{"id":1648,"date":"2017-07-16T19:09:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T19:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2017\/07\/16\/colin-trevorrow-explains-why-he-should-still-direct-star-wars-despite-that-whole-book-of-henry-thing\/"},"modified":"2017-07-16T19:09:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T19:09:39","slug":"colin-trevorrow-explains-why-he-should-still-direct-star-wars-despite-that-whole-book-of-henry-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2017\/07\/16\/colin-trevorrow-explains-why-he-should-still-direct-star-wars-despite-that-whole-book-of-henry-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin Trevorrow Explains Why He Should Still Direct \u2018Star Wars\u2019 Despite That Whole \u2018Book of Henry\u2019 Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/colin-trevorrow\/\" id=\"auto-tag_colin-trevorrow\">Colin Trevorrow<\/a>&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/the-book-of-henry\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-book-of-henry\">The Book of Henry<\/a>&#8221; was so poorly received that some have wondered whether he&#8217;ll still direct the untitled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/star-wars\/\" id=\"auto-tag_star-wars\">Star Wars<\/a>: Episode IX.&#8221; He wouldn&#8217;t be the first director to lose a &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; gig, as both Josh Trank and Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have been relieved of their duties in taking us to a galaxy far, far away. In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/colin-trevorrow-defends-star-wars-episode-ix-directing-gig-book-henry-reviews-1021534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a new Hollywood Reporter interview<\/a>, Trevorrow appears to respond to this speculation by explaining why he&#8217;s still the right man for the job.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/06\/the-book-of-henry-review-naomi-watts-colin-trevorrow-1201842503\/\" title=\"\u2018The Book of Henry\u2019 Review: Naomi Watts\u2019 Family Drama Has the Most Ludicrous Twist of the Year\">\u2018The Book of Henry\u2019 Review: Naomi Watts\u2019 Family Drama Has the Most Ludicrous Twist of the Year<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Not only did I grow up on these stories, like all of us did, [but] I think that the values of &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; are values that I hold very close and very dear in my life,\u201d says Trevorrow, perhaps to all of us reading at home or perhaps to Kathleen Kennedy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI feel that the message of the way that the Force teaches you to treat other people and show respect for others, and the way it guides you through life, is really important to me. And I hope everybody would realize that that set of stories has affected me as deeply in my life as it has affected them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/07\/star-wars-the-last-jedi-behind-the-scenes-carrie-fisher-1201855765\/\" title=\"\u2018Star Wars: The Last Jedi\u2019 Behind-the-Scenes Footage Offers a Glimpse of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia \u2014 Watch\">\u2018Star Wars: The Last Jedi\u2019 Behind-the-Scenes Footage Offers a Glimpse of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia \u2014 Watch<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It isn&#8217;t quite &#8220;let the hate flow through you,&#8221; but as a plaintive statement it&#8217;s reasonable enough. Read the full interview\/plea <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/colin-trevorrow-defends-star-wars-episode-ix-directing-gig-book-henry-reviews-1021534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/email\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colin Trevorrow&#8217;s &#8220;The Book of Henry&#8221; was so poorly received that some have wondered whether he&#8217;ll still direct the untitled &#8220;Star&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-1648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-qA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}