Disney+ Willow Series To Premiere In 2022

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Lucasfilm announces the return to the world of George Lucas' 1988 film, Willow The Disney+ series, scheduled to begin production next year, will feature original star, Warwick Davis, and director Ron Howard, who will serve as executive producer. Bob Dolman, writer of the original film, will serve as consulting producer.

"Jon M. Chu (In The Heights, Crazy Rich Asians) is set to direct the pilot, and will serve as executive producer along with showrunners Jonathan Kasdan (Solo) and Wendy Mericle (Arrow). Jonathan Kasdan wrote the pilot."

The series, which is Lucasfilm’s first venture into non-Star Wars storytelling since 2015, takes place years after the events of the original Willow film. It introduces all-new characters to the enchanted realm of fairy queens and two-headed Eborsisk monsters, and welcomes back its namesake hero, Willow Ufgood, performed once again by the unmatchable Warwick Davis.

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Years ago, I had heard a pitch on the Screen Junkies youtube channel for a show or movie where the thirty-year-old warrior queen Elora Danan (raised by Mad Martigan and Sorsha) and her chief sorcerer, Nelwyn ambassador, and oldest friend Willow go an a quest to defeat a new evil.  I hope this show resembles that pitch, but I suspect it won't.

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According to sources, Erin Kellyman , who played Enfys Nest in Solo: A Star Wars Story, is said to be in negotiations, along with Cailee Spaeny (The Craft: Legacy )Ellie Bamber (

 

Nocturnal Animals), to star in the recently announced Willow series for Disney+.

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Scheduled to begin production in 2021, the series will feature original star, Warwick Davis, and director Ron Howard, who will serve as executive producer. Bob Dolman, writer of the original film, will serve as consulting producer.

"Jon M. Chu (In The Heights, Crazy Rich Asians) is set to direct the pilot, and will serve as executive producer along with showrunners Jonathan Kasdan (Solo) and Wendy Mericle (Arrow). Jonathan Kasdan wrote the pilot."

The series, which is Lucasfilm’s first venture into non-Star Wars storytelling since 2015, takes place years after the events of the original Willow film. It introduces all-new characters to the enchanted realm of fairy queens and two-headed Eborsisk monsters, and welcomes back its namesake hero, Willow Ufgood, performed once again by the unmatchable Warwick Davis.

 

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Jon M. Chu announces, via Twitter, that he must, unfortunately, step down from directing the upcoming "Willlow" series for Disney+
 

Personal Update on Willow for @disneyplus that I’ve been working on... pic.twitter.com/eS7uurCMfg

— Jon M. Chu (@jonmchu) January 11, 2021

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Warrick Davis introduces the cast for the upcoming Willow series, coming to Disney+ in 2022

 

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From Lucasfilm and Imagine Entertainment comes “Willow,” an all-new live-action fantasy adventure series based on the classic 1988 feature film. “Willow” will premiere on November 30th, 2022, exclusively on Disney+. The story began with an aspiring magician from a Nelwyn village and an infant girl destined to unite the realms, who together helped destroy an evil queen and banish the forces of darkness. Now, in a magical world where brownies, sorcerers, trolls, and other mystical creatures flourish, the adventure continues, as an unlikely group of heroes set off on a dangerous quest to places far beyond their home, where they must face their inner demons and come together to save their world.

An epic period fantasy series with a modern sensibility set in an enchanted land of breathtaking beauty, “Willow” features a diverse international cast, including Warwick Davis, Ruby Cruz, Erin Kellyman, Ellie Bamber, Tony Revolori, Amar Chadha-Patel, Dempsey Bryk, and Joanne Whalley. Jonathan Kasdan (“Solo: A Star Wars Story,” “Dawson’s Creek”), is the showrunner, and the roster of directors, each of whom helmed two consecutive episodes, includes Stephen Woolfenden (“Outlander”), Debs Paterson (“A Discovery of Witches”), Philippa Lowthorpe (“The Crown”), and Jamie Childs (“Doctor Who”). The writers are John Bickerstaff (“The Romanoffs”), Hannah Friedman (“Obi-Wan Kenobi”), and Jonathan Kasdan. The producers are Stephen Woolfenden, Julia Cooperman (“Jupiter’s Legacy”), Hameed Shaukat (“House of Cards”), and Max Taylor, with Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan (“Obi-Wan Kenobi”), Jonathan Kasdan, Tommy Harper (“Top Gun: Maverick”), Wendy Mericle (“Arrow”), Roopesh Parekh “(“His Dark Materials”), Ron Howard (“Thirteen Lives”), and Samie Kim Falvey (“Under the Banner of Heaven”) serving as executive producers. The co-executive producer is Hannah Friedman, and the supervising producer is Rayna McClendon (“Obi-Wan Kenobi”).


Willow is set to premiere on November 30th, 2022.

Willow stars Warwick Davis, Ruby Cruz, Erin Kellyman, Ellie Bamber, Tony

Directors: Revolori, Amar Chadha-Patel, Dempsey Bryk, Joanne Whalley, Stephen Woolfenden, Debs Paterson, Philippa Lowthorpe,
Writers: Jamie Childs, John Bickerstaff, Hannah Friedman, and Jonathan Kasdan
Producers: Stephen Woolfenden, Julia Cooperman, Hameed Shaukat, and Max Taylor
Executive Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Jonathan Kasdan, Tommy Harper, Wendy Mericle, Roopesh Parekh, Ron Howard, and Samie Kim Falvey
Co-Executive Producer: Hannah Friedman
Supervising Producer: Rayna McClendon

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