Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy revealed on the BAFTA awards red carpet that a future Star Wars film will be directed by a female filmmaker.
After Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the franchise is about to head into a new direction with the conclusion of the Skywalker Saga. The Mandalorian has shown us a glimpse at what the future of the Star Wars will hold as the franchise moves away from the familiar. There are currently three Star Wars films slated for 2022, 2024 and 2026, with reports suggesting that a director is already on board. While that 2022 movie director is currently unknown, Kathleen Kennedy is also recruiting talent like Taika Waititi and Kevin Feige for future projects, not to mention Rian Johnson is also developing his own trilogy.
While there haven’t been any female directors for the films yet, Deborah Chow and Bryce Dallas Howard helmed episodes of The Mandalorian, with the former also set to direct the entirety of the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. At the BAFTA awards, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy revealed to BBC News that a future Star Wars movie will be directed by a women.
Kathleen Kennedy, #Bafta fellowship recipient, says there will be a female director on a Star Wats movie- there are a already a couple on TV series Mandalorian pic.twitter.com/ggxHNSqDln
— BBC News Entertainment (@BBCNewsEnts) February 2, 2020
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Here is the official synopsis for J. J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker:
Lucasfilm and director J. J. Abrams join forces once again to take viewers on an epic journey to a galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the riveting conclusion of the seminal Skywalker saga, where new legends will be born and the final battle for freedom is yet to come.
Directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker stars Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, Billie Lourd, Naomi Ackie, Richard E. Grant, Keri Russell, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Ian McDiarmid, and Billy Dee Williams. Carrie Fisher will appear as General Leia Organa through the use of previously unreleased footage shot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is now playing in theaters.
The next Star Wars film is slated for December 2022. Stay tuned to Heroic Hollywood for all the latest news on Kathleen Kennedy and the future of the Star Wars franchise!
Source: BBC News
