Extra details about the scrapped Ben Solo film has come to gentle, with writer-director Steven revealing a tragic first the film grew to become for the Star Wars universe.
What did Steven Soderbergh say concerning the Ben Solo film?
In a current publish on his Bluesky account, Soderbergh revealed that his deliberate film with Adam Driver, titled The Hunt for Ben Solo, was pretty near being completed. A lot so, in reality, that Soderbergh had a completed film script for it, and that they’d turned it in to be greenlit by Disney when it was rejected.
In accordance with Soderbergh, he requested producer Kathleen Kennedy about it, and was advised that is the primary time in Star Wars’ historical past a undertaking this near being made was rejected.
“Within the aftermath of the [Hunt for Ben Solo] scenario, I requested Kathy Kennedy if LFL had ever turned in a completed film script for greenlight to Disney and had it rejected. She stated no, this was a primary,” stated Soderbergh.
Ever for the reason that preliminary discovery of the movie, extra data appears to have come out by the day. In accordance with a brand new report from The Playlist this week, the film was far more than only a idea, and had even begun transferring into early preparation when Disney determined towards it. Jeff Sneider of The InSneider additionally stated that Lucasfilm has no plans to revisit the character of Kylo Ren/Ben Solo at the moment.
In a current interview with AP, Driver revealed that acclaimed filmmaker Steven Soderbergh tried to develop a solo Kylo Ren film, one that will happen after The Rise of Skywalker. Regardless of it being “one of many coolest” scripts he’d ever learn, the thought was nixed as a result of Disney’s Bob Iger didn’t see how Ben Solo would’ve survived the occasions of The Rise of Skywalker, who dies on the finish of the movie.
Initially reported by Anthony Nash at SuperHeroHype.
