{"id":2288136,"date":"2026-02-18T21:57:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2288136"},"modified":"2026-02-18T21:57:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:57:43","slug":"steven-soderbergh-laments-unmade-ben-solo-star-wars-movie-were-all-very-disappointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/steven-soderbergh-laments-unmade-ben-solo-star-wars-movie-were-all-very-disappointed\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Soderbergh Laments Unmade Ben Solo \u2018Star Wars\u2019 Movie: \u2018We\u2019re All Very Disappointed\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Director <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001752\/\">Steven Soderbergh<\/a> opened up about the fate of his unmade \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt27156887\/\">Star Wars<\/a>\u201d movie that was set to focus on Ben Solo titled \u201cThe Hunt for Ben Solo,\u201d saying Disney\u2019s decision to scrap the film was disappointing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were all frustrated,\u201d Soderbergh said in a Tuesday interview with Bk Magazine, noting that former <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0071326\/\">Lucasfilm<\/a> president <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0005086\/\">Kathleen Kennedy<\/a> was also saddened by the studio\u2019s choice to axe the film.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to explain that he, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3485845\/\">Adam Driver<\/a>, who plays Ben Solo, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0039583\/\">Rebecca Blunt<\/a>, who was set to develop a treatment and outline for the film, had invested nearly three years crafting the project all for it to go down the drain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director Steven Soderbergh opened up about the fate of his unmade \u201cStar Wars\u201d movie that was set to focus on Ben Solo titled \u201cThe Hunt for Ben Solo,\u201d saying Disney\u2019s decision to scrap the film was disappointing. \u201cWe were all frustrated,\u201d Soderbergh said in a Tuesday interview with Bk Magazine, noting that former Lucasfilm president 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