As a high schooler in Fountain, 15 miles south of Colorado Springs, Jon Watts would borrow his brother-in-law’s video camera every weekend to make silly films with his friends. Instead of writing the essays that had been assigned for homework, he’d turn in video versions.
Fast-forward nearly 30 years, and Watts, 43, is one of the most indemand filmmakers in Hollywood. He directed all three movies in the most recent Spider-Man reboot, directed George Clooney and Brad Pitt in this past fall’s Wolfs, and co-created, cowrote, and directed a new Star Wars series starring Jude Law, which premieres on Disney+ on December 3.
Ahead of the release of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew—which revolves around four kids who stumble upon a lost Jedi temple that transports them to a galaxy far, far…