The Millennium Falcon may be the fastest thing in the galaxy, but a close second is the growth rate of the list of directors that won’t be helming Star Wars: Episode VII. Ben Affleck, Quentin Tarantino, J.J. Abrams, Zack Snyder and Steven Spielberg have all said they won’t be directing the new film. Now, The Incredibles director Brad Bird can be added to that list.
Bird was a top choice for many Star Wars fans, and he certainly would’ve been a solid one, but unfortunately, the director took to his Twitter account recently to address the rumors.
https://twitter.com/BradBirdA113/status/269981399715557377
“@clarkgoble: tell me your next one is the new Star Wars!”Nope. A science fiction film. Not Star Wars.
— Brad Bird (@BradBirdA113) November 18, 2012
Bird’s other tweets make it appear that he will be unable to do Star Wars: Episode VII due to his work on his upcoming film, 1952. So that’s one more director we can now rule out.
As much potential as 1952 has (it was recently reported that George Clooney is interested), it would’ve been nice to see what Bird could’ve done with the Star Wars franchise. His animated work has been phenomenal, and his recent venture into live-action film, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol was a very strong debut. Although he isn’t as experienced as some of the other names being called for, he likely still would have directed a quality Star Wars film.
Now that Bird is out, the list is one name shorter, and we’re one step closer to finding out who the director will be. We recently reported that the search was down to a couple candidates, but there has still been no news as to who those candidates are.
Those fervent Bird advocates who are probably quite angry right now that he won’t be involved with Star Wars can at least take solace in the fact that Bird is in support of the film.
That said, Michael Arndt is a fantastic writer and Kathy Kennedy is a brilliant producer. I will be first in line to see the new STAR WARS.
— Brad Bird (@BradBirdA113) November 18, 2012
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