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ANGELES: "Looper" filmmaker Rian Johnson will write and direct "Star
Wars: Episode VIII," the second installment in the new trilogy of "Star
Wars" films produced by Walt Disney Co, a source with knowledge of the
plans said on Friday.
Johnson, 40, who also wrote and directed 2005´s "Brick" and 2008´s "The Brothers Bloom," will also write the initial script for the third installment of the trilogy, "Episode IX."A Disney spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
"Episode VIII" is the second of three films that Disney announced after purchasing "Star Wars" creator George Lucas´ Lucasfilm in 2012 for $4.05 billion, and will follow "Star Wars:Episode VII," currently in production with director J.J. Abrams.
The films are expected to expand the saga that was first released in 1977 and has become embedded in pop culture.
Disney will also produce stand-alone "Star Wars" films that will be released between the three new trilogy films, the first of which will be directed by "Godzilla" filmmaker Gareth Edwards.
Johnson, 40, who also wrote and directed 2005´s "Brick" and 2008´s "The Brothers Bloom," will also write the initial script for the third installment of the trilogy, "Episode IX."A Disney spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
"Episode VIII" is the second of three films that Disney announced after purchasing "Star Wars" creator George Lucas´ Lucasfilm in 2012 for $4.05 billion, and will follow "Star Wars:Episode VII," currently in production with director J.J. Abrams.
The films are expected to expand the saga that was first released in 1977 and has become embedded in pop culture.
Disney will also produce stand-alone "Star Wars" films that will be released between the three new trilogy films, the first of which will be directed by "Godzilla" filmmaker Gareth Edwards.
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