'Looper' Director Rian Johnson to Take on Star Wars Episode VIII
 

'Looper' Director Rian Johnson to Take on Star Wars Episode VIII
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Star Wars fans — go ahead and have a good feeling about this.

Disney and Lucasfilm have lined up up Rian Johnson — who wrote and directed the whip-smart sci-fi adventure Looper and some great episodes of Breaking Bad — to direct the next main*chapter in the Star Wars franchise, Episode VIII, according to multiple reports

Depending on which report you believe, he will also either direct or write a treatment for Episode IX.

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Johnson has been in serious high demand since Looper, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis, made an impression on fanboys and critics — **t to mention an impressive $176 million at the global box ******. Offers for multiple major franchises have come his way since, and it looks like his patience and particularity have paid off with a bigger prize. Read more...

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