Colin Trevorrow Doesn't Believe THE BOOK OF HENRY Was Responsible For His STAR WARS EPISODE IX Dismissal

Colin Trevorrow Doesn't Believe THE BOOK OF HENRY Was Responsible For His STAR WARS EPISODE IX Dismissal

Director Colin Trevorrow doesn't believe that his firing from Star Wars: Episode IX was due to the panning of The Book of Henry, again indicating that the reason was due to genuine creative differences...

By FromACertainPOV - Jun 08, 2018 12:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Uproxx
Though Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow was originally slated to write and direct the upcoming Star Wars: Episode IX , he was let go from the project back in September 2017. Since then the director has remained tight-lipped about the whole ordeal, revealing that he doesn't want to impact the way fans experience the final chapter of this sequel trilogy releasing in December next year.

In a new interview with Uproxx, however, Trevorrow spoke briefly about his departing the project when asked if the repsonse to The Book of Henry, which was being torn apart by critics at the time, had anything to do with his removal from Star Wars Episode IX.

You know, I don’t know. I mean, I can’t really speculate on it. I’ll tell you that the reaction to Book of Henry was far more damaging than the actual movie. And I don’t mean specifically at Lucasfilm. I mean, that was a very acidic situation. And, look, every director who has worked in Lucasfilm put their heart and soul into the job and they left it all on the field, and the bottom line here is that sometimes creative people can’t find a shared path through the woods.


This "shared path through the woods" is likely in reference to what many believe to be the real reason Trevorrow was dismissed - the script. According to reports, Trevorrow and his writing partner Derek Connolly turned in a script that neither they nor LucasFilm President Kathleen Kennedy were all too happy with, Kennedy then brought in BAFTA winning Jack Thorne to do re-writes which the group were still frustrated by, leading to Trevorrow's dismissal and the hiring of JJ Abrams and Chris Terrio. 

Creative differences are often used as a cover in Hollywood for other behind-the-scenes drama and while we can't be sure that The Book of Henry or any other number of rumored factors didn't contribute to Colin Trevorrow stepping down, it certainly seems that this time "creative differences" may have been just that.

What do you think? Were you sad to see Trevorrow go? Did you see The Book of Henry? What do you want for Episode IX? Leave your thoughts below. 
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MUTO123
MUTO123 - 6/8/2018, 12:44 AM
This and Transformers 5 were the biggest WTF movies of last year.
FromACertainPOV
FromACertainPOV - 6/8/2018, 1:54 AM
@MUTO123 - I'd say The Snowman deserves to be on that list too.
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 6/8/2018, 2:00 AM
@FromACertainPOV - I haven't seen it yet. And from what I hear, that at least kinda had an excuse for being so bafflingly awful. These two didn't.
FromACertainPOV
FromACertainPOV - 6/8/2018, 2:14 AM
@MUTO123 - I guess, but going into it before most of the reviews hit and without knowing that they didn't shoot 15% of the script and only seeing "Directed by Tomas Alfredson" with a cast of Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson & Toby Jones and that's the film that screens for you.

It was mightily baffling for my boyfriend and I.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 6/8/2018, 12:59 AM
While I wasn't the biggest fan of Jurassic World, I think he could've brought something interesting to the table for Episode IX.

If you haven't seen Safety Not Guaranteed, it's a damn good film and shows that Trevorrow has some real talent. I mean, he's a Spielberg underling after all.

Skrull
Skrull - 6/8/2018, 1:16 AM
I haven't seen Book of Henry but Double Toasted's review is hilarious. Sometimes you have to wonder how so many people can work on a movie and read the script yet no on involved sees how bad it is while they're making it.

MUTO123
MUTO123 - 6/8/2018, 1:23 AM
@Skrull - If I had to guess, I’d say it’s because Jurassic World made a [frick]ton of money, so Trevorrow was given carte blanche to do whatever he wanted, and everybody just went along with it and figured he knew what he was doing based on his track record.
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 6/8/2018, 1:24 AM
Also, I think it’s on HBO now, so give it a watch if you’ve got the time. It’s actually pretty fascinating in terms of how an interesting idea can be squandered so badly.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 6/8/2018, 9:46 AM
@Skrull - That review is one of the best they've done. It's great and almost justifies the movies existence just to hear them talk about it.
ArmGunar
ArmGunar - 6/8/2018, 3:05 AM
He was surely fired because his story for Ep9 tried to save the bullshits Rian did but Kennedy, the header of LF who has approved TLJ shit script didn’t agree with Colin
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 6/8/2018, 3:57 AM
@ArmGunar - Nah.
RivalSpy
RivalSpy - 6/8/2018, 4:17 AM
@ArmGunar - sure, you go on believing the guy who wrote and directed the piece of shit that was Jurassic World was gonna save Star Wars. With the amount of evidence you’ve gathered, how can you fail?
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 6/8/2018, 6:24 AM
Trevorrow is a shit director
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 6/8/2018, 6:51 AM
@LEVITIKUZ

Safety Not Guaranteed was really good. But I agree he’s been putting out shit ever since that movie.

LucasFilm saw the numbers on JW and thought he would be an easy choice for Episode 9.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 6/8/2018, 9:48 AM
@LEVITIKUZ - I don't think so. Safety Not Guaranteed is good and even though Jurassic World couldn't live up to the original it was a competent enough creature feature and probably the best sequel of the franchise (not that that's saying much).
DanJack
DanJack - 6/8/2018, 6:56 AM
I really wish we had gotten Colin for episode IX. If both Mark Hamill and Daisy Ridley agreed with his take and were so moved by the script, it had to be good. Even though Jurassic World was not perfect, the writing, direction, and characters were leagues better than the paint-by-numbers 5-year-old level drivel that was the Last Jedi.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/8/2018, 10:22 AM
@DanJack - Too bad Lucasfilm didn't like it. If Hamill thinks it's good, it has to be right?
DanJack
DanJack - 6/8/2018, 12:19 PM
@MalseMarcel - Exactly! Especially considering the pi$$ poor scripts Lucasfilm has been turning out. Hamill has a much better understanding of the character than they do, as does Colin it seems.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/8/2018, 2:07 PM
@DanJack - Gotta say I liked Solo a lot, but that one happened to be written by Lawrence Kasdan (so was VII, which was a for the rehash it was also pretty solid). But in the end, they should've brought Hamill on as sript supervisor or something like that. He WAS the living and breathing ultimate star wars guy
DanJack
DanJack - 6/8/2018, 2:31 PM
@MalseMarcel - I agree about Hamill. I may watch Solo eventually when it's free somewhere, but I first want to do everything in my power to make sure Disney gets the message about fans being unhappy with the direction of the franchise. The only thing they hear is the dollar.
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