Stranger Things producer Shawn Levy previews his new Star Wars movie
While speaking to SyFy Wire, Shawn Levy briefly discussed a new Star Wars film he’s working on. “We’re pretty early in development still, but my goal is to make a Star Wars movie that is like a lot of my movies, which is visual spectacle and a healthy dose of wish fulfillment, levity, and big heart.”
Levy is an interesting choice to helm a new Star Wars film. He’s made comedies like Cheaper by the Dozen and the Night at the Museum franchise as well as action movies like Real Steal and The Adam Project. He’s also one of the executive producers of the Netflix smash hit Stranger Things, which he directed several episodes of.
Will Shawn Levy’s Star Wars movie actually be the one that gets made?
Levy is currently working on Deadpool 3, which will resurrect Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine and reunite him with Ryan Reynold’s Deadpool. That film is due out in November of 2024. It’s hard to know when the new Star Wars movie will fit into his schedule, but Levy said he is very much looking forward to working in that galaxy far far away.
“If you had told me when I was making Big Fat Liar that I would eventually be making Deadpool and Star Wars, I would’ve said, ‘Are you kidding me? That’s a fantasy, not a goal.’ So the fact that I’m getting to paint these big, rich canvasses, it’s thrilling to me. I don’t ever for a day take it for granted or feel complacent about it.”
That said, in the past few years, there have been a lot of Star Wars movies announced only for them to die in development hell or slide into states of uncertainty, including ones from Taika Waititi, Rian Johnson, Game of Thrones showrunner David Benioff and Dan Weiss, and Patty Jenkins. Maybe Shawn Levy’s film will be the one to break through, but we’ll need to see more before committing.
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