Last year, Ron Howard had mentioned that he’s got an idea for a sequel to his 1988 fantasy adventure film Willow, and Warwick Davis had noted not long after Howard made his comments that Solo writer Jon Kasdan was hungry to get the project off the ground. What’s the latest on all that? Well, it looks like we may see a TV series rather than a new movie!
Speaking with MTV’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, Howard teased the potential project.
“There are some really serious discussions going on with Jon Kasdan, who was one of the writers of Solo, who kept hounding me about Willow the whole time we were shooting and also hounding Kathy Kennedy,” Howard told the podcast. “We’re in discussions about developing a Willow television show for the Disney+. And I think it’d be a great way to go. In fact, George [Lucas] always talked about the possibility of a Willow series, and it’d be great and more intimate, and built around that character and some of the others.”
He added, “Jon Kasdan has, I think, an inspired take on it and it could be really, really cool.”
Howard also expressed that he’d like for Warwick Davis to return as a “more mature Willow.”
Hat tip to Slash Film for the scoop!