Jon Watts, the director of “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, will direct a series of “Star Wars”

Following his departure from the “Fantastic Four” project at Marvel Studios, director Jon Watts will now direct a series of “starwarsAlongside Chris Ford, who wrote and worked alongside Watts on ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming,’ Vanity Fair confirmed.

According to the American magazine, the new series does not yet have a title, but a code name: Grammar Rodeo, which is a reference to an episode of The Simpsons in which Bart and his schoolmates steal a car and escape during a week to live adventures.

It’s worth noting that this new Star Wars series will take place during the post-Return of the Jedi rebuild following the fall of the Empire, much like The Mandalorian. At the moment its plot remains a secret.

A casting announcement has revealed that they are looking for children between the ages of 11 and 12. Additionally, the series is described as a galactic take on a classic 1980s adventure movie.

Leave “Fantastic Four”

As published by the Deadline medium, Watts’ decision is due to a personal situation of the director himself: “He just needs a break from the superhero realm after completing the trilogy of spider-man with Tom Holland and Zendaya.”

Watts has spent most of the last decade directing and promoting the Spider-Man movies, having been hired for “Cop Car,” a low-budget independent thriller that premiered at Sundance 2015.

Being a personal reason, it is known that there was no disagreement between Jon Watts and Marvel Studios. Both parties clarify that the departure was cordial.