J.J. Abrams to direct and co-write Star Wars Episode IX, release delayed to December 2019
by Doc on Sep.12, 2017, under Movies
With last week’s surprise announcement that Colin Trevorrow was ousted as director of Star Wars IX, speculation ran wild on who would take over…but that’s all put to rest now as it was announced today that J.J. Abrams himself will return to direct and co-write the script with Chris Terrio.
With the change in direction, the release has been pushed back to December 20th, 2019.
J.J. ushered a new era of Star Wars with The Force Awakens, directing and producing along with co-writing with Lawrence Kasdan. He handed the reins over to Rian Johnson for the upcoming The Last Jedi, and was considered the front runner to replace Trevorrow.