Filmmaker Justin Simien opened up on his firing from the long-gestating Star Wars project focused on Donald Glover’s Lando Calrissian, clarifying that he’s still throwing his support behind it regardless.At one point, Simien was all set to serve as head writer and showrunner for Star Wars: Lando, an episodic series that would see Glover reprising his role from Solo: A Star Wars Story. In July, it was reported that Glover and his brother, Stephen Glover, had taken over writing duties. That also meant that Simien was no longer involved, and at the time, he revealed on social media that he was finding out this news at the same time as everyone else. In a new interview with TheWrap, Simien shared that he still hasn’t heard a word from Disney about booting him from the project, but as such a big fan of Glover, he’s still eager to see how it turns out.”[The online report] was and remains the only official word I ever heard about my involvement on the project,” Simien explained. “It was the first time I had gotten any official confirmation at all about what was happening with [Lando]. You’d certainly, like, hear rumors. It’s a small town. Donald Glover and I have a lot of mutual friends. So I had some idea of possibilities of what might be happening and why we haven’t heard from anybody.”Related: A Lando Calrissian TV Series Could Redeem a Major The Last Jedi Mistake
Filmmaker Justin Simien opened up on his firing from the long-gestating Star Wars project focused on Donald Glover’s Lando Calrissian, clarifying that he’s still throwing his support behind it regardless.
At one point, Simien was all set to serve as head writer and showrunner for Star Wars: Lando, an episodic series that would see Glover reprising his role from Solo: A Star Wars Story. In July, it was reported that Glover and his brother, Stephen Glover, had taken over writing duties. That also meant that Simien was no longer involved, and at the time, he revealed on social media that he was finding out this news at the same time as everyone else. In a new interview with TheWrap, Simien shared that he still hasn’t heard a word from Disney about booting him from the project, but as such a big fan of Glover, he’s still eager to see how it turns out.
“[The online report] was and remains the only official word I ever heard about my involvement on the project,” Simien explained. “It was the first time I had gotten any official confirmation at all about what was happening with [Lando]. You’d certainly, like, hear rumors. It’s a small town. Donald Glover and I have a lot of mutual friends. So I had some idea of possibilities of what might be happening and why we haven’t heard from anybody.”
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