STAR WARS: Taika Waititi's Movie Reportedly Shelved; ROGUE SQUADRON Now In Active Development

STAR WARS: Taika Waititi's Movie Reportedly Shelved; ROGUE SQUADRON Now In Active Development

Some updates on two Star Wars projects we haven't heard much about in a while here. It seems Taika Waititi's untitled movie has been shelved, while Patty Jenkins' Rogue Squadron is moving forward...

By MarkCassidy - Dec 17, 2024 09:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Via SFF Gazette

It seems Patty Jenkins' Rogue Squadron movie may still take flight after all, while Taika Waititi's mysterious project has been grounded.

It was assumed that Jenkins' feature, which we first heard about during a Disney investor's broadcast back in 2020, was well and truly dead in the water at this stage, but we're now hearing that the project will still move forward.

According to Daniel Richtman, Rogue Squadron is in active development at Lucasfilm.

Jenkins reportedly parted ways with the movie to focus on directing the now defunct Wonder Woman 3 amid rumored creative differences with Kathleen Kennedy, and it was officially taken off Lucasfilm's release schedule back in 2022.

"So, when I left Star Wars to do Wonder Woman 3, I thought maybe I'll come back to Star Wars after Wonder Woman 3," the filmmaker explained to Collider back in March. "So we did a deal for that to happen, started a deal, but I thought I was doing Wonder Woman. When that went away, Lucasfilm and I were like, oh, we gotta finish this deal. We finished the deal right as the strike was happening. So I now owe a draft of Star Wars and so we will see what happens there. You know, like, who knows? "

"It's hard, they have a hard job in front of them of what's the first movie they're gonna do," she continued. "They have other directors who have been working, but I am now, you know, I'm back on doing Rogue Squadron and we'll see what happens. We need to develop, you know, get it to where we're both super happy with it."

It's nice to hear that Jenkins will (hopefully) still get the opportunity to see this movie to fruition, since she has such a personal connection to the material.

"When [my father] lost his life in service to [the United States], it ignited a desire in me to turn all of that tragedy and thrill into one day making the greatest fighter pilot movie of all time," she said back when the project was first announced. "But try as I might and look as I did, I couldn't find the right story ever. I kept looking and looking, but I just couldn't find the right one. Now I found a story about two things I love."

Though the story might have undergone a few changes since, a previously-released logline reads: "Rogue Squadron will introduce a new generation of starfighter pilots as they earn their wings and risk their lives in a boundary-pushing, high-speed thrill-ride, and move the saga into the future era of the galaxy."

As for Waititi's untitled Star Wars movie, Richtman believes the project has been shelved indefinitely.

No title or story details were ever disclosed, but here's what the Thor: Love and Thunder director had to say about the film during a 2023 interview.

"I've been developing [the Star Wars film] for a few years, but I think with any film, but that one in particular, it's something I'd really like to get right, so I don't want to rush it. It's going to bubble along on the side."

He added, "I wanna capture that joy and entertainment of those early ones like The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi and all those ones, so I'm trying to figure that out. It'll happen."

Apparently not!

What do you make of these rumored updates? Be sure to drop us a comment down below.

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soberchimera
soberchimera - 12/17/2024, 9:44 AM
Read the first Rogue Squadron book, it was aight. Space battles in prose aren’t as interesting as on screen.
TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 12/17/2024, 9:46 AM
A cancelled Star Wars movie ? Say it ain't so...anyway, moving on.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 12/17/2024, 9:49 AM
Both of these movies are going to flop, cancel both. Don't they have focus groups to handle this? Holy shit!
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 12/17/2024, 9:51 AM
Interesting…

I wouldn’t be surprised if this is true though because aside from a Lego movie , Jenkins doesn’t seem to have anything else on her plate besides Rogue Squadron so she might have started working on this again which I’m down for tbh!!.

Having a movie that focuses on the fighter pilots in SW should be fun ala Top Gun in space most likely.

Meanwhile , Taika is working on a few films besides his SW one so it makes sense that this is on the back burner for now atleast.
WakandaTech
WakandaTech - 12/17/2024, 9:52 AM
Please, Please fire Kathleen Kennedy

I know she has white female liberal privilege

but come on

Star Wars needs new leadership
Vigor
Vigor - 12/17/2024, 10:17 AM
@WakandaTech - "white female liberal privilege"

🤔 you know what. I totally get what this means lol
BrainySleep
BrainySleep - 12/17/2024, 10:03 AM
Rogue Squadron should be filmed like Top Gun: Maverick. Put the actors in real X-wings and shoot it in space.
Timerider
Timerider - 12/17/2024, 10:13 AM
@BrainySleep - knowing Kathleen Kennedy, she’ll probably tell Jenkins to make the best pilot a woman. Don’t believe me, Rogue One Jyn Erso, Sequel Trilogy Rey Skywalker, Rogue Squadron another woman. Hopefully, Jenkins tells her that it’s a man she wants for her hero pilot, just like her late father.
Timerider
Timerider - 12/17/2024, 10:14 AM
@BrainySleep - agreed, I would love to see that, along with a great story and plot.
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 12/17/2024, 11:04 AM
@Timerider - Jyn Erso wasn't even a pilot and Rey certainly wasn't "the best" one.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 12/17/2024, 11:14 AM
@Timerider - I would ask if it bothered you that every ace pilot in the first hundred years of cinema was male, but we all know that no, of course it didn't.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 12/17/2024, 11:15 AM
@EskimoJ - My favorite part is that his third example is the hypothetical premise he's trying to prove. Truly deranged logic.
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 12/17/2024, 11:43 AM
@Clintthahamster - But are there any female ace pilots in real life? I am not being a goof, seriously cant remember ever hearing about one.
RolandD
RolandD - 12/17/2024, 12:03 PM
@EskimoJ - Wouldn’t that be Poe?
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 12/17/2024, 10:10 AM
"into one day making the greatest fighter pilot movie of all time" Sorry Patty, that movie already exists:

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But good luck... i do look forward to some space dog fighting
EskimoJ
EskimoJ - 12/17/2024, 11:05 AM
@MotherGooseUPus - Was there not a greatest fighter pilot movie before that one?
Baf
Baf - 12/17/2024, 11:39 AM
@EskimoJ - Iron Eagle!
Deadinside
Deadinside - 12/17/2024, 11:45 AM
@EskimoJ - "Wings" back in 1927. Academy awards for best picture & engineering effects...! ☮️😉
McMurdo
McMurdo - 12/17/2024, 12:21 PM
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itzayaboy
itzayaboy - 12/17/2024, 10:26 AM
No thanks. Fire Kennedy.
S8R8M
S8R8M - 12/17/2024, 10:47 AM
@itzayaboy - She belongs in a museum! 🤣
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 12/17/2024, 11:26 AM
@itzayaboy - At this point, I wish they would just so y'all would have to find someone else to blame arbitrarily when you don't like Star Wars.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 12/17/2024, 11:20 AM
And around and around me go on the merry-go-round
MaxPaint
MaxPaint - 12/17/2024, 11:38 AM
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Super12
Super12 - 12/17/2024, 11:40 AM
Really glad to hear Jenkins is back attached to this movie. It has so much potential to be a hit. It's just too bad we'll never see Luke Skywalker & Wedge Antilles in their prime leading the RS as they should be...
Matchesz
Matchesz - 12/17/2024, 11:42 AM
Wish they would just take a step back and relax
Waifuslayer2
Waifuslayer2 - 12/17/2024, 12:01 PM
I'm fine with Rogue Squadron going forward but why the FU*K would you bring back Jenkins? After WW84 she belongs in movie jail for all eternity.

As always with KK's Star Wars it's 1 step forward and 10 steps back. I'm so goddamn tired of all of it.
Forthas
Forthas - 12/17/2024, 12:02 PM
I am not a fan of either directors but if I had to choose between the two I think I would prefer Taika Waititi. It is probably better to scrap both films.
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 12/17/2024, 12:06 PM
@Forthas - Outside of WW84 Patty Jenkins has had some really good movies. I would think she could do a great job with Rogue Squadron. I seem to be in the minority here, but I am really looking forward to Rogue Squadron.
Forthas
Forthas - 12/17/2024, 12:17 PM
@Shivermetimbers - There are some directors that seem to me to be good at one thing and not so good at others for various reasons which may be related to their talents or a misunderstanding of the subject matter. Patty jenkins strikes me as one of those. My understanding is that Wonder Woman (a film I believe is overrated) was in fact a team effort. when she was left on her own with Wonder Woman that produces 1984. She seems to excel at character driven drama which I don’t know if Rogue Squadron is.
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 12/17/2024, 12:21 PM
@Forthas - You could be right, her filmography is pretty small, so it is hard to say really.

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