"Ever since Disney acquired Star Wars, a whole pile of projects have been announced and then cancelled. Some got pretty far into development, like Patty Jenkins' Rogue Squadron movie, which enjoyed a flashy announcement video. Others were just quietly smothered, like the movie trilogy Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were supposed to make before the world saw how they ended their show."
"Recently, we learned that Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh pitched a Kylo Ren sequel movie to Lucasfilm and Disney, but couldn't overcome the fundamental problem of Ren getting knocked off in The Rise of Skywalker. Now, a new report claims another Hollywood legend almost made his mark on the franchise, only for the deal to fall apart over the question of creative control."
"According to Hollywood insider Jeff Sneider, Fight Club and Gone Girl director David Fincher was in discussions with Lucasfilm about developing a movie set after The Rise of Skywalker. However, he demanded final-cut privileges, which Lucasfilm was unwilling to give him, and so talks fell through. While this leak is unconfirmed, it wouldn't have been the first time Fincher was considered for a Star Wars movie."
Disney's acquisition of Star Wars produced many announced projects that were later cancelled, with some reaching advanced development while others were quietly shelved. Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh pitched a Kylo Ren sequel but faced the obstacle of Ren's death in The Rise of Skywalker. David Fincher entered discussions with Lucasfilm to develop a movie set after The Rise of Skywalker but requested final-cut privileges, which Lucasfilm refused, causing talks to collapse. Fincher had previously been briefly considered to direct the final sequel chapter in 2017. A Fincher-led film would have paired his directing with a separate writer rather than a writer-director.
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