While Star Wars fans have been getting the first blush details recently on the first Star Wars Anthology film with Rogue One, a lot of curiosity has been going up about the second one due in 2018 that’s untitled and being directed by Josh Trank. Or rather, was being directed by him. The two parties did a Friday evening news dump that they’ve parted on the project with everything done up as fairly amicable:
Via Josh Trank:
“After a year of having the incredible honor of developing with the wonderful and talented people at Lucasfilm, I’m making a personal decision to move forward on a different path. I’ve put a tremendous amount of thought into this, and I know deep down in my heart that I want to pursue some original creative opportunities. That said, the Star Wars universe has always been one of my biggest influences, and I couldn’t be more excited to witness its future alongside my millions of fellow Star Wars fans. I want to thank my friends Kathleen Kennedy, Kiri Hart, Simon Kinberg, and everyone at Lucasfilm and Disney for the amazing opportunity to have been a part of this. May the Force be with you all.”
Via LucasFilm:
“It was a privilege to collaborate with Josh. We are grateful for the energy and love of Star Wars that he brought to the process, and we wish him all the best.”
Or at least, it looks amicable from Trank’s statement whereas the LucasFilm one is pretty much two sentences and they’re done with it. Considering the profile of the project in the coming years, we’ll expect quick news on it in the next few weeks with who will step in to helm the project and potentially some clues about it.
With Trank, he has his Fantastic Four relaunch going on in August of this year, but persistent word that he’s not been involved in the reshoots much, if at all, and problems during filming has many stating that he won’t be back for the sequel that’s gotten approval.
