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  • ‘Star Wars: Rogue Squadron’ delayed due to Patty Jenkins’ scheduling conflict

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Filmmaker Patty Jenkins’ “Star Wars” movie “Rogue Squadron” has been delayed after initially planning to start the production in 2022.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film was set to begin pre-production by the end of this year, but has been taken off the production slate for next year due to scheduling conflicts with Jenkins.

    The “Star Wars” spin-off movie was originally announced in December 2020 at Disney and Lucasfilm’s Investor Day.

    Matthew Robinson, best known for co-writing and co-directing the 2009 comedy “The Invention of Lying” with Ricky Gervais, is on board to pen “Rogue Squadron”.

    The film will be the first feature project in the long-running “Star Wars” franchise to be directed by a woman.

    As per the official plotline released by Lucasfilm, it will introduce a new generation of starfighter pilots as they earn their wings and risk their lives in a boundary-pushing, high-speed thrill-ride, and move the saga into the future era of the galaxy.

    “Rogue Squadron” would also be the first feature since the end of the “Skywalker Trilogy”, which concluded with 2019’s “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”.

    It is scheduled to be released on December 22, 2023.

  • ‘Wonder Woman’ director Patty Jenkins wants Hollywood studios to commit to theatrical releases

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: “Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins has urged Hollywood studios to commit to the theatrical experience once they emerge from the pandemic.

    Speaking at the theatre owners’ confab CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Jenkins also talked about Warner Bros’ decision to release “Wonder Woman 1984” in theatres and on HBO Max last December, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

    “I don’t know why we are talking about taking (exclusive theatrical windows) away. One studio should plant a flag and make a huge commitment to the theatrical experience and the filmmakers will go there,” the director said.

    Jenkins said her film’s release in theatres as well as on the streamer was “heartbreaking” but was “the best choice of a bunch of very bad choices.

    “It was a very, very difficult choice. It was such a dark time… I was happy to give it to the public,”Jenkins said.

    “I don’t think it plays the same on streaming. I did practical effects and shot it in Imax. It was painful,” she added.

    The director said she makes movies for the big screen.

    “I’m not a fan of day-and-date and I hope to avoid it forever. I make movies for the big screen experience.”

  • Patty Jenkins’ ‘Star Wars: Rogue Squadron’ ropes in writer Matthew Robinson

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Lucasfilm has hired writer Matthew Robinson to pen filmmaker Patty Jenkins’ upcoming “Star Wars” movie “Rogue Squadron”.

    According to Deadline, Robinson is best known for co-writing and co-directing the 2009 comedy “The Invention of Lying” with Ricky Gervais.

    “Rogue Squadron” will be the first feature film in the long-running franchise to be directed by a woman.

    The movie will introduce a new generation of starfighter pilots as they earn their wings and risk their lives in a boundary-pushing, high-speed thrill-ride, and move the saga into the future era of the galaxy, as per the official plotline released by Lucasfilm.

    It is said to be loosely based on the “X-wing” novels that were released by Bantam Spectra and Del Rey between 1996-2012.

    Disney-owned Lucasfilm had announced the movie in December 2020.

    At the time, Jenkins, known for directing “Wonder Woman” movies for Warner Bros, had posted a clip on Twitter, revealing that her fighter pilot father inspired her to join the project.

    “When he lost his life in service to this country, it ignited a desire in me to turn all of that tragedy and thrill into one day making the greatest fighter pilot movie of all-time,” the filmmaker had said.

    “Rogue Squadron” will release December 22, 2023.