{"id":16847,"date":"2022-06-13T13:47:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T11:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1661272"},"modified":"2022-06-13T14:12:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T12:12:13","slug":"taika-waititi-reveals-his-focus-going-into-star-wars-movie","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/taika-waititi-reveals-his-focus-going-into-star-wars-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Taika Waititi reveals his focus going into Star Wars movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 13 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>It\u2019s been over two years since it was announced that Taika Waititi would be helming a new <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/how-to-watch-the-star-wars-movies-in-the-right-order\/&quot;\">Star Wars<\/a> film, and we\u2019re now starting to get hints at what sort of shape that will take.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy revealed that Waititi\u2019s film will be the next cinematic outing for the long-running franchise, and now Waititi himself has given us an update on its development, saying his focus is on making it \u201cfeel\u201d like Star Wars.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"\/\/screenrant.com\/star-wars-movie-taika-waititi-script-updates\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Screen Rant<\/a>, he said: \u201cI\u2019m still writing. I\u2019m still coming up with the ideas and storylining it and just wanted to make sure that it feels like a Star Wars film.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause, I could say, \u2018Oh yeah, we\u2019ll just write any old thing and set in space and then put Star Wars on the front.\u2019 But it wouldn\u2019t be a Star Wars film without certain elements and a certain treatment, so I\u2019ve just got to make sure that it stays within that wheelhouse.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Incoming news from a galaxy far, far away\u2026.<br\/><br\/>Academy Award winner <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaikaWaititi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@TaikaWaititi<\/a> to direct and co-write a new Star Wars feature film for theatrical release; Academy Award nominee Krysty Wilson-Cairns (<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/WeWriteAtDawn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@WeWriteAtDawn<\/a>) to co-write screenplay with Waititi: <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/o3Exz8ndy9&quot;\">https:\/\/t.co\/o3Exz8ndy9<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/Yrt0LQbi7B&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/Yrt0LQbi7B<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Star Wars (@starwars) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/starwars\/status\/1257339618099441664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">May 4, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Waititi\u2019s film is being co-written by Krysty Wilson-Cairns, whose work includes co-writing both Sam Mendes\u2019 1917 and Edgar Wright\u2019s <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/last-night-in-sohos-krysty-wilson-cairns-exclusive\/&quot;\">Last Night in Soho<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While it sounds like we might be waiting a while for the prolific director\u2019s Star Wars film, we still have plenty more of his work to look forward to in the meantime \u2013 he has written and directed two films set to release this year (<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/thor-love-and-thunder-release-date\/&quot;\">Thor: Love and Thunder<\/a>, Next Goal Wins), his Disney Plus series Reservation Dogs will release its second season, and his HBO Max series <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/our-flag-means-death-uk-release-date\/&quot;\">Our Flag Means Death<\/a> is expected to land on Sky in the UK in the near future.<\/p> <p>Meanwhile, he is also continuing to act, reprising his role as Korg in Thor: Love and Thunder while also voicing Mo in this month\u2019s Pixar film, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/lightyear-release-date\/&quot;\">Lightyear<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Waititi\u2019s next directorial film, Thor: Love and Thunder will be released in UK cinemas on Friday 8th July 2022. <\/strong><strong>Meanwhile the latest Star Wars series, Obi-Wan Kenobi, releases new episodes on Disney Plus on Wednesdays at 8am GMT. 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/b><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Hibbs Published: Monday, 13 June 2022 at 12:00 am It\u2019s been over two years since it was announced that Taika Waititi would be helming a new Star Wars film, and we\u2019re now starting to get hints at what sort of shape that will take. 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