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Jon Watts tipped to direct first of new Star Wars Skywalker trilogy

Jon Watts tipped to direct first of new Star Wars Skywalker trilogy

Published by Daniella Wilson

Lucasfilm is tipped to be returning to the Skywalker family for its next mainline Star Wars film. Director Jon Watts, the man behind Tom Holland’s initial Spider-Man trilogy, is attached to helm the opening chapter of a new trilogy, according to an initial report by Knight Edge Media and affirmed by Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter. The films are being written by Simon Kinberg, the screenwriter who co-created the animated series Star Wars Rebels and helmed the film X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Prime Video’s series Mr. & Mrs Smith. It is noted that Kinberg has been developing the trilogy for some time, which is intended to serve as the next chapter of the Skywalker Saga, following on from the divisive end to the last sequel trilogy, The Rise of Skywalker, which was released in cinemas back in 2019. These details have led to suggestions that the first instalment would be Episode X for the franchise, though neither Lucasfilm nor Disney have confirmed any such title. Radio Times has reached out to Lucasfilm and Disney for …

Jon Watts to Direct Next Movie for Lucasfilm

Jon Watts to Direct Next Movie for Lucasfilm

Published by Daniella Wilson

Even as Lucasfilm is deep in post-production on its next Star Wars movie, Star Wars: Starfighter, the next phase of a potential new Skywalker Saga is coming into focus. Jon Watts, the director behind a trio of Tom Holland Spider-Man movies, is now attached to direct the first installment of the Simon Kinberg-penned trilogy. It is a return to the franchise for Watts, who previously co-created Star Wars series Skeleton Crew in 2024. Kinberg has been working on writing a mystery trilogy since late 2024. The project is intended to act as the next chapter in what is referred to as the Skywalker Saga, the stories featuring the multi-generations of the Luke Skywalker family. The previous movies have been Episodes I through IX. The next one would be Episode X. Rey Skywalker, the Jedi played by Daisy Ridley in last trilogy released from 2015 and 2019, would appear in some capacity in the new trilogy. Lucasfilm had no comment. Sources say the project is still in development and has not yet been greenlit by parent …

We have to talk about the Jon Ossoff thirst edits

We have to talk about the Jon Ossoff thirst edits

Published by Sam Flores

This story was originally reported by Grace Panetta of The 19th. Meet Grace and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia is running one of the most competitive 2026 campaigns as he seeks a second term. He’s emerged as a breakout star communicator and has been floated as a 2028 presidential contender. And a lot of people on the internet think he’s really hot.  As the midterms approach, the 39-year-old Democrat may be the most thirsted-after Senate candidate on the internet. Take a scroll through Instagram and TikTok, and you’ll see fan edit-style videos of Ossoff at campaign rallies and in Senate hearings. “I’m sick of acting like Jon Ossoff isn’t hot,” says one TikToker. Another refers to him wearing glasses as his “slutty Atticus Finch cosplay,” a reference to actor Gregory Peck in the 1962 film adaptation of “To Kill A Mockingbird.”   Amaris Hayes, a 31-year-old Florida-based creator, posted a video comparing Ossoff to Fitzgerald Grant, the fictional president played by Tony Goldwyn in the Shonda …

Jon Hamm in MGM+ Kidnapping Thriller

Jon Hamm in MGM+ Kidnapping Thriller

Published by Daniella Wilson

MGM+‘s American Hostage is a TV show based on a podcast about the power of radio, a chaotic media-hopping smorgasbord that feels oddly appropriate when you watch the eight-part series that flirts with a number of contemporary topics but ends up being mostly well-acted, over-extended nostalgia for landline telephones and manageable institutional corruption. Created by the talented Shawn Ryan and Eileen Myers (The Night Agent) and boasting an ensemble led by a likably understated Jon Hamm and a convincingly overstated Giovanni Ribisi, American Hostage starts off promisingly, peaks in the middle and overstays its welcome — in part because after initially focusing on what were apparently the wrong characters, few of its storylines end up being interestingly resolved. American Hostage The Bottom Line Great story, great cast, squandered execution. Airdate: Sunday, September 20 (MGM+)Cast: Jon Hamm, Mireille Enos, Giovanni Ribisi, William Jackson Harper, Kristoffer PolahaCreators: Shawn Ryan and Eileen Myers The series is set in 1977, and if you’ve seen Gus Van Sant’s 2025 Dead Man’s Wire, you already know a somewhat fictionalized version of …

Jon Ronson’s ‘Castle’ and its strange, idle men

Jon Ronson’s ‘Castle’ and its strange, idle men

Published by Daniella Wilson

Like many Millennial men, I used to be pretty invested in Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West—primarily because of his music, but also because of his unique position as the one celebrity who seemed empowered to behave however he wanted. He interrupted Taylor Swift at the Video Music Awards; he said “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people” at a Hurricane Katrina fundraiser; he brought a Jesus look-alike onstage. I would shrug, and keep listening. Then his do what I want ethos went very bad. Ye called slavery “a choice”; he came out as a fan of Hitler; he wore a KKK-style hood. With escalating horror, I questioned what had happened. Was it about having too much money? Untreated mental illness? I wondered when logic and shame might kick in—when someone might get him to stop. But the more he was rejected by his peers, the media, and some fans, the more Kanye seemed to act out. Eventually, I accepted, grimly, that I was watching someone who, feeling abandoned and misunderstood, was determined …

Five Theories of the Jon Ossoff Moment

Five Theories of the Jon Ossoff Moment

Published by Daniella Wilson

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Everyone should be as lucky in their adversaries as Jon Ossoff. On Wednesday, President Trump held a rally in Marietta, Georgia, where he attacked the Democratic senator—or rather, he tried. “Jon Ossoff, he’s terrible,” Trump said. “He reminds me of Pinky Herman. Do you ever see Pinky Herman?” The line might have landed better if he had gotten Pee-wee Herman’s name right. You’d expect Trump of all people to remember weird ’80s kitsch. Ossoff has benefited before from the president’s approach. In a runoff on January 5, 2021, he unseated GOP Senator David Perdue—a defeat that many Republicans blamed in part on Trump’s meltdown after he lost the 2020 presidential election; he was focused more on false claims of fraud in Georgia than on campaigning for Perdue or Senator Kelly Loeffler, who also lost. Ossoff’s narrow win made him …

How Jon Stewart created Tucker Carlson

How Jon Stewart created Tucker Carlson

Published by Sam Flores

For those of us who were adults during the second Iraq War, one of the legendary victories for basic sense and decency in politics was the day Jon Stewart nuked Tucker Carlson on “Crossfire” in 2004. Stewart was riding high as the popular host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, and he reluctantly agreed to appear on the popular debate show that had aired on CNN since 1982. “Crossfire” was artificial, he felt, closer to a scripted wrestling match between partisans than a real political discussion. Stewart did not refrain from expressing this opinion in the saltiest terms on-air, especially to Carlson, the show’s co-host who was cast as the overgrown college Republican with odious views and a polka dot bowtie. Carlson, he said, was a “d**k.” Stewart accused all the show’s hosts of being “hacks” who were “hurting America” by treating politics like an entertainment product instead of a serious business. At the time, Stewart’s criticism struck deep. “Crossfire” was canceled shortly thereafter. But the moral clarity Stewart championed didn’t last long. On …