Patty Jenkins Will Direct a Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Movie
Nearly a decade ago, Patty Jenkins was going to direct
Thor: The Dark World for Marvel Studios and Disney. However, Jenkins left the project over creative differences and found greater success on Warner Bros.’
Wonder Woman movies. Regardless, it looks like
Wonder Woman 3 is going to have to wait, because Jenkins has rejoined the Disney family to helm a new Star Wars movie.
During the Disney Investor Day presentation, Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy announced that Jenkins will direct
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron. As the name suggests, the focus will fall on Rogue Squadron, a group of X-Wing pilots for the Rebel Alliance. Within the original trilogy, Luke Skywalker was one of the Rogue Squadron pilots in the first Death Star run. Subsequently, Wedge Antilles emerged as Rogue Squadron’s point man.
Disney’s 2020 Investors Day event was a bonanza of announcements. Though the company has struggled to adjust to post-pandemic life, where movie theaters are closed and amusement parks are locked down, the company came out swinging on Thursday night as it attempted to assert itself once again as the dominant media company and host of everyone’s favorite IP. The presentation was four hours of nonstop flexing. It was a lot.
From across Marvel, Lucasfilm, Disney and Pixar animation, and more, come new shows and new movies, with a huge focus on “content” heading to Disney Plus. Kareem Daniel, chairman of media and entertainment distribution at the Walt Disney Company, announced that within the next few years, around 10 Marvel series, 10 Star Wars series, 15 series under the Disney banner (which encompasses Disney animation, Pixar, and live action), and 15 completely new movies under those same banners will debut on the streaming service. And that’s not to mention the movies sti
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