Nearly a decade after it was first announced, Rian Johnson's long-in-development Star Wars trilogy has been permanently grounded. The director confirmed that his plans were "effectively dead" during a ...

Rian Johnson attends Netflix's 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery' premiere on Nov. 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. JC Olivera/PMC As Rian Johnson attempts to shop a new version of Poker ...

“Fuck AI.” So speaketh Rian Johnson, who’s currently on the press tour for his new Netflix mystery film Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Echoing comments from his friend—and fellow Netflix ...

At least for now, Rian Johnson is done with the Knives Out franchise. With Wake Up Dead Man set to release in theaters this November and arrive on Netflix afterward in December, the director is ...

Rian Johnson’s Star Wars trilogy has received a horrible update. Johnson previously directed 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi for Lucasfilm. Around the time of that movie’s release, it was announced ...

In a Hollywood Reporter profile on Johnson, the outlet notes “that plan is effectively dead” when referencing the Star Wars trilogy announcement. Johnson’s next project following this year’s Wake Up ...

As his third "Knives Out" film arrives, the filmmaker tells IndieWire about his casting process, winking over big reveals, and why Craig is his Indiana Jones (not his James Bond). Back in 2019, I ...

Rian Johnson Goes Off on AI as He Looks to His Post-‘Knives Out’ Future Three years after inking one of the richest movie deals in streaming history to bring his franchise to Netflix, the force behind ...

Look: We get as sick of certain meme-y thoughtworms as anybody who has to spend a lot of their daily lives with their brains rubbed up against the internet. Social media and conventional wisdom are ...

Peter Dinklage, Natasha Lyonne and Rian Johnson Getty/Maarten de Boer/Getty Images/Josh Telles for Deadline EXCLUSIVE: Peacock has decided not to renew Poker Face for a third season. Natasha Lyonne ...

When film directors demand “final edit,” it’s because of the idea of an asshole studio executive. You’ve heard the stories. A filmmaker works tirelessly on their film, but then someone with more ...

When the film director Rian Johnson was a child, he picked up the final book that Agatha Christie published before her death, in 1976: “Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case.” The novel was sitting on a shelf ...