{"id":116437,"date":"2017-09-06T06:52:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T10:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=116437"},"modified":"2017-09-06T06:52:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T10:52:14","slug":"star-wars-episode-ix-loses-director-colin-trevorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/06\/star-wars-episode-ix-loses-director-colin-trevorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Star Wars Episode IX’ loses director Colin Trevorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mingle Media TV Red Carpet Report team were on the red carpet for the World Premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the El Capitan Theatre, the TCL Chinese and the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. (Photo By Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV from Culver City, USA – Colin Treverow at the World Premiere of Star Wars The Force Awakens Red Carpet #StarWars – DSC_0804, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES — Colin Trevorrow will no longer be directing \u201cStar Wars: Episode IX.\u201d Lucasfilm said Tuesday that the company and the director have mutually chosen to part ways citing differing visions for the project.<\/p>\n

Trevorrow is best known for directing \u201cJurassic World\u201d and has been working on the ninth installment of the space saga for some time. He was officially announced as the director of \u201cEpisode IX\u201d in August of 2015 and has been co-writing the script as well. It is the final installment in the new \u201cmain\u201d Star Wars trilogy that began with J.J. Abrams’ \u201cThe Force Awakens\u201d in 2015 and will continue this December with director Rian Johnson’s \u201cThe Last Jedi.\u201d<\/p>\n

The announcement gave no indication as to whether the shakeup would affect the film’s previously set May 2019 release date. Production was expected to begin next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cColin has been a wonderful collaborator throughout the development process,\u201d the Lucasfilm statement read. \u201cWe wish Colin the best and will be sharing more information about the film soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trevorrow had relocated to the U.K. in mid-2016 to focus on prepping the film.<\/p>\n

\u201cGeorge (Lucas) came here to make ‘Star Wars’ and immerse himself in this place and got far away from Los Angeles, from Hollywood, really from America,\u201d Trevorrow told The Associated Press at the time. \u201cI’m just all in. I’m 100 per cent in the zone.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is the latest upheaval in the Star Wars universe. Earlier this year the young Han Solo spinoff film parted ways with director Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and replaced them with Ron Howard deep into production. And in 2015, the company fired director Josh Trank from work on another Star Wars spinoff.<\/p>\n

Extensive reshoots on the anthology film \u201cRogue One: A Star Wars Story\u201d led to widespread speculation that director Gareth Edwards had been unofficially sidelined on that project as well.<\/p>\n

Star Wars and film fans online responded to Trevorrow’s departure with snarky jokes and celebration. Trevorrow had most recently directed the derided drama \u201cThe Book of Henry\u201d and some worried about how he would handle the gargantuan task of directing a Star Wars film — even with the box office cred he scored with \u201cJurassic World,\u201d which made over $1.7 billion worldwide.<\/p>\n

In addition to pressure from fans and stakeholders \u201cEpisode IX\u201d also has the added responsibility of dealing with the unexpected death of Princess Leia actress Carrie Fisher late last year — after her work had been completed on \u201cThe Last Jedi.\u201d Leia will be given a \u201csend-off\u201d in \u201cThe Last Jedi,\u201d but was at one point intended to be a major part of the final film.<\/p>\n

In the wake of the Trevorrow news, many online were quick to speculate who might take up the mantle. Some suggested it’s time for the franchise to hire a female director, something Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy has yet to do, while others went back to the archives and wondered whether David Lynch, who turned down directing \u201cReturn of the Jedi,\u201d might consider the job.<\/p>\n

But perhaps the most suggested name was that of a man already well-acquainted with the force: Abrams. Could he be Star Wars’ only hope?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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