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[inm8num2]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-standalone-loses-writer-762372

Gary Whitta is no longer writing a Star Wars standalone movie.

Whitta was working with Gareth Edwards, the filmmaker behind last year’s Godzilla movie, on the project and completed a first draft. But he has now left the project, which will likely hire a new writer.

Sources say Whitta is now moving on to his next project, which is unknown at this time. One of the projects on his docket is Starlight, Fox’s adaptation of the Mark Millar sci-fi comic book mini series.

More at the link.

edit - perhaps better thread title would have been "Gary Whitta finishes draft of SW spinoff, departs project".

 

[VARIA]

Ouch.

 

[xxracerxx]

Hmmm

 

[Dead]

Welp

 

[M.W.]

Good.

 

[BocoDragon]

Sorry Gary

Come back to post .

 

[Rich!]

Hey gary you can revert your posts here back to what they were!

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Reasons, Gary. Let's hear them.

 

[Cardon]

Thank goodness.

 

[Squall5042]

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

I blame NeoGaf

Spoiler

jk

 

[Jarmel]

Welp sorry Whitta.

 

[StoopKid]

Hey gary you can revert your posts here back to what they were!

Lol

 

[Anth0ny]

damn


now give us the goods, Gary.

 

[Daemul]

They found his old posts. Deleting them wasn't enough.

 

[strafer]

sorry Whitta

 

[Beaulieu]

good. the man never wrote anything good post PC gamer.

 

[kulapik]

Guess he can come back to NeoGAF now. And to TIOAT.

 

[Delta Assault]

...I hope this means we get his original unaltered neogaf posts back.

Edit: Fuck, beaten

 

[StopMakingSense]

Reasons, Gary. Let's hear them.

Eh, this happens all the time.

 

[terrisus]

So he can edit the original text back into his posts now?
>.>


EDIT: Beaten like an edited post whose original version was already quoted

 

[robochimp]

Isn't that pretty much how the screenwriting game goes?

 

[Sanjuro]

They found his GAF posts. Way to ruin a man's livelihood, you jerks.

 

[Akainu]

Reasons, Gary. Let's hear them.

gary whitta.

 

[Stet]

lol from Star Wars to adapting Mark Millar.

Gary Whitta licks goats.

 

[Wanace]

Sony hack did him in. That comment about him not being "stalked" because "he blows."

 

[Face it Tiger..]

guess you can fix your old posts now gary.

 

[VARIA]

I mean it sounds amicable but it also sounds strange for him to leave a project he was so invested in. Hopefully we'll get some more info.

 

[TAJ]

I wonder if it's fallout from that epic burn from De Luca in that Sony leak.

 

[StopMakingSense]

Isn't that pretty much how the screenwriting game goes?

Yes. This is fairly normal.

 

[Nappuccino]

Probably for the best.


Sorry Gary.

 

[shira]

Eh, this happens all the time.

I wonder if Disney got cold feet after the Sony leak

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Burned his gaf bridges deleting those posts for no reason

 

[kingocfs]

He tweeted a little while ago that his work on the film "is complete." Maybe he was only there to write the first draft in the first place? IDK how this shit works.

 

[marrec]

Honestly better for Gary, short shrift on a crappy spin-off? No thank you.

 

[James Woods]

They must've finally gotten around to actually reading his writing.

 

[Jarmel]

I wonder if Disney got cold feet after the Sony leak

lol no

Well unless Disney thought he was shit already.

 

[shadyspace]

Dude's screenwriting career is done. Wouldn't be surprised if he slid back into magazine writing.

 

[Skinny Pete]

After Earth 2?

 

[StopMakingSense]

I wonder if Disney got cold feet after the Sony leak

Nah. This happens all the time. A writer is brought in for a draft. Then gets replaced for the next draft.

 

[Delta Assault]

He tweeted a little while ago that his work on the film "is complete." Maybe he was only there to write the first draft in the first place? IDK how this shit works.

Yeah, that's common in Hollywood. Movies get rewritten to hell and back all the time.

 

[DrForester]

I really hope him saying that the prequels were crap didn't have anything to do with it. Would be a terrible shame, as people who know the prequels were crap should be the people trying to make the most out of the new Star Wars.

 

[NYR]

Go back and re post all your shit talk Whitta!

 

[Pappasman]

https://twitter.com/garywhitta/status/553716394400165888

https://twitter.com/garywhitta/status/553718100622069760

 

[strafer]

I really hope him saying that the prequels were crap didn't have anything to do with it. Would be a terrible shame, as people who know the prequels were crap should be the people trying to make the most out of the new Star Wars.

Someone probably sold him out. Screenshotted his posts and sent it to the director.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Maybe he'll still get a "Story by" credit?

I really hope him saying that the prequels were crap didn't have anything to do with it.

There is about zero point zero zero chance of that being the case.

 

[sk3]

I hope he edits all of old star wars bashing posts back in.

 

[StopMakingSense]

Maybe he'll still get a "Story by" credit?

Depends, the rules for that are complicated.

 

[Stet]

Really?



https://twitter.com/garywhitta/status/553716394400165888

https://twitter.com/garywhitta/status/553718100622069760

At least he got to write the title page. What are the royalties on something like that?

 

[Fenderputty]

Someone probably sold him out. Screenshotted his posts and sent it to the director.

Internet detectives fighting the good figh ... Wait.