Disney nixed a Ben Solo “Star Wars” movie that was to be directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Adam Driver. “I always was interested in doing another ‘Star Wars,’” Driver, who starred as Kylo Ren in the trilogy kicked off by “The Force Awakens,” told the Associated Press. “I had been talking about doing another one since 2021. Kathleen (Kennedy) had reached …
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Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh almost brought their own twist to a galaxy far, far away. In a recent sit down with AP, Driver said that over the span of two years, he and Soderbergh developed a script called “The Hunt for Ben Solo.” The film would have taken place after the events of “The Rise of Skywalker,” and followed …
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We thought we saw the last of Kylo Ren, aka Ben Solo, in Star Wars, but he almost came back. In a new interview, Adam Driver reveals he recruited none other than Steven Soderbergh to make a movie that would’ve followed the character after The Rise of Skywalker, but ultimately high-level Disney executives killed the idea. “It was called The …
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It was a mostly underwhelming edition of the Toronto film festival last year, aiming for a big comeback after the strikes affected the year prior. Disappointments such as Nightbitch, Eden, The Last Showgirl, Nutcrackers, The Return and The Cut were only mildly offset by the surprising appearance of Mike Leigh with his effectively gruelling drama Hard Truths. But after spottier …
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