There have never been as many new Star Wars
movies in production as there are right now, with several high-profile filmmakers all working on their own additions to the ultimate space adventure franchise. Among those is one being worked on by Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny helmer James Mangold
, who appears to be so in demand that several big projects are on hold waiting for him. As Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy
recently revealed, this is something that she is happy to do, but that could be bad news for his DCU Swamp Thing
project.
Last week, during a DC update from James Gunn and Peter Safran, the latter revealed that the previously announced Swamp Thing movie is currently not going anywhere due to Mangold deciding to take on the Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown. Now, Kennedy has suggested that once his promotion of that movie ahead of this year’s Academy Awards is complete, he will be turning his attention back to his Dawn of the Jedi movie, leaving Swamp Thing at the back of a long queue.
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In an extensive interview with Deadline, Kennedy addressed many things, including rumors of her impending retirement, and she was asked whether the James Mangold prequel movie was still happening. She said:
“Yep. He’s working on this script right now. Simon’s working on scripts right now. Shawn, we had been working with him already for about a year and a half. These guys are available now. Jim, he got delayed a bit because of the Dylan movie and the awards season. You have to accommodate top talent to a certain extent. And quality is so important with what it is we’re trying to do. I like to wait for people that I think are passionate and really good to step into Star Wars.”
DC Studios Are Happy to Wait for Mangold, Even If ‘Swamp Thing’ Never Gets Made
In an almost identical statement a few days ago, Peter Safran addressed DC Studios’ new iteration of Swamp Thing, and suggested, similar to Kennedy, that they expect Mangold to return to work on their movie sometime in the future. At the time, Safran said:
“[Swamp Thing’s] writer/director went off to make another little movie, A Complete Unknown. We hope that he’ll come back to Swamp Thing when he’s ready. Because, again, that was one of those ones, we love him as a filmmaker, so we’re happy to wait for him. Swamp Thing is not integral to the larger story that we’re telling.”
Based on Kennedy’s new comments, it looks like Mangold’s next stop could well be the galaxy far, far away before he dabbles in the world of comic book movies again with Swamp Thing. Having previously worked on the final Indiana Jones movie, Mangold already seems to have a strong rapport with Lucasfilm and Disney, so it would make sense that he would gravitate back there. Where this leaves his Swamp Thing movie is yet to be seen, but fans shouldn’t expect to see much movement on Swampy’s big screen return anytime this year.
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