Gary Whitta

Doctor Who Set Pictures Reveal Its Newest Companion

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Read an Exclusive Excerpt From Gundog by Gary Whitta

The Rogue One and Book of Eli writer has a new novel about giant mechs aliens ruling the world.

Books & Comics Germain Lussier Sep 5

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Rogue One‘s Gary Whitta Is Trying to Crack the Code of Original IP

His new project, Gundog , would be a mega-budget movie, so he made it in other mediums instead.

Books & Comics Germain Lussier Sep 16

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Rian Johnson on Putting All His Star Wars Dreams Into The Last Jedi

The writer-director spoke about his Star Wars experience at Podathon 2022, an event benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Movies Germain Lussier Sep 7

Rogue One Remembered: A Timeline For Its 5 Year Anniversary

Star Wars ' first standalone story was released 5 years ago today and we take you back on the journey.

Movies Germain Lussier Dec 16

The Last Starfighter’s Potential Sequel Now Has a Sizzle Reel for Hollywood’s Consideration

Fans of The Last Starfighter have long dreamed what a sequel to that movie would be. Today, they find out. Gary Whitta, writer of The Book of Eli and Rogue One, has been working with Last Starfighter writer Jonathan Betuel on bringing the 1984 classic back to life for years now. Today, he hopped on his…

Trailers Germain Lussier Mar 25

Star Wars Is Turning Its Anthological Eye to The Empire Strikes Back [Updated]

If you’ve been missing your short-form Star Wars storytelling, good news: From a Certain Point of View, the anniversary anthology format Del Rey used to weave new stories around the events of A New Hope for its 40th anniversary is back. And it’s, well, striking. Lucasfilm has confirmed that, to celebrate Star Wars: The Empire Strikes…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jun 12

The Mouse Guard Movie Is Officially Dead, But This Demo Reel Shows What Could’ve Been

Remember when there were reports that Disney had scrapped Fox’s planned adaptation of Mouse Guard, but there was still hope it could find a home somewhere else? Those hopes are now gone. But with the project’s death, we also have a chance to see what could’ve been. Director Wes Ball confirmed the news last night…

Movies James Whitbrook Jun 26

Read an Exclusive Excerpt From the Star-Studded Sci-Fi Anthology Resist

The world is a mess. That’s one fact we can all agree on. And when reality is hard to talk about or to understand, sometimes fiction is the best way to express what’s really going on. That was the idea behind the new book Resist: Tales From a Future Worth Fighting Against, which is now available…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier Oct 29

Rogue One’s Gary Whitta Tells Us His Plans for a Last Starfighter Reboot

On Twitter, Rogue One and Book of Eli screenwriter Gary Whitta just dropped a huge bombshell: He’s working with Jonathan Betuel, the writer of The Last Starfighter, to finally try and reboot it for the big screen. We reached out to learn more, and Whitta told us why now is the perfect time to bring…

Movies James Whitbrook Apr 4

With The Last Jedi Comic, Gary Whitta Just Hit the Grand Slam of Writing Star Wars

Writer Gary Whitta worked on the screenplay for Rogue One. He’s written episodes of Star Wars Rebels and contributed to a Star Wars book. Now, with the news he’s writing a new comic, he’ll have written official Star Wars stories in four different mediums. Marvel Comics just announced that Whitta is writing Marvel’s comic book…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier Feb 2

The New Star Wars Anthology Book Will Cover Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Life After Death

And that’s not all. Obi-Wan’s life after death is just one of 40 stories in Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View, which features several major characters and events in the Star Wars universe. Out October 3, Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View features 40 different in-canon short stories to celebrate the…

Movies Germain Lussier Sep 14

The Mouse Guard Movie Continues to Squeak Ahead

Mouse Guard is an award-winning comic book series, written and illustrated by David Petersen, about medieval mice protecting their own. Last year, a writer was hired to adapt it—and now, a director may actually be turning its lush world of marauding mice into a movie. Deadline reports that Wes Ball, who has spend the last…

io9 Germain Lussier Sep 8

A New Anthology Will Explore Every Inch of the Star Wars Universe

Following in a grand tradition for Star Wars books, Del Rey, Lucasfilm, and Disney have announced a new 40-story anthology which will explore the stories of background characters from A New Hope. Back in the old Expanded Universe books, this kind of ground was covered a lot by the “Tales From” series. Tales From Mos…

Books & Comics Katharine Trendacosta Apr 7

Rogue One‘s First Writer Got the Job in a Very Simple Way

It was a day long remembered: October 30, 2012. The day Disney announced it had bought Lucasfilm and would be releasing new Star Wars movies. Fans everywhere immediately began freaking out about the news, but one in particular saw it as an opportunity. That person is Gary Whitta, who previously wrote The Book of Eli…

Movies Germain Lussier Apr 3

Here’s What the Original, Far Less Tragic Ending of Rogue One Would Have Been

By now, it’s common knowledge that Rogue One does not end happily for any of the main characters. Sure, they accomplish their goal, and that goal makes many major things possible, but they never get to see the fruits of their labor. In early versions of the script, however, that was not the case. While…

Movies Germain Lussier Mar 20

Rogue One Never Had a Scripted Opening Crawl (UPDATED)

Correction: After our interview, writer Gary Whitta admitted that he misremembered this. While he told me the crawl was never in the script, he realized it was in the very first draft of the very first script, and was then taken out during the first revision. The original posts follows. Rogue One: A Star Wars…

Movies Germain Lussier Mar 17

There’s No Way All the Heroes Can Survive the End of Star Wars Rebels

“We’re doomed.” C-3PO’s classic Star Wars line was sort of a joke—but it could be literally true, when it comes to the heroes of Star Wars Rebels. Because there’s no way that all of these people can all still be alive by the end of the series. Right? Ever since the Star Wars universe started…

Television Germain Lussier Mar 11

There Are Too Many Must-Read Science Fiction And Fantasy Books In July!

Seriously, cut it out, publishers. Are you trying to ruin us? There are so many incredible books coming out this month, it’s unreal. China Mieville, Charles Stross, Austin Grossman, Jesse Ball, William T Vollmann… it’s all happening. Here are July’s must-read science fiction and fantasy books. Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit) Robinson returns once…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Jul 2

Gary Whitta

Doctor Who Set Pictures Reveal Its Newest Companion

Read an Exclusive Excerpt From Gundog by Gary Whitta

Year in Review: Staff Picks

Rogue One‘s Gary Whitta Is Trying to Crack the Code of Original IP

Rian Johnson on Putting All His Star Wars Dreams Into The Last Jedi

Rogue One Remembered: A Timeline For Its 5 Year Anniversary

The Last Starfighter’s Potential Sequel Now Has a Sizzle Reel for Hollywood’s Consideration

Star Wars Is Turning Its Anthological Eye to The Empire Strikes Back [Updated]

The Mouse Guard Movie Is Officially Dead, But This Demo Reel Shows What Could’ve Been

Read an Exclusive Excerpt From the Star-Studded Sci-Fi Anthology Resist

Rogue One’s Gary Whitta Tells Us His Plans for a Last Starfighter Reboot

With The Last Jedi Comic, Gary Whitta Just Hit the Grand Slam of Writing Star Wars

The New Star Wars Anthology Book Will Cover Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Life After Death

The Mouse Guard Movie Continues to Squeak Ahead

A New Anthology Will Explore Every Inch of the Star Wars Universe

Rogue One‘s First Writer Got the Job in a Very Simple Way

Here’s What the Original, Far Less Tragic Ending of Rogue One Would Have Been

Rogue One Never Had a Scripted Opening Crawl (UPDATED)

There’s No Way All the Heroes Can Survive the End of Star Wars Rebels

There Are Too Many Must-Read Science Fiction And Fantasy Books In July!

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