United Kingdom, Sept. 27 -- Director Jon Watts is reportedly heading back to a galaxy far, far away after being lined up to direct the next Star Wars movie.

The move would put the 45-year-old filmmaker who was behind Tom Holland's blockbuster Spider-Man trilogy at the centre of Lucasfilm's latest big-screen expansion.

Jon is attached to direct a new film being developed from a screenplay by Simon Kinberg according to Variety, with the reported project coming after Jon previously entered the Star Wars universe as co-creator of the Disney+ series Skeleton Crew.

Knight Edge Media first reported Jon's involvement, while The Hollywood Reporter said the movie would be the first in a planned trilogy written by Simon.

The reported new project...