‘Willow’ TV Show: Everything To Know About Potential Release Date & More

George Lucas‘ 1988 movie Willow is getting its ain tv bid connected Disney+ and it’s definite to beryllium a hit! The fashionable acheronian phantasy movie, which was released years aft Lucas’ archetypal Star Wars films were released, has a devoted pursuing of fans and the caller amusement promises to beryllium an breathtaking continuation of the original, with immoderate of its stars adjacent returning. The archetypal authoritative trailer of the show, which tin beryllium seen below, was released successful June 2022. Find retired much astir the show, including the merchandise date, the formed and crew, and much below.

Release Date and Where to Watch

Willow is acceptable to beryllium released connected Disney+ connected Nov. 30, 2022. The program for the bid was archetypal announced connected the Star Wars Twitter account successful 2020 and during Star Wars Celebration connected May 26, it was revealed it would beryllium connected Disney+. There volition beryllium 8 episodes full and its 1 of the astir anticipated upcoming Disney bid and TV shows successful general.

Cast and Crew

Some of the formed of ‘Willow.’ (Lucasfilm/Disney+)

Cast

Warwick Davis, who was successful the 1988 film, is acceptable to reprise his relation arsenic Willow Ufgood, a farmer-turned-sorcerer, successful the series. When talking astir his instrumentality arsenic the quality successful the upcoming series, the histrion told Radio Times helium ne'er thought determination would beryllium a amusement similar this. “You cognize what, it’s weird to beryllium capable to speech astir it now! It’s thing which I ne'er thought I would spot happen,” helium admitted to the outlet. “Everything benignant of aligned erstwhile we did the movie Solo. The writer, Jonathan Kasdan, was a immense instrumentality of Willow. He grew up watching it and it’s 1 of the things that inspired him to go a screenwriter, arsenic good arsenic his dad.”

“And past Ron Howard came into nonstop and John mentioned to him that helium was a large instrumentality of Willow and that got them talking,” helium added. “And I was connected Solo looking a small spot similar Willow with my agelong hairsbreadth arsenic Weazel, and each these things came together.” Joanne Whalley, who was besides successful the archetypal film, is acceptable to instrumentality arsenic Sorcha, who is present a queen.

In summation to 2 of the archetypal stars, the caller bid is bringing connected a clump of caller faces. Ruby Cruz (Mare of Easttown) volition play Princess Kit, who is Madmartigan and Sorcha’s daughter. Erin Kellyman (Solo: A Star Wars Story) volition instrumentality connected the relation of Jade, and Ellie Bamber (The Serpent) volition play Dove. They each seemingly question retired Willow to assistance them prevention the world. Tony Revolori (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Amer Chadha-Patel (The Third Day), Dempsey Bryk (The Silence), Rosabell Laurenti Sellers (Game of Thrones), and Talisa Garcia (Baptiste) besides prima successful the series.

Crew

The unit of Willow has had rather a spot of changes up until it began production. Crazy Rich Asians and In The Heights director, Jon M. Chu, was primitively expected to nonstop the pilot, but dropped retired owed to timing conflicts, according to Deadline. Jonathan Entwistle past signed connected for the job, but Deadline also reported that helium near successful April owed to a scheduling struggle with his caller Apple TV+ series, Hello Tomorrow, and was replaced by Stephen Woolfenden. Before helium became director, Stephen was a producing manager connected the series, truthful helium already had cognition astir the production. Jonathan Kasdan, the developer and writer of the series, Ron, Brian Grazer, and much are acceptable to enforcement nutrient the show.

Storyline

Warwick Davis, who plays Willow successful the movie and series. (Lucasfilm/Disney+)

Willow, the series, is acceptable to instrumentality spot years aft the archetypal film, which starred Warwick, Val Kilmer as Madmartigan, and others, Deadline reported. The main quality of Willow and different caller characters volition spell connected a fantastical journey, assembled by Princess Kit, to prevention the world.

The official synopsis for the bid is this: “The communicative began with an aspiring magician from a Nelwyn colony and an babe miss destined to unite the realms, who unneurotic helped destruct an evil queen and banish the forces of darkness. Now, successful a magical satellite wherever brownies, sorcerers, trolls, and different mystical creatures flourish, the escapade continues, arsenic an improbable radical of heroes acceptable disconnected connected a unsafe quest to places acold beyond their home, wherever they indispensable look their interior demons and travel unneurotic to prevention their world.”

Music

There hasn’t been immoderate accusation released astir the euphony that volition beryllium featured successful Willow, but judging from the trailer’s music, it is definite to beryllium adventurous and unforgettable.

Production Trivia

Willow, the tv series, reportedly takes spot 20-30 years aft the movie took place.

Before appearing successful the upcoming show, Warwick and Erin some appeared successful Solo: A Star Wars Story successful 2018. Like the archetypal Willow film, it was directed by Ron.

Ellie and Erin, who are some successful the series, antecedently starred successful the 2018 tv miniseries, Les Miserables.