It has just been officially announced that James Mangold is writing and will direct aStar Warsspin-off movie on the fan-favoriteBoba Fett. This is huge news andStar Warsfans have been waiting years to finally see the bounty hunter’s story told on the big screen. The news comes just asSolo: A Star Wars Storyhits theaters for its debut weekend. Many fans have been wondering if the Boba Fett shows up inSolo, so they’ll find out soon enough. If he’s not, he’ll be in his own movie coming soon.
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that James Mangold will write and direct theBoba Fettmovie, but that was all that was reported. There is no word on casting or when production will take place, or if the movie will take precedent over the long talked aboutObi-WanKenobi spin-off movie. For now,Star Warsfans can rest easy in knowing that one of their favorite characters is finally getting the stand-alone movie treatment. TheBoba Fettmovie was originally going to happen with Josh Trank and was supposed to be out in 2018, but that obviously did not happen.
It was originally reported back in March thatSimon Kinberg was currently writing a Star Wars movieand many assumed that it was theBoba Fettstandalone movie. However, that is not the case.Logandirector James Mangold, who is not a big fan of post-credit scenes, will be the one to oversee the latestStar Wars spin-off movie. George Lucas had previously told the origin story ofBoba Fettin the prequels, so it will be very interesting to see what stage of his life that the movie takes place in.
Solo: A Star Wars Storyis currently in theaters and has been getting mixed reviews from critics and fans, but it is believed that there could be moreyoung Han Solo moviesin the future for Lucasfilm, especially ifSolois a success. If that ends up being the case, we could end up seeing a young Han Solo possibly meet up with a young Boba Fett is some type of crossover, which would be pretty awesome. We could end up seeing how Jabba the Hutt comes into both of their lives.
Sadly, there isn’t much information to go off of at this time, but it’s still exciting news to know that theBoba Fett movie is back in development. It’s even more exciting to know that James Mangold is taking a stab at theStar Warsuniverse. Again, it isn’t clear if theBoba Fettspin-off movie will come out beforeObi-Wanor even if the Kenobi movie is officially happening at this point. This is a breaking story and more news about the standaloneBoba Fettmovie is expected to drop really soon. While we wait for more news, you may check out the original report athttp://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-boba-fett-movie-is-happening-james-mangold-direct-1113273%7CThe Hollywood Reporter.
