Let’s Talk About the Huge ‘Star Wars’ News That Broke This Weekend
Did you catch that massive piece of Star Wars news that broke while you were enjoying your weekend? Jon Watts, the director of Tom Holland’s first Spider-Man trilogy, is attached to direct a new Star Wars movie. It’s the first in a trilogy written by Simon Kinberg that, apparently, will act as the jumping-off point for the future of the franchise.
- ▪Did you catch that massive piece of Star Wars news that broke while you were enjoying your weekend?
- ▪Jon Watts, the director of Tom Holland’s first Spider-Man trilogy, is attached to direct a new Star Wars movie.
- ▪It’s the first in a trilogy written by Simon Kinberg that, apparently, will act as the jumping-off point for the future of the franchise.
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Did you catch that massive piece of Star Wars news that broke while you were enjoying your weekend? Jon Watts, the director of Tom Holland’s first Spider-Man trilogy, is attached to direct a new Star Wars movie. It’s the first in a trilogy written by Simon Kinberg that, apparently, will act as the jumping-off point for the future of the franchise. In other words, Star Wars: Episode X. Lucasfilm has yet to make this official, but multiple Hollywood trades have confirmed the news, and io9 has independently heard the same. Though, to be fair, until he’s sitting on set behind a camera (and sometimes even after that in the Star Wars universe), anything can happen. But, for now, Jon Watts is directing Episode X.
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