EXCLUSIVE: Deadline can reveal that Shawn Levy is in talks to come aboard to develop to direct a Star Wars film. We are trying to pry loose details of plot and writer, but this we can tell you: Levy will focus on this one after he completes the job directing Deadpool 3 at Marvel and Disney, the one that brings Ryan Reynolds together with Hugh Jackman.
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This comes at a prolific moment for Levy. He is in post-production on the limited series All the Light We Cannot See, for which Levy directed all four episodes. That series is for Netflix, where he also will direct at least two episodes of the fifth and final season of the streamer’s signature series Stranger Things, which Levy EPs through his 21 Laps banner. The Deadpool 3 deal comes after Levy teamed with Reynolds on The Adam Project for Netflix. Star Wars will be his third recent big film at Disney, where he also directed Reynolds in Free Guy, with a sequel being discussed. Levy is back in franchises after starting there with the Night at the Museum films.
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This film lines up among several spearheaded by A-list directors that Lucasfilm is developing. Others include a film from Taika Waititi, Rogue Squadron from Patty Jenkins, and another from Damon Lindelof, which Deadline recently reported would be directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
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Lucasfilm hasn’t released a Star Wars film in theaters since 2019’s Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker.
On the TV front, Leslye Headland’s series The Acolyte recently went into production with a cast that includes Amandla Stenberg and Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae. They also have a new season of The Mandalorian set to bow next year as well as Ahsoka starring Rosario Dawson.
Levy is repped by WME. No comment from Disney.
Just cast Joseph Quinn in the new film
Joe Keery, Joseph Quinn, and Sadie Sink. Dang what a great SW cast that would be. Keery has plenty of lightsaber practice swinging that spiked baseball bat.
I love Star Wars. It should have ended in 1983. It’s been all downhill ever since. The day midichlorians became a thing was the day the magic died.
You not down with trade federation disputes, homeboy?
When are Star Wars fans gonna get an R rated movie? Just give us one hard R Star Wars movie with loads of gore.
Star Wars films announced with the involvement of Kevin Feige, Rian Johnson, Taika Waittiti, Patty Jenkins, the Game of Thrones guys, and now Shawn Levy.
Number of films made so far….
Boring. Every week a new “Star Wars film” that we may never see. Come on, Disney. Let’s get the Star Wars film lineup more solidified and planned out. Just do a trilogy with a plan from start to finish. Not more disjointed crap.