2023 has been a tough year for the magical world of Willow Ufgood, because following the news that the Disney+ series was being cancelled after a single season, now comes the hammer blow that the follow-up to 1988’s cult classic is being removed from the streaming service altogether as part of the studio’s cost-saving streamlining. […]
Val Kilmer’s Madmartigan will be part of Willow sequel series “in a big way”
On Thursday, Lucasfilm released the first trailer for Willow, the upcoming Disney+ original series which serves as a sequel to the classic 1988 fantasy film. As we saw in first look at the show, Warwick Davis is back in his role as Willow Ufgood for the new adventure, as is Joanne Whalley as Sorsha, but […]
Writing gets underway on Willow sequel TV series
Last year it was reported that Ron Howard and his Solo: A Star Wars Story screenwriter Jonathan Kasdan were in talks with Disney+ to develop a TV sequel to Lucasfilm’s cult 1988 fantasy Willow, and now Kasdan has revealed on Twitter that work on the show is officially underway. https://twitter.com/JonKasdan/status/1214301547695226881 The original film tells the […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story nearly included Lando Calrissian’s brother
Co-writer of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Jonathan Kasdan, says that the film originally featured Lando Calrissian’s brother before he was cut out. It’s always interesting to hear from the filmmakers behind movies about what could have been. This is especially true when it comes to Star Wars with so many characters and lore on […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story co-writer thinks Thandie Newton was “too good” for her part
Thandie Newton was too good for her role in Solo: A Star Wars Story, according to the film’s co-writer Jonathan Kasdan. Audiences were quite surprised by the size of Thandie Newton’s character Val when she was fairly quickly killed off in Solo, with many believing her talents were wasted in such a part. Well, it […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story writer isn’t confident that a sequel will happen anytime soon
Jonathan Kasdan, the co-writer for Solo: A Star Wars Story, doesn’t think that a sequel will be made to the film anytime soon. There’s no question that the box office performance for Solo: A Star Wars Story, especially overseas, was disappointing, and has in all likelihood put to bed the hopes for a sequel to […]
Indiana Jones 5 release date pushed back, Solo: A Star Wars Story’s Jonathan Kasdan to write script
It looks like audiences will have to wait a little longer for Harrison Ford to don the hat and whip one last time as Variety has reported that Indiana Jones 5 will not make its previous July 10, 2020 release date. The film’s release has been pushed back because their production start date of April 2019 is […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story co-writer discusses the deleted Tag & Bink scene
Last October, Ron Howard revealed that the fan favourite Dark Horse Comics characters Tag & Bink were set to make their official in-canon debut in Solo: A Star Wars Story, where the hapless duo would be portrayed by screenwriter Johnathan Kasdan and first assistant director Toby Hefferman. As it happened, Tag and Bink ended up on the […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story co-writer would like to pen a Lando Anthology movie
Last week it was reported – erroneously – that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy had announced that the next Star Wars Anthology movie would focus on the character of Lando Calrissian, who makes his grand return to the big screen this week in Solo: A Star Wars Story, played by Donald Glover. As it turned out, […]
