“It’s not even a show,” the three-time Atlanta Emmy nominee revealed in an episode of Pablo Torre Finds Out podcast. “The idea right now is to do a movie. … Right now because of the strike, it’s like [a game of] telephone.”
Donald Glover’s younger take on the galaxy’s notable gambler and double-crosser first appeared in Solo: A Star Wars Story. The 2018 movie bombed with a global gross of $392.9M, but the pic’s release was preceded by news of its change in filmmakers, going from fan faves Phil Lord and Christopher Miller to Ron Howard. Despite the pic misfiring, Glover’s Lando — played by Billy Dee Williams in the first two Star Wars sequels and 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker — was a hit with fans.
It was announced at a Disney investor day back in December 2020 that Lando would become a Disney+ series. It was also recently announced that Disney+ would be making less product for its pipeline, thus spacing out programming.
The original character of Lando Calrissian was made famous by Billy Dee Williams who first appeared as the character in the 1980 movie, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Williams reprised the role in 1983’s Return of the Jedi and 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Because Lando will no longer be a television series, but a feature film, MySeries will no longer pay attention to this title. After all, our website only deals with news focused on the small screen. If Lando becomes a television series again, we will keep an eye on the news about this title and you can read about it here.
Below you can watch the fragment of the Pablo Torre Finds Out podcast in which Stephen Glover makes his statements.
PTFO SOURCES: The new Star Wars show about Lando Calrissian — made by Donald Glover and @Steve_G_Lover — is not supposed to be a show.
— Pablo Torre Finds Out (@pablofindsout) September 14, 2023
It's a movie.
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