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[...]
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The Mandalorian is still four months away and we haven't seen much footage from it but it sounds like Disney and Lucasfilm are very happy with what Jon Favreau and his team have come up with The response to the first footage shown at Star Wars Celebration back in April was huge with some people[...]
Now that we've finally gotten confirmation that the first Star Wars film coming after Rise of Skywalker (the end of the main saga of the cosmic conflict) will be whatever it is that Game of Thrones co-creators Dan Weiss and David Benioff are working on, what's next for the Disney+ lineup?
The Walt Disney Company Chairman and CEO Bob Iger (Photo by[...]
Okay, sure, they're not WRONG but we're sure someone somewhere in the galaxy took umbrage.
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Waititi, writer / director of such notable films as What We Do in The Shadows, Thor: Ragnarok, and Hunt for the Wilder People is actually part of the upcoming first live-action Star Wars television series headed[...]
There isn't even an officially released trailer out yet for Disney+ live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian, but rumors are swirling plans are in place for a second season.
According to HN Entertainment, a LucasFilm source informed them that a second season for the Jon Favreau-created series was likely, and that Favreau was expected to return as showrunner and[...]
As the first ever Star Wars live-action show The Mandalorian and Disney's new streaming service usher Star Wars into a new era, is Star Wars animated content in danger of being sidelined?
It was George Lucas himself who started Star Wars down the path to animated success through his subsidiary Lucasfilm Animation[...]
IS IT TIME FOR DISNEY+ TO LAUNCH YET BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO SEE THE MANDALORIAN! Okay okay sorry for the excited yelling, but the first live-action Star Wars spinoff series just sounds out of this world (sorry-not-sorry), and every single thing we've heard thus far just makes us want it NOW.
While speaking to our friends over[...]
Fans were already set to be excited about the first live-action TV show within the Star Wars universe, but no one really expected The Mandalorian to look like this It was one of the biggest panels of the weekend – aside from Star Wars, Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker since before that we had[...]
Disney+ series The Mandalorian just finished it's official panel during Star Wars Celebration in Chicago, and while they're not releasing the footage shown (yet), we DO get some pretty fabulous high res official images from Star Wars social media powers that be.
Firstly- our official first in-show shot of Pedro Pascal as the title character- the Mandalorian.
Then, Carl Weathers[...]
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Actors:
Daisy Ridley
John Boyega
Kelly Marie Tran
Billy Dee Williams
Oscar Isaacs
Naomi Ackie
President of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy
Special performance by Jackie Evancho
Also during that week on Friday April 19th, the cast and director of The Mandalorian, the upcoming Disney+ streaming service flagship Star Wars live-action series While the panel for the show just wrapped up at Celebration, the footage shown was NOT[...]
We are live at the Celebration stage at Star Wars Celebration Chicago and while it may be snowing outside we're here to live-blog The Mandalorian panel.
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[...]
Today during the Investor's Day Showcase, the official first look at The Mandalorian, and the upcoming live action Marvel Studios series, Falcon & The Winter Soldier.
Each item shown will be available as soon as the service launches.
Playstation 4 and Roku have already been secured as carriers of the service.
Disney+ will allow subscribers to download content and[...]
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[...]
Shocked, shocked we say, to learn that legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog is playing a villain in the upcoming Star Wars series The Mandalorian for the Disney+ series.
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Blink and you'll miss it, but in a recent chat with IndieWire about his upcoming documentary Meeting Gorbachev, Herzog admits he'll be the baddie in Jon Favreau's spinoff Star[...]
We're less than a month out from Star Wars Celebration Chicago where we'll more than likely be getting our first look at Disney+ streaming Star Wars spinoff series The Mandalorian (They even announced a panel for the tv offering during SWCC today, too.)
Some of the best updates we've gotten about the show has been from Jon Favreau[...]
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,[...]
As Disney and Lucasfilm move towards the next chapters of the Cosmic Conflict saga which includes forays into streaming service Disney+ Star Wars television series like The Mandalorian, Disney Film Chief Alan Horn has some things to say about the future for the House of Mouse.
While speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Horn touched on a few different topics[...]
This day will see figures, clothes, collectibles, and more from three Star Wars releases, including whatever Episode 9 is called, The Mandalorian, and a new Star Wars video game releasing from EA and Respawn this year called Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Force Fridays are a ton of fun, although as of now we won't[...]
Specifically, on Disney Investor's Day, April 11th, which just HAPPENS to be during Star Wars Celebration.
Variety NY Digital Editor Todd Spangler tweeted about the news:
Disney says it will demo Disney+ at its investor day on April 11, including first look at some of the original content for the SVOD service
— Todd Spangler (@xpangler) January 18, 2019
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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[...]
This week, we got the official word from Star Wars that yes, Pedro Pascal is indeed playing the lead in the upcoming Star Wars live-action The Mandalorian tv series from Jon Favreau for Disney+.
Seems like Pascal himself is pretty f**king excited for this news to be official too, taking to his Instagram account to share[...]
Things are heating up on the casting front for the upcoming Disney+ live action series from Jon Favreau, The Mandalorian.
There have of course been numerous casting rumors all throughout the process, but for the most part, our friends over at MakingStarWars.com have been pretty damn correct with their reports.
Today, Star Wars.com confirmed that filmmaker Werner Herzog is officially[...]
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[...]
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+.
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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.
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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,[...]
Is George Lucas trying to "special edition" the upcoming Star Wars TV series The Mandalorian? The Star Wars creator visited the set where the show is being filmed, ostensibly to wish showrunner Jon Favreau a happy birthday However, police are now investigating a theft this same week in which equipment may have been stolen from[...]
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?
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Perhaps you'll recall THIS scene from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back when Cloud City is[...]
Lucasfilm has just revealed the first image from the first live-action Star Wars television show The Mandalorian The show has begun production, and will debut on the new Disney streaming service around when it launches next year, though nothing is confirmed They have also revealed some of the names that will be directing episodes, including[...]
The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire, and before the emergence of the First Order We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic…"
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