J.J. Abrams Thinks Ava Duvernay Should Direct Star Wars Film
With both a new trilogy, the first part of which comics out next week, and a bunch of spinoff films coming starting next year, a lot of talent is going to be needed to make Star Wars films once again. For Lucasfilm, one of the key roles they want to fill is the director’s position. As noted, every film, both main trilogy and spinoff, will have a different director. One wish Lucasfilm has is to hire a female director for the Star Wars films, which has never happened before. For current Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams, he was asked by The Nerdist about who he thought would be a great female director for Star Wars. His response? Ava Duvernay. “The knee-jerk reaction, if I had to [choose], is Ava Duvernay, who I think would just kill it,” he told the Nerdist. “She is as much a fan of genre movies, and hearing her talk about not just ‘Star Wars,’ but… those kind of films is evidence she would