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Add one more director to Lucasfilm’s burgeoning empire. The Disney subsidiary has just announced that Josh Trank, director of Chronicle and next year’s Fantastic Four reboot, has been signed to direct a stand-alone Star Wars movie—one of the studio’s planned slate that will be independent of J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII.
“The magic of the Star Wars Universe defined my entire childhood,” Trank said in a statement released by the studio. “The opportunity to expand on that experience for future generations is the most incredible dream of all time.”
Trank is the second director to be named for a stand-alone Star Wars project in recent weeks. Godzilla‘s Gareth Edwards, it was announced, will be directing one as well, to be written by The Book of Eli‘s Gary Whitta and released December 16, 2016. That movie was described by Lucasfilm as “the first stand-alone film” in the franchise.
Lucasfilm has not yet mentioned a time frame for the release of Trank’s movie.
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