ROGUE SQUADRON: The Writer Of Patty Jenkins' STAR WARS Movie Has FINALLY Been Revealed

ROGUE SQUADRON: The Writer Of Patty Jenkins' STAR WARS Movie Has FINALLY Been Revealed

We've spent over half a year wondering who will write Rogue Squadron for director Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman), and the mystery has finally been solved! Find more details on who has been hired right here.

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By JoshWilding - Jun 25, 2021 01:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

We first heard about Rogue Squadron during Disney's Investor Day last year, and while Wonder Woman 1984 helmer Patty Jenkins was announced as the movie's director, no writer was mentioned.

That led to a lot of speculation online, but we finally have some news about the movie's scribe. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Matthew Robinson, the co-writer of Ricky Gervais' The Invention of Lying, has been tapped to pen the Star Wars spinoff's screenplay. Very little has been revealed about the movie and the trade notes that it's unclear how long he's actually been attached to the project. Despite that, "sources say he is currently furiously keyboarding away on a draft."

Pre-production is expected to begin this fall with cameras rolling in 2022 for Rogue Squadron's December 22, 2023 release. 

Robinson has a fair few sci-fi credits to his name, including the critically acclaimed Love and Monsters and Warner Bros.' upcoming Edge of Tomorrow sequel, Live Die Repeat and Repeat. 

The Star Wars franchise is in desperate need of a fresh start on the big screen after the negative response to The Rise of Skywalker in 2019, and Rogue Squadron will be the first movie release since the conclusion of the Skywalker Saga. Taika Waititi and Kevin Feige have their own big screen outings in various stages of development, but this one is expected to begin a new era of storytelling.

Are you excited to see what Robinson and Jenkins deliver with Rogue Squadron?

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dracula
dracula - 6/25/2021, 1:56 PM
Good choice
Humperdink
Humperdink - 6/25/2021, 7:25 PM
@dracula -

Love and Monsters was great! The way it subverted the "separated love" romantic genre, had a good main character arc and twists regarding the monsters really shows the thought they put into the film.

Ultimately...after WW84 I'm glad Patty Jenkins isn't writing it!
JohnCastillo
JohnCastillo - 6/26/2021, 12:45 AM
@Humperdink - Man I really enjoyed that film, really hope they make a sequel, that world is perfect for a franchise, not sure if it made much money though. Although the guy also wrote and directed The Invention of Lying which I found awful. He also wrote Dora and the Lost City of Gold, which I found decent enough to watch with my family, but I’m always a little softer on films about Latinos anyway 😂
Pampero
Pampero - 6/25/2021, 2:10 PM
I only care about Grogu
Cbmfilmjunkie
Cbmfilmjunkie - 6/25/2021, 2:12 PM
I didn’t even realize they’re making a sequel to edge of tomorrow!

I’m hyped on that more than the Rogue Squadron movie!
Saga
Saga - 6/25/2021, 2:12 PM
Another x-wings vs tie fighters movie? Yawn
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 6/25/2021, 2:29 PM
Me waiting for A good Star Wars movie since Rogue One.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 6/25/2021, 3:30 PM
@AnthonyVonGeek - You're implying Rogue One was a GOOD SW movie?
DoubleD
DoubleD - 6/25/2021, 6:35 PM
@Feralwookiee - Rogue One 5 Stars / 5 Stars. Feels like a grown-up Star Wars movie. Equal to the original.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 6/25/2021, 6:37 PM
@DoubleD - I gotta totally disagree on that one.
I don't really know why it's gained a good reputation in the years since its release, but RO was dullsville imo.

On top of being totally unnecessary and relying totally on "nostalgia" like the Disney sequels, I found ALL the characters stunningly boring and without personality. The less said about the poorly done and tacky cgi on Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher the better.

The movie stunk as nothing but a soulless cash grab with no energy to it. While it's probably "better" than most of the dreadful, idiotic Disney SW flicks, Rogue One was a flatline for me.

I mean, to each their own, but I just don't see what people enjoy about it.
Skrull
Skrull - 6/25/2021, 6:51 PM
@Feralwookiee - It was definitely the most unnecessary Star Wars movie with the flimsiest premise. INCLUDING Solo: A Cup Wars Story.
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 6/25/2021, 6:53 PM
@Feralwookiee - not a great hit but it was the best Disney has done movie wise for me.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 6/25/2021, 6:56 PM
@AnthonyVonGeek - I will agree with you that it's probably the "best" SW in name only movie Disney has done, but that's a very low bar imo.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 6/25/2021, 7:00 PM
@Skrull - Yeah. It's been said before, but I agree with this take: This entire in-betweenequel, Star Wars: Episode 3.5 is totally based of of ONE LINE OF TEXT in the crawl of the originally 1977 film. That's amazingly cynical and unnecessary in my opinion and you'd have missed nothing at all by skipping it.
SerKurtWagner
SerKurtWagner - 6/25/2021, 8:07 PM
@Feralwookiee - That is the pretty much universally accepted opinion, yeah
DoubleD
DoubleD - 6/26/2021, 4:05 AM
@Feralwookiee - Well I disagree the movie was great.
MG0019
MG0019 - 6/26/2021, 5:10 AM
@Feralwookiee - This is how supplemental material has always worked. I love Tolkien’s work. Do you need to read Children Of Hurin to understand and love Lord Of The Rings? No; and it really only amplifies a few lines of the original story. But we go to the supplemental materials because we love that world so much. I’ve read detailed notes on the genealogy of background Hobbits that have no impact on the core plot. I did it because I just love spending time with that story.

Rogue One isn’t a perfect movie; and no one is required to like it. But decrying it simply because it’s a supplemental story doesn’t make sense.
Repian
Repian - 6/25/2021, 2:30 PM
I really liked Dylan O'brien in "Love and Monsters." He could play a role in the movie. I envision Dylan as the young and enthusiastic mechanic who becomes an X-Wing pilot.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/25/2021, 3:11 PM
@Repian - I liked his chemistry with Henwick, so they should bring her in too (even if its as the mom of her already existing Star Wars character)
grif
grif - 6/25/2021, 3:58 PM
@Repian - looks like you just wrote more of the movie than they have
kazuma
kazuma - 6/25/2021, 3:06 PM
So another Star Wars movie that will follow characters we probably already know, that are connected to other characters we know, going p against characters we already know... Such a small universe
MachinimaMan
MachinimaMan - 6/25/2021, 3:07 PM
"sources say he is currently furiously keyboarding away on a draft"

Jesus was he that upset he got this job LOL?
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 6/25/2021, 4:13 PM
@MachinimaMan - furioursly in this context meaning doing it quickly with determination. But I know you were probably joking.
grif
grif - 6/25/2021, 3:16 PM
still getting writers? this shits not written yet? wtf are they doing at lucasfilm? when the movie was announced they should have had many things ready to go.

whatever
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 6/25/2021, 6:07 PM
@grif - As we well know, Kennedy and Lucasfilm under Disney do not like to plan things out ahead of time.
pucrepeap
pucrepeap - 6/25/2021, 8:03 PM
@grif - I thought the pandemic would have been the writers playground. Surprises me that so little work was done on projects like this over that time.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/25/2021, 3:18 PM
After WW84, I do think Jenkins would benefit from a second writer, and Robinson is a good choice in my opinion.

Love & Monsters was great. Nothing too world-breaking, big scale adventure, but a fun character driven one. Perfect for Rogue Squadron (why the Squadrons banner though?)
inkniron
inkniron - 6/25/2021, 3:20 PM
Star Wars not centered on Force wielding characters just sounds boring.
MachinimaMan
MachinimaMan - 6/25/2021, 3:21 PM
@inkniron - I sadly agree to this.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/25/2021, 3:32 PM
@inkniron - I don't mind them not taking center stage (Rogue One, Bad Batch, Mandalorian), but I do think they have to appear or be mentioned at one point or another.

The force is such a pivotal part of that universe, I agree to that it can't be ignored.
inkniron
inkniron - 6/25/2021, 3:46 PM
@bkmeijer - Haven't watched Bad Batch yet, but Grogu is most definitely center stage in Mando. Their most popular episodes and most talked about moments are probably still the Ahsoka appearance and Luke showing up to save them. People praise Rogue One but to me it was just ok and the most talked about and bad ass part is when Vader shows up to wreck shit. Solo was A bore as well. They threw Maul in there to have something to talk about and appease the masses. All I could think is it was a cheap unnecessary trick to a story that should never have been told and Qi'ra is probably involved in a devil's triangle with him and Dryden Vos.

I need that lighsaber action.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 6/25/2021, 4:13 PM
@inkniron - Mando season 1 wasn't centered on them and is some of the best Star Wars content out there.
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