Star Wars Movie Rogue Squadron Delays Production Due to Director Patty Jenkins’ Schedule p5v30 Reports

Patty Jenkins has Cleopatra and Wonder Woman 3 to direct as well. q3t33

By Akhil Arora | Updated: 9 November 2021 11:57 IST

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Patty Jenkins

Highlights

Rogue Squadron release date still set for December 2023
Production supposed to begin in 2022, but now postponed
Several other Star Wars movies are also in development

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Rogue Squadron has reportedly been indefinitely delayed. The next Star Wars movie from Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins was due to enter pre-production by the end of 2021 and begin filming sometime in 2022. But now, Rogue Squadron has been taken off the production schedule entirely, according to trade reports. This is reportedly due to Jenkins' schedule and prior commitments — that includes the Gal Gadot-led Cleopatra, which Jenkins signed onto a couple of months prior to Disney announcing Rogue Squadron. Still, for the time being, Rogue Squadron is holding onto its December 2023 release date.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Deadline confirmed the news half an hour later, noting that Rogue Squadron had yet to begun casting. People familiar with the matter told THR that Rogue Squadron makers and producers realised that Jenkins' schedule didn't leave room for the next Star Wars movie to be filmed in 2022. “The hope is that once Jenkins' fulfils her previous commitments, she will be able to return to the project,” THR concluded, which can result in a lengthy delay.

It's a little funny to me that this delay wasn't anticipated. We have known since last December that Jenkins has three feature projects on her dock: the aforementioned Cleopatra with Paramount Pictures, Wonder Woman 3 also with Gadot. THR notes that Jenkins and writer Matthew Robinson (Love and Monsters) have been developing Rogue Squadron for “over a year,” which means the Star Wars movie was being worked on even before news of Cleopatra and Wonder Woman 3 broke. There was no way that Jenkins was going to manage three big movies — all of which she is also directing — at the same time.

While Rogue Squadron is currently holding onto its near-Christmas 2023 release date, it's always possible that another Star Wars movie takes its place. still happening as of February this year.

In addition to the December 2023 date, Disney has also booked December 2025 and December 2027 for two more Star Wars movies.

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