A wildly cool rumor operating rampant across the Star Wars group may truly be true. It says that Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the Oscar-winning administrators of the Finest Image-winning All the things In all places All at As soon as, directed an episode of the upcoming Star Wars Disney+ present, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.
The information first broke on the positioning One Take Information and although Lucasfilm wouldn’t remark, our reporting suggests the information is correct. Apparently, earlier than the Daniels received that prestigious Finest Director Oscar (and a number of other others for his or her newest movie) they directed not less than one episode of the present’s first season, which wrapped filming earlier this yr. Let the farting corpses and sizzling canine fingers fly!
Skeleton Crew follows “4 youngsters who discover themselves misplaced in within the vastness of the galaxy looking for their manner residence,” and it was created by Spider-Man: No Approach Residence director Jon Watts and Christopher Ford. Jude Regulation is the one introduced star however we all know it takes place in the identical timeframe as The Mandalorian, so characters from this present may cross over with that present in addition to others.
And whereas the information of a Daniels episode of a Star Wars present is possibly the good factor you’ll hear all week, you additionally must marvel, is it sufficient? Or is it excellent? These guys aren’t enjoyable, quirky indie administrators anymore. They’re up there among the many better of the very best. Oscar winners. Mega stars. Shouldn’t they be doing Star Wars motion pictures, not reveals? Then again, an episode of a Star Wars present is an effective way to mess around in a universe so many individuals love and the listing of people that’ve completed so is massively spectacular: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Rodriguez, Taika Waititi, Peyton Reed, Deborah Chow, Jon Favreau, the listing goes on and on.
Whereas this information has but to be formally confirmed, an announcement might come subsequent month at Star Wars Celebration Europe, which takes place April 7-11. We count on plenty of large information from there not nearly Star Wars Disney+ reveals resembling Skeleton Crew, however new motion pictures too.
Correction: A earlier model of this story was unclear if the Daniels had but to or already accomplished directing an episode of the present. That’s been up to date.
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