Rumors of the demise of Taika Waititi’s Star Wars film have been significantly exaggerated. On Monday, World of Reel shared a paywalled Patreon put up from business insider DanielRPK the place he mentioned that Waititi’s long-announced function was “lifeless”. We can verify this isn’t the case.
One Take News (OTN) was first to report that his Star Wars film was in growth previous to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes and can proceed as soon as they conclude. After OTN revealed their report, now we have additionally confirmed with a supply that our story from final week, the place we argued that Taika Waititi’s feedback on the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) have been a joke, was correct. The venture continues to be alive at Lucasfilm and Waititi ought to return to work as soon as the strike is over.
Drama over Waititi’s film resurfaced as soon as extra when he took to the stage to current Shawn Levy an award at TIF, and joked that he would by no means end his Star Wars script. You can watch the clip beneath:
Taika Waititi honors Shawn Levy on the TIFF Tribute Awards: “Shawn has resisted the consolation of sameness in profession, leading to work that’s audacious in its vary of genres.” https://t.co/XkWfqBFsIz pic.twitter.com/kKBOz9In2W
— Variety (@Variety) September 11, 2023
The movie was formally introduced again in 2020. As far as the place Taika Waititi is at in 2023, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy has beforehand mentioned that they’re having a small delay in crafting the third act. Not serving to the issue is Waititi’s schedule, who all the time appears to be somebody who bites off greater than they’ll chew. His subsequent movie Next Goal Wins hits theatres later this yr.
Meanwhile, there’s an off-chance the WGA strike could be nearing its conclusion with the writers and the AMPTP assembly as soon as extra on Wednesday. Of course even when a deal is made, official work on ending scripts received’t resume instantly. Earlier this yr, a Deadline report mentioned that Waititi desires to start manufacturing on his movie in 2024. According to Variety, the writer-director would have been in negotiations with the studio earlier this yr to star within the venture as properly.
In any case, it isn’t anticipated for Taika Waititi’s movie to be taken up by one of many three dates Lucasfilm presently has set for Star Wars films, two in 2026 and one in December 2027. Crazier issues have occurred although so keep tuned!
Nate makes use of his love for Star Wars and films typically as a manner to deal with the ache of being a Minnesota sports activities fan. When he isn’t on the theater, you possibly can normally discover Nate studying a comic book, listening to an audiobook, or enjoying a Mario online game for the 1,000th time.
