[Director Name] Interested In Star Wars! [Director Name] NOT Interested In Star Wars! It’s been a week and a half and already we’ve seen approximately seventy bajillion such stories. So rather than cynically run every breath of Star Wars news between now and May, 2015, we’re going to gather all the whispers of director interest / disinterest and just plonk them here instead because honestly, when a busy person points out that they’re busy that should not qualify as news. Here you can see all the runners and riders at a glance, without endless speculation about who is looking likely or not. You’re welcome, world.
RULED THEMSELVES OUT
Colin Trevorrow
November 18, Twitter
Brad Bird
November 16, Twitter[
Mike Newell
November 14, Empire webchat
A reader asked the Great Expectations director if he fancied the job. “Yes I do, but I’m not going to get it!”
Sam Mendes
November 1, Apple Store Q&A, London
Gareth Evans
November 1, Twitter
Zack Snyder
November 8,LA Times
Quentin Tarantino
November 8, EW
Steven Spielberg
November 9, Access Hollywood
JJ Abrams
November 9, Hollywood Life
“I am looking forward more than anyone to the next iterations of Star Wars, but I believe I will be going as a paying moviegoer!”
**TIPPED FOR THE JOB
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NEW UPDATE**
Jon Favreau**
November 30, [Deadline
Joe Johnston
November 12, [Huffington Post
Matthew Vaughn
Guillermo Del Toro
November 12, Fanhattan[
](http://hollywoodlife.com/2012/11/09/jon-favreau-jj-abrams-star-wars-episode-7-director-interview/ ) The Pacific Rim director told Fanhattan that, “I haven’t approached them, they haven’t formally approached me. If this becomes ever a reality, and there’s an approach to do it, I would then think about it, but — it’s like thinking if I want to date a supermodel.
WILDCARDS
NEW UPDATE
David Fincher
November 30, Deadline[
Justin Lin
November 12
Duncan Jones
No word.
Joe Kosinski
No word.[
Dave Filoni
No word.[
Andrew Stanton
Don’t hold your breath.
Joss Whedon
Don’t hold your breath.
Christopher Nolan
Hahaha.
David Yates
No word.
Josh Trank
No word.
Wes Anderson
Not never ever.
Mark Andrews
Empire podcast interview, November 6
Andrews claimed that he’d be happy to direct Episodes VII, VIII, IX and X while also directing his next Pixar movie with the other hand. We suspect he may have been joking.