Ralphwon’t be the only McQuarrie associated withStar Wars. While Lucasfilm continues the trek to get theGareth Edwards-helmedRogue One: A Star Wars Storyto the big screen later this year, a report has surfaced confirming thatChristopher McQuarrie(no relation to award-winning illustrator) the unofficial Hollywood script doctor, has come aboard to “save” the project.
“Save” is a direct quote from a source toBirth. Movies. Death.According to the site, McQuarrie has been quietly brought in to fix the script forRogue One, a heist film about a group of rebels working to steal plans for the Death Star.Gary Whittawas originally on script duties, but he soondeparted the standalone filmand moved on toStarlight, adapted fromMark Millar’s comic.Chris Weitzthencame on, laterremarkinghow “there’s a very strong structure from Gary’s work and that’s a huge advantage to me.”
However, Birth. Movies. Death. further states that the script still wasn’t in the right place after these change of hands. McQuarrie, will likely remain out of the film’s credits even though he’s said to be tightening up the story. This news comes a few months afterLatino Review’s report from last Octoberwhich claimed McQuarrie’s involvement extended over the course of two weeks.
In addition to recently writing and directingMission: Impossible - Rogue Nationwith major success, McQuarrie also had a hand inDoug Liman’s summer blockbuster hitEdge of Tomorrowand he’s moving on to helmM:I 6. ThisRogue Onebusiness wouldn’t be the first time he had to rework a script, either, as he previously helped save the tumultuousWorld War Z.
Rogue OnestarsFelicity Jones,Mads Mikkelsen,Ben Mendelsohn,Alan Tudyk,Donnie Yen,Forest Whitaker,Diego Luna,Riz Ahmed, andJiang Wen. We’ll know if McQuarrie’s efforts paid off whenRogue Onehits theaters on December 16th.
