Kathleen Kennedy retiring this year

[crows]

Of course it's nowhere near ready....but it IS coming. And it will change...EVERYTHING.

Look at the "Will Smith Eating Spaghetti" video and then look at what they can make just a year later.

My nephew is five. He already has no concept of "broadcast" television. TV is just this thing you turn on and then you have infinite choices at your fingertips.

Kids born today aren't going to have a concept of what "making a movie" means.

"Wait, you're saying you had to get a bunch of people together in the SAME room, with costumes, and they had to act things out? Why?? That's ridiculous!"

Yeah... future filmmaking -- not all, but much -- will be more like animation... artists may look at it like painting.

A single person will be able to make a movie, just like a single person can write a book. It will be the "new visual novels" of a future generation. The new graphic novel. And its not that far away. 10-20 years.

the problem is getting consistent results. it's really really hard to get consistent exact results.

 

[Wor-Gar]

That will get solved.

 

[ZE_501]

did CGI ever hurt that set design job stuff ?
ai will probably end up being like CGI.

Since the exponential growth of tech makes things like AI unpredictable and disruptive, in the long term I don't know what it's going to do to the industry as I currently understand it. If a 'Garage Kubrick' can make a good movie by themselves some day, then yes, designers in their current roles are toast. At that point there are no 'departments' or department heads, are there? But as you say, we're not there and likely won't be for some time.

Currently CG environments get designed and dropped into things like the Volume, but not before multiple vendors, artists and technicians have had their way with the model on various types of specialized software. That's not cheap.

The Volume is great for environmental effects and can sometimes negate the need for large Set Dec crews by creating depth and the illusion of far-off horizons and complex environments, but it's usually more expensive. The trade-off is a great deal of control for more money and time, but that's not going to affect your average 2-5 season comedy or drama.

I think all things considered, I've got at least 10-15 years in any of my preferred roles, but this industry gets affected by all kinds of things from politics to technology and I've already dodged a bullet or two.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Don't worry... 99.9% of the future "Garage Kubricks" will NOT be Kubricks, and their films likely as trashy as 80's straight-to-video.

We've had handheld movie studios for quite some time and I'm still waiting for the Hitchcock of the cellphone to arise.



It's Syndrome's promise: ...and when everyone is a filmmaking auteur... no one will be.

 

[ZE_501]

Don't worry... 99.9% of the future "Garage Kubricks" will NOT be Kubricks, and their films likely as trashy as 80's straight-to-video.

We've had handheld movie studios for quite some time and I'm still waiting for the Hitchcock of the cellphone to arise.



It's Syndrome's promise: ...and when everyone is a filmmaking auteur... no one will be.

Well there's that. Even talented, experienced groups of people can come together and fail to make a good film. I imagine a lone amateur with the power of advanced AI can fail just as easily if not more so.

 

[jaztermareal]

You guys are all naming franchises that were phenomenal...until crashing down under their own bloat. Producers and studios don't seem to be learning the lesson.

Most of us love the NFL...would you still watch it if the season was 30 games?

Producers and studios thinking that people want more more more and the answer is to give more but it isn't. Give less with higher quality and some originality from time to time that is familiar but different. That formula never fails.

People gladly tune in weekly for many tv shows and they do not tire even after a dozen seasons, so a show or two that lasts a few weeks and movie per year really is not stretching it at all. It isn't a quantity issue but a quality one. If the quality doesn't keep you hooked you will tire after just 3 entries. If every show/movie is great or at least good we won't mind watching a couple shows plus 1-3 movies per year. You will be itching to see what comes next.

 

[wormlander]

Funny cause people hated padme back then. They hated her acting .

They still do...

 

[wormlander]

Star Trek kinda sucks compared to Star Wars tho.

Oops do Star Wars and Star Trek fans still fight?

They would if they could. They're all senior citizens by now...

 

[abake]

I will never understand the obsession with this. I also wish the ST was a better story, but why was it so important to have a scene specifically with the trio together? Every time legacy franchises pull a forced reunion like that it gets very cringe.

I don't see why or how it would have to be "forced". I mean, there was absolutely no hint at the end of the OT that they would go their separate ways and never see each other. They could easily still be in touch and get together to help the young ones face the "new" threat. It was silly not to have them together. Give each a tragic, meaningful death if you don't wan t them to overshadow the new kids, by all means, but let them be united once again for a while.

 

[ZE_501]

Give each a tragic, meaningful death if you don't wan t them to overshadow the new kids, by all means, but let them be united once again for a while.

Big galaxy, many roles to fill, everyone gets old. Luke was the only problematic character in terms of what to do with him, how to keep him occupied. Leaving him aside for a moment ... you didn't need to kill anyone else off. And even Luke ... didn't need to die so much as be kept busy somehow.

I really do think new characters could have succeeded without Disney executing the legacy characters.

 

[xipotec]

Big galaxy, many roles to fill, everyone gets old. Luke was the only problematic character in terms of what to do with him, how to keep him occupied. Leaving him aside for a moment ... you didn't need to kill anyone else off. And even Luke ... didn't need to die so much as be kept busy somehow.

I really do think new characters could have succeeded without Disney executing the legacy characters.

It was a quick and dirty way to make a bad guy....

After all you can't have every bad guy killing children.

Oddly enough, we are supposed to forgive and lament a child killer and someone who committed Patricide.

Not sure how I feel about either ....I do know I don't feel bad for what happened to Anakin and trying to redeem him is a waste of time to me.

 

[Bluemonday]

https://deadline.com/2025/02/kathleen-kennedy-clarifies-lucasfilm-exit-star-wars-future-1236304421/

Kathleen Kennedy Speaks On Her Lucasfilm Plans — She Is Not Soon Retiring — & The Films That Will Keep Her In ‘Star Wars’ Orbit For Years To Come​

DEADLINE: We’ve read all these speculative reports that you are out, that there’s a frenzy for the next person who’s going to take over Lucasfilm. What is the truth?

KATHLEEN KENNEDY: The truth is, and I want to just say loud and clear, I am not retiring. I will never retire from movies. I will die making movies. That is the first thing that’s important to say. I am not retiring. What’s happening at Lucasfilm is I have been talking for quite some time with both Bob and Alan about what eventual succession might look like. We have an amazing bench of people here, and we have every intention of making an announcement months or a year down the road. We are in lockstep as to what that’s going to be, and I am continuing. I’m producing the Mandalorian movie right now, and I’m also producing Shawn Levy’s movie, which is after that. So I’m continuing to stay at Lucasfilm and looking very thoughtfully with Bob and Alan as to who’s stepping in. So that is all underway, and we have every right to make that announcement when we want to make it.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Is that called Quiet Quitting?

Or a new one.... Slow Quitting.

 

[Khev]

 

[Wor-Gar]

Somehow... Kennedy survived.

 

[Felinx]

https://deadline.com/2025/02/kathleen-kennedy-clarifies-lucasfilm-exit-star-wars-future-1236304421/

Kathleen Kennedy Speaks On Her Lucasfilm Plans — She Is Not Soon Retiring — & The Films That Will Keep Her In ‘Star Wars’ Orbit For Years To Come​

DEADLINE: We’ve read all these speculative reports that you are out, that there’s a frenzy for the next person who’s going to take over Lucasfilm. What is the truth?

KATHLEEN KENNEDY: The truth is, and I want to just say loud and clear, I am not retiring. I will never retire from movies. I will die making movies. That is the first thing that’s important to say. I am not retiring. What’s happening at Lucasfilm is I have been talking for quite some time with both Bob and Alan about what eventual succession might look like. We have an amazing bench of people here, and we have every intention of making an announcement months or a year down the road. We are in lockstep as to what that’s going to be, and I am continuing. I’m producing the Mandalorian movie right now, and I’m also producing Shawn Levy’s movie, which is after that. So I’m continuing to stay at Lucasfilm and looking very thoughtfully with Bob and Alan as to who’s stepping in. So that is all underway, and we have every right to make that announcement when we want to make it.

So she will soon transition to a cushy producing deal at Disney, with a couple of in-pipeline SW films still having her name on them (likely just as exec producer,) and someone else - whom they are actively discussing then selecting in the coming months - will be head of Lucasfilm by the end of the year.

In other words, confirming the earlier stories while appearing to contradict them.