Jurassic World Director Rumored for Star Wars: Episode IX

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After raking in more than $1.4 billion around the globe with Jurassic World, director Colin Trevorrow has understandably become a hot commodity in Hollywood. And if new rumors are to be believed, Trevorrow might have already found his next gigantic blockbuster with Star Wars: Episode IX. This is not be one of the Star Wars Anthology spin-offs but rather the official follow-up to both J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens and its sequel. Hit the jump for more details.


The rumor, coming from Heroic Hollywood, mentions Trevorrow has been in negotiations for the job for months, which in turn is the reason why he won’t return to direct Jurassic World 2. Apparently producers Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall enjoyed working with Trevorrow so much that this likely put him high on the list for Star Wars: Episode IX. It is believed that Trevorrow will get announced officially at Comic-Con later today by Lucasfilm.

Whether or not Trevorrow gets to direct the third chapter in the new trilogy, there’s plenty of Star Wars we need to get through before that will hit theaters in 2019. First there is Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Episode VII) by J.J. Abrams hitting theaters in North America on December 18, followed by Episode VIII by Rian Johnson in 2017 and plenty of spin-offs in between. Would you like to see Colin Trevorrow take on Star Wars: Episode IX?



  • Bandit Manatee

    Cool. I guess he proved he could handle a giant blockbuster with JW. Looks like that’s all they want with these big franchises like marvel and Star Wars. Someone who won’t completely shit the bed

  • B MP Rooney

    Does anyone know that episode 7 hasn’t come out yet?

  • Lisa Naarseth Myklebust

    And with a snap of a finger they managed to ruin the second film. Good job.

  • Lisa Naarseth Myklebust

    Lol what? They look for money makers. JW was shit. But it made shit tons of money. Your argument is about as qualified as saying Michael Bay is competent because his films are financial successes.

  • 9No

    I thought that Rian Johnson was tapped to do both episode 8 and 9, so has that officially changed? This news kinda bums me out..