Star Wars: Looper director could replace JJ Abrams in Episodes VIII and IX

Rian Johnson is negotiating with Disney to take over the next two films will be part of the new trilogy.



The current director of Star Wars Episode VII, JJ Abrams could see your work in only one of the three new films in the series.
This is because Disney is in talks to recruit filmmaker Rian Johnson directing for other films, ie, the Episodes VIII and IX.

The information was released exclusively by Deadline, medium ensures talks between Lucasfilm and screenwriter Looper (2012), famed science fiction film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis.

According to the report, this would be in line with the company strategy of "trust the franchise to the best and brightest writers and directors," including Josh Trank in the spin-off of Chronicle and Gareth Edwards on Godzilla.

Johnson, 40, began his career by winning a special prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005 with his film Brick. Later, he directed The Brothers Bloom tapes (2008) Looper (2012).

He also worked in television in three episodes of Breaking Bad, one of them, which led name Ozymandias, rated one of the best episodes of the series series. Additionally, Time magazine placed him at the top of the top 10 episodes of a television production in 2013.

Meanwhile, Abrams continues to work in Episode VII began in mid-May, with filming in England and Abu Dhabi, to be released in December 2015.

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