Boba Fett Movie in the Works with Logan Director James Mangold
840THR is reporting that James Mangold has been tapped to write and direct a Star Wars standalone movie centered on Boba Fett. Disney and Lucasfilm have been developing movies with the biggest one exciting the fans currently being the rumored Obi Wan-Kenobi film that Stephen Daldry is in negotiations to possibly direct. This announcement comes on the heels of the release of the ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ film this weekend and the high presale tickets numbers, but mixed reviews that the film has been receiving. Simon Kingberg had been rumored to be working on a Boba Fett, but it looks like he might be out of the running at this time. No plot details are available yet. Mangold recently received high praise and critical acclaim for his 2017 superhero masterpiece ‘Logan’.
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