Zack Snyder Is NOT Developing a Star Wars Film Outside the New Trilogy

[Borsk]

Back in November, the Los Angeles Times reported that Man of Steel and 300 director Zack Snyder said he had no interest in directing the hotly anticipated seventh Star Wars film. But Vulture has learned that while this may be specifically true — he won’t be doing Episode VII — it was a bit of misdirection: He is in fact developing a Star Wars project for Lucasfilm that is set within the series’ galaxy, though parallel to the next trilogy. It will be an as-yet-untitled Jedi epic loosely based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic Seven Samurai, with the ronin and katana being replaced by the Force-wielding knights and their iconic lightsabers. (Go ahead, say it — you know you want to: “ … an elegant weapon, for a more civilized age.” Felt good, didn’t it?)

http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/zack-snyder-preps-non-trilogy-star-wars-film.html

UPDATE: Zach Snyder is NOT working on a Star Wars film: http://www.modernmythmedia.com/2013/01/zack-snyder-working-on-a-star-wars-film-but-not-that-one/

 

[Buzz Bumble]

This has since been debunked and is apparently nonsense.

From ComingSoon.net ...

UPDATE: The Hollywood Reporter has spoken with representatives for Zack Snyder, who issued the following statement:

• "While he is super flattered because he is a huge fan, Zack is not involved in any way with the new Star Wars. He is currently in post on his two films, 'Man of Steel' and '300: Battle of Artemisia.'”