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Steven Spielberg rules himself out of directing new Star Wars film

Steven Spielberg has ruled himself out of the running to direct the new Star Wars film, following Disney’s $4.05bn purchase of LucasFilm and the studio’s announcement of a new trilogy of movies.

Spielberg was top of many fan wishlists for the project, having delivered many of Hollywood’s best known science-fiction blockbusters, including ET, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Jurassic Park. He has also worked closely with Star Wars creator George Lucas on the Indiana Jones series.

However, Lucas is stepping away from Star Wars following the Disney buyout, and Spielberg told Access Hollywood he had no interest in directing Episode VII, due in 2015. “No! No! It’s not my genre. It’s my best friend George’s genre,” he told a reporter.

The Oscar-winning film-maker, whose new historical biopic Lincoln opened in the US on Friday, once admitted he would have liked to direct a Star Wars movie if Lucas had been willing to let him do so. “I’ve asked [Lucas]. He won’t let me do one,” he is reported to have said in 2002. “I wanted to do one 15 years ago, and he didn’t want me to do it. I understand why – Star Wars is George’s baby. It’s his cottage industry and it’s his fingerprints. He knows I’ve got Jurassic Park and Raiders. But George has Star Wars and I don’t think he feels inclined to share any of it with me.”

Meanwhile, Disney has confirmed the Oscar-winning writer of Little Miss Sunshine and Toy Story 3, Michael Arndt, as the screenwriter for Episode VII. The studio said recently that it had received full treatments for three new films as part of the LucasFilm deal. The announcement sparked speculation that original stars Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) and Harrison Ford (Han Solo) may reprise their roles. Hamill has spoken enthusiastically about the prospect of new films and Ford is reported to be open to considering what would be his first Stars Wars feature since 1983’s Return of the Jedi.

Britain’s Matthew Vaughn is also rumoured to be in talks to direct the first film in the new trilogy. US blog Collider said last week that Vaughn had walked away from the forthcoming sequel to comic-book movie X-Men: First Class after being offered the Star Wars job.

Source: The Guardian

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Steven Spielberg rules himself out of directing new Star Wars film

Steven Spielberg has ruled himself out of the running to direct the new Star Wars film, following Disney’s $4.05bn purchase of LucasFilm and the studio’s announcement of a new trilogy of movies.

Spielberg was top of many fan wishlists for the project, having delivered many of Hollywood’s best known science-fiction blockbusters, including ET, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Jurassic Park. He has also worked closely with Star Wars creator George Lucas on the Indiana Jones series.

However, Lucas is stepping away from Star Wars following the Disney buyout, and Spielberg told Access Hollywood he had no interest in directing Episode VII, due in 2015. “No! No! It’s not my genre. It’s my best friend George’s genre,” he told a reporter.

The Oscar-winning film-maker, whose new historical biopic Lincoln opened in the US on Friday, once admitted he would have liked to direct a Star Wars movie if Lucas had been willing to let him do so. “I’ve asked [Lucas]. He won’t let me do one,” he is reported to have said in 2002. “I wanted to do one 15 years ago, and he didn’t want me to do it. I understand why – Star Wars is George’s baby. It’s his cottage industry and it’s his fingerprints. He knows I’ve got Jurassic Park and Raiders. But George has Star Wars and I don’t think he feels inclined to share any of it with me.”

Meanwhile, Disney has confirmed the Oscar-winning writer of Little Miss Sunshine and Toy Story 3, Michael Arndt, as the screenwriter for Episode VII. The studio said recently that it had received full treatments for three new films as part of the LucasFilm deal. The announcement sparked speculation that original stars Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) and Harrison Ford (Han Solo) may reprise their roles. Hamill has spoken enthusiastically about the prospect of new films and Ford is reported to be open to considering what would be his first Stars Wars feature since 1983’s Return of the Jedi.

Britain’s Matthew Vaughn is also rumoured to be in talks to direct the first film in the new trilogy. US blog Collider said last week that Vaughn had walked away from the forthcoming sequel to comic-book movie X-Men: First Class after being offered the Star Wars job.

Source: The Guardian

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Steven Spielberg rules himself out of directing new Star Wars film

Steven Spielberg has ruled himself out of the running to direct the new Star Wars film, following Disney’s $4.05bn purchase of LucasFilm and the studio’s announcement of a new trilogy of movies.

Spielberg was top of many fan wishlists for the project, having delivered many of Hollywood’s best known science-fiction blockbusters, including ET, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Jurassic Park. He has also worked closely with Star Wars creator George Lucas on the Indiana Jones series.

However, Lucas is stepping away from Star Wars following the Disney buyout, and Spielberg told Access Hollywood he had no interest in directing Episode VII, due in 2015. “No! No! It’s not my genre. It’s my best friend George’s genre,” he told a reporter.

The Oscar-winning film-maker, whose new historical biopic Lincoln opened in the US on Friday, once admitted he would have liked to direct a Star Wars movie if Lucas had been willing to let him do so. “I’ve asked [Lucas]. He won’t let me do one,” he is reported to have said in 2002. “I wanted to do one 15 years ago, and he didn’t want me to do it. I understand why – Star Wars is George’s baby. It’s his cottage industry and it’s his fingerprints. He knows I’ve got Jurassic Park and Raiders. But George has Star Wars and I don’t think he feels inclined to share any of it with me.”

Meanwhile, Disney has confirmed the Oscar-winning writer of Little Miss Sunshine and Toy Story 3, Michael Arndt, as the screenwriter for Episode VII. The studio said recently that it had received full treatments for three new films as part of the LucasFilm deal. The announcement sparked speculation that original stars Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) and Harrison Ford (Han Solo) may reprise their roles. Hamill has spoken enthusiastically about the prospect of new films and Ford is reported to be open to considering what would be his first Stars Wars feature since 1983’s Return of the Jedi.

Britain’s Matthew Vaughn is also rumoured to be in talks to direct the first film in the new trilogy. US blog Collider said last week that Vaughn had walked away from the forthcoming sequel to comic-book movie X-Men: First Class after being offered the Star Wars job.

Source: The Guardian

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