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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday September 13 2017, @01:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the dark-side-or-a-new-hope dept.

It was announced last week that Colin Trevorrow will no longer direct Star Wars: Episode IX. In finding his replacement, Lucasfilm turned to a familiar face... J. J. Abrams:

J.J. Abrams, who launched a new era of Star Wars with The Force Awakens in 2015, is returning to complete the sequel trilogy as writer and director of Star Wars: Episode IX. Abrams will co-write the film with Chris Terrio. Star Wars: Episode IX will be produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Abrams, Bad Robot, and Lucasfilm.

The release date has been moved from May 24, 2019 to December 20, 2019.

Also at Entertainment Tonight. Here's another article about Trevorrow's firing.


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday September 13 2017, @02:46PM (1 child)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday September 13 2017, @02:46PM (#567235) Journal

    That's sort of what you get when you use directors with cults of personality like his. Take Quentin Tarentino. Every single thing he does is the same. The story and characters are irrelevant, because it's all a Quentin Tarentino vehicle. Likewise M. Night Shyamalan, or Martin Scorcese.

    Actors do that, too. Many of the most popular ones don't actually act. They're the same in everything. Look at Bruce Willis, he has one expression he uses for every movie he's in, from Die Hard to Mercury Rising, and it's not even as good a look as Blue Steel. Halle Berry, one look. Derek Zoolander, one look.

    That's all fine if you like those particular actors or directors, but if you give greater weight to the story and its setting than you do the director or actors, it's going to sour you.

    For me, the Force Awakens wasn't even as good as a JJ Abrams vehicle because it was so tenuously strung together. The scenes were paint by numbers, with the weight of the special effects pulling so hard the duck tape and hot glue holding them together became visible and threatened to tear.

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  • (Score: 2) by coolgopher on Thursday September 14 2017, @01:45AM

    by coolgopher (1157) on Thursday September 14 2017, @01:45AM (#567571)

    Whoa.