The Rise of Skywalker Star Wars IX The Rise of Skywalker (JJ Abrams 2019)

[Jay 30919]

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Is it possible that Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow has been hired by Lucasfilm to direct Star Wars: Episode 9? A new report claims Lucasfilm will bring Trevorrow to the stage in Hall H on Friday afternoon’s big San Diego Comic Con presentation to make the official announcement.

http://www.slashfilm.com/colin-trevorrow-star-wars-director/

[Not Mr. Big 4039]

Ugh!

I hope not! Jurassic World was so pedestrian.

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Quite a rise to fame, if true.

He got the iconography of Jurassic Park and clearly audiences responded. It'll go on to become the third highest grossing film of all time, hard to argue with that.

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[Matt C 437]

Seems like Jurassic World is hitting that level of saturation where it gets backlash. Half the comments section on several sites reporting this are saying "No Trevorrow! JW sucked!"

Ugh.

[Jay 30919]

How much you liked JW won't be a direct correlation to how much you like a Star Wars film he makes. These new Star Wars films are a machine with more input from Kennedy and other execs than some other movie he could direct instead.

Also, most directors learn from each film they make and improve on their next one, especially early in their careers like this.

[Matt C 437]

I don't think fans got it yet. If Trevorrow could recapture some of that magic from JP in JW (let's face it, audiences flocked to JW in record numbers), imagine what he could do with a SW film.

Especially with Williams scoring.

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[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254]

I agree. None of the sequels captured the awe that the first one had.

[Unlucky Bastard 7770]

Ugh!

I hope not! Jurassic World was so pedestrian.

I hope I could make a movie like that while crossing the street!

[KK 3251]

JW was pretty over-the-top, sometimes bordering the nonsensical, though ultimately entertaining enough. But there is no magic in that movie. It owes its huge success to the franchise, not its own merits.

[Balahkay 626]

JW was pretty over-the-top, sometimes bordering the nonsensical, though ultimately entertaining enough. But there is no magic in that movie. It owes its huge success to the franchise, not its own merits.

And to the amount of marketing they did for the film. Good thing it paid off.

[Unlucky Bastard 7770]

If they made the dinosaurs have feathers, the revenue for JW would have been poultry.

[leeallen01 1993]

If they made the dinosaurs have feathers, the revenue for JW would have been poultry.

A poultry joke really? I bet you get all the chicks.

[Unlucky Bastard 7770]

When they like what they see, it's cock-a-doodle-doo.

[Matt C 437]

I agree. None of the sequels captured the awe that the first one had.

What I was trying to say was that JW managed to convey a sense of adventure and expanded on what Spielberg laid out in the first one. Nostalgia can only carry a film so far, and audiences responded to the film well. Word of mouth was great for JW, where most blockbusters open big but lose momentum the second weekend onward.

[Indianagirl 250]

He wouldn't be my first choice....but I can think of a lot worse.

[Kendal_Ozzel 33]

Well, it didn't happen on Friday. So hopefully it was just a bogus rumor.

[nightscape94 965]

It was also heavily rumored that JJ had full intentions of coming back for 9 to finish this trilogy saga after he took a break and did other another project. So who knows what the hell is going on.

[Unlucky Bastard 7770]

Assuming the response to his film is any good.

[Indianagirl 250]

It was also heavily rumored that JJ had full intentions of coming back for 9 to finish this trilogy saga after he took a break and did other another project. So who knows what the hell is going on.

If the Force Awakens turns out to be good then I hope for this.

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It was also heavily rumored that JJ had full intentions of coming back for 9 to finish this trilogy saga after he took a break and did other another project. So who knows what the hell is going on.

Find that hard to believe, there's only a 3.5 year turnaround from episode 7 to 9. For a control freak like J.J. that's nowhere near enough time to make two projects, especially considering he's taken 3 years just to make The Force Awakens.

[Jay 30919]

Yes. Lucasfilm has already set the entire creative teams for 2016's Rogue One, 2017's Episode 8, and 2018's Han Solo. Within a year the creative team for 2019's Episode 9 will be in pre-production. JJ ain't starting and finishing an entire film within a year.

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I'd be shocked if there aren't already writers working on treatments for Episode 9.

Assuming they aren't going off George's, that is.

[Jay 30919]

Oh they've obviously begun the writing process years ago, yea - along with whatever's coming out in 2020-2022, like maybe a Yoda spinoff, Kenobi, Boba Fett, Vader, etc etc

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I'm hanging out for Star Wars: The Rise of Dexter Jettster (2024).

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254]

I want a spin-off for those Imperial Guards in ROTJ.

[Wojo 2445]

I want a sitcom featuring the home life of Salacious B. Crumb.

[BLUMENKOHL 1064]

Sweet, maybe just like Jurassic World we'll see our heroine darting around in high [sci-fi] heels the whole movie!

[Indianagirl 250]

Sweet, maybe just like Jurassic World we'll see our heroine darting around in high [sci-fi] heels the whole movie!

I liked Claire...but I would have kicked those heels to the curb.

[Dixon Hill 4232]

Boots are good. Yes, boots. I'll be in my bunk.

[BLUMENKOHL 1064]

Sweet, maybe just like Jurassic World we'll see our heroine darting around in high [sci-fi] heels the whole movie!

I liked Claire...

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[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254]

Nothing wrong with Claire!

[BLUMENKOHL 1064]

Nothing wrong with Claire!

[Muad'Dib 1621]

I still cry everytime I see this scene, so Trevorrow is fine by me

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254]

That music is offputting!

[KK 3251]

Not really referencin the clip above, but this film (namely in the beginning) has some of the worst use of JW's music I've seen in a while. Just didn't work at all.

[Unlucky Bastard 7770]

Claire was cool. Love a chick who's ballsy enough to let a T-rex chase her in high heels.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254]

Indeed!

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I don't get all the hyperbole about the high heels thing. It's a movie, it's meant to be escapism. It suits her character arc perfectly and fits within the heightened constructs of Trevorrow's story.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10254]

It represents female empowerment! No longer do women on the run need to throw away their heels and make it to safety barefoot.

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No longer do women on the run need to throw away their heels and make it to safety barefoot.

Safety's not guaranteed.

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[Unlucky Bastard 7770]

The femmies don't want to acknowledge that!

[BLUMENKOHL 1064]

I don't get all the hyperbole about the high heels thing. It's a movie, it's meant to be escapism. It suits her character arc perfectly and fits within the heightened constructs of Trevorrow's story.

You have a flaccid ice penis for an avatar.

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I don't get all the hyperbole about the high heels thing. It's a movie, it's meant to be escapism. It suits her character arc perfectly and fits within the heightened constructs of Trevorrow's story.

You have a flaccid ice penis for an avatar.

Hyperbole!

[nightscape94 965]

I didn't notice those old raptor scars when I saw it in the theater.

[Jay 30919]

Finally, Abrams made a firm reveal about whether he will return to the franchise with Episode IX, announcing: “No, I’m not going to direct Episode IX, as much as I am deeply envious of anyone who gets to work with this group of people on the future movies.”

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/470921-star-wars-the-force-awakens-photos

[Naïve Old Fart 7496]

Colin Trevorrow? Another hot-shot. Another "by God" hot-shot.

[AC1 3794]

And which Star Wars movie in 2029? Come one, I want to know!