Partial good news this morning!
"J.J. ABRAMS TO WRITE AND DIRECT STAR WARS: EPISODE IX" (YAAAAAAAAAAY!!!).
Until you get to the line, "Abrams will co-write the film with Chris Terrio" (NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!)
Seriously, are Lucasfilm intent on ruining Episode IX? First they get the writer of the awful "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child", then they get the writer of the really bad "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice". The only reason I'm looking forward to "Justice League" is because Joss Whedon is (presumably) fixing Chris Terrio's terrible dialogue. I don't know if J.J. is enough of a counterbalance. How much of the co-writing will he do?
But on the choice of Abrams as director. Of course they got him. He's the only logical choice. As great as it would have been to get Rian Johnson, or Steven Spielberg, or Ron Howard, they are all busy. J.J. was available to begin work on a large movie on short notice.
"Star Wars: Episode IX" will be released on December 20, 2019. Right now I am 75% confident it will be a good movie.
