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With the series set to return for a second season in October, news leaks have Rosario Dawson, Timothy Olyphant, Temuera Morrison, and Michael Biehn joining the cast, with series creator Jon Favreau, executive producer Dave Filoni, Peyton Reed (Ant-Man), and Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) helming episodes this go-around Now, Favreau is giving fans an even[...]

Disney+ and Jon Favreau's The Mandalorian helped put the streaming service on the map when it comes to original content and the viability of live-action Star Wars series, and now its influence has extended out into the awards arena This week, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) clarified a Golden Globes rule that directly impacts[...]

Series creator and showrunner Jon Favreau (The Lion King) is back at the helm when the series blasts back on to the streaming service this fall, with some familiar names returning and others possibly joining Even better, reports are already out that work's begun on the third season, six months before the series' second-season debut[...]

Less than a day after reports circulated that Jon Favreau was already working on a third season of The Mandalorian comes word that Russian Doll creator, showrunner, and executive producer Leslye Headland is developing a new live-action Star Wars series for Disney+ Variety reports exclusively that the project will be a female-focused series that takes[...]

Series creator and showrunner Jon Favreau is back at the helm, with series pilot director Dave Filoni back to direct and rumors of Rosario Dawson (DMZ) being cast as Ahsoka Tano (of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels fame) not exactly being denied by the actress On May 4, the streamer looks[...]

With the critically-praised hit series returns this fall, it will with creator and showrunner Jon Favreau back at the helm In addition, series pilot director Dave Filoni will be back to direct, and those rumors of Rosario Dawson (DMZ) being cast as Ahsoka Tano (of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels fame)[...]

By now, we're sure you've had the chance to check out Disney+ and Jon Favreau's first live-action Star Wars television series, The Mandalorian (check out our reviews of the first three episodes here, here and here, and our overall coverage here) Today brings viewers season finale "Chapter 8: Redemption" and a lot to mentally unpack on what[...]

The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau only had Carano in mind when he conceived Cara Dune, the former Rebel shock trooper She spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about her career and how she used her MMA experience into her roles. DFree / Shutterstock.com The Mandalorian introduced Cara in the Bryce Dallas Howard-directed episode "Sanctuary." After a sparring match[...]

Producer-writer Jon Favreau and director Dave Filoni draw on all the tropes of the Spaghetti Western to create a new type of Star Wars story There's a bar brawl, quick-draw shootouts A crime boss played by Werner Herzog Displaced Stormtroopers work as mercenaries in the middle of nowhere like former Confederate soldiers on the run. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RVnrBLOBcIVideo[...]

Herzog hires the Mandalorian to track down an elusive bounty, and the payment offered is something the bounty hunter can't turn down. Image Courtesy Lucasfilm/Disney This leads to an epic hunt, a training montage, Nick FREAKING Nolte in the role of his lifetime, a gun fight between the Mandalorian, his robot buddy, and about a million scumbags—[...]

While the new service is expected to have 10 original series on launch, all eyes are on the first live-action Star Wars television/streaming series, Jon Favreau's The Mandalorian. If Disney "big cheese" Bob Iger is to be believed (not that he's not trustworthy – it's just that the show is coming from his company sooo…), fans[...]

I think we're pretty capable of doing what we have to do here." Jon Favreau, who presented at the summit and took the "mentor" role as the MCU's Happy Hogan from Robert Downey, Jr's Tony Stark in Spider-Man: Far from Home, spoke about the potential for Spider-Man's return and future involvement in the MCU. "I've been talking[...]

Jon Favreau has been keeping busy at The Walt Disney Company: not only working on his commitments on camera and behind the scenes for Marvel Studios and Disney, but he's also set to introduce fans to The Mandalorian, a live action TV series set in the Star Wars universe set to debut on Disney's streaming[...]

Yes, we know, "live-action" seems a stretch for Jon Favreau's remake of the animated Disney classic The Lion King, but that's what Disney is calling it. Whatever it is, we can all agree these 11 character posters just released by the House of Mouse are our best look at what those classic animated African animals will look like[...]

We are SOOOOOO looking forward to Jon Favreau's new series coming to Netflix this summer, The Chef Show. Seriously, it's like everything we loved about Dinner for Five but current, and with Favreau himself doing some of the cooking that he picked up during Chef (a wonderful film). Favreau just shared the first trailer for the upcoming Netflix series[...]

We are pretty damn excited to learn more about the upcoming Disney+ Star Wars television series from Jon Favreau– The Mandalorian We got our "first look" at the official logo during the Disney Investor's Day presentation earlier this week, and it was just enough to boost those hype tanks. Today, there is a full panel at Star Wars[...]

We are terribly excited for Jon Favreau's Star Wars series for Disney+, and the more we hear about The Mandalorian, the more we feel he was the right choice. The Disney+ series will be the first of the planned Cosmic Conflict projects heading to the streaming service, and will no doubt set a tone for the rest of the[...]

Watch the trailer down below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TavVZMewpYVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Lion King Official Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TavVZMewpY) Director Jon Favreau's all-new "The Lion King" journeys to the African savanna where a future king is born Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny[...]

We are thrilled to report that the upcoming Disney+ streaming service Star Wars spinoff series The Mandalorian is heading to Star Wars Celebration in Chicago for a panel! From Star Wars.com: Learn about the perilous world of The Mandalorian with Jon Favreau (executive producer and writer) and Dave Filoni (executive producer and director) in a special panel discussion on Sunday,[...]

However I'm still hanging out with those guys and talking about new stuff." About the experience of working with fellow Marvel Studios directing alum Jon Favreau on Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian, Waititi says: "It was amazing Favreau is a genius…it's fun doing something in the Star Wars universe It's a strangest to see a Stormtrooper, and then[...]

It sure seems like the Jon Favreau Star Wars live-action series for Disney+ The Mandalorian is gonna be a great collection of deep cuts and fan-favorite characters. Just this morning, the filmmaker posted this image to his Instagram account, confirming earlier reports that bounty hunter Droid IG-88 had been spotted on the set by our friends over at Making[...]

Veteran actor Nick Nolte is the latest person to join Jon Favreau's live-action Star Wars series for Disney's streaming service (Disney+), The Mandalorian. Actor Nick Noltephoto by Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com Nolte joins Pedro Pascal and Gina Carano in the series, which Disney has officially described as taking place: "After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior[...]

We're getting a live-action Star Wars series from Disney's streaming service Disney+ called The Mandalorian from director Jon Favreau. Included within this series is a HUGE Marvel Studios connection- fellow Marvel Cinematic Universe directors (like Thor: Ragnarok's Taika Waititi and Ant-Man, Ant-Man and The Wasps's Peyton Reed) are on board to direct episodes of the live-action series. This photo Favreau shared from the set[...]

This is one of those times when listening to a podcast reminds you of something you half-remember watching- in this case, an episode of Jon Favreau's AWESOME series, Dinner For Five Specifically, if you give a listen to Kevin Smith's recent Fatman Beyond podcast (recorded live at Scum and Villainy Cantina in Los Angeles), the filmmaker waxes poetic[...]

It would appear that former MMA fighter Gina Carano has joined the cast of Jon Favreau's The Mandalorian live-action Star Wars tv seres for Disney's streaming service, Disney+. Actress Gina CaranoPhoto by DFree / Shutterstock.com Carano is no stranger to action roles, having appeared in Deadpool as comic book character Angel Dust, as well as the Fast & Furious franchise. Yesterday, we learned that Game of[...]

It would appear that those rumors about Pedro Pascal joining Jon Favreau's live-action Star Wars series for Disney+ are true, as the actor will be leading The Mandalorian. Actor Pedro PascalPhoto by Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com This is super exciting, and thanks to Variety for first reporting this news. You'd probably recall seeing Pascal as Dornish Prince Oberyn Martell in Game of Thrones,[...]

While yes, Jon Favreau is hard at work right now making a live-action Star Wars series for Disney's new streaming service, he's ALSO working on his adaptation of The Lion King for the House of Mouse. Following the success of Favreau's live-action Jungle Book, next up on the remake docket just happens to be Disney's take on Hamlet [FIGHT[...]

Prepare yourself, deep-cut Star Wars fans, this new post from The Mandalorian showrunner Jon Favreau is gonna excite you. Does the name Willrow Hood mean anything to you?   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Jon Favreau (@jonfavreau) on Oct 12, 2018 at 4:17pm PDT Perhaps you'll recall THIS scene from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back when Cloud City is[...]

The series is being written and  executive produced by Jon Favreau. Production on the first Star Wars live-action streaming series has begun! After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Warsuniverse. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order[...]

Today on Instagram, filmmaker and actor Jon Favreau revealed a tease of what his Star Wars series is going to be about for the new Disney streaming service, and we can hear hordes of helmeted fans gearing up for it. His message reads: "After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star[...]