Daisy Ridley‘s “Star Wars” film remains to be alive. Lucasfilm has employed George Nolfi (“The Borne Ultimatum,” “Ocean’s 12”) to write down the script for the long-gestating follow-up to 2019’s “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” which remains to be set to be the function directorial debut for Oscar-winning documentarian Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
By the point Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy formally introduced the mission and Ridley’s involvement at Star Wars Celebration in April 2023, the movie — which presently has the working title of “Star Wars: New Jedi Order” — had already misplaced its preliminary screenwriting group of Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson. Their substitute, Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”), labored on the movie for over a yr earlier than departing within the fall of 2024.
Extra to come back.