Lucasfilm has tried to chart paths forward before. Kennedy previously signed filmmaker Rian Johnson ( Knives Out) to develop a trilogy as well as Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

Dan Cohen, the chief content licensing officer at Paramount, weighed in on new licensing models in his MIPCOM keynote conversation with World Screen’s Anna Carugati before being joined on stage by the ...