Taika Waititi will write and direct a new Star Wars film, it has been announced.
The Jojo Rabbit director, who won an Oscar for adapting the screenplay of the anti-hate satire, will pen the script with 1917 co-writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns.
Waititi, who also directed Thor: Ragnarok, is no stranger to a galaxy far, far away and recently directed the final episode of the first series of The Mandalorian on streaming service Disney+.
The news was announced on May 4, known to fans as Star Wars Day.
A post on the official Star Wars Twitter account said: "Incoming news from a galaxy far, far away... Academy Award winner @TaikaWaititi to direct and co-write a new Star Wars feature film for theatrical release; Academy Award nominee Krysty Wilson-Cairns to co-write screenplay with Waititi."
It was also announced that Russian Doll showrunner Leslye Headland is developing a new untitled Star Wars series for Disney+.
She will write, executive produce, and serve as showrunner for the series, which will join the catalogue of Star Wars spin-off on the platform, including The Mandalorian, another based on Cassian Andor's life prior to the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and another following the adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi between Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: A New Hope.
Release dates for both projects have not yet been announced.
