Stephen David Daldry (born May 2, 1961) is an English filmmaker best known for directing Billy Elliot, The Hours, and The Reader.
Daldry was originally hired by Lucasfilm to direct a Star Wars Antholoy film focusing on Obi-Wan Kenobi, with Ewan McGregor set to reprise his role from the Star Wars prequel trilogy and produce as well.[2] Reports of Daldry making an Obi-Wan film dated back to August 2017, with The Hollywood Reporter and Variety reporting that Daldry was in early talks to join the project and that he would oversee the development of the film's writing, even though at those stages there were no scripts or actors attached to the project.[3][4] Once secured with the job, Daldry contacted Hossein Amini to join the project, chatting with him before Amini met with Lucasfilm.[5] However, once the project evolved from a film into a television miniseries due to Lucasfilm's intentions to expand their content to Disney+, The Walt Disney Company's streaming service, Daldry departed from the project and was replaced by The Mandalorian director Deborah Chow.[2]
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| Year | Series | Contribution(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi | Director | Replaced with Deborah Chow due to creative differences[2] |
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Stephen Daldry on Britannica (backup link archived on May 28, 2024)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: The Rebellion Will Be Televised by Breznican, Anthony on Vanity Fair (May 17, 2022) (backup link archived on May 17, 2022)
- ↑ 'Star Wars' Obi-Wan Kenobi Film in the Works (Exclusive) by Kit, Borys on The Hollywood Reporter (August 17, 2017) (backup link archived on May 5, 2020)
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'Star Wars' Obi-Wan Kenobi Movie in Early Development at Disney by Kroll, Justin on Variety (August 17, 2017) (backup link archived on March 8, 2020)
- ↑ Hossein Amini Talks The Success Of 'The Alienist', Approaching The Screenplay For 'Drive' & His Upcoming Disney+ 'Obi-Wan' Series (Exclusive Interview) by Slaving, Michael on discussingfilm.net (November 7, 2019) (backup link archived on April 23, 2020)
