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Why Lucasfilm Entrusted Simon Kinberg to Pilot the Next ‘Star Wars’ Movies
The news that Simon Kinberg had been hired to write and produce a new 'Star Wars' trilogy came as a surprise to many executives at Lucasfilm and Disney.
Kinberg also produced the final “X-Men” movie, “The New Mutants,” which was delayed so frequently — due to an inauspicious brew of creative concerns and Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox — that the film wound up getting dumped as the first major wide release during the pandemic. Kinberg’s efforts are meant to create a new saga, but as is the case with virtually all script development, specific plot details and characters are light years away from taking their final shape, let alone arrive in theaters. Kinberg is also already committed to helping revive another celebrated sci-fi franchise that has hit a fallow period, signing on to produce what Paramount’s aims will be its next “Star Trek” movie, directed by Joby Harold and written by Seth Grahame-Smith.
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