Posted on 11/09/2017 3:54:59 PM PST by EdnaMode
Disney has closed a deal with director Rian Johnson to develop a new “Star Wars” trilogy, and it is planning a live-action “Star Wars” TV series to air on its entertainment streaming service that is expected to launch by the end of 2019.
Disney chairman-CEO Bob Iger announced the “Star Wars” news during the company’s quarterly earnings call. In addition to the “Star Wars” TV series, Disney is working on TV series adaptations of Pixar’s “Monsters Inc.,” the Disney Channel’s “High School Musical” franchise and an original entry from Marvel.
Johnson helmed “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” which is due out Dec. 15. He’s set to write and direct another trio of “Star Wars” theatrical pics with his longtime collaborator Ram Bergman.
“We all loved working with Rian on ‘The Last Jedi,’” said Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm. “He’s a creative force, and watching him craft ‘The Last Jedi’ from start to finish was one of the great joys of my career. Rian will do amazing things with the blank canvas of this new trilogy.”
The long-term pact with Johnson comes on the heels of Lucasfilm having some rocky relations with filmmakers on other “Star Wars” pics. There are no dates yet for the new pics.
“We had the time of our lives collaborating with Lucasfilm and Disney on ‘The Last Jedi,’ ” Johnson and Bergman said in a joint statement. “ ‘Star Wars’ is the greatest modern mythology and we feel very lucky to have contributed to it. We can’t wait to continue with this new series of films.”
Of the nascent entertainment-focused streaming service, Iger said Disney would produce four to five original movies a year for the service, in addition to the original TV series. Iger said it would not have traditional advertising in the form of commercials. Sponsorship opportunities may be available, however.
Iger also said he expects the Disney-branded streaming service to be priced “substantially below” Netflix’s $10.99 a month because the service will have less content overall. “The price will reflect that,” he said. “Our goal is to attract as many subs as possible starting out.”
>p>I really liked the first Star Wars movie. I thought the rest were crap. They were just milking the franchise for the fans money. No new ideas. None of the creativity that went into the first movie. I’m not going back to see anymore sequels to SW.
Let me guess: the main “hero” is transgender?
The next film... Star Wars: The Milky Way
The Empire surges back into dominance from the profits gleaned from selling action figures, lunch boxes, fake light sabers, and scale model death stars.
The rebels fight back by flooding the market with pirated low-cost copies.
The film will be a hit in China!
Star Wars: The Search For More Money.
Star Bores
Spaceballs the flame thrower!
Merchandising! Merchandising! Where the real money from the movie is made!
Thus the secret history of Harbor Frieght is finally revealed.
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll kiss three bucks goodbye!
The kids love this one.
Star Wars Rebels was the best thing since Empire Strikes Back.
I hope they show the Star Wars Christmas special again. Nothing says Happy Holidays like the wookie home planet.
“Our goal is to attract as many subs as possible starting out.”
When Disney says “Subs” they don’t mean subscribers. They mean subordinates.
lol I missed it back in the day because my parents made me do my homework. I was angry at them for years. watched it a couple of months back on Rifftrax. What a horrible Trainwreck. I have since rethought my opinion of that night.
Oh, it’s much worse than that!
The evil Emperor has blond hair and orange skin. He uses Galactic Tweets to compel his Storm Troopers to harass and repress Aliens of Color while groping robots right by their lower servo...
Rising up from the Swamp planet of Dagoreth is the hero, dressed in a orange prison pants suit, who actually won the galactic popular vote, but lost the Imperial Senate confirmation. Along with her robot lesbian companion, Huma-ASS-1, can she take the reigns away from the Trumpeted Emperor?
Wow, that’s good. Are you a screenwriter??
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