Josh Trank Explains His STAR WARS ANTHOLOGY Film Departure

There’s been a lot of rumor and speculation surrounding why Josh Trank is no longer directing that Star Wars Anthology film for Lucasfilm. In an interview with The LA Times the director gave his side of the story.

It has been rumored that while he was shooting Fantastic Four his behavior was “erratic” and at times “very isolated.” He also didn't give any clear direction. Producer Simon Kinberg was also reportedly unhappy with the director's behavior on the film and didn’t want to work with him on Star Wars. According to Trank, none of that is true, and this is what he had to say:

“I knew that this was going to be questioned, and it was going to come under skepticism as to why I left ‘Star Wars’. And it was hard. It was the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make in my life… I want to do something original after this, because I’ve been living under public scrutiny, as you’ve seen, for the last four years of my life and it’s not healthy for me right now in my life. I want to do something that’s below the radar.”

Trank then cleared up those online rumors, and said that he remains closely connected with creative team at Lucasfilm including Lucasfilm VP of development Kiri Hart.

“[T]hey all understood it because this whole experience for me has been very psychologically hard… It feels sometimes like I’m living in a Paddy Chayefsky script or something like that. Every misconception that could possibly be made about this has been made to a hilariously satirical degree. And it’s people who haven’t met me before. If they met me – I don’t know, I feel like I’m a pretty harmless person.”

So there it is. It sounds like a legitimate reason. The guy has been getting a lot of crap for Fantastic Four, and I’m sure that criticism wouldn’t stop as he moved on to another big tentpole franchise film. 

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