OBI-WAN KENOBI Disney+ Series Finds A New Writer In KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD Scribe Joby Harold

OBI-WAN KENOBI Disney+ Series Finds A New Writer In KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD Scribe Joby Harold

After being temporarily put on hold in January, it looks like Disney+ is back aboard the Obi-Wan Kenobi train, and they've just found a new writer for the series in King Arthur scribe Joby Harold!

By RohanPatel - Apr 02, 2020 11:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Source: Variety

Variety is reporting that Disney and Lucasfilm have enlisted English screenwriter/producer Joby Harold (King Arthur: Legend of the SwordArmy of the Dead) to pen their upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series, which will see Ewan McGregor (Doctor SleepBirds of Prey) reprise his role as the fan-favorite Jedi Knight. 

The Mandalorian director Deborah Chow is set to direct the eagerly awaited series, which will consist of six hour-long installments.

Plot details are under wraps, but prior to the writer change, the series was reportedly treading in the same direction as The Mandalorian, with Obi-Wan watching over a young Luke Skywalker on Tatooine. 

Production was initially set to begin this August, but was later moved to January 2021, in an effort to allow the creative team more time to actually write the episodes. However, with numerous other productions currently delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, it remains to be seen whether Obi-Wan Kenobi will be able to begin filming on time or if its shooting dates will be pushed back even further. 

Harold most recently penned Zack Snyder's upcoming zombie/horror Netflix movie, Army of the Dead, and his writing credits also include Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and the 2007 Jessica Alba/Hayden Christensen conspiracy thriller Awake, which he also directed. 

In addition to the untitled Obi-Wan Kenobi series, Harold is also working on the next installment in Paramount's Transformers franchise, which is thought to be a Bumblebee sequel. 

Harold has also served as producer on Tom Cruise's Edge of Tomorrow, Sophie Goodhart's My Blind Brother, the WGN America period drama Underground and on Keanu Reeves' John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum.

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tmp3
tmp3 - 4/2/2020, 11:04 AM
Joby Wan Kenobi
inkniron
inkniron - 4/2/2020, 11:04 AM
Damn, he do anything good? King Arthur and Awake both blew
tmp3
tmp3 - 4/2/2020, 11:07 AM
@inkniron - The original writer was the guy who wrote Drive... but he also wrote The Snowman. So this is either somewhat better or a lot worse than what was originally planned.
dracula
dracula - 4/2/2020, 11:05 AM
Another day another star wars project ruined bu kennedy’s decisions. The King Arthur movie sucked
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 4/2/2020, 11:06 AM
I wonder which episode(s) this writer will handle.
tmp3
tmp3 - 4/2/2020, 11:07 AM
@NinnesMBC - The Variety report makes it seem like he's writing all 6
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 4/2/2020, 11:09 AM
@tmp3 - That is odd. Well things can change from now to when production begins.
tmp3
tmp3 - 4/2/2020, 11:11 AM
@NinnesMBC - They normally have writers rooms, but this project was meant to have one writer and one director for all six, they just happened to have replaced the writer in this case
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 4/2/2020, 11:15 AM
@tmp3 - I'm aware so yep it is odd, The Mandalorian was handled in this way by having multiple writers. Most shows are as well.
tmp3
tmp3 - 4/2/2020, 11:16 AM
@BillCipher - lol, we knew that they were changing direction for this show for a while. I just checked, and the initial writer left in January.
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 4/2/2020, 11:19 AM
I read King and thought this was gonna be about Tiger King there for a second.
tmp3
tmp3 - 4/2/2020, 11:24 AM
@WakandanQueen - There's only one man for Joe Exotic
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/2/2020, 11:43 AM
@WakandanQueen - watched that whole thing hoping the tigers would eat everyone.

Tigers> all the piece of shit humans in that doc
FleischerSupes
FleischerSupes - 4/2/2020, 11:20 AM
Oh cool, the writer of the movie that made comicbookgirl19 hurl on 'shrooms in the theater.

GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/2/2020, 11:42 AM
@FleischerSupes - LOL I remember this
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/2/2020, 11:42 AM
Downhill
E4Nigma
E4Nigma - 4/2/2020, 11:44 AM
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 4/2/2020, 11:54 AM
The writer of King Arthur and Awake?
theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 4/2/2020, 12:01 PM
Great indication of quality....
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 4/2/2020, 12:18 PM
Oh boy. King Arthur was a pretty terrible movie.
LSHF
LSHF - 4/2/2020, 7:12 PM
Every since I first saw his portrayal of Obi-Wan, I wanted a solo project with him as the same character. He showed love, humor, compassion, anger, pain, and so many other emotions.

I am so very, very glad this will happen one day. It's very rare that my fantasy films/shows/music actually come about.
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