Boba: A Star Wars Story
10-11-15, 02:46 PM
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Re: Star Wars Anthology: Untitled Boba Fett Film (TBD)
At this point it's so fucking negligible it wouldn't even matter. Not to me anyway. They would have to reboot the character completely. That's the reason why Dredd works.
10-12-15, 07:32 AM
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10-12-15, 09:50 AM
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10-12-15, 12:38 PM
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Re: Star Wars Anthology: Untitled Boba Fett Film (TBD)
That happened in the Expanded Universe; only the live action films, and the Clone Wars and Rebels TV series are considered absolutely canon. The EU was a lower level of continuity that was supposed to remain consistent with itself but could be overridden by Lucas at any time (for instance C'baoth and his clone army are incompatible with the prequels). In any case, Disney wiped out the EU when they bought the franchise, so all the comics, novels and video games written in the last thirty years have been relegated to an alternate continuity.
10-12-15, 01:20 PM
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Right but wasn't there a story fairly recently about Disney making Boba Fett surviving the Sarlacc Pit canon? I swear I remember reading that.
05-24-18, 05:32 PM
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Boba: A Star Wars Story (Mangold)
MAY 24, 2018 3:03pm PT by Borys Kit
'Star Wars': Boba Fett Movie in the Works With James Mangold (Exclusive)
Lucasfilm is developing movies on a slew of characters, including Obi-Wan Kenobi.
The hunt is on.
James Mangold is writing and will direct a Star Wars standalone movie centered on Boba Fett, the feared bounty hunter and fan favorite character, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned.
The reveal comes as Disney and Disney-owned Lucasfilm prepare the release of the latest Star Wars standalone movie, Solo: A Star Wars Story. Solo, which opens Friday, is the second movie to be spun from the main Star Wars line — Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was the first — but it is the first to focus on a particular character.
Lucasfilm is developing movies on a slew of characters including Obi-Wan Kenobi, which has Stephen Daldry in negotiations to direct although no writers working on a script.
It was rumored that Simon Kinberg, the writer-producer behind the X-Men franchise and movies such as The Martian, was working on a Fett movie. It is unclear if the two projects are the same. Kinberg and Mangold are close, however, and the two worked on Logan, the X-Men spinoff that earned high praise last year.
Boba Fett was introduced in 1980’s Empire Strikes Back and then appeared in 1983’s Return of the Jedi as the silent but armor-clad mercenary who brings Han Solo to the slug-like crime lord Jabba the Hutt. Despite having a helmet over his face, no lines and a very limited screen appearance that ended in his death, the character, with his jet pack and battle-scared armor, grew to cult status.
The George Lucas prequels showed his origin as a subplot but more importantly, his escapades were featured in various books, comics, animated series, video games and merchandizing. Jeremy Bulloch inhabited the character in the initial movies.
Details for the Boba Fett storyline are being kept deep in the Sarlacc Pit.
Mangold last year brought prestige to the super hero genre with Logan, which he co-wrote and directed; the movie was produced by Kinberg. The X-Men standalone featuring Wolverine earned him plaudits as well as an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay.
The writer-director, who also counts Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, Tom Cruise action movie Knight and Day, and Western 3:10 to Yuma among his credits, is prepping to step behind the camera this summer for a Ford vs Ferrari drama for Fox.
Mangold is repped by WME, Management 360 and Sloane Offer.
'Star Wars': Boba Fett Movie in the Works With James Mangold (Exclusive)
Lucasfilm is developing movies on a slew of characters, including Obi-Wan Kenobi.
The hunt is on.
James Mangold is writing and will direct a Star Wars standalone movie centered on Boba Fett, the feared bounty hunter and fan favorite character, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned.
The reveal comes as Disney and Disney-owned Lucasfilm prepare the release of the latest Star Wars standalone movie, Solo: A Star Wars Story. Solo, which opens Friday, is the second movie to be spun from the main Star Wars line — Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was the first — but it is the first to focus on a particular character.
Lucasfilm is developing movies on a slew of characters including Obi-Wan Kenobi, which has Stephen Daldry in negotiations to direct although no writers working on a script.
It was rumored that Simon Kinberg, the writer-producer behind the X-Men franchise and movies such as The Martian, was working on a Fett movie. It is unclear if the two projects are the same. Kinberg and Mangold are close, however, and the two worked on Logan, the X-Men spinoff that earned high praise last year.
Boba Fett was introduced in 1980’s Empire Strikes Back and then appeared in 1983’s Return of the Jedi as the silent but armor-clad mercenary who brings Han Solo to the slug-like crime lord Jabba the Hutt. Despite having a helmet over his face, no lines and a very limited screen appearance that ended in his death, the character, with his jet pack and battle-scared armor, grew to cult status.
The George Lucas prequels showed his origin as a subplot but more importantly, his escapades were featured in various books, comics, animated series, video games and merchandizing. Jeremy Bulloch inhabited the character in the initial movies.
Details for the Boba Fett storyline are being kept deep in the Sarlacc Pit.
Mangold last year brought prestige to the super hero genre with Logan, which he co-wrote and directed; the movie was produced by Kinberg. The X-Men standalone featuring Wolverine earned him plaudits as well as an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay.
The writer-director, who also counts Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, Tom Cruise action movie Knight and Day, and Western 3:10 to Yuma among his credits, is prepping to step behind the camera this summer for a Ford vs Ferrari drama for Fox.
Mangold is repped by WME, Management 360 and Sloane Offer.
05-24-18, 05:37 PM
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Re: Boba: A Star Wars Story (Mangold)
I've never understood the fan fare Boba Fett gets, but I could be interested in seeing this. I didnt want to see Solo but the ads make it look great so I'll give all the "story" films a try. If done right it could be a really cool backstory movie. I remember reading some of the books and comics that featured him and if they adapt any of that into the story it could make for a great popcorn flick.
05-24-18, 05:50 PM
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Re: Boba: A Star Wars Story (Mangold)
Oh fuck off Disney.
05-24-18, 06:26 PM
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Eh, maybe it's just because I'm not a HUGE SW-nerd, I just enjoy the movies and my entry into the franchise was the prequel trilogy in the early 00's; but I totally didn't know who Boba was without looking him up just now to remember his small part in one film. Obviously haven't seen the Solo film yet, which seems to have given him a bigger role maybe? But yeah... I don't get why we need or should want a film dedicated to a character that had some tiny non-dialogue role and died in the original trilogy.
05-24-18, 06:34 PM
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Re: Boba: A Star Wars Story (Mangold)
Eh, maybe it's just because I'm not a HUGE SW-nerd, I just enjoy the movies and my entry into the franchise was the prequel trilogy in the early 00's; but I totally didn't know who Boba was without looking him up just now to remember his small part in one film. Obviously haven't seen the Solo film yet, which seems to have given him a bigger role maybe? But yeah... I don't get why we need or should want a film dedicated to a character that had some tiny non-dialogue role and died in the original trilogy.
05-24-18, 06:43 PM
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05-24-18, 06:52 PM
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They're going to run this shit into the ground aren't they.
05-24-18, 06:59 PM
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Yes it will be run into the ground. I’m not sure why this is surprising. The plan was always that they would have a new film every year. I wouldn’t be surprised if they started doing two a year. One in May and one in a December.
I have no desire to see more Boba Fett though. AotC killed that.
I have no desire to see more Boba Fett though. AotC killed that.
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05-24-18, 07:03 PM
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Re: Boba: A Star Wars Story (Mangold)
Eh, maybe it's just because I'm not a HUGE SW-nerd, I just enjoy the movies and my entry into the franchise was the prequel trilogy in the early 00's; but I totally didn't know who Boba was without looking him up just now to remember his small part in one film. Obviously haven't seen the Solo film yet, which seems to have given him a bigger role maybe? But yeah... I don't get why we need or should want a film dedicated to a character that had some tiny non-dialogue role and died in the original trilogy.
Any coolness that he may have had pretty much disappeared with the prequel movies, though.
05-24-18, 07:08 PM
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I'm a bit confused here as all I heard after the release of TLJ from Disney was the phrase 'Kill the Past' which was a metaphor for the movie and the future of the franchise. They wanted to tear everything down to keep things fresh for the future.
So we have Solo that comes out this weekend, Episode 9, a Kenobi movie and a Boba Fett movie? Where does kill the past come in from that future release schedule? Sounds like they are playing safe as can be.
So we have Solo that comes out this weekend, Episode 9, a Kenobi movie and a Boba Fett movie? Where does kill the past come in from that future release schedule? Sounds like they are playing safe as can be.
05-24-18, 07:19 PM
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Re: Boba: A Star Wars Story (Mangold)
My experience with spin-offs/sidestories featuring "fan-favorite" characters as the MC has always came out negative. Though most of that experience has dealt with anime doing so, but still. It tends to end up rather poor and ruins the character in the fans eye.
I can totally get behind the idea of making movies based on popular characters that actually had important roles in the story such as Han Solo, but a character that had no dialogue and appeared in like one scene? What's next, we're gonna get a movie about the guy Han Solo shot in a bar?
To say "I don't get Star Wars" just because I don't understand why such a minor character needed his own movie just because he was a fan-favorite is kind of silly. Fan favorite or not, making a movie about such a minor character is rather pushing it on the milking-the-franchise spectrum. Though I did say I wasn't one of the "huge SW fans", I just enjoy the movies as a regular movie watcher.
But we are getting a TV series based around Batman's butler, so I guess "milking-to-the-extreme" is to be expected these days.
Ah, alright, thanks for more insight into the character. I guess I need to look up this Holiday special.
I can totally get behind the idea of making movies based on popular characters that actually had important roles in the story such as Han Solo, but a character that had no dialogue and appeared in like one scene? What's next, we're gonna get a movie about the guy Han Solo shot in a bar?
To say "I don't get Star Wars" just because I don't understand why such a minor character needed his own movie just because he was a fan-favorite is kind of silly. Fan favorite or not, making a movie about such a minor character is rather pushing it on the milking-the-franchise spectrum. Though I did say I wasn't one of the "huge SW fans", I just enjoy the movies as a regular movie watcher.
But we are getting a TV series based around Batman's butler, so I guess "milking-to-the-extreme" is to be expected these days.
Boba Fett originally appeared in The Holiday Special animated segment and became a fan-favorite character after Empire. Don't overthink it. He was a bounty hunter and kids thought he looked cool. He was masked and mysterious, like Vader.
Any coolness that he may have had pretty much disappeared with the prequel movies, though.
Any coolness that he may have had pretty much disappeared with the prequel movies, though.
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05-24-18, 07:24 PM
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re: Boba: A Star Wars Story
I see Mangold as another director who will likely leave the project due to creative differences. Sorry but the leadership needs to change at Lucasfilm.
05-24-18, 07:46 PM
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BTW, I obviously hated The Last Jedi...And didn't much care for The Force Awakens...
Maybe Lucasfilm should try and follow the Marvel model (which doesn't always work; i.e. Adam McKay being fired from Ant-Man...which still turned out to be a damn good and funny movie), and hire talented filmmakers (usually) and let them give their input. Kenneth Branagh, Ryan Coogler, James Gunn...I can't see Lucasfilm letting any of those filmmakers anywhere near their movies...Like, can you even imagine them allowing Edgar Wright to make a Star Wars movie? I can't...
I almost get the impression that anytime the filmmakers want to do something dramatic like kill off a character or have one's motives reversed, they have to sit around a boardroom table for eight hours while they argue how this might annoy this demographic or that demographic, or how it might affect toy/merchandise sales...It just seems those movies are made by committees...
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05-24-18, 07:49 PM
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Exactly. At this point, Kathleen Kennedy and her "committee" might as well just direct the movies themselves...Still won't watch the Solo movie cause of how she dismissed the previous directors...Who made one of the funniest comedies of the last ten years in 21 Jump Street...If she wants all of the movies to essentially be the same and have no directorial input, then she and the rest of the producers should just hire some hack and tell them how to shoot the movie...
BTW, I obviously hated The Last Jedi...And didn't much care for The Force Awakens...
Maybe Lucasfilm should try and follow the Marvel model (which doesn't always work; i.e. Adam McKay being fired from Ant-Man...which still turned out to be a damn good and funny movie), and hire talented filmmakers (usually) and let them give their input. Kenneth Branagh, Ryan Coogler, James Gunn...I can't see Lucasfilm letting any of those filmmakers anywhere near their movies...
BTW, I obviously hated The Last Jedi...And didn't much care for The Force Awakens...
Maybe Lucasfilm should try and follow the Marvel model (which doesn't always work; i.e. Adam McKay being fired from Ant-Man...which still turned out to be a damn good and funny movie), and hire talented filmmakers (usually) and let them give their input. Kenneth Branagh, Ryan Coogler, James Gunn...I can't see Lucasfilm letting any of those filmmakers anywhere near their movies...
05-24-18, 08:02 PM
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