Crisp off the achievement of Godzilla, producer Gareth Edwards has lined up his next venture, something set in a world far, far away.edwards is appended to administer one of the Star Wars spinoff movies, The Hollywood Reporter has taken in.
Gary Whitta (Book of Eli) is composing the script for the film, which has a discharge date set for December 16, 2016, said Disney and Lucasfilm in an announcement later posted on the authority Star Wars site.
Because of the large amount of mystery encompassing the Star Wars improvement process, it is hazy which spinoff Edwards will handle.
Hypothesis has concentrated on characters, for example, abundance seeker Boba Fett and Jedi expert Yoda as the individuals who may be getting their own particular films. There are additionally gossipy tidbits about a potential Han Solo birthplace story or at any rate something on the Solo group, and untold undertakings of Luke Skywalker.
“Since the time that I saw Star Wars I knew precisely what I needed to accomplish for whatever is left of my life – join the Rebel Alliance! I couldn’t be more energized & respected to go on this mission with Lucasfilm,” said Edwards in an announcement discharge after THR broke the news.
Prior in May, Disney CEO Bob Iger expressed that there was a plan to make no less than three spinoff films that would be discharged in the middle of the principle portions.
It has been accounted for that Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg are composing and processing the spinoffs.
The Star Wars undertaking denote an astounding vocation trajectory for Edwards, who went from making a little animal characteristic for $500,000, 2010’s Monsters, to getting the duty to undertake Godzilla, a creature in need of a 21st century restoration.
The mission was a win, with the Legendary/Warner Bros. film overperforming when it opened a weekend ago, aggregating $93.1 million. The motion picture additionally gained solid basic surveys and a lot of fanboy adoration.
“Gareth’s filmmaking ability makes him one of his era’s most inventive and visionary chiefs,” said Legendary Entertainment’s administrator and CEO Thomas Tull in an announcement because of the Star Wars employ. “The arrangement has dependably been for Gareth to administer an alternate film before we began on an alternate Godzilla, however who knew it would a Star Wars portion? We have an incredible arrange in store for Godzilla fans and I am anticipating seeing Gareth’s engraving on the Star Wars universe.”
WME-repped Edwards is joined to coordinate Godzilla 2 and 3, yet while story plans exist, the Godzilla 2 undertaking is still in promptly improvement and does not even have a script.
That arranges for Edwards to be some piece of what is not just one of the greatest establishments ever, additionally an extend that is a dream for such a variety of movie producers who grew up cherishing and being motivated by the storied George Lucas universe.
Star Wars: Episode VII, with J.j. Abrams controlling, simply started generation in Abu Dhabi. The film is situated to hit theaters on Dec. 18, 2015.
Disney and Lucasfilm had no remark.
