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BOBA FETT: James Mangold will Co-write & Direct the Stand-alone STAR WARS Film

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James Mangold Will Co-write and Direct Boba Fett Stand-alone Star Wars Film

James Mangold has been hired to co-write and direct a stand-alone Boba Fett film for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Mangold will be co-writing the screenplay for the Boba Fett film with Simon Kinberg. Mangold and Kinsberg were the collaborative team behind Logan. Simon Kinberg will be producing the Boba Fett film along-side his writing duties.

The obvious possible titles for the Boba Fett stand-alone Star Wars film are: Boba Fett: A Star Wars Story or Fett: A Star Wars Story.

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Boba Fett’s clone origin was explored in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. The character was featured in three other Star Wars films: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, and Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi.

Boba Fett first appeared in the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special. Throughout the Star Wars film universe, Boba Fett has been portrayed by numerous actors: Jeremy Bulloch, John Morton, Mark Austin, Don Bies, Nelson Hall, and Daniel Logan.

There is no word yet on who will be portraying Boba Fett in the Boba Fett stand-alone film. There is also no word yet on when the Boba Fett stand-alone will be released in theater.

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Rollo Tomasi

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, TV show, short film, Blu-ray, and 4K-Ultra reviews. His reviews are published in IMDb's External Reviews and in Google News. Previously you could find his work at Empire Movies, Blogcritics, and AltFilmGuide. Now you can find his work at FilmBook.
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