--- description: Trank will join 'Godzilla' director Gareth Edwards in directing spin-off features rumored to focus on individual characters in the Star Wars trilogy title: Marvel's 'Fantastic Four' Director Tapped for 'Star Wars' Spin-Off image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83af307a8f117f94/69869641cd804d5fa1ccb51d/josh-trank.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Marvel's _Fantastic Four_ Director Tapped for _Star Wars_ Spinoff  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2014 8:09 PM CUT  Film-maker Josh Trank arrives at the gala premiere party for the Outfest Film Festival feature "Put the Camera on Me" hosted by Amy Heckerling and JT Leroy at the Samuel Goldwyn Estate on July 18, 2003 in Hollywood. Film-maker Josh Trank arrives at the gala premiere party for the Outfest Film Festival feature "Put the Camera on Me" hosted by Amy Heckerling and JT Leroy at the Samuel Goldwyn Estate on July 18, 2003 in Hollywood.Amanda Edwards—Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2014 8:09 PM CUT With two superhero feature films under his belt _— Chronicle_ and the soon-to-be-released _The Fantastic Four_ reboot — Josh Trank has been tapped to direct the mother of all fantasy franchises: Star Wars. Lucasfilm said Wednesday that Trank will direct a stand-alone Star Wars film that’ll go “beyond the core saga” of the [next trilogy](time.com/2822478/jj-abrams-star-wars-leaked-photos/ "undefined"), which is set to begin in 2015\. Trank’s film is rumored to trace the backstory of one of the trilogy’s beloved characters (fans of bounty hunter Boba Fett, start fantasizing now). “We’re thrilled to welcome Josh into the family,” said Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. “He is such an incredible talent and has a great imagination and sense of innovation.” Trank called _Star Wars_ the “defining” experience of his childhood, adding, “The opportunity to expand on that experience for future generations is the most incredible dream of all time.” He started working on that dream a long time ago, apparently. Nerdist [reports](http://www.nerdist.com/2014/06/josh-trank-to-direct-star-wars-stand-alone-film/ "undefined") that in 2007, Trank directed a [fan film](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqPiIMJLFP8 "undefined") of an ordinary looking house party that — spoiler alert! — goes horribly awry with lightsabers. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2823050/fantastic-four-marvel-director-star-wars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2823050/fantastic-four-marvel-director-star-wars/"},"headline":"Marvel's Fantastic Four Director Tapped for Star Wars Spinoff","datePublished":"2014-06-04T20:09:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:13:11.083Z","description":"Trank will join 'Godzilla' director Gareth Edwards in directing spin-off features rumored to focus on individual characters in the Star Wars trilogy","url":"https://time.com/2823050/fantastic-four-marvel-director-star-wars/","keywords":["movies","Star Wars topic","Lucasfilm"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83af307a8f117f94/69869641cd804d5fa1ccb51d/josh-trank.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83af307a8f117f94/69869641cd804d5fa1ccb51d/josh-trank.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Josh Trank at \"Put the Camera on Me\" Gala Premiere Party","caption":"Josh Trank at \"Put the Camera on Me\" Gala Premiere Party","creditText":"Amanda Edwards—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2823050/fantastic-four-marvel-director-star-wars/","name":"Marvel's Fantastic Four Director Tapped for Star Wars Spinoff"}}]}] ```