Willow TV series on the Disney +

[valkyrie013]

https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/2/1...-jon-kasdan-lucasfilm-discussions-development

So, Much to my happiness.. Seems to be a Willow tv series heading to Disney +! According to the news, it will be a continueation of the movie, So likely see Warrwick Davis! Woo!

Now the others.. See, in the 90's Lucas released a trilogy book series as a sequal to Willow, and in that book series, (Spoilers to a 20 year old book series follows) it is set about 20 years latter, following the adventures of Elora, and Willow.. the other characters are all gone. Now I would like to see Val Kilmer,( who has health issues it seems) and Joanne Whailey ( who done a great nun in Daredevil season 3.. yes that was her)
but I don't know how to show them..
I liked the book trilogy alot ( though it is quite aways back in my time and can't remember much)
Looking forward to this! How about ya'll? ready for a family freindly Game of Thrones?

EDIT:
book series name:
Lucas outlined the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy to follow the film and hired comic book writer/novelist Chris Claremont to adapt them into a series of books. They take place about fifteen years after the original film and feature the teenage Elora Danan as a central character.

1. Shadow Moon (1995)
2. Shadow Dawn (1996)
3. Shadow Star (2000)

 

[JD]

The movie isn't one of my all time favorites, but I enjoy it enough to be looking forward to this.
It will be interesting to see who else from the original comes back.
I'm thinking they'll probably just ignore the books at this point, I don't think most people even know they exist.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Hmm...

I'm not sure there's much of an audience for a Willow series; when the film was released (1988), Lucas was arguably as important as a writer/producer as he had ever been, but the film still failed to be his next big thing, which said something about its appeal. Aside from fan nostalgia, will there be anyone really thirsting for a Willow series?

 

[Infern0]

Hmm...

I'm not sure there's much of an audience for a Willow series; when the film was released (1988), Lucas was arguably as important as a writer/producer as he had ever been, but the film still failed to be his next big thing, which said something about its appeal. Aside from fan nostalgia, will there be anyone really thirsting for a Willow series?

Is anyone thirsting for half of the trash they put on our screens?

 

[Jayson1]

For a moment I thought we were getting another "Buffy" spin-off. This new thing sounds okay but I would have liked my mistake even better.

Jason

 

[EmoBorg]

Who could star as the lead in this show, i wonder.

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

Aside from fan nostalgia, will there be anyone really thirsting for a Willow series?

Willow is my favourite fantasy movie. I'm super excited for this, beyond nostalgia. I also hate Lord of the Rings, so, I'm definitely a minority with my fantasy opinions (though I know not alone).

Granted, Kilmer made the movie for me and his health issues mean I can't see him coming back, but I think it can still find a way without him.

And now the theme is stuck in my head again. Nice.

 

[valkyrie013]

I'm kinda hoping for a family freindly Game of thrones.. Its Disney so no sex, or blood baths.. just a good fantasy adventure that kids can enjoy.. Way to little for kids 10 and under to watch mainstream.. Why I was irritated with Disco Season 1 with the language and klingon nudity.. If you don't need gore/nudity/language to make the story.. don't arbatraraly use it just to get some token points somewhere.. ( not that I'ma prude.. I do enjoy those things, but what on tv these days is safe for the under 10..?)

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Is anyone thirsting for half of the trash they put on our screens?

Well, you have a point there...

Willow is my favourite fantasy movie. I'm super excited for this, beyond nostalgia. I also hate Lord of the Rings, so, I'm definitely a minority with my fantasy opinions (though I know not alone).

Wow. This is the first time I ever read anyone liking Willow, but disliking LOTR (I assume you mean the Peter Jackson adaptations).

After reading the link, I would think adapting the novel sequels would be the best course (some say the novels are better than the film), but the article pretty much guarantees Disney/Lucasfilm will go in another direction.

 

[Relayer1]

I have never seen it. It has a pretty low profile and looks rather suspect - was it a hit at the time ?

 

[Infern0]

I have never seen it. It has a pretty low profile and looks rather suspect - was it a hit at the time ?

It's more of a cult classic, I find it to be a very enjoyable fantasy movie, especially for the time

 

[Reverend]

I'm actually glad they're considering going with a series instead of the movie for this. Much more breathing room for the kind of world building the movie only hinted at and the technology is now in a place that they can actually do it justice.

I'm curious if they're going to bother following the books or not since they're such a departure from what the movie established that they may as well have been entirely their own thing. "Willow" doesn't even go by his own name and he and Elora are pretty much the only returning characters.

Spoiler: a bunch of quarter century old tie-in novels that practically nobody remembers

The books are essentially an alternate timeline, created when Elora Dannan's evil future self came back and nuked almost everyone from the movie.

I have never seen it. It has a pretty low profile and looks rather suspect - was it a hit at the time ?

I'd call it an underappreciated gem. I was very young when it came out but from what I recall most of the fuss surrounding it at the time was about the special effects (kinda started the "morph effect" craze that seemed to be in every other effects movie for the next decade.)

I have a lot of affection for it, so it's hard to give an objective recommendation, but I will say that it seems to work well as a fairy-tale fantasy adventure movie but was more 'Indiana Jones' or 'Star Wars' than 'Legend' or 'Excalibur'. It's also about as close as anyone got to making a Tolkien movie before Peter Jackson actually pulled it off and has aged much better than most of it's fellow 80's fantasy movies.

 

[Jayson1]

I'm actually glad they're considering going with a series instead of the movie for this. Much more breathing room for the kind of world building the movie only hinted at and the technology is now in a place that they can actually do it justice.

I'm curious if they're going to bother following the books or not since they're such a departure from what the movie established that they may as well have been entirely their own thing. "Willow" doesn't even go by his own name and he and Elora are pretty much the only returning characters.

Spoiler: a bunch of quarter century old tie-in novels that practically nobody remembers

The books are essentially an alternate timeline, created when Elora Dannan's evil future self came back and nuked almost everyone from the movie.

I'd call it an underappreciated gem. I was very young when it came out but from what I recall most of the fuss surrounding it at the time was about the special effects (kinda started the "morph effect" craze that seemed to be in every other effects movie for the next decade.)

I have a lot of affection for it, so it's hard to give an objective recommendation, but I will say that it seems to work well as a fairy-tale fantasy adventure movie but was more 'Indiana Jones' or 'Star Wars' than 'Legend' or 'Excalibur'. It's also about as close as anyone got to making a Tolkien movie before Peter Jackson actually pulled it off and has aged much better than most of it's fellow 80's fantasy movies.

Not counting "The Neverending Story" or course.


Jason

 

[Reverend]

Not counting "The Neverending Story" or course.


Jason

I don't really class 'The Neverending Story' as Tolkienesque. Even without the real world grounded meta-narrative it's closer to folk tail than fantasy adventure. As for how well it's aged...again the real world portion unavoidably makes it very 80's, so it's always going to lack the timeless quality of 'Willow'.

 

[JD]

Who could star as the lead in this show, i wonder.

They've already said that Warwick Davis is coming back, so I'm assuming it's going to be him. Although I guess there's always a chance they could pull a Star Wars, and have in a supporting mentor role.

 

[DrCorby]

I'm curious if they're going to bother following the books or not since they're such a departure from what the movie established that they may as well have been entirely their own thing. "Willow" doesn't even go by his own name and he and Elora are pretty much the only returning characters.

Spoiler: a bunch of quarter century old tie-in novels that practically nobody remembers

The books are essentially an alternate timeline, created when Elora Dannan's evil future self came back and nuked almost everyone from the movie.

Sounds like classic Claremont story elements. I loved a lot of his run on the X-Men comic, but it did sometimes get amazingly convoluted!

I have never seen it. It has a pretty low profile and looks rather suspect - was it a hit at the time ?

I'd call it an underappreciated gem. I was very young when it came out but from what I recall most of the fuss surrounding it at the time was about the special effects (kinda started the "morph effect" craze that seemed to be in every other effects movie for the next decade.)

I have a lot of affection for it, so it's hard to give an objective recommendation, but I will say that it seems to work well as a fairy-tale fantasy adventure movie but was more 'Indiana Jones' or 'Star Wars' than 'Legend' or 'Excalibur'. It's also about as close as anyone got to making a Tolkien movie before Peter Jackson actually pulled it off and has aged much better than most of it's fellow 80's fantasy movies.

I saw it when it came out, and was completely underwhelmed. My wife, however, loved it. It felt (to me) like it was trying too hard to hit all the fantasy tropes: selfish rogue who eventually discovers his heroic side; tough woman warrior who just needs the right man to discover her softer side while also fighting for right alongside him; member of a diminutive race who has a world-saving quest thrust upon him; monumentally annoying critters tagging along, allegedly for comic relief, but mostly to amuse the 5-year olds.

Ron Howard directed, and it looked great, but the story felt cliched to me, verging on LotR (or Shannarra) wanna-be. I hope the TV series can take it in more original directions. But please, lose the Brownies...

 

[Tosk]

I'm down for a Willow show, big time. I always liked the film. And having no Madmartigan or Sorsha wouldn't bother me, WIllow is the only one you really need to justify the title...unless they change it to something else, and then you don't need him either.

 

[crookeddy]

There was a Willow arcade game near a place I lived. It was likely an awful game, but it was my first ever side scroller, and I will never ever forget it.