Peaky Blinders author Steven Knight has reportedly departed the upcoming Star Wars movie that’s set to revolve round Daisy Ridley’s Rey.
Knight’s involvement was first introduced in March 2023, when it emerged that he could be writing the screenplay for the film, changing Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson, who had themselves left the venture.
Selection stories that the movie is meant to select up the story after the occasions of Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019), and can comply with Rey’s efforts to open her personal Jedi Academy. With this setback, nonetheless, it’s unlikely the movie will enter the manufacturing stage till the second half of 2025 on the earliest.
NME has approached Knight’s representatives for remark.
The movie continues to be slated to be the directorial debut of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, who directed episodes of the Disney+ sequence Ms. Marvel, and has picked up two Oscars for Finest Documentary Quick Movie.
There’s not a Star Wars movie set for launch till Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian and Grogu in Might 2026, which, if it arrives on time, will convey to an finish a seven-year hole. A number of others are considered in improvement, together with from administrators Taika Waititi, Donald Glover, Patty Jenkins, Rian Johnson and James Mangold.
NME awarded The Rise Of Skywalker three stars on its launch in 2019, writing: “Most who watch this movie could have an gratifying time. It’s thrilling, surprisingly humorous – particular point out to C-3PO (Anthony Daniels), who nails zinger after zinger in a standout flip – and is filled with robust performances from its main forged, particularly John Boyega as Stormtrooper-turned-rebel Finn.”
“Almost all of the unanswered questions are resolved and Skywalker feels sufficiently satisfying as a remaining chapter. It’s taken 42 years to get right here, however (for now) the circle is lastly full.”
Knight, in the meantime, has a number of different upcoming tasks, together with Maria, a biopic of the opera star Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie, and The Immortal Man, the characteristic movie adaptation of Knight’s personal BBC hit sequence Peaky Blinders. He has additionally been engaged on the boxing drama sequence A Thousand Blows, which is able to arrive on Disney+ in 2025.
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