Among the big news items to come from Star Wars Celebration last month was Lucasfilm revealing its concrete Star Wars movie plans for the coming years, with some interesting titles finally confirmed for the masses. But there are a handful of other upcoming Star Wars movies that are still in development, including the feature that filmmaker Taika Waititi is writing and set to direct. However, word’s come in that Waititi looks to have found his next movie, which begs the question: where do things stand with his work in a galaxy far, far away?
Nearly a year after the release of Thor: Love and Thunder, and half a year ahead of the already-filmed Next Goal Wins (which dropped its first trailer last week) coming out, Deadline reports that Waititi is in negotiations to direct Klara and the Sun, a film adaptation of the same-named 2021 New York Times-bestselling novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, for Sony 3000 Pictures. David Waller is writing the project’s screenplay, and David Heyman already attached to produce the film for Heyday Films, with Waititi and Garrett Basch also in talks to carry out producing duties.
