Sci-fi legend Sigourney Weaver has confronted off towards face-hugging aliens and squared off towards colonizers on lush inexperienced planets, however she has by no means confronted stormtroopers and galactic bounty hunters.
Till now.
Weaver is in talks to affix the solid of The Mandalorian & Grogu, the primary Star Wars film to enter to enter manufacturing since 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau is directing the function which is predicted to movie later this yr. Favreau, Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy and Lucasfilm chief inventive officer Dave Filoni will produce the function.
The Mandalorian launched in November 2019 because the flagship present for Disney+, with the character then referred to as Child Yoda changing into a popular culture phenomenon. Pedro Pascal leads the sequence as Din Djarin, often known as The Mandalorian, a warrior who reluctantly (at first) cares for Grogu. The present’s third season bowed final yr, and it has launched quite a lot of spinoffs, together with The E-book of Boba Fett and Ahsoka, which has a second season in improvement.
Pascal is predicted to return as Djarin though it’s unclear in what capability because the actor has full schedule. For one, he’ll start taking pictures The Improbable 4 for sister Disney division Marvel Studios starting on the finish of July.
The InSneider e-newsletter was first to report Weaver’s involvement.
Extra to come back