‘Star Wars’ Producer Allison Shearmur Dies at 53

Rogue One and Solo: A Star Wars Story producer Allison Shearmur has died, THR reports. She was 53.

A cause of death was not immediately available.

Shearmur produced Disney’s 2015 live-action Cinderella and Lionsgate’s three Hunger Games sequels.

She most recently served as producer on last year’s live-action Power Rangers and Dirty Dancing, the ABC television movie and remake of the 1987 musical romance that starred Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey.

Before transitioning into a producer role, Shearmur was the executive VP of production at Universal Pictures and later co-president of Paramount Pictures.

Disney’s Lucasfilm releases Solo: A Star Wars Story, centered on a young Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich), Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo), and Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover), May 25.