Multiple writers making passes at scripts for big Hollywood tent poles is nothing new — just ask the team over at Marvel Studios. (Maybe don’t mention Edgar Wright when you do, though.) So, when rumors of additional writers polishing finished scripts pop up, they shouldn’t be cause for alarm. Still, it’s worth noting that Christopher McQuarrie, who wrote and directed this year’s ridiculously successful Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation, was apparently given two weeks to fine-tune the script for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Latino-Review broke the news on Monday, saying that a hot rumor suggested McQuarrie had been brought in to do a pass on second writer Chris Weitz‘s revision of first writer Gary Whitta‘s original script. I stress that this is all conjecture at this point, but as emphasized above, McQuarrie’s alleged presence at Lucasfilm doesn’t mean that Rogue One is in trouble. If anything, it means that the first Star Wars anthology film is in really, really good hands.
Being that we’re talking Star Wars and writing, The Playlist also pointed out a comment on the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens poster made by Film Divider, who noticed that former writer Michael Arndt was given credit. Arndt, who wrote Toy Story 3 and won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Little Miss Sunshine, was originally brought on to pen Episode VII, but was eventually replaced by director J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan.
(Via The Playlist)
