Star Wars, James Mangold and Set

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James Mangold’s ‘Star Wars’ Is Set 25,000 Years Before the Other Movies: What’s Happening in That Era?
James Mangold wants his 'Star Wars' set 25,000 years earlier so it's not 'handcuffed' to lore: What has happening at this time? An explainer.
James Mangold's Star Wars Movie Won't be 'Handcuffed' to Lore
For a director who's helmed multiple box office successes, including Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line with Joaquin Phoenix and Girl, Interrupted with Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi is undoubtedly his biggest project yet.
James Mangold's ‘Star Wars' Movie Is Set 25,000 Years Before ‘Phantom Menace' So That It's Not ‘Handcuffed by Lore': Then ‘You Can't Please Anybody'
James Mangold, who just picked up a Directors Guild of America nomination for “A Complete Unknown,” recently told MovieWeb that his upcoming “Star Wars” movie is deliberately set thousands of years before any other movie in the long-running franchise so that he doesn’t have to deal with the canon and can thus avoid angering fans.
James Mangold’s Dawn of the Jedi will avoid being handcuffed by Star Wars lore
James Mangold is taking the phrase, “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,” quite literally. Mangold’s Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi will be a prequel movie set thousands of years before the Skywalker Saga.
James Mangold's Dawn Of The Jedi Will Have A Big Advantage Over Other Star Wars Movies
The thing James Mangold finds most appealing about his Dawn of the Jedi movie may also allow the film to chart a bold new future for Star Wars.
'Walk the Line' Director James Mangold Thought 'Walk Hard' Was "Hilarious"
The only thing Mangold was offended by was that 'Walk Hard' received a bigger budget than his Oscar-winner did.
Bob Dylan did a table read for A Complete Unknown as “Bob Dylan”
This is per an appearance on the podcast The Town With Matthew Belloni (via Consequence), where Jaysen recalled an instance ...
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The 2024 Directors Roundtable: Doubts, sure. Compromise? Never
pulling cable as part of the camera team on a commercial being directed by James Mangold. Now Washington has completed his debut feature as a director, an adaptation of August Wilson’s play ...
Inside the Restless Mind of ‘A Complete Unknown’ Director James Mangold
Men, race cars to rock stars, he's pulled off era-defining films in virtually every genre. Here, the powerhouse filmmaker ...
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‘A Complete Unknown’ Director James Mangold, Timothée Chalamet & Cast Reveal How They Recreated The “Fable” & “Mystery” Of Dylan
James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown takes its title from one of the most famous rock songs of all time and most of its information from Elijah Wald’s 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric!
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‘A Complete Unknown’ Director James Mangold Says Bob Dylan Is A Cinephile
Director James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan on the set of 'A Complete Unknown.' For James Mangold, the writer, director, and producer of the Timothée Chalamet-led Bob Dylan ...