David Benioff and Dan Weiss at the season premiere of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” in 2015. Disney announced Tuesday that the two have been tasked with writing and directing a new series of “Star Wars” movies, ensuring that there will never be a shortage of stories set in a galaxy far, far away. [HBO exec says announcing ‘Confederate’ in a news release was a bad idea]Now the question is how Weiss and Benioff will fare within the “Star Wars” machine. Meanwhile, there were extensive reshoots to Gareth Edwards’s “Rogue One.”Would proven hitmakers like Weiss and Benioff get more artistic license? Read more‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ trailer shows the movie might not be the disaster some fearedHow ‘The Last Jedi’ became the most divisive Star Wars movie yetHe’s back: J.J. Abrams will replace Colin Trevorrow as director of ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’

Source: Washington Post February 06, 2018 22:07 UTC