As we know, after Indiana Jones and Dial of Destiny, James Mangold will direct the next Star Wars, which will focus on “Dawn of the Jedi”. But this won’t be his first foray into a Lucasfilm franchise.
As Variety recalls, in 2018 he was actually hired to shoot a movie about Boba Fett. He was also slated to co-write the project with Simon Kinberg, best known as the screenwriter and producer of the X-Men films. However, the feature film was abandoned by Disney.
Recently, on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, the director returned to the topic, clarifying that this cancellation was not too surprising, given the general tone of the project.
When I was cooking, I probably scared everyone. Instead, I was doing a spaghetti western on one planet, almost R-rated. They probably never would have included Baby Yoda if I had done it. It didn’t really belong in the world I imagined.
The Baby Yoda reference evokes the more family-oriented tone of Star Wars series such as The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. And that’s how Lucasfilm and Disney decided to continue the story of the bounty hunter (still Temuera Morrison) opposite James Mangold’s standalone film.
The latter knew, moreover, that his darker approach would probably scare off studio executives, but ultimately it was Solo’s box office failure that determined the project’s fate.
“In a moment of corporate restructuring or whatever happened with the Han Solo movie, they suddenly decided they weren’t making movies like that, and the streaming opportunities appeared.– said James Mangold.
“All day, all night I just listened to Ennio Morricone and wrote. I’m not sure that would ever happen. I’m not sure what I thought of anyone’s plans.“
second chance
today, James Mangold So he gets a second chance to make Star Wars with a feature film that traces the origins of the Force. According to the director, his new project was inspired by biblical epics such as ten comandments. This is promised!
“When I brought up the idea of going back—I was really surprised that it excited him and the other great people he works with at Lucasfilm. – said the director io9.
“For me, it’s like this: I want to be part of the saga, but I also don’t want to have so much tradition in the air that I can barely tell the story. I asked him: Can we follow the Ten Commandments of Power? A kind of origin story of how power was known, understood, governed and erected.“
Find an excerpt from James Mangold’s interview for “Happy Sad Confused” below:
The film, which is currently in production, does not have a release date yet.
James Mangold is currently in theaters with Indiana Jones and Dial of Destiny.
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