Beau Willimon To Co-Write James Mangold’s ‘Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi’

Matt Grobar

April 5, 2024 at 5:23 PM·1 min read

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Beau Willimon (Andor) has been tapped to co-write Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi (working title) alongside the film’s director James Mangold, Deadline can confirm.

First announced at last year’s Star Wars Celebration in London, the project will take place 25,000 years before any Star Wars story we’ve seen before, honing in on the origins of the Force. A release date for the film has not yet been set. Next on the docket for distribution, as far as Star Wars films go, is The Mandalorian & Grogu, which earlier today was dated for May 22, 2026.

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Emmy-nominated for his writing on Disney+’s Star Wars series Andor, starring Diego Luna, Willimon is best known for creating Netflix’s acclaimed political drama House of Cards, which ran for six seasons. More recently creating Hulu’s sci-fi drama series The First, he earned an Oscar nomination for his co-writing of the political thriller The Ides of March, directed by and starring George Clooney, and also co-wrote the Oscar-nominated period drama Mary Queen of Scots, starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie.

An Oscar nominee who’s most recently helmed Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and Ford v Ferrari, starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, Mangold is currently at work on Searchlight Pictures’ A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan.

News of Willimon’s involvement with Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter.

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