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Colin Trevorrow Exits Episode 9

CS_Dan said:
It's weird hearing Johnson talk about how he had loads of creative control on 8, and then seeing all these directors shown the door from Star Wars projects because of 'creative differences'.

Has Johnson just had much more agreeable ideas?
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Probably. He has creative control in as much as Lucasfilm producers want to give him or any other director they hire.

Star Wars is a behemoth. As much as I like Johnson this is all part of the film making fluff.

It's pretty obvious by now that if LF don't like an idea it's not getting rubberstamped

It's a shame they've seemingly retreated into a safer if not in the end successful formula.
 
CS_Dan said:
It's weird hearing Johnson talk about how he had loads of creative control on 8, and then seeing all these directors shown the door from Star Wars projects because of 'creative differences'.

Has Johnson just had much more agreeable ideas?
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In the case of Han Solo, it seems the issue was that Lord & Miller's approach to the script clashed with Kasdan's vision (which was the vision LFL/Kathy believed in to begin with) more than anything else. Normally it wouldn't really matter how the scriptwriter feels, but it's Lawrence Kasdan writing a Star Wars film that was entirely his baby from inception, that's existence he mandated as a condition for agreeing to co-write TFA, so yeah. It was kind of a really weird situation to begin with, and this was like, the exact case in which the writer would have that level of sway.

In the case of IX, I'm pretty sure after the original script was torn up Trevorrow and Connolly literally just weren't writing anything good, hence why they got forced off the script a while back.
 
Get the Wachowski Sisters on this!
So long as someone else provides the script.
Plus you'd have your first female Star Wars directors...
 
NutJobJim said:
Get the Wachowski Sisters on this!
So long as someone else provides the script.
Plus you'd have your first female Star Wars directors...
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Dear God no. I don't even particularly like the first Matrix (he says with a Matrix avatar and a username frequently confused for a Matrix reference) and it's all downhill from there.

Though again, admittedly still an improvement over Trevorrow.
 
Epcotman said:
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Oh, I am saving this gif.

I bet Tervorrow plan on writing Leia out of the story by making her realize she needs to stay home and be a mother.
 
WhiteRabbitEXE said:
Dear God no. I don't even particularly like the first Matrix and it's all downhill from there.

Though again, admittedly still an improvement over Trevorrow.
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The main issue with the Matrix sequels was the script though, visually they were still quite interesting and the action was well filmed.

Speed Racer had some awesome visuals too.

They could do a decent job under proper guidance.
 
I'd like to see Joseph Kosinski tackle it.

He'd be cheap, he's worked with Disney and I think Tron Legacy shows he could probably tackle a big sci-fi franchise.
 
Denis villeneuve


no but seriously,

Go ahead and grab Matthew Vaughn as they wanted him to do a star wars film originally.

or Ryan Coogler. that would be interesting.
 
Empire released an article today which includes Rian Johnson talking about directing TLJ.


Empire said:
Also in the issue, Johnson describes the complete freedom he had to take The Last Jedi in whatever direction he chose, without having to follow a roadmap laid out by either J.J. Abrams or Lucasfilm.

"The perception of these films is that they’re all planned out on a secret sheet of paper in advance, but that’s just not the case," he says. "I wasn’t given an outline of where it goes or even a list of things to hit. It really was just, ‘Okay, what’s next?’”

“I was terrified coming into this that I was gonna be like Barton Fink and have a script that was due six months ago and I'm still on page three writing about fishmongers. But it’s the most fun I’ve ever had writing something. The whole experience was incredible: just tapping into my ten-year-old self. Even though it’s Star Wars, the whole thing has felt bizarrely similar to my experience making Looper or Brick or The Brothers Bloom.”
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http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/last-jedi-exclusive-image-finn-rose-canto-bight/

Sounds like the dude had the time of his life.
 
Kosinski would be bomb because dude is on point visually and Disney owes him for stabbing Tron 3 in the back

Tomorrowland is also hot garbage and put Bird in anime jail, so he's not allowed out
 
Kosinski hasn't ever made a movie that would make me think he'd be a good fit for any story that has a soul. Let him direct commercials or music videos or some shit where he can freely wank over *aesthetic* and not have to worry about pesky things like characters. He's like an even less interesting Ridley Scott.
 
Fancy Clown said:
Kosinski hasn't ever made a movie that would make me think he'd be a good fit for any story that has a soul. Let him direct commercials or music videos or some shit where he can freely wank over *aesthetic* and not have to worry about pesky things like characters. He's like an even less interesting Ridley Scott.
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That's just mean to Ridley Scott. He's a less interesting Snyder. Maybe even worse than blomkamp too.
 
Fixed2BeBroken said:
Denis villeneuve


no but seriously,

Go ahead and grab Matthew Vaughn as they wanted him to do a star wars film originally.

or Ryan Coogler. that would be interesting.
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No interest in Vaughn. Dude can't write/direct female characters for shit. Y'all who irrationally think Rey was bad in TFA would have your minds blown by Vaughn's version of Rey.

He literally had a female character in First Class start as a secret agent and end up as a love struck woman her fellow secret agents fucking laughed at.
 
Can someone explain to me from where all the Rian Johnson GAF-love is coming from?

I have seen Looper and thats the only Johnson film i saw, which in my opinion was a good film but not amazing.
 
SirJackDaniels said:
Can someone explain to me from where all the Rian Johnson GAF-love is coming from?

I have seen Looper and thats the only Johnson film i saw, which in my opinion was a good film but not amazing.
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His earlier, smaller films Brick and The Brothers Bloom are cult classics that a lot of people love, and he also directed several of Breaking Bad's best episodes.
 
SirJackDaniels said:
Can someone explain to me from where all the Rian Johnson GAF-love is coming from?

I have seen Looper and thats the only Johnson film i saw, which in my opinion was a good film but not amazing.
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I like Looper a lot but I think his Breaking Bad episodes are what earned him the most cred among tv/film geeks. Obviously his other stuff like Brick has been well-received, too.

He has a knack for taking an unconventional approach and turning out a really good result. That's why people are very optimistic for what he might do with Star Wars.
 
If this were anyone else, the shitshow at Lucasfilm would be worthy of meme filled ridicule.

Kathy Kennedy gets a pass though from me because she's got a track record. I would argue that her and Kevin Feige have the toughest jobs in Hollywood. They have to deliver on these billion dollar properties each and every time. They can't have a mis-fire because the barbarians at the gates are ready with their pitchforks to bury them.
 
Not a Star Wars fan, but this is good news for fans. Trevorrow has yet to create a good film. And yes Safety Not Guaranteed is a bad movie.
 
Rian Johnson can get great dramatic performances out of his actors. He made Bruce Willis care again, which is a fucking achievement by itself.
 
shaneo632 said:
His earlier, smaller films Brick and The Brothers Bloom are cult classics that a lot of people love, and he also directed several of Breaking Bad's best episodes.
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He also seems like a swell dude in general, going by his Twitter and being genuinely awesome at Celebration

EDIT: Time for another hot take suggestion: George Miller. Great with female characters, action, visuals, family movies, dark stories
 
DerZuhälter;248056700 said:
Disney's / LucasFilm's new management dropped the ball early. They should have taken more time and let one guy shoot the entire Trilogy to have a cohesive experience. The idea of different directors for each entry is only good for the spinoffs.
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The OT had three directors, it's fine.
 
HariKari said:
That would be amazing but he doesn't mesh well with corporate machines.
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We'll see how it goes with World War Z 2. That's the blockbuster coming up im most curious about. Could be one of the better big budget movies in recent memory or a big misfire. I don't see much middle ground on that one
 
Everyone knows and agrees a Zack Snyder Star Wars film would be pure garbage.

But just imagine the trailers. The first trailer would blow people's minds for sure.
 
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