Director Shawn Levy and Ryan Gosling took the stage today in Tokyo, Japan for Star Wars Celebration, officially announcing their upcoming project Star Wars: Starfighter.
Set five years after The Rise of Skywalker (2019), the new installment is set to go into production this fall and premiere May 28, 2027 exclusively in theaters.
Said Levy, “There are many rumors, some true, some not. … This is not a prequel, this is not a sequel. It’s a new adventure.”
Gosling praised the installment as “such a great story with great and original characters,” as well as “so much heart and adventure,” adding: “There is not a more perfect filmmaker for this particular story than Shawn.
Until now, the project which is being written by Levy and Jonathan Tropper for the last two years, has been under wraps. It’s a standalone movie outside the Luke Skywalker core canon. While Disney’s Lucasfilm has multiple Star Wars features in development with James Mangold, Simon Kinberg, and a Rey post Episode IX movie with Daisy Ridley returning and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy directing, the Levy Star Wars project is known to be in tip-top fastrack shape.
It was recently reported that Anora Oscar winner Mikey Madison passed on a supporting role offer in the new Levy directed Star Wars movie.
Levy is a cornerstone filmmaker for Disney having delivered them the highest grossing R-rated movie of all-time with Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine which minted $1.33 billion worldwide.
Levy’s Star Wars movie would be the second after next year’s The Mandalorian and Grogu to hit the screen following 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker which minted $1.077 billion.
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