Boba Fett Movie Rumors....

[jcjames]

http://comicbook.com/2015/10/10/star-wars-rumor-michael-b-jordan-in-contention-for-boba-fett-rol/

 

Jeff Sneider from The Wrap, revealed during his Meet the Movie Press podcast that Straight Outta Compton director F. Gary Gray was considering two films for his next project. One was the eighth Fast & Furious film, which he recently confirmed that he will be directing, and the other was a LucasFilm project, which Jeff believes was for either Indiana Jones 5 or the Boba Fett standalone movie that Fantastic Four director Josh Trank was once attached to.

 

While dropping this juicy nugget, Jeff said that he thinks "Boba Fett will be African-American" and he has heard a rumor that Michael B. Jordan is being considered to play Star Wars' notorious bounty hunter.

 

Additionally, he believes that Walt Disney Studios is making every effort to hire a non-white male director to helm the project to satisfy their new diversity mandate.

 

 

[passion4comics]

"diversity mandate"..... So we're not gauging movies on talent anymore? Don't get me wrong. Hire a monk that has lived on a mountain for 40 years if he can ace the job. Shutting out a block of society to be PC is a little insulting to everyone including those in the preferred groups to be considered for the project.

[jcjames]

 

Apparently some things are more important than talent, quality, continuity or box-office success.

 

 

[budsbundy]

If they are turning it into "Shaft in Space" just to be politically correct, I think I will pass, even though the idea of a stand alone Boba Fett movie sounds really cool to me.

[NewEnglandGothic]

They exchanged Billy Dee Williams's Harvey Dent "Batman" movie role with the lovable redneck Tommy Lee Jones (tongue-in-cheek) during the first series continuity in 1995 and no one complained then or since.

[jcjames]

They exchanged Billy Dee Williams's Harvey Dent "Batman" movie role with the lovable redneck Tommy Lee Jones (tongue-in-cheek) during the first series continuity in 1995 and no one complained then or since.

Actually they FIRST changed Harvey Dent's race from white (comics) to black (movie), and no one complained then because movie-continuity was different than comic continuity. Same goes for original Nick Fury/Samuel L. Jackson (although Ultimate Nick Fury was changed and created specifically to look like Samuel Jackson before the movies).

 

Now - if after Samuel L. Jackson's first appearance in the MCU, they changed Nick Fury back to being white, that'd be a major MCU continuity break and they have to have a majorly good reason do to so, just like how they're changing the already-established movie-version Boba Fett character's race.

 

And the reason given for changing Boba Fett to black? PC "mandate". This comes off as just yet-another diversity-checklist decision by some human bean-counting executives.

 

"So this is how franchise continuity dies, by a thunderous mandate."

 

 

 

 

[jmelton8]

Hasn't this already been tried with the same actor for FF? That didn't turn out too well.

[jsilverjanet]

won't Boba be in helmet 100% of the time, does this matter, it's not like it's an Iron Man movie where 90% of the time he's without his helmet

[jcjames]

I doubt it. I would like to see more story/character development to Boba - but it has to be done right or else, as it appears it's heading, this'll turn into yet another FFesque debacle.

 

I always loved the way Jeremey Bulloch described how he tried to bring Clint Eastwood's persona to Boba through physical acting, stance etc. without ever having to look into Boba's eyes. It would be great to have an actor with enough "gravitas" to pull off a great Boba Fett portrayal when he takes the helmet off.

 

 

[Awax]

I'm I missing something

 

Is Disney just disregarding this guy

 

[jcjames]

 

Apparently, yes.

 

 

[Number 6]

won't Boba be in helmet 100% of the time, does this matter, it's not like it's an Iron Man movie where 90% of the time he's without his helmet

 

 

Ideally yes.

 

But with so much emphasis being being placed on the diversity of the actor playing the character, I suspect that this will be like the Stalone Dredd or Topher playing Venom - they'll feel compelled to have him take his helmet off every 5 minutes so we're sure to see Jordon's mug.

 

If this movie actually puts the emphasis on Fett - in which, to my mind, the helmet stays on - then I hav no problem with the casting. But if it's going to be a showcase for the actor playing Fett - regardless of race - then I find that much less interesting.

[jcjames]

 

 

I see your point - with the wrong actor, Boba loses all mystique and "character" if the helmet comes off.

 

 

[rjrjr]

 

I see your point - with the wrong actor, Boba loses all mystique and "character" if the helmet comes off.

 

 

I don't think Boba has any mystique left. Including Boba's origin in the PT did that as well has his appearances in the CW shows.

 

The only way they can regain it is if the character under the helmet changes.

[jcjames]

 

Isn't that mostly "young" Boba in the Clone Wars?

 

 

[ComicConnoisseur]

"diversity mandate"..... So we're not gauging movies on talent anymore? Don't get me wrong. Hire a monk that has lived on a mountain for 40 years if he can ace the job. Shutting out a block of society to be PC is a little insulting to everyone including those in the preferred groups to be considered for the project.

diversity mandate = new agenda.

[cousin itt]

Actually it should be temura morrison. The kid who played boba fett in the prequel was just supposed to be what temura morrison looked like when he was young. But, I don't think disney is willing to risk putting temura morrison in the lead of any major movie.

[Mr 9.8]

I'm I missing something

 

Is Disney just disregarding this guy

 

You need to be the right kind of "actor" in media these days.

In the case of DC/WB Gingers need not apply.

With Disney it's Maori or Latino looking.

[budsbundy]

It's not the black Boba fett that bothers me as much as this

 

"Additionally, he believes that Walt Disney Studios is making every effort to hire a non-white male director to helm the project to satisfy their new diversity mandate."

 

Can you image the outrage if we substituted any other race or gender for "white male" in that sentence?

[Broke as a Joke]

I thought Boba Fett was a New Zealander.