Disney hits a roadblock with Daisy Ridley's 'Star Wars' movie — the latest project it's had trouble getting off the ground

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  • Daisy Ridley is group to return arsenic Rey successful Disney's caller untitled "Star Wars" sequel.
  • The task has deed a awesome roadblock aft writer Steven Knight departed.
  • It's nan latest "Star Wars" movie that Disney has had problem getting disconnected nan crushed successful caller years.

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Disney has deed a roadblock pinch its adjacent "Star Wars" sequel, which will prima Daisy Ridley, aft writer Steven Knight near nan project.

Variety reported connected Thursday that Knight, champion known arsenic nan creator of nan BBC play "Peaky Blinders," is nary longer moving connected nan film.

The sequel, directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, will reportedly travel Rey (Daisy Ridley) arsenic she attempts to commencement a caller Jedi Order aft nan events of "Star Wars: Episode XI — The Rise of Skywalker."

Knight joined nan task successful March 2023 aft writers Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson besides stepped distant from nan film.

The postulation has flourished connected its streaming platform, Disney+, since 2019 pinch "Star Wars" TV shows including "The Mandalorian," "Obi-Wan Kenobi," "Ahsoka," and "Andor."

The caller sequel is nan latest cinematic task that Disney is yet to release.

In November 2017, 1 period earlier "Episode VIII — The Last Jedi" arrived successful theaters, Lucasfilm announced that head Rian Johnson was moving connected a trilogy astir wholly caller characters abstracted from "The Skywalker Saga." Nearly 8 years later, nan task hasn't been canceled, but neither is it successful development, IGN reported.

Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss besides had a woody to create their ain Jedi trilogy, but parted ways with Lucasfilm successful 2019, per Deadline.

The aforesaid year, Marvel Studios main Kevin Feige confirmed he was readying a "Star Wars" movie. However, successful 2023, he said he was nary longer moving connected nan project.

In 2020, "Wonder Woman" head Patty Jenkins announced that she was moving connected a "Star Wars" combatant aviator movie titled "Rogue Squadron."

The task was past shelved past year, only to beryllium revived successful March. Jenkins said it was still successful development.

Finally, there's besides a movie successful nan useful from "Thor: Love & Thunder" head Taika Waititi first announced successful 2020. In November 2023 he told Business Insider that his movie is "still marinating."

Blockbusters require immense amounts of rate to nutrient — "The Rise of Skywalker" had a fund of conscionable complete $400 cardinal — truthful it's possibly astonishing that truthful galore "Star Wars" movies are connected nan slate.

Disney bought Lucasfilm for $4.1 cardinal successful 2012. Despite several container agency successes it is yet to recoup nan costs of nan acquisition, according to calculations by Forbes.

The studio's struggles pinch these projects propose location could beryllium recurring issues concerning scripts, storylines, deadlines, contracts, shooting schedules, aliases a operation of factors.

For now, Ridley is still connected committee and teased an "exciting" update astir nan movie erstwhile speaking to Collider astatine a caller screening of her adjacent movie, "Magpie."

She said: "Things are evolving. I proceed to beryllium very excited. There will beryllium an update soon."

Ridley's remark was improbable to beryllium a reference to Knight's exit.

The adjacent confirmed "Star Wars" movie, "The Mandalorian & Grogu," is owed to onshore successful theaters successful May 2026.

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