Movie: Rogue One Is In Big Trouble, New Director Being Brought In

Whore of Babylon

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Oh boy, here we go again. Ever since it was revealed that Disney was ordering reshoots for Gareth Edwards’ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the internet has been going wild. Rumors and speculation have run rampant, with all kinds of reports coming out that seemingly contradicted one another in every imaginable way.

First we heard that the reshoots were just to include a special cameo, and then we were told that the studio wasn’t happy with the tone of the film and ordered that 40% of it be reshot. It was further reported that writer/director Christopher McQuarrie was being called in to help out, but the filmmaker later shot down those rumors. EW also attempted to throw water over the fire by reassuring everyone that nothing was wrong and that these reshoots were planned from the start.
Now, we have another piece to add to the puzzle, as The Playlist thinks that the situation is far worse than we’re being led to believe. Seeing as EW has a pretty good relationship with Disney, it’s likely that their report was to do some damage control for the studio, but as more information comes to light, it appears as if there is definitely some trouble brewing over on the set of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

The Playlist tells us that Tony Gilroy, who did uncredited rewrite work on the film, is “actually supervising, if not helming, the reshoots himself,” meaning that Edwards might have been sidelined for the time being. Furthermore, Latino-Review believes that despite previous reports stating that 40% of Rogue One needed to be reshot, it’s looking more like they’ll have to reshoot “nearly half of the movie.”

Take that in for a second. Half of the movie needs to be reshot. Given that the film is only about six months away from release, that’s incredibly troubling to hear, if it is indeed true. And we’re inclined to believe that it is. Sure, many big blockbusters have had considerable reshoots and turned out alright, but at this stage we just can’t find the confidence to feel optimistic about Rogue One. We’ve simply heard too much about it to believe that all is well with the spinoff.
That being said, the footage we saw in the first trailer really did look excellent and both the cast and Edwards are all very talented individuals, so who knows? Maybe Rogue One: A Star Wars Story can pull together in the end and deliver another epic adventure for fans of the iconic franchise. Right now though, it certainly doesn’t look too good and something tells us that it’s only going to get worse before it gets better.

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luxoricious

What's the difference between 40% and "nearly the half of the film".
Basically 40% is kinda the half of something.

NewRihannaStan

Ughh I feel like producers and writers can't just up and leave a project . Their should be a legally binding contract . It is so messy

Atlas

I KNEW these spin off movies were a bad ****ing idea. The Han Solo one is gonna be even worse

Kim Kardashian

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Originally posted by luxoricious

What's the difference between 40% and "nearly the half of the film".
Basically 40% is kinda the half of something.

An additional 10% is a lot when talking about a movie that will probably be over 2 hours long and cost 100s of millions to make.

StephenNYMonster

I thought Disney had it together? Kii, I guess not.

Giancor

why do they want to reshoot?

edit: ohh

Queef Queen

Mess. What else did they expect from the director of Godzilla?

Everything from the plot to Forest Whitaker to Katniss-lite its been a mess

izebize

What even is this source?

fireaero

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EW also attempted to throw water over the fire by reassuring everyone that nothing was wrong and that these reshoots were planned from the start

Can someone explain why a company would purposefully reshoot a film? Isn't that expensive and unnecessary?

Dark Miracles

I don't believe it. You seriously think Disney would let a Star Wars film (even a spin-off) devolve into a giant mess, like the media is portraying it? I'm damn sure quality control on this franchise is of utter importance for the Disney execs.

chris1991

A may be a mess but Disney will get it right even if they have to push it back.

_Fey

This is old news and not even wholly accurate.

Like, look at your source.

Poe Dameron

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Originally posted by fireaero

Can someone explain why a company would purposefully reshoot a film? Isn't that expensive and unnecessary?

The reshoots have been planned right before they even started filming. The source isn't even reliable as Latino Review have never published anything reliable

the 40% rumour is even more outrageous, if they were going to shoot nearly more than half the movie again the film would be pushed back

Vazduh

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Originally posted by fireaero

Can someone explain why a company would purposefully reshoot a film? Isn't that expensive and unnecessary?

Most big-budget movies have scheduled reshoots in the form of pick-ups (small, minor shots) or sometimes entire scenes. If a shoot goes well, reshoots are not necessary, but if something doesn't go as planned, you have a scheduled period where you can correct a mistake, shoot a scene again...

The trouble with Rogue One is that (allegedly, treat this as hear-say) the movie is so dark and dour in its tone that a lot of it will have to be rewritten (which is happening atm) and reshot, just to bring it closer to the rest of the Star Wars movies in tone. Another huge problem is the scheduling since you have to bring all the actors back, and if they are shooting a movie or a TV show, that can be a huge obstacle.

It's hard to know what to believe, but since Disney is throwing a bunch of money at this, I believe they'll salvage it. I know that Fantastic Four is a recent example of reshoots gone wrong, but not a lot of people know that the first Bourne Identity was an absolute disaster behind the scenes, and the reshoots actually improved what had been shot. World War Z is another somewhat positive example of reshoots - the director had only 60 minutes of usable footage after a lengthy and expensive shoot, so another writer was brought in to literally write the entire third act!

So we'll just have to wait and see now. I have faith in Disney, but it's still sad to hear that the movie didn't turn out well from the start.