Having worked in the film, video game and comic book industry for the last 24 years, Derek Hoffman is very well acquainted with what makes stories and franchises tick, so it’s good news indeed that he has joined Lucasfilm as their new Vice President for Development, charged with developing stories for adaptation in live action. Whether that means any involvement with Star Wars, Indiana Jones or Willow remains to be seen, but it does indicate Lucasfilm’s determination to forge ahead and strengthen as it approaches 50 years of its flagship saga.
Getting his start with The Donners’ Company as a runner, he quickly moved into an assistant role for director Richard Donner and then to associate producer on the feature film Timeline and co-producer on 16 Blocks. Derek next became a development executive and later vice president for the company where he worked on each film in the X-Men franchise, including as associate producer on X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Derek ultimately spearheaded the franchise’s move into television serving as co-executive producer on the FX series Legion and as executive producer on FOX’s The Gifted.