The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams may be having second thoughts about turning down the chance to direct the next Star Wars film.
The director has read the script for Episode VIII, and said it is 'so good' he wishes he'd written it himself, actor Greg Grunberg told The Washington Post.
'He read it and said something he never, ever says,' said The Force Awakens actor, who also worked with Abrams on Lost and Felicity.
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Second thoughts? The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams at the film's Shanghai premiere on December 27
'He said, "It's so good, I wish I were making it."
'He may have said something one time on Lost with Damon [Lindelof, the show's co-creator], but I never hear him express regret like that.'
Grunberg plays pilot 'Snap' Wexley in The Force Awakens, and is also a longtime friend of Abrams.
Regrets? Actor Greg Grunberg, seen at the Hollywood premiere on December 14, said Abrams was blown away by the next Star Wars script
The next Star Wars movie is being written and directed by Rian Johnson, who is best known for Looper and Brick.
The two directors have collaborated on the movies, with Abrams showing Johnson early The Force Awakens footage to help Johnson craft next installment in the blockbuster franchise, due out on May 26, 2017.
The Force Awakens star Daisy Ridley is also a big fan of the Episode VIII script, telling Variety: 'It's very good, very good.'
Big fan: Daisy Ridley has also read the screenplay for Episode VIII and said it was 'very good'
Abrams, who initially turned down the Star Wars gig until his wife warned him he'd always regret it, has also denied rumors that he will be directing Episode IX after taking a break.
'No, I'm not going to direct Episode IX,' he told Entertainment Weekly, adding that he was 'deeply envious of anyone who gets to work with this group of people on the future movies.'
Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow is set to direct Episode IX, which will be released in 2019.
Next up: Looper director Rian Johnson, seen in London in July, penned the script for Episode VIII, which he will also direct. The movie is set for release in May, 2017
Abrams praised Johnson as 'an incredibly accomplished filmmaker and an incredibly strong writer,' in a Wired interview.
'So the story he told took what we were doing and went in the direction that he felt was best but that is very much in line with what we were thinking as well,' he said of Episode VIII.
'That will be his movie - he’s going to do it in the way he sees fit. He’s neither asking for nor does he need me to oversee the process.'
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Meanwhile, longtime Star Wars screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan told The LA Times that Episode VIII will be 'weird.'
'These movies will all be so different,' said The Force Awakens writer, who is also penning a spin-off about Han Solo, due out in 2018. That film is set to be helmed by The Lego Movie co-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
'Rian Johnson is a friend of mine - he's going to make some weird thing,' Kasdan said.
'If you've seen Rian's work, you know it's not going be like anything that's ever been in Star Wars.'
Getting weird: Legendary Star Wars writer Lawrence Kasdan, seen with wife Meg at the London premiere of The Force Awakens on December 16, said the next film will be unlike anything fans have seen before
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