'Star Wars' Boba Fett Movie No Longer in Development
According to Deadline, the previously rumored Boba Fett Star Wars spin-off film is no longer in development by Disney.
According to a Tweet from Critics Choice Association journalist Erick Weber, Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy told him at a Black Panther awards reception that the Boba Fett movie was "100% dead," and that the priority is the series, The Mandalorian.
Kathleen KENNEDY just confirmed to me Boba Fett movie is 100% dead, 100% focusing on THE MANDALORIAN #StarWars
- ???????? (@ErickWeber) October 26, 2018
Deadline reports that James Mangold is no longer attached to direct or write a Boba Fett feature, and he is currently in post on 20th Century Fox's Ford v. Ferrari starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, due out June 28.
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According to ComingSoon.net, Boba Fett, a bounty hunter, first appeared in Star Wars: Episode V: The EMPIRE Strikes Back originally (before "The Special Edition" of A New Hope gave him an earlier appearance) as one of the BOUNTY HUNTERS hired by the EMPIRE to find the Millennium Falcon. He quickly became a fan favorite.
