Until the day when producer Kathleen Kennedy confirms the person who’s going to be directing the upcoming Star Wars: Episode 7, you can expect no shortage of rumours as to who the identity of that person is. Yesterday, we reported that X-Men: First Class and Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn had been linked with the job. Now? Colin Trevorrow has reportedly had conversations about the film.
Trevorrow is the man behind the indie movie Safety Not Guaranteed (which is heading the UK later this year), a film that George Lucas has already seen and apparently liked very much. As such, Trevorrow and Lucas met, with the new Star Wars film reportedly on the agenda.
What the outcome of that discussion was remains to be seen. But expect a few more names to be thrown into the pot before any kind of announcement is made…
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