STAR WARS: James Mangold's BOBA FETT Movie May Not Start Shooting Before 2020

STAR WARS: James Mangold's BOBA FETT Movie May Not Start Shooting Before 2020

Excitement is understandably high to see what Logan director James Mangold will bring to the table with that long-delayed Boba Fett movie but a new report points to us having to wait for quite some time...

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By JoshWilding - Jun 19, 2018 01:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Omega Underground
Last month, it was revealed that Logan writer and director James Mangold is currently hard at work developing a standalone movie for iconic Star Wars character Boba Fett. The spinoff has been in the works for years now but after Josh Trank was fired from the project, it was seemingly put on the backburner by Lucasfilm. Well, while it may now be a priority, it seems we'll be waiting for a while.

Omega Underground points out that Mangold's next movie is Ford vs. Ferrari which looks set to start shooting over the summer. As a result, that means the filmmaker will be unable to start working on Boba Fett until 2019, a sign that production probably wouldn't begin until 2020, putting the movie on track for a 2021/2022 release at the soonest. Right now, that feels like a very, very long time away.

What Lucasfilm's plans for Star Wars are over the next few years remains to be seen. Episode IX is obviously coming next year but we have no idea if the studio has anything planned for 2020 (making it the first year since 2014 we won't have had a Star Wars movie to watch in theaters). With any luck, work on Obi-Wan Kenobi or one of those planned trilogies will start sooner rather than later.
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Trimount
Trimount - 6/19/2018, 1:51 AM
Take you’re time and make a good movie!
Mark45
Mark45 - 6/19/2018, 1:52 AM
Whatever year this comes out in, it better be a December release. Hopefully they’ve learned that that’s a big part of what made the last 3 years work.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 6/19/2018, 2:43 AM
@Mark45 - The problem with that is after Episode 9 the series would then have to contend with the Avatar sequels in December which very well could be a Disney franchise as well.
Kyos
Kyos - 6/19/2018, 2:08 AM
We know that whatever cool stuff happens in a potential Boba Fett movie it'll all lead to an unpleasant end in a sarlacc's stomach.






I'm talking about TLJ.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 6/19/2018, 6:15 AM
@Kyos - What's your point? The king of rock n' roll died on the toilet, doesn't make his life any less badass.
Forthas
Forthas - 6/19/2018, 2:18 AM










bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/19/2018, 3:14 AM
@Forthas - that must be a compilation of all scenes he was in!
Forthas
Forthas - 6/19/2018, 3:20 AM
@MalseMarcel - You might be right!
Forthas
Forthas - 6/19/2018, 2:20 AM
They should make it a sequel to Solo and have Boba Fett as the main villain!
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 6/19/2018, 2:47 AM
I was kind of under the impression 2020 Obi-wan, 2021 Rian Johnson trilogy Part 1, and then Boba Fett so this if true isn’t really surprising. I do wonder if they were planning on more than one a year though and if that is being rethought.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 6/19/2018, 3:14 AM
I dont mind. I rather have them take their time than rushing it so that we have a new star wars movie every year
TheSoulEater
TheSoulEater - 6/19/2018, 3:56 AM
No rush James...make this the best one yet
RolandD
RolandD - 6/19/2018, 4:36 AM
I want this movie less than I wanted a Han Solo solo movie.I have never gotten the fascination with this character.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 6/19/2018, 10:55 AM
@RolandD - You don’t see the appeal of the adventures of the greatest bounty hunter in the Star Wars Galaxy?
RolandD
RolandD - 6/19/2018, 2:48 PM
@TheUnworthyThor - No. How much screen time did he have in the original trilogy before he was eaten by the pit?
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 6/19/2018, 2:59 PM
@RolandD - Irrelevant. That just gives creators more room to work with and less to be tied down to.
RolandD
RolandD - 6/19/2018, 4:18 PM
@TheUnworthyThor - Opinions! Oh well, if it gets made, I hope it is what you are looking for with it.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 6/19/2018, 6:16 AM
R-rated? Do I dare dream?
hartley07
hartley07 - 6/19/2018, 7:15 AM
Vader "There will be a substantial reward for the one who finds the Millennium Falcon."
Boba Fett "I don't want to. Go away."

Directed By Rian Johnson.
EclipceR
EclipceR - 6/19/2018, 9:55 AM
Awesome! Perfect opportunity to have another gender fluid character. Hopefully they retroactively make him vegan as well! Besties with Tico!
benjithegreat
benjithegreat - 6/19/2018, 11:33 AM
God, please no... is this really going to be the next in a line of characters that Star Wars has ruined, after Yoda and Darth Vader? They already started to screw him up in the prequels - is this just where they are supposed to finish the job?
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