However, the writers of the absolutely impeccable horror film, A Quiet Place, have other things in mind. In an interview with MovieWeb, the in-demand screenwriting writing duo — Scott Beck and Bryan Woods — discussed their recent trip to Lucasfilm and how they turned down the opportunity to pen Star Wars and Indiana Jones screenplays to focus on creating original ideas. Scott Beck said:
Without giving away too much it was simply ruminating on if we did an Indiana Jones movie, what would we want to see in Indiana Jones? Or if we did a Star Wars movie, what’s that chapter of the whole universe that we would want to see? So it very much was an open canvas talk. It started going down the line a little bit but, again, as Bryan said, it’s just not our DNA. We would rather create what the next ‘Indiana Jones’ could be.” Admittedly I would love to see Beck and Woods write a screenplay for a Star Wars film and put their own unique twist on it. However, seeing as how we live in an era of reboots, remakes and sequels, writers with the mindset like Beck and Woods are exactly who we need right now.
