Trevorrow Out On Episode IX With Lucasfilm Still Struggling With Directors

The Force has not been strong this year with Lucasfilm when it comes to directors. First, the idiotic try by Lord & Miller with their try at a slapstick, now still unnamed Han Solo film. Now, THR reports Colin Trevorrow has been separated from directing/writing Star Wars: Episode IX. The official statement form Lucasfilm & Disney was, "Lucasfilm & Colin Trevorrow have mutually chosen to part ways on Star Wars: Episode IX. Colin has been wonderful collaborator throughout the development process but we have all come to the conclusion that our visions for the project differ. We wish Colin the best & will be sharing more information about the film soon." Well if that ain't the nicest way to say you're fired? THR sources say the working relationship between Trevorrow & Kathleen Kennedy became unmanageable. Harsh. Apparently, they could not come to an agreement on the script. Some people attribute this to the piss-poor reaction to Trevorrow's last film, Book of Henry. I haven't seen that so I can only judge from his work on Jurassic World, which I did enjoy & am excited for it's follow-up. Haven't said that about Jurassic for awhile now. He also did another movie I'm very fond of. An indie film called Safety Not Guaranteed. Really good film; if you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth the time. Good thing it's early off. So not too big of a loss, this thing is a mere thought as of right now. I was interested in what Trevorrow would have done though. Even if Book of Henry was that bad, he's got 2 out of the 3 I know of. My worries are all put off when I hear the rumored replacements. THR say talks of Rian Johnson staying on from VIII, or even possibly J.J. Abrams himself coming back around. I'm in on J.J., & provided Last Jedi is as good as I think it's going to be, slash looking to be, I'm in on Johnson as well. What do y'all think about this news? Crushed? Don't care? Who do you want to replace? Put it in the comments, like, & share.

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Lucasfilm Announces Release Dates For "Star Wars: Episode IX" & "Indiana Jones 5"

Though we don't know officially what these movies will be called, Walt Disney Company & Lucasfilm announced the dates for Star Wars: Episode IX (insert surname here) & the next Indiana Jones & the (something, something inserted here). Episode IX will be leaving the holiday season & going for a May 24, 2019 release date & will end the current trilogy with Colin Trevorrow directing. On the Indiana Jones front, both director Steven Spielberg & star Harrison Ford will return on July 10, 2020 for the fifth time around. Having a date just makes it that much more real. Now I can't wait for that surname, but even more so for that something, something inserted here. Not because I love Indiana Jones more than Star Wars, but because that will give some insight into what Indy will be doing this time around.