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Kathleen Kennedy does not retire … From filmmaking. However, she is looking for potential successors for her at Lucasfilm. This news and much more broke out from an exclusive new interview with the President of Lucasfilm.
Early this week, Messages have leaked that Kennedy could retire From Lucasfilm to the end of 2025. DeadlineThe productive producer would not set a timeline, but confirmed that he looked at what’s next. “I’m not going to retire,” said Kennedy. “I will never withdraw from films. I’ll make films. This is the first thing that is important to say. I don’t retire. What happens at Lucasfilm is that I have been talking to both (Disneys) Bob (Iger) and Alan (Bergman) about how a possible successor could look like for some time. “
“We have spoken continuously in recent years, as I said, because I won’t be here forever forever,” she continued. “George (Lucas) asked me to intervene 13 years ago, and now I look at who will replace me. And as I said, we have a bank of people inside to take over the business, the creative side. The job has also grown since I entered. There was no streaming, there were not many things in which we are involved. That’s how it has grown. “
Kennedy refused Star Wars.
Of course we know that The mandalorian and grogu Is the next film in 2026. Kennedy confirmed that Shawn Levy’s film (possibly playing the leading role with Ryan Gosling. Although she did not mention the star) follows. It is an independent film that is about five or six years after the events of Star Wars: the promotion of Skywalker. She produces both.
Kennedy also said that Simon Kinberg just started writing films in his trilogy, which she describes as “the next iteration, the new saga that moves us into the future”.
She did not mention the film that would show the return of Daisy Ridley, but said that James Mangold’s film is still in the screenplay stage as it is Taika Waititis. “I keep waiting for Taika and he is now working with another writer,” said Kennedy. “He is so busy. I love him, I think if we ever get a script from Taika, it will be fantastic. I have already seen a first act I loved, but it is difficult to integrate it. “
So you have it. The reports at the beginning of this week were … not quite 100% exactly, but nearby. And it sounds like we may be more about Shawn Levy’s film at star Wars Celebration.
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