Original star Warwick Davis will return in the title role and Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) will direct the pilot as well as serve as an executive producer. Willow followed Davis’ Willow, who had to reluctantly protect a special infant named Elora Danan, who was prophesized to defeat an evil queen and end her tyrannical rule. The brainchild of Star Wars creator George Lucas, Willow was about a dwarf farmer named Willow who found himself protecting Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring down the evil Queen Bavmorda (Jean Marsh). Credit: LucasFilm.

The series has also tapped “Crazy Rich Asians” and “In the Heights” director Jon M. Chu to helm the pilot and exec produce. “Willow” the series hails from Lucasfilm and represents the company’s first non-“Star Wars” venture since 2015.

The show will introduce all-new characters to the magical realm of fairy queens and two-headed Eborsisk monsters.

We don’t have any word on the exact plot details of the sequel, but it’s said to take place years after the original film. Whatever happens, given how the original film hinted at a larger world, it should be fun to return to a land of faeries, dragons and heroes that come in all shapes and sizes. There, we saw the now grown and spoiled Elora dealing with another world-wrecking cataclysm, once again accompanied by Willow. Matthew McConaughey Reveals He Was Sexually Abused as a Teen in New Memoir, Rudy Giuliani’s Compromising Appearance in New ‘Borat’ Film Raises Questions Ahead of Election, How ‘Scream 5’ Directors Convinced Neve Campbell to Return to the Franchise Without Wes Craven, Ariana Grande’s New Album: Everything We Know So Far, HBO Max Hits 28.7 Million Subscribers in Q3, Warner Bros. Revenue Down 28%, ’60 Minutes’ Will Run Trump Interview Sunday, Despite President’s Release of Footage, Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom Buy $14.2 Million Montecito Compound, 'Never Have I Ever' Season 2 to Start Production in November (EXCLUSIVE), Stephen Colbert Mocks Rudy Giuliani for Controversial ‘Borat 2’ Scene, Daisy Edgar-Jones Joins Drama ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ With Producer Reese Witherspoon, Horror Icons Jamie Lee Curtis and Neve Campbell Compare Notes on Their Reigns as Scream Queens, Tyler Perry on Producing During the Pandemic and Why He’s Weighing in on Politics, Netflix to Campaign Chadwick Boseman as Lead Actor for ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’, ‘Willow’ Sequel Series Officially a Go at Disney Plus With Jon M. Chu to Direct, Netflix Misses Q3 Subscriber and Net Earnings Forecasts, Stock Falls, Chris Parnell Lists Modern-Minded Silver Lake Spanish Revival, A Few Things to Keep in Mind as Trump Attacks Hunter Biden, De Tomaso Is Moving to the US So It Can Build the New P72 Supercar Stateside, NHL Postpones Winter Classic, All-Star Weekend Until 2022, Stir Up Some Screams With These 50 Scary Halloween Costumes for Men. All rights reserved.

The original film centered on Davis’ Willow, who reluctantly forced into playing a critical role in protecting a special infant named Elora Danan from an evil queen (Jean Marsh). Movie titles, images, etc.

Although those novels were poorly received, they could still serve as a blueprint.

Jonathan Kasdan (“Solo”) and Wendy Mericle (“Arrow”) will serve as showrunners. are registered trademarks / copyright their respective rights holders. Willow returns to Disney Plus as a TV series sequel. No release date has been announced, but the project begins production sometime next year. Julia Cooperman will produce. Banking on our nostalgia, Disney+ has officially greenlit a sequel series to 1988’s sword-and sorcery epic Willow, starring Warwick Davis in the title role. Howard’s Imagine Television is producnig, with the company’s Roopesh Parekh and Hannah Friedman in place as co-executive producers. Bob Dolman, writer of the original film, serves as consulting producer, with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy on board as an EP alongside Michelle Rejwan. Disney Plus has confirmed a sequel series taking place years after the events of the original Ron Howard-directed pic is heading into production next year.

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The enchanting world of “Willow,” created by George Lucas, is officially coming to the small screen. News of the official greenlight from Disney Plus comes over a year after the project was first reported as coming down the pipeline. “This isn’t a nostalgic throw-back, it’s a creative lean-forward and it’s a blast to be a part of it all.”, Related: What Ron Howard and Bryce Dallas Howard Learned on the Set of ‘Willow’.

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Warwick Davis will return as Willow with Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) directing the series.

The enchanting world of “Willow,” created by George Lucas, is officially coming to the small screen.

Davis starred alongside Val Kilmer, Jean Marsh, Joanne Whalley, Billy Barty and Kevin Pollak. “Growing up in the’80s, ‘Willow’ has had a profound effect on me,” said Chu in a statement.

Read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy / Cookie Disclaimer. After several years of rumours and small updates, Disney has officially given the greenlight to a television series of Willow in what will be a sequel to the original 1988 film. Jon Kasdan and Wendy Mericle have added such groundbreaking new characters and delightful surprises to this timeless story that I can’t wait for the world to come along on this epic journey with us.”. Willow was helped along the way by a mercenary swordsman, played by Val Kilmer. Ricky Church – Follow me on Twitter for more movie news and nerd talk.

Howard is returning to the project as executive producer alongside original star Warwick Davis, who will once again play the titular hero Willow Ufgood.

Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy will also executive produce with Kasdan, Mericle and Michelle Rejwan. Your privacy is safe with us. Jon Kasdan and Wendy Mericle have added such groundbreaking new characters and delightful surprises to this timeless story that I can’t wait for the world to come along on this epic journey with us.”, “It’s creatively exciting to not only revisit the world and characters first conceived by George Lucas, Bob Dolman and myself but to see it take flight in such fresh, fun and cinematic ways through the imagination of Jon Kasdan and Team Willow,” said Howard. It’s a bucket-list moment for me. “It’s creatively exciting to not only revisit the world and characters first conceived by George Lucas, Bob Dolman and myself but to see it take flight in such fresh, fun and cinematic ways through the imagination of Jon Kasdan and Team Willow,” added Howard. Warwick Davis will reprise his role in a sequel series to the George Lucas film Willow, Disney has confirmed. Movie Review – The Hummingbird Project (2019), Hilary Swank reacts to Netflix cancelling Away after one season, Movie Review – Disappearance at Clifton Hill (2020), The Wonder Woman They Didn’t Want Us To See, Mike Flanagan on whether there will be a third season following the release of The Haunting of Bly Manor. Joe Dempsie explains why Arya and Gendry “never would have worked”, Go, Go Power Rangers straight into an expanded universe, Elizabeth Olsen teases a comics-accurate Scarlet Witch in WandaVision, Take the Black: Sexy Lord of the Rings, Disney ends movies, Investor encourages Disney to release Black Widow straight to streaming, Beauty and the Beast's Belle takes on French Revolution in sequel novel, Best TV Actors and Actresses from Each State, Back to the Future Trilogy: Top 30 Vehicles, 50 Most Heartbreaking Moments from the Walking Dead, The Walking Dead: Ranking the 67 Best Characters, Ranking All 50 Episodes of Game of Thrones, 50 Biggest WTF Moments in Star Wars History. It also starred Joanne Whalley, Billy Barty and Kevin Pollak.

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The series will be overseen by Jonathan Kasdan (Solo: A Star Wars Story) and Wendy Mericle (Arrow), with original Willow director Ron Howard serving as executive producer. A prophecy told that Elora would bring the queen’s downfall. © 2009-2020 Flickering Myth Limited. Original director Ron Howard will executive produce the series alongside Chu.

Children of the ’80s rejoice: Disney+ is officially making a TV show version of 1988’s Willow, per Variety. “This isn’t a nostalgic throw-back, it’s a creative lean-forward and it’s a blast to be a part of it all.”.

After several years of rumours and small updates, Disney has officially given the greenlight to a television series of Willow in what will be a sequel to the original 1988 film. “Growing up in the’80s, Willow has had a profound effect on me,” said Chu. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images). Filed Under: News, Ricky Church, Television Tagged With: Disney, Jon M. Chu, Ron Howard, Warwick Davis, willow. Along the way, Willow received help both magical and otherwise from improbable allies like the swordsman Madmartigan (Val Kilmer) and Bavmorda’s daughter Sorsha (Joanne Whalley). It’s a bucket-list moment for me.

first reported as coming down the pipeline.

So the fact that I get to work with my heroes from Kathleen Kennedy to Ron Howard is bigger than a dream come-true. If Disney were looking to follow Lucas’ original plan for his characters (which is very much didn’t do with the Star Wars sequels), it could look to the official sequel novels by legendary comic book writer Chris Claremont published through the mid-’90s. So the fact that I get to work with my heroes from Kathleen Kennedy to Ron Howard is bigger than a dream come-true. To stay up to date on everything fantasy, science fiction, and WiC, follow our all-encompassing Facebook page and sign up for our exclusive newsletter. © Copyright 2020 Variety Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC.

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