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.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday September 13 2017, @09:22PM (2 children)
Force Awakens was pretty much a disaster from the beginning. I appreciated Rouge One a lot more.
Rouge One? Is that a Star Wars movie about make-up or something?
(Score: 2) by edIII on Wednesday September 13 2017, @10:27PM (1 child)
Nope. Musical.
Chewbacca kills it on the drums.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 14 2017, @03:10AM
You are thinking of Going Rouge One, the version with Sarah Palin in it. Yes, Caribou Barbie played a Wookie!