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  • Patty Jenkins’ ‘Rogue Squadron’ Adds Writer Matthew Robinson

    Patty Jenkins’ ‘Rogue Squadron’ Adds Writer Matthew Robinson

    It looks like the upcoming Star Wars film Rogue Squadron has finally found its writer, as The Hollywood Reporter has just revealed that Matthew Robinson has joined the project. He famously co-wrote and co-directed the 2009 comedy The Invention of Lying with Ricky Gervais. The upcoming Star Wars film will be the first entry since 2019’s Rise of Skywalker. Not much is known bout the project and THR has also pointed out they are unsure how long he has already been working on the film’s script. It seems the project is eyeing a production start this fall or early in 2022 to hit its 2023 December release date.

    The franchise has mainly focused on its Disney+ outings that started with The Mandalorian. It’ll expand into a variety of franchises, which include this year’s The Book of Boba Fett and the upcoming Ahsoka seres. There have already been hints that the latter started casting and is seeking to add The Clone Wars‘ character Barrs Offee. Just recently, Discussing Film shared some details regarding The Acolyte series which is eyeing a February production start.

    After a brief slowdown, it seems that a lot more Star Wars is heading our way in the near future. In the meantime, Disney+ has been dominated by Marvel Studios’ original series that is also seeing a return to theaters in July with Black Widow. Disney has been expanding their iconic franchises through different media and it’ll be interesting to see how they plan to expand the Star Wars franchise through films that are more loosely connected than before.

    Source: THR

  • Patty Jenkins Directing ‘Star Wars: Rogue Squadron’ Film

    Patty Jenkins Directing ‘Star Wars: Rogue Squadron’ Film

    Looks like Star Wars expanding its film slate. After teasing Taika Waititi‘s upcoming film, they also revealed that Wonder Woman’s Patty Jenkin‘s is directing a brand new film titled Rogue Squadron. It won’t release until December 2023 so there is still a lot of time until we find out more about the series. Still,  the group is familiar to Star Wars fans, as they are a legendary starfighter squadron that was part of the Rebel Alliance. It will be interesting to see how they expand upon this famous story. Maybe we get some tributes to the original arcade game as well just for fun.

    https://twitter.com/PattyJenks/status/1337177394625478656?s=20

  • Rogue Squadron

    Rogue Squadron

    Premiere: TBD

    One of the biggest surprises of the Disney Investor Day on December 10, 2020, was the official announcement that Patty Jenkins would direct a Star Wars feature film, becoming the first-ever woman to do so. The story will focus on a new generation of starfighter pilots as they earn their wings and risk their lives in a boundary-pushing, high-speed thrill-ride, and move the saga into the future era of the galaxy. Later on, writer Matthew Robinson (The Invention of Lying) joined the project.

    In November of 2021, it was revealed that Rogue Squadron would be delayed indefinitely to accommodate Jenkins’ schedule. In early 2022, following the announcement of Disney’s upcoming cinematic release schedule, which goes as further as 2028, Rogue Squadron is seen still eyeing a release on December 22, 2023.

    As of September 2022, Rogue Squadron was officially taken off the Star Wars movie release schedule. In 2023, Kennedy stated that the film was still “on the books” and implied that the studio was taking its time because they wanted it “to be great.“