The Star Wars film from Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy has reportedly added a writer in The Adam Project's Jonathan Tropper. According to Deadline , the untitled Star Wars film will see Levy and Tropper unite again as the pair have already worked together on The Adam Project, This Is Where I Leave You, and Kodachrome. Tropper has otherwise worked on Apple TV series See starring Jason Mamoa, Warrior, and the Banshee series.
The addition of Tropper at least suggests Levy's Star Wars film is moving forward, as despite the director saying in June 2024 he was still working on it, Disney has a track record of announcing Star Wars films that soon fade into obscurity. That's not to say it will release any time soon though. "I am still developing my Star Wars movie and I would love to make it some day," Levy said at the time.
"I have an idea that I'm excited about. Development is slow going and developing something with that amount of mythology scaffolding, it takes time." Disney will certainly be eager to have Levy create a Star Wars film if the Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman-starring Deadpool & Wolverine proves a box office hit when it premieres on July 26, 2024, and the Marvel owner is reportedly already considering him as director of the next Avengers .
That project, set to release on May 1, 2026 , would likely push his Star Wars film back even further, and it's already gone through ups and downs as the actor and writer strikes of 2023 pressed pause on production . Disne.
