Movie|Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh spent two years making The Hunt for Ben Solo. It already had the approval of key people in the Star Wars productions.
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Actor Adam Driver and director Steven Soderbergh worked for a long time on the Star Wars film The Hunt for Ben Solo.
Disney’s management rejected the project, even though the script was already finished and approved by key production personnel.
Fans have started a campaign to save the film with airplane banners and light boards.
Star Wars the world is bubbling again.
Information recently became public that the actor Adam Driver and director-writer Steven Soderbergh had done for two years Star wars – movie The Hunt for Ben Solo.
The film project had already advanced a long way. The script was ready, and the project had already been received by Kathleen Kennedy, Dave Filonin and others Star Wars the approval of key managers in production.
Eventually the CEO of Disney Bob Iger rejected the project.
Driver said of the plan In an AP interview published on October 21. “It was [kirosana] the coolest scripts I’ve ever read,” he gushed.
Soderberg commented on the matter on social media. The creators have talked quite openly about the project, which sounds in many ways Star wars -from the fan’s dream project. The film was supposed to be character-driven, with a low budget Star wars -movies more moderate and in spirit The Empire Strikes Back like.
After hearing for the missed opportunity, the fans hit back immediately.
Disney studio buildings a week ago a miniature plane flew overhead. It dragged behind it a canvas that read “Save the Hunt for Ben Solo”, i.e. Save the movie in question. Paid for machine and fabric Star wars – bearing Lianna Al-Allaf told Collider that he hopes it “shows how much Ben Solo means to a lot of us and that fans really want to see this movie.”
Campaign continued a few days later on Broadway in New York. A text with a quote appeared on the light board The Last Jedi -elokuvaa: “For Adam. No one’s ever really gone. Hope lives. Ben is alive! #THBS.”
Driver says in the interviewthat he felt Kylo Ren’s story arc wasn’t filled out properly The Rise of Skywalker in the movie. When Kathleen Kennedy once asked if Driver would be interested in returning to the role, Driver replied that he would be ready at any time.
Steven Soderbergh in Berlin last April.
Driver talked about Kylo Ren’s story with Steven Soderbergh. They had previously worked together Logan Lucky in the movie. They went to work, and the result was The Hunt for Ben Solo.
The project collapsed because it didn’t suit Bob Iger and another Disney executive To Alan Bergman.
“They couldn’t figure out how Ben Solo could be alive. That was it,” says Driver.
Soderbergh said on Blueskythat this was the only one Star wars – project that was abandoned when the script was already completely finished. Soderberg says that he has already enjoyed the film in his own mind and regrets that no one else gets to see it.