One of the Star Wars saga’s most beloved characters is getting his own spinoff show on Disney Plus. As relayed by Variety‘s Joe Otterson on Thursday, a limited-run series about smuggler, gambler and Rebel Alliance general Lando Calrissian is currently in early development for the streaming service. The project was announced by Lucasfilm president Kathleen […]
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The Walt Disney Company announced on Thursday a supersized lineup of new shows and movies coming to Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ streaming platforms, and included in the some 50 new projects are an astonishing 10 new Star Wars spinoffs.
The announcement was made at the media giant s Investor Day and featured shareholders getting glimpses of never-before-seen footage of new shows, films and characters who will enter the Star Wars universe over the next few years.
New content making its way to the streamers includes a new series revolving around Star Wars favorites Lando Calrissian, Ahsoka Tano and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Obi-Wan Kenobi series will feature Ewan McGregor reprising his role from the most recent sequels and will include Hayden Christensen returning as Darth Vader, according to the head of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy.
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The Walt Disney Company announced a mammoth slate of titles to be released across its streaming platforms, including Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, on Thursday. Disney Chief Executive Officer Bob Chapek, Executive Chairman Bob Iger, and Senior Executive Vice President Christine McCarthy made the announcements on Thursday as part of their Investors Day programme. The targets include over a hundred original titles for Disney+ every year and up to 350 million subscribers by 2024.
Among the titles are live-action and animated projects, which are primarily sequels, prequels, spin-offs, and reboots based on Disney’s inventory of lucrative intellectual properties. Many of the projects emanate from the Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Some of these will be out in 2021.