Jason Flemyng Seems To Think Matthew Vaughn Will Direct The Next Star Wars

[Brendon Connelly]

Jason Flemyng has worked with his good friend Matthew Vaughn a good number of times before, and meanwhile Vaughn is rumoured to be a contender for the Star Wars Episode VII director's gig. So see if you can guess where the conversation goes in this red carpet interview with Flemyng from last night.

Around the 1 minute and 10 second mark, Flemyng starts talking about Vaughn directing Star Wars as though it's a given - well, "bar the deal," as he says.



That vid comes from Hey U Guys, who don't seem to have run it on their site yet, but first out of the traps were This Is Fake DIY with this tweet:

We chatted to the lovely Jason Flemyng who pretty much let slip that Matthew Vaughn will be on Star Wars IV duties oops! #Jameson7Psychos

? DIY TV (@diytv) November 27, 2012

They're referring to the exact same comments made at the exact same time - they were standing just off camera in the above video.

I know for sure that wheels are in motion to get Vaughn's film of The Secret Service going next year, so all of this Star Wars talk just confuses me. Flemyng, however, certainly seems to be acting like Vaughn's in the running.

Perhaps it's simply a case of Vaughn gunning for the Star Wars gig but not yet having it, and work on Secret Service continuing all the while. That much I could easily believe.

UPDATE: Hey U Guys have now run their video.

[Joe Kalicki]

I bet for Star Wars he'll drop Millar like a bad habit.

Which are actually notoriously difficult to drop, so I don't know what that phrase really means.

[Mad_Man_Moon]

I bet for Star Wars he'll drop Millar like a bad habit.

Which are actually notoriously difficult to drop, so I don't know what that phrase really means.

Imagine a naked nun ...

[not him - HIM]

Imagine a naked nun ...

Are you trying to help or are you just being kinky?

[Timber-Munki]

I bet for Star Wars he'll drop Millar like a bad habit.

Which are actually notoriously difficult to drop, so I don't know what that phrase really means.

I'd use the phrase 'drop it like it's hot', but yeah, given the options of Star Wars & a Mark Millar film, I know which one I'd go for.

[Gabriel]

Millar On Matthew Vaughn's X-Men Exit - Fox's Marvel guru explains it all...

Just a few weeks ago, X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn was set to direct its sequel, X-Men: Days Of Future Past. Then, somewhat surprisingly, he dropped out, to be replaced by X-Men and X-2 director Bryan Singer.

When we spoke to Mark Millar, Fox's newly-appointed Chief Creative Consultant for their Marvel properties, for the Empire Podcast, the news of Vaughn's departure had not yet landed. Intrigued – to say the least – by the unexpected news, we picked up the blower and spoke to Mr. Millar once again about what had happened.

In the latest issue of Empire – out tomorrow, Thursday November 28 – you can read that very interview, but just as a teaser, here are a couple of choice titbits from it for you online folk.

Empire: Matthew Vaughn recently left X-Men: Days Of Future Past, to be replaced by Bryan Singer. What happened there?

"We had two high-end projects at the same time. We had the most ambitious X-Men yet, but at the same time we had The Secret Service (an adaptation of Millar's comic book, which Vaughn will direct), which we came up with ourselves, and some copycat projects were starting to get off the ground. If we didn't do it now, it would probably never get done. Matthew had a really difficult choice, and he had a lot of great ideas for X-Men, but Bryan's back in the fold, and he's brilliant."

Empire: Were you worried about a potential conflict of interest?

"In my Fox job, I wanted X-Men to go ahead, and in my Millarworld capacity, I hoped Matthew would do Secret Service. A win-win situation."

These details come as a storm of rumour, counter-rumour, double-speak and general internet message board waffle storms about the web saying that Matthew Vaughn is going to direct Star Wars Episode VII, so, um, that's something to bear in mind in the furthest corner of your brain.

[Mad_Man_Moon]

Are you trying to help or are you just being kinky?

I dunno, with some of the literal thinkers at Bleeding Cool, I concede that this would probably start a discussion on why people have no respect for nuns.