“Stranger Things” and “Deadpool 3” director Shawn Levy is poised to join another huge franchise. The Canadian filmmaker is in talks to direct a “Star Wars” feature film for Disney and Lucasfilm, IndieWire has learned.

Plot details for the film are being kept under wraps, and there’s no word yet on whether any writer is attached. Levy though is expected to still direct “Deadpool 3” and some episodes of “Stranger Things’” final season before tackling the “Star Wars” project. He’s also in post production on the limited series “All the Light We Cannot See” for Netflix.

The film is one of several “Star Wars” projects reportedly in development, including features from Taika Waititi, Patty Jenkins, and Damon Lindeloff. Lucasfilm has not released a theatrical “Star Wars” film since “Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker” in 2019.

Disney had no comment.

On the TV front, the highly-anticipated series from Leslye Headland “The Acolyte” recently went into production with a cast that includes Amandla Stenberg and Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae. They also have a new season of “The Mandalorian” set to bow next year as well as Ahsoka starring Rosario Dawson.

In an interview with IndieWire earlier this year for his film “The Adam Project,” Levy spoke about his approach to filmmaking, and the tone he wanted to capture with his blockbuster projects.

“It feels like the only four-quadrant movies anymore are Marvel movies,” Levy told IndieWire. “I would argue that many are great, but they don’t have something I really remember loving, which is that Amblin combination of high concept and intimate humanity, where technology and spectacle is in the service of something more humanist, something thematic. I like watching those movies, and I’ve always wanted to make the kinds of movies that I like watching.”

Levy is represented by WME.

Deadline first reported the news.

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