episode of The Mandalorian is directing and co-writing a future Star Wars big screen release.

With three dates in the diary, there’s no idea which slot he and his co-writer, Oscar nominee Krysty Wilson-Cairns will be taking, but whatever the date it’s sure to be an exhilarating ride into the GFFA.

Academy Award® winner Taika Waititi, who recently won Best Adapted Screenplay for Jojo Rabbit and directed the widely-acclaimed first season finale episode of The Mandalorian on Disney+, will direct and co-write a new Star Wars feature film for theatrical release.

Joining Waititi on the screenplay will be Academy Award® nominee Krysty Wilson-Cairns (1917, Last Night in Soho), who received a BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film of the Year on the three-time Oscar-winning film, 1917.

Also announced on StarWars.com is confirmation that Russian Doll creator Leslye Headland is developing a new untitled Star Wars series for Disney Plus.

Emmy®-nominated writer Leslye Headland (Russian Doll, Bachelorette) is currently developing a new untitled Star Wars series for Disney+. Headland will write, executive produce, and serve as showrunner for the series.

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Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga [Digital Copy] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray]
  • Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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