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Scratch Spielberg Off The List Of Potential 'Episode VII' Directors
George Lucas dropped a bomb on us recently when he sold his Lucasfilm to Disney for over $4 billion. That bomb was tremendous enough that we are still sifting through the rubble of what it means and the continuing fallout of speculation as to the franchise's future. Plenty of directors' names have already been bandied about in connection with 'Episode VII.' Matthew Vaughn and 'Safety Not Guaranteed's Colin Trevorrow are just the latest to be mentioned in this ongoing discussion. But to further thicken the plot, what about Steven Spielberg? He's always worked very closely with Lucas, and he even mentioned back in 2002 that he had wanted to do a 'Star Wars' movie but George wouldn't let him. So would he be interested now? Evidently not. Here's what he said when presented with the question during the premiere of his new film 'Lincoln.'
"No! No! It’s not my genre. It’s my best friend George’s genre."
I'm sorry Steven, not your genre? Sci-fi? 'Jurassic Park,' 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind,' 'War of the Worlds,' and what's your next movie again? Oh yeah, 'Robopocalypse!' I'm not saying that this is a ruse nor do I believe Spielberg will actually direct 'Episode VII,' but his reasoning makes no freaking sense. Also, it almost seems like he's either seriously deflecting or that he's been living under a rock and doesn't know Lucas sold Star Wars to Disney. I mean, "George's genre?" Really? Am I disappointed Spielberg is not even considering directing the next 'Star Wars?' No. The guy is a brilliant filmmaker and his movies are legendary, but this franchise needs a clean break, a fresh start, and I feel like Spielberg, being so close to the man, would have been a little too eager to make Lucas happy, if even only subconsciously. I think the new Disney/Lucasfilm consortium needs to keep looking at younger directing talent, especially those who have proven themselves in modestly budgeted sci-fi. It is nice that we nipped this Spielberg rumor in the bud before it dominated the conversation.
So once again, we ask, who do you think should direct 'Episode VII?' Could you have seen Spielberg in the director's chair? Would that really have been the best option for the franchise?
Source: Access Hollywood
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Comment by Hector Fernando Andrade JR. II on November 24, 2012 at 5:54pm -
This doesn't make any sense because George Lucas allowed Steven Spielberg to help design some sequences during pre-production of Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith because Steven wanted the experience of using the 'pre-visualisation' techniques pioneered by ILM as he was going to use them for The War of the Worlds. Steven's main contribution was in the awesome lightsaber fight between Obi-Wan and Anakin.
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Comment by Alpha2 on November 12, 2012 at 11:03am
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I think he means the "sweeping space epic" isnt his genre. Sure he can do a couple of occasional sci-fi films here and there between his potential Oscar contenders but they're just single serving deals where as SW is a serialized style continuous story.
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Comment by Sgt Zim on November 12, 2012 at 4:59am -
Peter Jackson!? Or maybe not.. What about Neil Blomkamp??
Actually I think Alfonso Cuaron could be an interesting choice..
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Comment by 3rd World Villain on November 11, 2012 at 10:43pm -
Spielberg needs to go back to sci-fi.... he might cancel Robopocalypse, give it to another director & move on to direct another boring project
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Comment by Charmingman93 on November 11, 2012 at 7:56pm -
As Taco Bela Lugosi would say:
"Fuuuuuuuuuuck yoooooooooou"
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Comment by Puerto-Greekan on November 11, 2012 at 9:38am
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I still say Star Wars is fantasy.
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Comment by Rusty Shackelford on November 11, 2012 at 9:06am -
Speilberg is too old, there should be new people in Star Wars
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Comment by Mr. Whiplash on November 11, 2012 at 7:54am -
FACT - Spielberg was set to direct Return of the Jedi, and the only thing stopping him was some director's guild BS. When Spielberg says this NOW, it's because Lucas isn't as involved as he used to be - his 'best friend' as it were (also, any of the super cool parts of action in 'Sith'... that was Spielberg, Lucas even admits this, when he came in to supervise while learning pre-vis for War of the Worlds). So... Steven is a bit full of shit here.
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Comment by Angel Rosa on November 11, 2012 at 2:18am -
@maximum gangsta LMAO. The shitty movie genre is alive and well
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Comment by Jordan Hoffman on November 10, 2012 at 7:19pm -
I kinda figured he'd be great, seeing as how he even almost did Return of the Jedi.
But your reasoning makes sense, yeah, I don't want him letting Lucas armchair direct or anything. Better to go with somebody that was a fan of the series as a kid, that's seriously the best kind of director you can get for this. Not some old artistic prune, but a guy who got into the business because of Star Wars.
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