Director Shawn Levy and Ryan Gosling took the stage at this time in Tokyo, Japan for Star Wars Celebration, formally saying their upcoming undertaking Star Wars: Firefighter.
Set 5 years after The Rise of Skywalker (2019), the brand new installment is about to premiere Could 28, 2027
Stated Levy, “With the assistance of Kathy [Kennedy], Dave [Filoni], and Carrie Beck we developed a narrative. It is a Star Wars film we’re making this fall. It’s a standalone journey that takes place a couple of years after Episode IX. There are numerous rumors, some true, some not. … This isn’t a prequel, this isn’t a sequel. It’s a brand new journey.”
Gosling praised the installment as “such a fantastic story with nice and authentic characters” and “a lot coronary heart and journey,” including: “There may be not a extra good filmmaker for this explicit story than Shawn.
Till now, the undertaking which is being written by Levy and Jonathan Tropper for the final two years, has been underneath wraps. It’s a standalone film outdoors the Luke Skywalker core canon. Whereas Disney’s Lucasfilm has a number of Star Wars options in improvement with James Mangold, Simon Kinberg, and a Rey submit Episode IX film with Daisy Ridley returning and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy directing, the Levy Star Wars undertaking is understood to be in tip-top fastrack form.
It was just lately reported that Anora Oscar winner Mikey Madison handed on a supporting position provide within the new Levy directed Star Wars film.
Levy is a cornerstone filmmaker for Disney having delivered them the very best grossing R-rated film of all-time with Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine which minted $1.33 billion worldwide.
Levy’s Star Wars film can be the second after subsequent 12 months’s The Mandalorian and Grogu to hit the display following 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker which minted $1.077 billion.
Levy’s Star Wars is scheduled to hit theaters on Dec. 17, 2027.
