In a very busy morning for potential movie and TV news, Deadline are reporting that Shawn Levy, he of Night at the Museum, Deadpool 3 and Stranger Things, is in talks to oversee a new Star Wars movie project.
Deadline can reveal that Shawn Levy is in talks to come aboard to develop to direct a Star Wars film. We are trying to pry loose details of plot and writer, but this we can tell you: Levy will focus on this one after he completes the job directing Deadpool 3 at Marvel and Disney, the one that brings Ryan Reynolds together with Hugh Jackman.
This comes at a prolific moment for Levy. He is in post-production on the limited series All the Light We Cannot See, for which Levy directed all four episodes. That series is for Netflix, where he also will direct at least two episodes of the fifth and final season of the streamer’s signature series Stranger Things, which Levy EPs through his 21 Laps banner. The Deadpool 3 deal comes after Levy teamed with Reynolds on The Adam Project for Netflix. Star Wars will be his third recent big film at Disney, where he also directed Reynolds in Free Guy, with a sequel being discussed. Levy is back in franchises after starting there with the Night at the Museum films.
With the light dimming on the Taika Waititi project, Rogue Squadron shuffled to the back of the queue and no further word on the Rian Johnson trilogy other than a stated desire to do it, could this be the next in line to hit cameras and fill that late 2025 release slot?
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