"The Bourne Ultimatum" writer George Nolfi will write "New Jedi Order" for Lucasfilm, according to an insider with knowledge of the project.

Daisy Ridley’s “Star Wars” movie is still alive. Lucasfilm has hired George Nolfi (“The Borne Ultimatum”) to write the script for the long-gestating follow-up to 2019’s “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,

Not only have we just learned that Ryan Gosling is in talks to star in a standalone film from Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy, but now the previously announced Rey sequel movie starring Daisy Ridley has got a new writer.

The journey surrounding the upcoming Star Wars film featuring Daisy Ridley and her character Rey has been eventful. Following Steven Knight's decision to leave the project, Disney and Lucasfilm have now brought on George Nolfi as the new screenwriter.

Despite the fast-tracking of Shawn Levy’s standalone Star Wars movie with Ryan Gosling in talks to star, the Daisy Ridley Rise of Skywalker sequel is getting another pass, this time by writer George Nolfi.

The new story is said to take place 15 years after the events seen in 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, with Ridley’s character now a mentor a new crop of Jedis. Damon Lindelof ( Watchmen, Lost) and Justin Britt-Gibson were the initial writers on the project,

George Nolfi, the screenwriter behind The Bourne Ultimatum, is now attached to the upcoming Star Wars: New Jedi Order movie starring Daisy Ridley.

Despite what you might have heard on the internet, the Rey Skywalker movie is not dead. In fact, it just tapped George Nolfi to be its screenwriter. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, the writer and director has been brought on to write the film,

New Jedi Order, the upcoming Star Wars movie that will be focused on Daisy Ridley as Rey Skywalker, has found a new writer. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is making her narrative feature film debut with Star Wars: New Jedi Order.