Shawn Levy attends ‘The Adam Project’ World Premiere at Alice Tully Hall on February 28, 2022 in New York City. Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Netflix.
It really is a good time to be director Shawn Levy right now. Not only is he one of the key creative team members behind ‘Stranger Things’ (he’s an executive producer and directs at least one episode a season), but his movie partnership with Ryan Reynolds on ‘Free Guy’ has led to a fruitful follow-up that included ‘The Adam Project’ and now, ‘Deadpool 3’, which is in development.
But there was even bigger news today, as Deadline brings word that Levy is also in talks to direct a ‘Star Wars’ movie for Disney/Lucasfilm.
While this could sound like a big rumour, Levy has confirmed that he’s at least in discussions via social media.
So far, Deadline has not been able to pry loose any details on writer, subject or release date from the notoriously close-mouthed Lucasfilm team, so we don’t yet know who else will be involved should Levy actually lock in a deal.
And outside of planning the ‘Deadpool’ mayhem and whatever his duties end up being on the fifth and final season of ‘Stranger Things’, Levy has been keeping typically busy. He’s in post-production on Netflix limited series ‘All the Light We Cannot See’, for which he directed all four episodes.
There is still chatter about a ‘Free Guy’ sequel and thanks to his 21 Laps company, Levy has rarely been overseeing more projects, though he has smartly delegated some of that work to his team.
Shawn Levy speaks during ‘The Adam Project’ World Premiere at Alice Tully Hall on February 28, 2022 in New York City. Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Netflix.
It marks another positive turn in the continuing world of ‘Star Wars’, with several directors/writer-directors lined up for future films. Taika Waititi and Rian Johnson are both at different stages of planning movies set in that galaxy far, far away.
‘Wonder Woman’ director Patty Jenkins remains attached to Rebel fighter pilot pic ‘Rogue Squadron’, even as that film remains parked in a development hanger having lost its slot on the Disney/Lucasfilm release calendar.
And there’s also a mysterious movie from Damon Lindelof, which recently hired ‘Ms. Marvel’s Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy to direct.
‘Ms. Marvel’ director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
Kathleen Kennedy and the Lucasfilm team has been trying to figure out the future of big screen ‘Star Wars’ following the mixed response to ‘The Rise of Skywalker’. There is no solid information about which movie will be next, but there is an untitled film set in the ‘Wars’ universe on the release calendar for 2025.
It’s beyond doubtful that any film directed by Levy could be ready for that date – with his existing assignments, he probably wouldn’t even be able to start work on a movie before 2025 anyway. So we’ll be waiting to watch this one.
Meanwhile, ‘Star Wars’ fans can keep themselves occupied with the likes of Disney+ series ‘The Mandalorian’ (which returns for a third season next year), ‘Ahsoka’ (starring Rosario Dawson as the Jedi warrior) and ‘The Acolyte’, which just started shooting.
Shawn Levy attends ‘The Adam Project’ World Premiere at Alice Tully Hall on February 28, 2022 in New York City. Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Netflix.
