We first heard of plans for a Lando TV collection approach again in December 2020 throughout a Disney Investor Day. Lucasfilm stunned Star Wars followers who tuned in by revealing that Justin Simien would function showrunner on the undertaking, with Donald Glover set to return as the long-lasting character after first enjoying him in Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Sadly, no stable information concerning the present adopted, and Glover has largely dodged questions on whether or not he will reprise the function first made well-known by Billy Dee Willaims.
As for Simien, the collection was repeatedly introduced up in interviews when he was doing the rounds to advertise Disney’s Haunted Mansion film. Admitting that he’d heard nothing from them concerning the present because it was introduced, the filmmaker stated the studio informed him they’d to determine everybody’s availability.
Shortly after we coated these feedback, it was revealed that Glover and his brother Stephen had taken cost of the undertaking – which is now anticipated to be a film – and that Simien had exited the undertaking. The showrunner, nevertheless, stated he discovered of his obvious firing on social media!
Speaking to The Wrap (by way of SFFGazette.com), he opened up on that have and confirmed neither Disney nor Lucasfilm have reached out to him within the weeks because the information broke.
“It was the primary time I had gotten any official affirmation in any respect about what was occurring with [Lando],” Simien admits. “You’d actually, like, hear rumors. It is a small city. Donald Glover and I’ve lots of mutual mates. So I had some thought of potentialities of what is likely to be occurring and why we have not heard from anyone.”
“The excellent news is that I am an enormous fan – actually, genuinely of Donald Glover, and significantly the work that him and his brother do. So I am additionally blissful to only be a fan and watch it, and form of get to expertise it the way in which an viewers would, as a result of it is actually what I needed to see once I stated sure to the undertaking.”
It is a disgrace to listen to that not even Glover has spoken with Simien and the director went on to confess that, after studying about Guillermo del Toro’s dashed hopes to make a Jabba the Hutt film, he is in no rush to have his goals crushed by Lucasfilm a second time.
“I do not know the way it went [for del Toro] [but] I do not know why anyone would join that once more, to form of like pour your coronary heart and soul into one thing, after which to attend for a number of years, after which discover out in an article that another person is doing it. Yeah, I do not know if I need to try this once more. That does not sound enjoyable to me in any respect.”
Lando would not have a launch date and obvious huge display screen plans for what was as soon as a Disney+ TV collection haven’t been confirmed by Lucasfilm. As for Simien, Haunted Mansion did not fairly make the influence he or Disney had hoped for, and it is unclear what’s subsequent for him.
As at all times, you will need to keep tuned to SFFGazette.com for the newest Star Wars updates.
