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May 5, 2020 · Trank became a star after turning 2012’s Chronicle into a found-footage hit. But the disaster of his follow-up, Marvel’s Fantastic Four, plus losing a Boba Fett Star Wars movie, left him in...
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Josh Trank is an American film director and screenwriter who was announced as the director for a standalone Star Wars film. On May 1, 2015, it was announced that Trank had left the project.
Disney and Lucasfilm first announced Trank's involvement in their series of upcoming Star Wars spinoff films on June 4, 2014. He joins writers Simon Kinberg and Lawrence Kasdan and director Gareth Edwards as names confirmed to be principally involved in the production of Star Wars spinoff film. Kinberg recommended Trank to Lucasfilm after collaborating with him on the Fantastic Four reboot.
Trank directed a Star Wars short film which he posted online in 2007, titled Stabbing at Leia's 22nd Birthday. It depicts a lightsaber duel breaking out at a normal party, and concludes with the triumphant opponent being arrested by stormtroopers.
•Josh Trank To Direct Stand-Alone Star Wars Film on StarWars.com (backup link)
•"Launch Pad" — Star Wars Insider 151
•Star Wars Celebration 2015: Conversations with Gareth Edwards and Josh Trank on StarWars.com (backup link)
•Josh Trank Departs Star Wars Anthology Film on StarWars.com (backup link)
1.Simon Kinberg Helped Josh Trank Get 'Star Wars' Job; Pair Will Work Together Again by Lussier, Germain on /Film (August 1, 2014) (archived from the original on August 14, 2019)
2.Watch Josh Trank's Early 'Star Wars' Short Film by Fischer, Russ on /Film (June 4, 2014) (archived from the original on August 7, 2020)
3.Josh Trank Departs Star Wars Anthology Film on StarWars.com (backup link)
4.Josh Trank sets the story straight on why he left 'Star Wars' by Rottenberg, Josh on LA Times (June 4, 2015) (archived from the original)
•Josh Trank on Wikipedia
•Josh Trank at the Internet Movie Database
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May 4, 2015 · Published May 4, 2015. Link copied to clipboard. Director Josh Trank made a splash with his 2012 found-footage movie Chronicle, leading him to secure high-profile jobs directing the Fantastic Four reboot and a Star Wars Anthology film (read: Star Wars standalone feature).
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However, in early 2020, Trank admitted that there were several scenes he was unable to film, making a director's cut highly improbable. In June 2014, it was announced that Trank would direct a stand-alone Star Wars film about Boba Fett, but he left the project less than a year later.
May 6, 2020 · May 6, 2020. - Advertisement - It’s been half a decade since Josh Trank, announced as a future Star Wars director alongside Gareth Edwards on one of the then forthcoming Star Wars Story films, stepped away from the project after the very public critical and financial mauling handed out to his Fantastic Four reboot.
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Feb 23, 2023 · Published Feb 23, 2023. Before The Mandalorian, Josh Trank was supposed to direct a Boba Fett film. To say that the development and production process behind the Star Wars films under...
May 6, 2020 · Josh Trank opens up about Fantastic Four failure and losing Boba Fett Star Wars film. By Josh Grossberg May 5, 2020, 10:40 PM ET. Josh Trank/Getty. After the disaster that was 2015's Fantastic Four reboot and the huge hit the fast-rising auteur took to his reputation, it's a wonder that Josh Trank made it out of Hollywood jail. But he did.
