The Star Wars: Rogue One prequel series centered on Cassian Andor has recruited Black Mirror alum Toby Haynes to replace Tony Gilroy.
Disney and Lucasfilm have tapped Toby Haynes to replace Tony Gilroy as the director of the upcoming Cassian Andor series centered around Diego Luna's character from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Gilroy's involvement was seen as a huge boost for the project, but don't worry -- he's still involved in a major way! Deadline reports that Gilroy handed off directing duties to Haynes due to travel concerns related to the pandemic. Gilroy lives in New York and the show is preparing to shoot in the U.K., so he simply felt safer staying in the States …
From director Toby Haynes and screenwriter James Graham, the biographical drama Brexit (airing on HBO and available on HBO NOW, HBO GO and HBO On-Demand) connects all of the dots to illustrate how Dominic Cummings (Benedict Cumberbatch), the lead strategist of the Vote Leave campaign, launched a micro-targeted social media campaign that played on emotion rather than facts to convince British voters to leave the European Union. The result and the consequences of this referendum campaign are still playing out in Britain today, and will have an effect long into the future. During this 1-on-1 phone …