Taika Waititi Says His Star Wars Movie Is 'on Ice'

Director Taika Waititi has confirmed his long-in-development Star Wars movie is officially "on ice."

The Thor: Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit filmmaker provided Inverse with the update when speaking to the outlet during a press junket for his new film, Klara and the Sun. When asked directly for the state of his and writer Tony McNamara's progress in the Star Wars universe, Waititi had a blunt answer.

"I hate to break this to you, but we're going to actually put it on ice and we're working on a different thing together," he said.

Brutal. Rumors that Disney and Lucasfilm had approached the What We Do in the Shadows filmmaker to helm a Star Wars project go as far back as January 2020. That's just a few years after he took off as the mastermind behind one of the most beloved Marvel Cinematic Universe movies to date, with an official announcement confirming he was attached to a movie arriving just a few …