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Why Was Rian Johnson’s Star Wars Trilogy Cancelled? He Was 'Busy Making Murder Mysteries'

Many Star Wars projects announced by Disney have never seen the light of day. Perhaps one of the more infamous ideas was an entire Star Wars trilogy with The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson at the helm.

Rian Johnson teases 'Gothic' third Knives Out film

The next movie in the Knives Out series, Wake Up Dead Man, is "much more Gothic and grounded in tone". The whodunnit franchise's creator, Rian Johnson, has revealed the third film will revert "back to the origins of the genre" and is more like that first movie, 2019's Knives Out, than 2022's Glass Onion.

Rian Johnson only had "very conceptual" outline for a "Star Wars" trilogy

Rian Johnson says 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery' is "incredibly different" from 'Glass Onion'

Rian Johnson is opening up about what fans can expect when it comes to the tone of his third Benoit Blanc whodunnit, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. 

The 18 most memorable comedic murder mysteries

Who says murder can’t be funny? 

Benoit Blanc Returns in Teaser for WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

We haven’t seen the gentleman detective Benoit Blanc on our screens for six whole years. Wild how time flies when you’re pandemified for a bunch of that.

Rian Johnson addresses Star Wars return

Rian Johnson wants to return to ‘Star Wars’. The 51-year-old director helmed 2017’s ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi’ and has since moved over to making his murder mystery movies in the ‘Knives Out’ series, though Johnson has now revealed he hopes to revisit the galaxy far, far away in the future.

‘It’s like a Marvel movie’: Jeremy Renner spills on Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Jeremy Renner thinks ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ is "like a Marvel movie". The 54-year-old actor - who starred in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

‘It holds endless possibilities’: Knives Out future addressed by director Rian Johnson

Director Rian Johnson is open to continuing the ‘Knives Out’ series - "as long as Daniel [Craig] still wants to keep doing it". The 51-year-old filmmaker

How many of the 30 most-expensive films ever made have you seen?

These are the 30 most-expensive movie productions of all-time. We are going with a list adjusted for inflation based on dollar value in 2025.

20 movie characters whose names have hidden meanings

What's in a name? In the case of these 20 character names, quite a bit. Each one has much deeper meaning than you might've known. 

Do you remember all of the "Star Wars" movies & TV shows of the last decade?

In the last decade, though, the offerings in the universe spawned by “Star Wars” have been as robust as ever.

Knives Out 3 Budget Revealed

The Knives Out 3 budget has been revealed, and if reports are true, it’s a staggering amount. Allegedly, the third film in writer/director Rian Johnson’s murder-mystery series has a whopping $210M budget.

Knives Out 3 Wraps Filming, Confirms Director Rian Johnson

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery has finished filming. The news comes from writer/director Rian Johnson, who celebrated wrapping up the shoot with a tweet embedded below.

20 'SNL' sketches and characters that deserved movies

Saturday Night Live has been an entertainment institution since the ‘70s and has helped jumpstart the careers of some of the biggest names in comedies. The weekend giant has also given way to several films inspired by sketches and characters. However, almost two dozen others could have also been given the big screen treatment.

20 critically acclaimed films that audiences hated

Critics and audiences have famously disagreed on whether films are good. While critics liked these 20 films, audiences weren't such fans. 

'Barbie,' and every other billion-dollar box-office blockbuster

Barbie went and did and proved that pink is the new box office blockbuster by crossing the $1 billion mark, but Greta Gerwig’s doll dream isn’t the only movie to have earned an impressive amount of money from moviegoers.

20 movies about people battling against technology

Technology is always evolving, and we’ve largely adapted. You might be reading this on your phone right now, for example. But there are many memorable movies about people out there battling technology. Sure, it’s science fiction…for now. 

20 facts you might not know about 'Glass Onion'

“Knives Out” was the rare hit film not built on an existing property, and it also earned writer and director Rian Johnson an Oscar nomination for his script.

The highest-grossing films of the 21st century by year

This list is based on domestic box office, not adjusted for inflation. We know that matters to you box-office heads out there. All figures are courtesy of Box Office Mojo.

20 facts you might not know about Knives Out

Grab a donut and enjoy 20 facts about Knives Out that should shed more light on the movie.

The best filmmakers of the 21st century

Who are the new titans of cinema? Here are twenty-five filmmakers who demand our attention.