Here ’s a maculation of good cheer amid the general topsy-turvydom of life lately : not only is the Ron Howard - produce , Warwick Davis - starringWillow subsequence seriesfor Disney+ strike full steam onward , it ’s just tally an first-class director to its ranks : In the Heights and Crazy Rich Asians ’ Jon M. Chu .
According to a Disney+ pressure release , Cho , who will direct the pilot , also link up the tilt of executive producers that let in Howard , Kathleen Kennedy , and showrunnersJonathan Kasdan(who also write the pilot ) and Arrow ’s Wendy Mericle . Bob Dolman , who write the Willow script ( based , of course , on a write up by George Lucas ) has a “ consulting manufacturer ” credit entry , and Warwick Davis is still set to reprise his iconic office .
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Warwick Davis was just a teen when he starred in 1988’s Willow.Screenshot: Lucasfilm
“ Growing up in the ’ 80s , Willow has had a profound upshot on me . The history of the bravest heroes in the least probable place allowed me , an Asian - American tiddler growing up in a Chinese restaurant looking to go to Hollywood , to believe in the power of our own will , decision and of course , inner magic , ” Chu said in the release .
Of course Chu did n’t say much about the series itself , by from noting that Kasdan and Mericle “ have summate groundbreaking raw characters and delicious surprisal to this timeless story . ” The pressure release also prompt us that the series will be Lucasfilm ’s “ first venture into non - stellar Wars storytelling since 2015 , ” and that it will take place some years after the events of the 1988 moving picture .
“ This is n’t a nostalgic cam stroke - back , it ’s a originative lean - forward and it ’s a eruption to be a part of it all , ” Howard said .
Everyone involved sounds pumped , but Davis maybe most of all . “ So many fans have inquire me over the yearsif Willow will make a return , and now I ’m thrilled to tell them that he will indeed , ” the histrion say . “ Many have told me they grew up with Willow and that the film has determine how they see valor in our own cosmos . If Willow Ufgood can represent the grand potential drop in all of us , then he is a eccentric I am extremely prestigious to reprize . ”
No word yet on when we ’ll be getting to see Willow ’s new adventures with his witching chum and enemy on the streamer , but Disney+ did observe that the series will start production next year amid “ the dramatic and enchanted landscapes of Wales , where much of the original film was shot . ”
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