Deadline are reporting that Patty Jenkins has handed over the directorial reigns of Cleopatra, starring Gal Gadot, to Kari Skogland allowing her to focus on Wonder Woman 3 and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, indicating that the latter is still happening.
Following the massive success of directing Marvel series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Kari Skogland looks to have found her next film project and will be teaming up with another superhero star in the process. Sources tell Deadline that Skogland is set to direct Paramount’s Cleopatra, starring Gal Gadot.
Skogland steps in for Patty Jenkins, who was attached to direct and is pivoting to a producing role. Jenkins fell off as director so she could focus on her next two projects: Wonder Woman 3 and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron.
Paramount won the rights to the hot package last fall to the biographical drama scripted by Laeta Kalogridis. The film will be produced by Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven, Jenkins, Gadot and her Pilot Wave Motion Pictures partner Jaron Varsano. Kalogridis will be the exec producer.
Until we hear otherwise from Disney or Lucasfilm, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron is still slated for release in December 2023.
