Disney’s Boba Fett ‘Star Wars’ spin-off movie is dead: report

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• The Boba Fett standalone “Star Wars” movie is dead, according
  to Deadline and reporter Erick Weber.
• Disney is instead focusing on the live-action “Star Wars” TV
  series, “The Mandalorian,” for its upcoming streaming service.
• The last “Star Wars” standalone, “Solo,” disappointed at the
  box office this summer.
• Disney CEO Bob Iger has expressed regret about the fast pace
  at which “Star Wars” films were being released.

The “Star Wars” spin-off movie for Boba Fett, the fan-favorite
bounty hunter, is not happening, as Disney instead focuses on its
upcoming streaming service and its first “Star Wars” live-action
TV series, “The Mandalorian.” 

Deadline confirmed that the
movie is dead after reporter Erick Weber first tweeted on
Thursday, “Kathleen Kennedy just confirmed to me Boba Fett
movie is 100% dead, 100% focusing on THE MANDALORIAN.”

Disney did not immediately return a request for
comment.

“The Mandalorian” is currently in production with “Iron
Man” and “The Jungle Book” director Jon Favreau producing. The
series takes place after “Return of the Jedi” but before “The
Force Awakens.”

Favreau posted a description on
Instagram earlier this month:

“After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another
warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is
set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of
the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in
the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the
New Republic…”

The Hollywood Reporter
reported in May that “Logan” director James Mangold would bring a
Boba Fett standalone to the big screen, but Disney has
reevaluated its “Star Wars” strategy since then. “Solo: A Star
Wars Story,” was a box-office disappointment. It made under
$400 million worldwide, while every other “Star Wars” movie in
the Disney era has made over $1 billion (“The Force Awakens” made
over $2 billion).

In an interview with THR last month, Disney CEO Bob Iger
expressed regret over the initial strategy to release a “Star
Wars” movie every year, and said to expect a “slow down” on “Star
Wars” films.

“I made the timing decision, and as I look back, I think
the mistake that I made — I take the blame — was a little too
much, too fast,” Iger said. “You can expect some slowdown, but
that doesn’t mean we’re not going to make films.”

The next “Star Wars” movie, “Episode IX,” comes to theaters
December 20, 2019, and Disney’s streaming service is expected in
late 2019. “The Last Jedi” director Rian Johnson and “Game of
Thrones” showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are attached to
“Star Wars” film projects, but the future is unclear while Disney
shifts its efforts to TV.