{"id":862267,"date":"2026-09-27T08:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T08:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/862267\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T08:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T08:50:11","slug":"jon-watts-to-direct-next-star-wars-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/862267\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Watts to Direct Next ‘Star Wars’ Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tA new \u201cStar Wars<\/a>\u201d movie is currently in development with director Jon Watts<\/a> attached.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatts is best known for directing the popular \u201cSpider-Man\u201d trilogy starring Tom Holland, which includes 2017\u2019s Spider-Man: Homecoming,\u201d 2019\u2019s \u201cSpider-Man: Far From Home,\u201d and 2021\u2019s \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home.\u201d (2026\u2019s \u201cSpider-Man: Brand New Day\u201d was directed by Destin Daniel Cretton.) Before being selected to direct \u201cSpider-Man,\u201d Watts also helmed films including \u201cCop Car\u201d and \u201cClown.\u201d Following his involvement with the trilogy, In 2024, it was reported that Watts, his production company Freshman Year and producer Dianne McGunigle had signed a first-look feature deal with Walt Disney Studios.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2024, Watts co-created \u201cSkeleton Crew\u201d alongside Christopher Ford, a coming-of-age series set in the era of the New Republic that followed four young characters on a new adventure, per the show\u2019s official logline. Jude Law starred as Jod Na Nawood, with Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Wim, Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Fern, Kyriana Kratter as KB and Robert Timothy Smith as Neel.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith the role, Watts joins a list of previous \u201cStar Wars\u201d directors that includes Irvin Kershner, Richard Marquand, J.J. Abrams, Rian Johnson and \u201cStar Wars\u201d creator George Lucas. Released in 2019, Abrams\u2019 \u201cStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker\u201d is the most recent film in the franchise to debut theatrically.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs previously reported by Variety<\/a>, Simon Kinberg will pen the script for the film. Kinberg is best known for being a writer, producer and director for the \u201cX-Men\u201d franchise, and was considered a surprising choice at the time of the announcement.<\/p>\n

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