Star Wars drops Boba Fett solo movie
Disney and Star Wars are putting the long-awaited Boba Fett solo movie back into carbonite.
Deadline is backing up reporting from journalist Erick Weber, who tweeted on Thursday (October 25) that he'd been told first-hand by Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy that the project is "100% dead".
Kennedy mentioned that Disney and Star Wars studio Lucasfilm is putting its focus at the moment behind developing the live-action show The Mandalorian, which is based around Boba Fett's warrior race.
(The Mandalorian)
Talk of a Boba Fett movie has been around for more than five years, but gained new steam this past spring when Logan director James Mangold. Unfortunately, the studio reportedly soured on the project when Solo: A Star Wars Story underperformed at the box office.
The Mandalorian is being developed for Disney's upcoming streaming service by Iron Man's Jon Favreau. The series is centered around a "lone gunfighter" on adventures "after the stories of Jango and Boba Fett".
Here's the official synopsis: "The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic."
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Last week, the project got the official blessing of Star Wars guru George Lucas, when he visited writer and executive producer Jon Favreau on the set of The Mandalorian
There is no official premiere date announced yet for The Mandalorian. Disney's streaming service is currently projected to launch next year.
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