Disney initially had two Star Wars films slated for launch in 2026, nevertheless it has now eliminated one in all them from the schedule.
Disney initially had two Star Wars films slated for launch in 2026, however now it’s right down to only one. The studio has pulled the December 18, 2026 challenge off the calendar, which was believed to be (however wasn’t sure) the one that might characteristic Daisy Ridley’s return as Rey. Ice Age 6, which was introduced at D23 Brazil simply final week, will take its place.
The opposite Star Wars film nonetheless slated for launch in 2026 is The Mandalorian & Grogu, which will probably be launched in theaters on Might 22, 2026. Actually, I feel it’s for the perfect. As a lot as Disney may need Star Wars to be one other Marvel-like big-screen franchise, it simply isn’t. Plus, given how lengthy it takes Disney to develop these Star Wars tasks, I doubt they may sustain that schedule.
There’s no scarcity of Star Wars films in growth. It was not too long ago introduced that Simon Kinberg (Darkish Phoenix) had signed on to jot down and produce a new Star Wars trilogy. It’s believed that Daisy Ridley may have a task to play within the new trilogy, however she’s additionally connected to Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s (Ms. Marvel) standalone Rey film, which takes place fifteen years after the occasions of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and finds Rey making an attempt to rebuild the Jedi Order. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has beforehand teased the film: “The First Order has fallen, the Jedi are in chaos — there’s even a question of how many exist anymore — and Rey’s building the New Jedi Order, based on the training that she was given and that Luke imparted on her.” The challenge was meant to have been in manufacturing already, nevertheless it not too long ago misplaced Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) as author.
A number of the different films that are nonetheless within the works embrace the Lando film written by Donald Glover, a Taika Waititi challenge, and a challenge directed by James Mangold (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Future) that takes place 25,000 years earlier than the Skywalker Saga and explores the first Jedi and the invention of the Pressure. “It was something that Jim [Mangold] immediately sparked to, and I think it’s a really nice compliment to what we’re doing with moving into the future with Rey, and then understanding a bit more of where this all came from,” Kennedy defined. “As a result of will probably be on the coronary heart of making the brand new Jedi Order, so to get an actual sense of the place that may have started with the daybreak of the Jedi could possibly be fairly cool.“
