Patty Jenkins' 'Rogue Squadron' coming December 2023

[MisterPenguin]

Patty Jenkins sucks, Wonder Woman 84 was all her. That is what she does all on her own.

Zack Snyder held her hand for the first Wonder Woman. And she's lived off the glory of it ever since. Of course Kathleen Kennedy was all over her right away too. They are both sexists.

Kathleen Kennedy derangement syndrome strikes again!

 

[itsy bitsy spider]

Kathleen Kennedy derangement syndrome strikes again!

LOL, many of the things she has her fingerprints on forces in a strong female lead. Even bad series like Obi-Wan and Boba Fett.

 

[Phroobar]

LOL, many of the things she has her fingerprints on forces in a strong female lead. Even bad series like Obi-Wan and Boba Fett.

I know what you mean, Jurassic Park, Poltergeist, E.T. , Gremlins, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Who framed Roger Rabbit and many others where terrible movies.

 

[Screamface]

I know what you mean, Jurassic Park, Poltergeist, E.T. , Gremlins, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Who framed Roger Rabbit and many others where terrible movies.

This is all just semantics. We know she's a great producer, but that is supporting the talent. That is getting out of their way to facilitate them in making the movie they want. When the talent ain't up to the task, the final results won't be. If anything from what I can observe is that part of the problem with her leadership is that Lucasfilm needed someone running it that was more than just producing film makers visions. It needed a strong creative lead.

 

[Phroobar]

This is all just semantics. We know she's a great producer, but that is supporting the talent. That is getting out of their way to facilitate them in making the movie they want. When the talent ain't up to the task, the final results won't be. If anything from what I can observe is that part of the problem with her leadership is that Lucasfilm needed someone running it that was more than just producing film makers visions. It needed a strong creative lead.

You can say the thing about Disney. Lucasfilm had a strong creative lead. Look what the "fan base" did to him. We can't have it both ways.

 

[doctornick]

Zack Snyder held her hand for the first Wonder Woman. And she's lived off the glory of it ever since. Of course Kathleen Kennedy was all over her right away too. They are both sexists.

I have no opinion on Jenkins, but the idea that Snyder had anything to do with the first Wonder Woman being a success is utterly laughable. You couldn't make a film less in Snyder's style if you tried.

 

[erasure fan1]

This is all just semantics. We know she's a great producer, but that is supporting the talent.

Exactly. She's going to go down as one of the best producers ever. Even the detractors like myself say it. Was she a good fit for lucasfilm and star wars? Absolutely not in my opinion. I don't blame her for all the problems with star wars as Igers hands aren't clean either.

If anything from what I can observe is that part of the problem with her leadership is that Lucasfilm needed someone running it that was more than just producing film makers visions. It needed a strong creative lead.

Yup, and Kennedy isn't that person. Just look at all the movies she's been a part of. I can't think of any where she needed to be the creative lead. She does great in a logistics role but not so much in a creative roll.

 

[Phroobar]

Exactly. She's going to go down as one of the best producers ever. Even the detractors like myself say it. Was she a good fit for lucasfilm and star wars? Absolutely not in my opinion. I don't blame her for all the problems with star wars as Igers hands aren't clean either.

Yup, and Kennedy isn't that person. Just look at all the movies she's been a part of. I can't think of any where she needed to be the creative lead. She does great in a logistics role but not so much in a creative roll.

The problem is the "fan base" pretty much fired the creative guy at Lucasfillm. Kennedy started out as a production assistant and has worked on that side ever since. She isn't the idea person. She is the manager similar to Chapeak and Iger. She is going to do what her staff says and what is financially prudent.

 

[erasure fan1]

The problem is the "fan base" pretty much fired the creative guy at Lucasfillm. Kennedy started out as a production assistant and has worked on that side ever since. She isn't the idea person. She is the manager similar to Chapeak and Iger. She is going to do what her staff says and what is financially prudent.

I agree with all of that. But it still falls square in her lap. She could have hired a creative head for star wars and then done what she does best. But she decided what the creative direction would be. So it falls on her.

 

[Phroobar]

I agree with all of that. But it still falls square in her lap. She could have hired a creative head for star wars and then done what she does best. But she decided what the creative direction would be. So it falls on her.

That is true. She could just make Dave Filoni creative head. She needs her "Spielberg".

 

[DCBaker]

Patty Jenkins claims she is back working on Rogue Squadron.

"In a stunning turn of events, Patty Jenkins has claimed that she has signed a new deal with Lucasfilm and Disney to return to work as the writer and director of a Rogue Squadron movie, which was agreed just prior to this summer's strikes. Jenkins, who left the role in order to make Wonder Woman 3, told host Ben Mankiewicz on the TCM/Max podcast, Talking Pictures, that she had signed an agreement to return to a galaxy far, far away. For their part, Disney has provided no further updates on the project since it was pulled from the calendar back in 2022."

"So, when I left Star Wars to do Wonder Woman 3 , I thought maybe I'll come back to Star Wars after Wonder Woman 3 . So we did a deal for that to happen, started a deal, but I thought I was doing Wonder Woman. When that went away, Lucasfilm and I were like, oh, we gotta finish this deal. We finished the deal right as the strike was happening. So I now owe a draft of Star Wars and so we will see what happens there. You know, like, who knows?

And so we will see what happens there. You know, like, who knows? It's hard, they have a hard job in front of them of what's the first movie they're gonna do. They have other directors who have been working, but I am now, you know, I'm back on doing Rogue Squadron and we'll see what happens. We need to develop, you know, get it to where we're both super happy with it.

Patty Jenkins Claims She's Back Working on 'Rogue Squadron'

And she says she's writing the script right now.

collider.com

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Patty Jenkins claims she is back working on Rogue Squadron.

"In a stunning turn of events, Patty Jenkins has claimed that she has signed a new deal with Lucasfilm and Disney to return to work as the writer and director of a Rogue Squadron movie, which was agreed just prior to this summer's strikes. Jenkins, who left the role in order to make Wonder Woman 3, told host Ben Mankiewicz on the TCM/Max podcast, Talking Pictures, that she had signed an agreement to return to a galaxy far, far away. For their part, Disney has provided no further updates on the project since it was pulled from the calendar back in 2022."

Patty Jenkins Claims She's Back Working on 'Rogue Squadron'

And she says she's writing the script right now.

collider.com

Because it’s the idea most likely to placate the backbone of Star Wars fans…perhaps?

 

[Tha Realest]

Somehow, Patty returned

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Somehow, Patty returned

First good move they’ve made since…???

It’s been awhile and a half

 

[Hawkeye_2018]

I'm interested in this. I like the idea of an entire movie centered around flying/dog fights. The problem with this though, is will also include cool and likeable characters?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I'm interested in this. I like the idea of an entire movie centered around flying/dog fights. The problem with this though, is will also include cool and likeable characters?

Honestly…and this is gonna sound whacko

They need like a Justin beiber or Harry styles type to be the center…with denis Lawson as the mentor.

If they decide it needs to be Lupita Nyong’o…then they’re still nuts

Change it up and lean IN a little…easiest thing ever

 

[Hawkeye_2018]

Hopefully they find a balance in the casting. But if this ends up with all the main characters either women or people of color. And we get al the PR puff pieces of them patting themselves on the back...they might as well just burn several hundred million dollars right now and save everyone the time

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Hopefully they find a balance in the casting. But if this ends up with all the main characters either women or people of color. And we get al the PR puff pieces of them patting themselves on the back...they might as well just burn several hundred million dollars right now and save everyone the time

Well…this is my first time thinking about Star Wars…so permit me some learning curve

It seems to me…that Star Wars is the quintessential “NATO” franchise…that AMERIO-EUROPEAN centric market is what has made Scrooge’s money bin worth of cash.

Am I saying they need to throw some meat to the White Guys?

…no…I’d never suggest that

 

[Screamface]

One has to assume someone at Lucasfilm opened up Apple TV+ , saw Masters of the Air is number one and remembered they had this project.

That's a series I can criticise, but it was very good and had a level of thought and detail put into it that Disney is currently incapable of doing.

As they lack any ability at new ideas, I assume we'll get something riffing of Top Gun Maverick and another death star type boss level.

 

[Tha Realest]

One has to assume someone at Lucasfilm opened up Apple TV+ , saw Masters of the Air is number one and remembered they had this project.

That's a series I can criticise, but it was very good and had a level of thought and detail put into it that Disney is currently incapable of doing.

As they lack any ability at new ideas, I assume we'll get something riffing of Top Gun Maverick and another death star type boss level.

that, and Jenkins’s calendar opening up after WB going in a different direction with WW and that Cleopatra film stalling out