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title: "Jon Watts to direct new Star Wars trilogy"
description: "Most outlets reported that Jon Watts, known for directing Tom Holland’s Spider-Man trilogy, is set to direct the first film in a new Star Wars trilogy. They noted his potential involvement with a script by Simon Kinberg, as reported by The News International. The framing was largely consistent, focusing on Watts’ upcoming project and his background with the Spider-Man films."
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# Jon Watts to direct new Star Wars trilogy

updated 28 Sep 2026, 5:46 AM PKT · 27–28 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that Jon Watts, known for directing Tom Holland’s Spider-Man trilogy, is set to direct the first film in a new Star Wars trilogy. They noted his potential involvement with a script by Simon Kinberg, as reported by The News International. The framing was largely consistent, focusing on Watts’ upcoming project and his background with the Spider-Man films.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **The News International** — [Director reportedly lined up for new 'Star Wars' movie](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1417893-spider-man-director-jon-watts-reportedly-lined-up-for-new-star-wars-movie) · 28 Sep 2026, 5:46 AM PKT
  > Jon Watts, the director behind Tom Holland's Spider-Man trilogy, is reportedly in line to direct the next Star Wars film. The 45-year-old is said to be attached to a new movie based on a script by Simon Kinberg, per...
- **Minute Mirror** — [Spider-Man director Jon Watts joins new Star Wars trilogy](https://minutemirror.com.pk/spider-man-director-jon-watts-joins-new-star-wars-trilogy-636405/) · 27 Sep 2026, 9:50 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Jon Watts, the filmmaker behind Tom Holland’s Spider-Man trilogy, is set to direct the first movie in a new Star Wars trilogy.

2 articles from 2 outlets, 27–28 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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