{"id":41118,"date":"2017-09-12T11:10:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T15:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=41118"},"modified":"2017-09-12T11:10:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T15:10:03","slug":"breaking-j-j-abrams-direct-star-wars-episode-ix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/12\/breaking-j-j-abrams-direct-star-wars-episode-ix\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: J J Abrams To Direct STAR WARS: EPISODE IX"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.<\/p>\n

J J Abrams, who kickstarted the new Star Wars<\/strong> trilogy by directing Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/strong> will now by directing the untitled third film in the saga trilogy.<\/p>\n

Disney has confirmed that Abrams will be back in the director’s chair vacated by Colin Trevorrow last week.<\/p>\n

Here’s the text of Disneycs announcement released through StarWars.com –<\/p>\n

J.J. Abrams, who launched a new era of Star Wars with The Force Awakens in 2015, is returning to complete the sequel trilogy as writer and director of Star Wars: Episode IX. Abrams will co-write the film with Chris Terrio. Star Wars: Episode IX will be produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Abrams, Bad Robot, and Lucasfilm.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith The Force Awakens, J.J. delivered everything we could have possibly hoped for, and I am so excited that he is coming back to close out this trilogy,\u201d said Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rian Johnson, who is directing the trilogy’s middle installment The Last Jedi<\/strong> due in theaters this December, had previously stated he would not be returning to direct the last installment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The director who relaunched the saga will bring it on home by directing the closing volume of the current trilogy.<\/div>\n

[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[1059,7836],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-j-j-abrams","9":"tag-star-wars-epsiode-ix"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t