‘Star Wars: Firefighter': Shawn Levy, Ryan Gosling Reveal Details & Premiere Date For New Film — Star Wars Celebration
Director Shawn Levy and Ryan Gosling took the stage today in Tokyo, Japan for Star Wars Celebration, officially announcing their upcoming project Star Wars: Firefighter.
Set five years after The Rise of Skywalker (2019), the new installment is set to go into production this fall and premiere May 28, 2027 exclusively in theaters.
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Said Levy, 'There are many rumors, some true, some not. … This is not a prequel, this is not a sequel. It's a new adventure.'
Gosling praised the installment as 'such a great story with great and original characters,' as well as 'so much heart and adventure,' adding: 'There is not a more perfect filmmaker for this particular story than Shawn.
Star Wars: Starfighter comes to theaters on May 28, 2027. #StarWarsCelebration pic.twitter.com/dsbVb3VdBY
— Star Wars (@starwars) April 18, 2025
Until now, the project which is being written by Levy and Jonathan Tropper for the last two years, has been under wraps. It's a standalone movie outside the Luke Skywalker core canon. While Disney's Lucasfilm has multiple Star Wars features in development with James Mangold, Simon Kinberg, and a Rey post Episode IX movie with Daisy Ridley returning and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy directing, the Levy Star Wars project is known to be in tip-top fastrack shape.
It was recently reported that Anora Oscar winner Mikey Madison passed on a supporting role offer in the new Levy directed Star Wars movie.
Levy is a cornerstone filmmaker for Disney having delivered them the highest grossing R-rated movie of all-time with Marvel Studios' Deadpool & Wolverine which minted $1.33 billion worldwide.
Levy's Star Wars movie would be the second after next year's The Mandalorian and Grogu to hit the screen following 2019's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker which minted $1.077 billion.
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