Star Wars: Episode IX has reportedly enlisted the help of Blade Runner 2049 art director Paul Inglis.
Omega Underground reports Inglis joins the next mainline Star Wars film as supervising art director and will work alongside director J.J. Abrams, who returns to the franchise after helming 2015's The Force Awakens.
Along with working on last year's critically acclaimed Blade Runner sequel, Inglis also has credits in the first season of Game of Thrones, Skyfall, Children of Men, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, and Prometheus. For an idea of what Inglis can bring to the table in Episode IX, be sure to read IGN's review of Blade Runner 2049, which is our 2017 Movie of the Year.
Star Wars: Episode IX opens in theaters on December 20, 2019. Abrams is directing from a script by Chris Terrio, with production set to begin in June. For more on Episode IX, read why Abrams could not pass up the opportunity to end the Star Wars sequel trilogy. Also read our review of The Last Jedi, which we think "is easily the best in the franchise since Empire."
In related news, it's been recently announced Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will write and produce a new series of Star Wars films.
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