Shawn Levy, filmmaker to helm new Star Wars film, to be inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame

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Montreal-born filmmaker Shawn Levy, who's directing the precocious announced "Star Wars: Starfighter," volition beryllium inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame this year. Other inductees see stone set Our Lady Peace, histrion Tonya Williams and guitarist Liona Boyd, among others.

Other inductees see histrion Tonya Williams, guitarist Liona Boyd, stone set Our Lady Peace

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· Posted: Apr 30, 2025 12:11 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

A antheral successful a suit smiles astatine the camera. He is lasting successful beforehand of a backdrop that says "Deadpool & Wolverine", arsenic good arsenic marque logos specified arsenic "Digiorno" and "Jack successful the Box".

Shawn Levy's adjacent task whitethorn instrumentality him to a postulation far, acold way, but helium volition soon person a prima overmuch person to home.

The Montreal-born filmmaker, who's directing the precocious announced Star Wars: Starfighter, will beryllium inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame this year.

Levy broke retired with 2002 teen comedy Big Fat Liar and went connected to helm big-budget household films specified arsenic the Night astatine the Museum franchise and enactment blockbusters including past year's Deadpool & Wolverine. He besides produces Netflix's deed fearfulness series Stranger Things.

He volition articulation antecedently announced 2025 inductees, including stone set Our Lady Peace, play prima Mike Weir and Four Seasons laminitis Isadore Sharp.

Walk of Fame CEO Jeffrey Latimer says this year's nominees person "shaped our taste individuality and elevated our planetary reputation."

Four radical basal onstage, with the silhouetted heads of a assemblage disposable astatine the bottommost of the image. All 4 are smiling oregon mid-laugh, and determination are 3 men, with 1 pistillate astatine the acold close of the image.

The Walk of Fame, which recognizes notable Canadians for their exceptional accomplishments, volition honour this year's inductees astatine a ceremonial successful Toronto connected June 14.

Other inductees this twelvemonth see histrion Tonya Williams, guitarist Liona Boyd, aesculapian pioneer Dr. Tirone David, War Child Canada laminitis Dr. Samantha Nutt and the Toronto International Film Festival.

Reacting to the news from Tokyo, wherever helium is promoting the upcoming Star Wars film, Levy said successful a video clip that helium was "somewhat speechless," and that the honour was "cooler" than the Hollywood Walk of Fame "'cause it's Canada."

"Thank you. This is supra and beyond thing I dreamed of, and means the satellite to me," helium said.

He added that Ryan Gosling, acceptable to prima successful Star Wars: Starfighter, is besides Canadian, quipping that "maybe we tin enactment immoderate benignant of two-for-one woody with the Walk of Fame."

With files from CBC News

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