Director Rian Johnson has admitted what to do Glass onion: a mystery at loggerheads scared him much more than doing Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
In 2017, Rian Johnson’s film Star Wars: The Last Jedi release in theaters worldwide. The film was incredibly divisive among fans, but received critical acclaim and became the franchise’s second highest-grossing installment. Even before the film’s release, the director signed on to create a new star wars trilogy which is still in development. For now, however, the director is still busy with his Knives out movies.
Following the release of Star Wars: The Last JediRain Johnson chose to make a smaller murder mystery film titled Knives out. The film became a critical and financial hit and the director opted to move forward with a sequel with Netflix. The film, ultimately titled Glass onion: a mystery at loggerheads was a far more daunting prospect for the director, however.
Speaking to the LA Times, The Last Jedi director admitted that the idea of making a Knives out the sequel was the one that terrified him much more than doing the previous one star wars film:
“No, it’s a very different animal for several reasons. First of all, Last Jedi was actually a real sequel, continuing the events of a movie I didn’t write. With that, first of all, it’s not even really a sequel, it’s kind of like another book, basically another mystery with the same detective. If anything, going into it was a little scarier even than the Star Wars movie, because the first one, when we did it, it was in such a vacuum and we had no idea if people would in this kind of thing. Really, it was just something that I really liked, a genre that I liked, and I’m like, ‘Let’s try this.
And then the fact that people enjoyed it and the fact that it was popular – when you put something out there it happens anyway, but mostly I think in this case – it becomes something in outside of you and you kind of forget how you did it. And so, it was scary. I have never been so nervous as sitting down to write something. I also spent 10 years planning Knives Out, while there I was sort of starting from scratch.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is available on all home media formats while Rain Johnson’s upcoming film, Glass onion: a mystery at loggerheads will be available on Netflix on December 23, 2022. Stay tuned for all the latest news on the future of both franchises and be sure to subscribe to the Heroic Hollywood YouTube channel for more original video content.
