Spoilers Willow sequel series on Disney+

[Rich Watson]

Not a shock but at least it's official now.

https://deadline.com/2023/03/willow-canceled-disney-disney-plus-no-season-2-1235300401/

 

[Christopher]

Dang. There was a lot left unresolved.

 

[Booji]

Had it's moments, but in the end was meh. Oh well.

 

[DigificWriter]

Grrr.

Now I have to fight the urge to abandon the show half-finished (I'm on Episode 5).

 

[Rich Watson]

It wasn't perfect by any means but I did like the cast, especially Amar Chadha-Patel.

I do wonder at what point in the process they realised that Warwick Davis can't act, though. Dude sounded like he was reading his lines off cue cards most of the time.

 

[Christopher]

I do wonder at what point in the process they realised that Warwick Davis can't act, though.

I wouldn't go that far. He got better as the season went on.

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

Not a shock but at least it's official now.

https://deadline.com/2023/03/willow-canceled-disney-disney-plus-no-season-2-1235300401/

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
This upsets me.

I do wonder at what point in the process they realised that Warwick Davis can't act, though. Dude sounded like he was reading his lines off cue cards most of the time.

Watch "Life's Too Short". He's truly amazing in it.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I just saw this news. Very disappointing. I really loved this show and I wanted to see more.

 

[Tosk]

I had a lot of problems with it, but this bums me out. You can't iron out the rough spots when you're cancelled. That's effectively this franchise dead for good now.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Dear Disney, GFY.

Signed, a dissatisfied customer

 

[Rich Watson]

Dear Disney, GFY.

Signed, a dissatisfied customer

If people had watched it they'd be making more.

 

[FreezeC77]

I had a lot of problems with it, but this bums me out. You can't iron out the rough spots when you're cancelled. That's effectively this franchise dead for good now.

I mean I never really thought of Willow as a 'franchise'... I never really thought it was popular enough to be having a sequel TV series to begin with... My main issue is the movie ends and you have hope for the future 'happy endings' for the characters.

Now having watched the TV series I prefer the ignorance and optimism for how the movie ended than seeing how the lives turned out TBH.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

If people had watched it they'd be making more.

Thanks for that pearl of wisdom.

 

[valkyrie013]

As a person who thought the movie was great.. And also thought the series sucked.. .. I'm of 2 minds.

Sad that it got canned but really didn't want to watch more of whatever that was. It just wasn't fun like the movie was.

 

[Turtletrekker]

I wonder how much of this has to do with the current cost cutting across all the streaming services.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I wonder how much of this has to do with the current cost cutting across all the streaming services.

Seems likely considering the timing along with the MCU delays, the Star Wars film cancelations, and something else I'm sure I'm forgetting.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Seems likely considering the timing along with the MCU delays, the Star Wars film cancelations, and something else I'm sure I'm forgetting.

Star Trek Discovery's cancellation?

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Star Trek Discovery's cancellation?

Well, I was thinking Disney only but, yeah, that fits with your original point.

 

[Tosk]

I mean I never really thought of Willow as a 'franchise'.

I don't really like to call something an IP, so I went with franchise.

 

[Christopher]

I'd say Willow is technically a franchise because it's had content in more than one medium -- there was a novel sequel trilogy by Chris Claremont (from outlines by Lucas) and three video games, plus a board game. A minor franchise, but it fits the definition of a media franchise, which, per Wikipedia, is "a collection of related media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original creative work of fiction."