{"id":127488,"date":"2025-11-11T12:36:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/127488\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T12:36:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:36:04","slug":"2027s-star-wars-movie-fulfills-matt-smiths-destiny-after-canceled-role-comic-book-movies-and-superhero-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/127488\/","title":{"rendered":"2027\u2019s Star Wars Movie Fulfills Matt Smith\u2019s Destiny After Canceled Role – Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shawn Levy recently spoke about one of Star Wars\u2019 most anticipated upcoming projects. The director hinted that the 2027 film will finally fulfill Matt Smith\u2019s long-awaited destiny in the galaxy far, far away after his previously canceled role.<\/p>\n

Star Wars finally gives Matt Smith a chance to shine after scrapped role<\/p>\n

Shawn Levy has confirmed that production on Star Wars: Starfighter is \u201ca little over halfway\u201d complete. He described the experience as \u201castonishing, complicated and thrilling every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The director told ScreenRant<\/a> that the film fulfills what he calls Matt Smith\u2019s Star Wars \u201cdestiny.\u201d The Doctor Who actor was originally set to appear in The Rise of Skywalker as a younger version of Sheev Palpatine. However, rewrites removed the role before filming began.<\/p>\n

Levy said, \u201cI read those stories and subsequently got the straight reels on it from a few sources. For him, too, he feels like it\u2019s destiny fulfilled.\u201d Smith joins an ensemble cast that includes Ryan Gosling, Flynn Gray, Mia Goth, Amy Adams, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, and Daniel Ings. Two behind-the-scenes photos show Gosling and Gray\u2019s characters in action. The film takes place in the years following The Rise of Skywalker.<\/p>\n

Levy highlighted Gosling\u2019s involvement, saying, \u201cRyan Gosling, we all know how brilliant he is, but he\u2019s an incredible creative partner.\u201d He added that working with talents like Goth, Smith, and Adams has been \u201cmore creatively satisfying than I dreamed it would be.\u201d Smith will start filming in December while the team finalizes his costume and character design.<\/p>\n

Early reports suggest that Smith and Mia Goth will portray villains, aligning with Smith\u2019s previously rumored Palpatine-related role. Starfighter will serve as the second Star Wars theatrical release since 2019, following The Mandalorian and Grogu, which premieres on May 22, 2026.<\/p>\n

Star Wars: Starfighter releases in theaters on May 28, 2027, directed and produced by Shawn Levy alongside Kathleen Kennedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shawn Levy recently spoke about one of Star Wars\u2019 most anticipated upcoming projects. The director hinted that the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,3838,85,46,80343,397,20818,6377,20673],"class_list":{"0":"post-127488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-entertainment-news","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-matt-smith","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-shawn-levy","15":"tag-star-wars","16":"tag-star-wars-starfighter"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}