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‘Star Wars Episode IX’ loses

director Colin Trevorrow

By LINDSEY BAHR the film soon.” gantuan task of directing
AP Film Writer Trevorrow had relocated a Star Wars film — even
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Co- to the U.K. in mid-2016 to with the box office cred
lin Trevorrow will no longer focus on prepping the film. he scored with “Jurassic
be directing “Star Wars: “George (Lucas) came World,” which made over
Episode IX.” Lucasfilm said here to make ‘Star Wars’ $1.7 billion worldwide.
Tuesday that the company and immerse himself in this In addition to pressure from
and the director have mu- place and got far away fans and stakeholders “Epi-
In this June 14, 2017, file photo, Colin Trevorrow, director of “The tually chosen to part ways from Los Angeles, from Hol- sode IX” also has the add-
Book of Henry,” poses at the premiere of the film on the open- citing differing visions for lywood, really from Ameri- ed responsibility of deal-
ing night of the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival at the ArcLight the project. ca,” Trevorrow told The As- ing with the unexpected
Culver City in Culver City, Calif. Trevorrow is best known for sociated Press at the time. death of Princess Leia ac-
Associated Press
directing “Jurassic World” “I’m just all in. I’m 100 per- tress Carrie Fisher late last
and has been working on cent in the zone.” year — after her work had
the ninth installment of This is the latest upheaval been completed on “The
the space saga for some in the Star Wars universe. Last Jedi.”
time. He was officially an- Earlier this year the young Leia will be given a “send-
nounced as the director Han Solo spinoff film parted off” in “The Last Jedi,” but
of “Episode IX” in August ways with director Phil Lord was at one point intended
of 2015 and has been co- and Christopher Miller and to be a major part of the fi-
writing the script as well. replaced them with Ron nal film.
It is the final installment in Howard deep into produc- In the wake of the Trevor-
the new “main” Star Wars tion. And in 2015, the com- row news, many online
trilogy that began with J.J. pany fired director Josh were quick to speculate
Abrams’ “The Force Awak- Trank from work on another who might take up the
ens” in 2015 and will contin- Star Wars spinoff. mantle. Some suggested
ue this December with di- Extensive reshoots on the it’s time for the franchise
rector Rian Johnson’s “The anthology film “Rogue to hire a female director,
Last Jedi.” One: A Star Wars Story” led something Lucasfilm Presi-
The announcement gave to widespread speculation dent Kathleen Kennedy
no indication as to whether that director Gareth Ed- has yet to do, while others
the shakeup would affect wards had been unofficial- went back to the archives
the film’s previously set May ly sidelined on that project and wondered whether
2019 release date. Produc- as well. David Lynch, who turned
tion was expected to begin Star Wars and film fans on- down directing “Return of
next year. line responded to Trevor- the Jedi,” might consider
“Colin has been a wonder- row’s departure with snarky the job.
ful collaborator throughout jokes and celebration. Trev- But perhaps the most sug-
the development process,” orrow had most recently di- gested name was that of
the Lucasfilm statement rected the derided drama a man already well-ac-
read. “We wish Colin the “The Book of Henry” and quainted with the force:
best and will be sharing some worried about how Abrams. Could he be Star
more information about he would handle the gar- Wars’ only hope?q
Filmmakers defiant over

Lynyrd Skynyrd film rights

By LARRY NEUMEISTER says otherwise. The film band’s name and history.
Associated Press was made with input from Van Zant died in an Oc-
NEW YORK (AP) — A a former drummer with the tober 1977 plane crash in
judge’s finding that a new pioneering 1970s southern Mississippi.After the ruling,
Lynyrd Skynyrd film violates rock band whose hits in- attorney Evan Mandel,
a “blood oath” made by cluded “Sweet Home Ala- representing Los Angeles-
the band to not exploit the bama” and “Free Bird.”U.S. based Cleopatra Records
group’s name following a District Judge Robert W. Inc. and Cleopatra Films,
fatal plane crash hasn’t Sweet in Manhattan re- said Sweet’s ruling did not
stopped the film’s creators cently ruled that the widow specify what Cleopatra is
from threatening to distrib- of lead singer and song- prohibited from doing with
ute the film.Lawyers for the writer Ronnie Van Zant and the film, meaning Cleopa-
filmmakers say in court pa- others, including founding tra is “under no obligation
pers that they can distribute band member Allen Col- to refrain from distributing
“Street Survivors: The True lins, had shown that the film the film to anyone and ev-
Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd violates a nearly three-de- eryone in the world.” Man-
Plane Crash” to “anyone cade-old court-approved del has said he will seek
and everyone in the world” agreement aimed at pre- “immediate relief” from an
until the judge formally venting exploitation of the appeals court. q