Zack Snyder developing ‘Star Wars’ samurai movie for LucasFilm. UPDATE: No he isn't. - Polidicks

POSTAL EDIT: The below story isn't true: [url]http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/01/14/zack-snyder-star-wars/[/url] [img]http://bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/wp/wp-content/images/zack_snyder.jpg[/img] As Zack Snyder is busy finishing a film in the DC Universe, news has now been revealed he’ll move over to the Star Wars universe soon after. Though the director of [B]300[/B] and [B]Watchmen[/B] [URL="http://www.slashfilm.com/lucasfilm-bits-zack-snyder-doesnt-want-to-direct-star-wars-jimmy-smits-maybe-willing-to-return-industrial-light-magic-to-save-disney-20m-a-year/"]won’t be directing[/URL] [B]Star Wars Episode VI[/B]I, [URL="http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/zack-snyder-preps-non-trilogy-star-wars-film.html"]Vulture[/URL] reports he’s quietly developing a standalone Star Wars film inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s [B]Seven Samurai[/B]. His film would featuring a group of Jedi warriors going on a mission. According to their sources, Snyder’s film will not be a numbered Star Wars episode and would be made sometime after [B]Star Wars: Episode VII[/B]. It would also take place in that timeline, post-Return of the Jedi. This marks the third name rumoured to be working on a Star Wars film that is not one of the traditional stories. (Simon Kinberg and Lawrence Kasdan before him.) Meanwhile, we still don’t have a director named for [B]Episode VII[/B]. Of course, LucasFilm wouldn’t confirm to [I]Vulture[/I] that this Snyder news is true, but the site wouldn’t report this unless they had a pretty good source. Disney CEO Bob Iger did say they wanted to release a new Star Wars film every two years after Episode VII, and it seems like the depth of that statement is still far from being understood. In[B] Star Wars: Episode IV[/B], Obi-Wan Kenobi first described the Jedi as almost samurai type warriors with their lightsabers. (George Lucas has always acknowledged the Kurosawa influence on Star Wars, too, with [B]The Hidden Fortress[/B] being a particular inspiration.) And while the prequel trilogy gave only a glimpse of that Jedi past, the [B]Clone Wars[/B] cartoon has been much more specific about showing the Jedi in their element. If this is all true, it’ll be interesting to see not only a group of Jedi on the prowl, but how the Jedi order has been rebuilt after the events of [B]Return of the Jedi[/B]. Will that be something that takes place in Episode VII? How will the two relate? [url]http://www.slashfilm.com/zack-snyder-developing-star-wars-samurai-movie-for-lucasfilm/[/url]

It was good when they made it into cowboys and they can't make it any better now.

I like the idea of a thematically darker Jedi-oriented film. Preferably where something can actually threaten them other than other Jedi.

I don't think I like Zack Snyder that much. [B]E:[/B] Not necessarily because of this either.

I just hope it's not another mindless action Star Wars movie.

Seven Samurai is my favorite movie, and I adore Star Wars.. DON'T FUCK IT UP!

[QUOTE=rrunyan;39219982]I like the idea of a thematically darker Jedi-oriented film. Preferably where something can actually threaten them other than other Jedi.[/QUOTE] Theoretically, Yuuzhan Wong had no Force Users [citation needed], yet they were one of the biggest threats known to the Galaxy.

Snyder is about a pinch better than Michael Bay in my mind. Man of Steel might be okay, but it won't be because of the direction, it will be because of the writing with Goyer and Nolan bending his arm backwards to keep him tame. SuckerPunch was awful, and if he writes this film, who fucking knows what it will turn out to be. He really likes to have his movies be "stylistic", but he overdoes it in the worst ways sometimes.

[QUOTE=Dark RaveN;39220099]Theoretically, Yuuzhan Wong had no Force Users [citation needed], yet they were one of the biggest threats known to the Galaxy.[/QUOTE] That was due to being grimdark acid shooting swarming evil aliens.

I think this movie can be pulled off it was more intelligent and philosophical. But I'de doubt disney understands that you can talk to children as though they were adults, well graveyard of the fireflies is such an instance but that was a Japanese studio.

[QUOTE=Ithon;39220165]I think this movie can be pulled off it was more intelligent and philosophical. But I'de doubt disney understands that you can talk to children as though they were adults, well graveyard of the fireflies is such an instance but that was a Japanese studio.[/QUOTE] you do realize that not everything disney's subsidiaries produce is marketed at children, right?

If he's also writing it then it's 100% guaranteed to suck.

Base the movie on Mandalorian culture...somewhat close.

I like his stuff, hope he uses that Snyder touch he does

This could turn out good. It could also turn out really shit. I hope it isn't the latter.

Shoguns and Jedis

[url]http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/01/14/zack-snyder-star-wars/[/url] Yeah this story isn't true.

[QUOTE=Lazor;39220275]you do realize that not everything disney's subsidiaries produce is marketed at children, right?[/QUOTE] yeah, and within a disney labeled production you have pirates style of movie. And I'm quite familiar with touchstone, luckily this was a false rumor

[QUOTE=T2L_Goose;39220103]Snyder is about a pinch better than Michael Bay in my mind. Man of Steel might be okay, but it won't be because of the direction, it will be because of the writing with Goyer and Nolan bending his arm backwards to keep him tame. SuckerPunch was awful, and if he writes this film, who fucking knows what it will turn out to be. He really likes to have his movies be "stylistic", but he overdoes it in the worst ways sometimes.[/QUOTE] Lmao I love how FP hates on Zack Snyder for precisely ONE bad film. Nevermind the dawn of the dead remake, which was and is a fantastic film. Never mind 300 that had this forum drooling over the shit to the point where I got sick of hearing about it back in 2007. Never mind that he successfully brought Watchmen to the screen and did a fantastic job with it in the process. No, Zack Snyder is a fucking hack on the level of Bay because of sucker punch. Even if he did direct star wars, which he won't, it's fucking leaps and bounds ahead of the direction of Lucas.

Watchmen was alright I wouldn't call it fantastic

I think 300 was really his best movie, it was stylistic and unique in it's own way. I felt like it portrayed the comic in a good way.

[QUOTE=O'Neil;39220489]Base the movie on Mandalorian culture...somewhat close.[/QUOTE] Seriously this. A movie or TV series based around actual mandalorians would be fucking badass.

[QUOTE=JaegerMonster;39221992]Lmao I love how FP hates on Zack Snyder for precisely ONE bad film. Nevermind the dawn of the dead remake, which was and is a fantastic film. Never mind 300 that had this forum drooling over the shit to the point where I got sick of hearing about it back in 2007. Never mind that he successfully brought Watchmen to the screen and did a fantastic job with it in the process. No, Zack Snyder is a fucking hack on the level of Bay because of sucker punch. Even if he did direct star wars, which he won't, it's fucking leaps and bounds ahead of the direction of Lucas.[/QUOTE] My point is that he's over indulgent. I enjoyed Watchmen, and was entertained by 300. But while they weren't terrible, his movies almost always have that sort of super stylized, visual effects orgy thing going on. I have not seen the Dawn of the Dead remake in many years, so I cannot comment on that, but I know that his other popular films all sport the same "Snyder" style. He's not a hack, and hes not as bad as Bay. I said that he's better than Bay in my mind, but not by much. My reasoning is his visuals take way too much priority over the story, which causes you to sometimes be lost in them and forget what is actually happening. This story isn't even true so it's pointless to even argue it, but if he [I]would[/I] make this film, I would worry about it being way too overdone in the visual style sense. I'm worried about Man of Steel for that reason among a few others. You may like him, and that's totally fine. I just don't find him to be a good director. I don't think his movies fucking suck or are retarded ass. I just find them to be okay and sometimes go overboard in areas that don't enhance the story.

That's Snyder though. 300 was a great film for it's intense style and it's representation of theme through visual elements. That was one of the best parts of 300. Watchmen, I thought he successfully navigated a minefield of potential failures of theme, of style, of keeping true to the comics, and of substances. It wasn't lacking substance for all it's flash, even if that flash did wear thin by the end of the film. Suckerpunch was a near 2 hour demo reel/music video demonstrating Snyder could shoot almost anything, but not proving he could get a story moving in any meaningful way at all. It has it's moments though, and it does do a good job of layering worlds on top of each other making some things confusing/puzzling. He didn't do a whole lot with this film to make it beyond visual. That's almost purely his fault. However, all this being said, I think we shit talk Snyder more than he deserves. Yeah, he's a flashy director who has missed substance for his flash many times before, but he is competent enough to take theme's and layer them in to visuals, he's a good enough director that he can create at the very least convincing performances. He has a ways to go before he really get's stories down pat, but at least he's been able to create some visual thematics that play into everything else.