{"id":103241,"date":"2025-10-25T10:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T10:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/103241\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T10:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T10:45:10","slug":"the-hunt-for-ben-solo-had-a-finished-script-when-disney-axed-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/103241\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hunt for Ben Solo had a finished script when Disney axed it."},"content":{"rendered":"

Another chapter unfolds in the saga of The Hunt for Ben Solo, the scrapped Star Wars movie that would have seen Adam Driver return to the franchise. Turns out the project was even further along than we thought. Steven Soderbergh confirmed on BlueSky<\/a> that the script for The Hunt for Ben Solo was finished when they presented it to Disney. The studio ultimately rejected it, which is apparently the first time this had happened to a Lucasfilm project.<\/p>\n

Soderbergh wrote, \u201cIn the aftermath of the [Hunt for Ben Solo] situation, I asked Kathy Kennedy if LFL had ever turned in a finished movie script for greenlight to Disney and had it rejected. She said no, this was a first.\u201c<\/p>\n

The Playlist<\/a> has even more details. In addition to the finalized screenplay, the project was even entering early prep and staffing stages. Lucasfilm had presented Disney with a finished script, a budget, and even a proposed start date. It all seemed good to go.<\/p>\n

The report states that Disney executive Alan Bergman took an \u201cunusually\u201d long time to read the script. When he and Bob Iger finally responded, their biggest concern was how Ben Solo could still be alive after he died in The Rise of Skywalker. The script reportedly clearly addresses this, so the reaction surprised Lucasfilm. But Disney was firm; the movie wouldn\u2019t be happening.<\/p>\n

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\n Adam Driver was developing a Star Wars movie with Steven Soderbergh\u2026 but Disney said no <\/a><\/p>\n

It would have all stayed hidden, had Driver not mentioned the project<\/a> earlier this week. \u201c[It was] one of the coolest (expletive) scripts I had ever been a part of,\u201d Driver said. \u201cWe presented the script to Lucasfilm. They loved the idea. They totally understood our angle and why we were doing it. We took it to Bob Iger and Alan Bergman and they said no. They didn\u2019t see how Ben Solo was alive. And that was that. It was called \u2018The Hunt for Ben Solo\u2019 and it was really cool. But it is no more, so I can finally talk about it.\u201d Neither Soderbergh nor Driver received any money for their work on the project, but Scott Z. Burns (Contagion), who wrote the final script, was reportedly paid over $3 million for his work.<\/p>\n

Fans have really latched onto the scrapped project and even commissioned a plane<\/a> to fly a \u201cSave the Hunt for Ben Solo\u201d banner over Disney Studios. It\u2019s too early to say whether it will have any effect, but it does show Disney that there\u2019s obviously interest in seeing more of Kylo Ren\/Ben Solo.<\/p>\n

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