Lucasfilms Has Had Discussions With Guillermo Del Torro About Directing A Star Wars Film

Disney is really taking the Star Wars franchise seriously. Not only has the studio started working on a script and production date for the final Star Wars sequel trilogy installment, Disney has already begun planning a line of Star Wars films enough to run for an entire decade and a half.

Now it seems like popular film auteur Guillermo del Toro has started talks with Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy about Star Wars ideas. Speaking with Collider, Del Toro reveals that he's already talked to the legendary producer and film executive, however the Mexican film director refuses to make any comments on the negotiations.

"I will not comment on this, because then somebody will say, ‘Oh, Guillermo's doing [Star Wars]!' and I look like a kook. Neil Gaiman once said that, ‘I'd love to write Doctor Strange with Guillermo,' and then all of a sudden on my IMDb I had ‘Doctor Strange' [listed]. But saying all of that as a caveat, I would say there's some characters that are great, and I have talked to Kathy Kennedy and John Knoll about ideas. But you know, I want to do my sh*t. I want to do my sh*t, I want to do it first, and I'm veering a lot towards animation. I love animation."

Del Toro has proven to be one of Hollywood film industry's most unique voices, so it's no surprise that the film auteur would want to focus on his own work before joining the line of Star Wars film directors. After all, he's still busy working on this new The Shape of Water film project.

Still, it would be pretty great to have Del Toro as director for a Star Wars standalone. We'll have to wait and see what happens next.

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