Tag: Willow
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Why ‘Willow’ Deserves a Season 2
While Willow is a beloved fantasy classic for many viewers of a certain generation, it didn’t exactly light the world on fire in the same way that Lucasfilm’s Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises did. Although George Lucas’ mystical Willow universe was set up for future installments, the prospect of a continuation seemed like a…
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Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Jenna Coleman star in Anton’s UK-set action thriller ‘Jackdaw’
A first-look image has also been released.UK outfit Anton has released a first-look image of action thriller Jackdaw, starring Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jenna Coleman, and will launch the feature at the upcoming EFM.It marks the debut feature of writer-director Jamie Childs, whose TV credits include Disney+’s Willow, Netflix’s The Sandman and BBC/HBO adaptation His Dark…
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Let Genre TV Use Modern Music
1899 and Willow were both released in the last months of 2022, and you’d be forgiven for thinking that’s where their similarities end. The two shows are wildly different in tone, style, and appearance. 1899 is a dramatic period-piece-turned-science-fiction-thriller, filled with surreal visuals and vague mysteries about the nature of the steamship the show takes…
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![Willow Showrunner Jon Kasdan Wanted To Balance Humor And Horror In The Season Finale [Exclusive Interview]](https://movieposters2.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/654774-b.jpg)
Willow Showrunner Jon Kasdan Wanted To Balance Humor And Horror In The Season Finale [Exclusive Interview]
In today’s slightly-terrifying new era of Peak TV, it can be harder than ever for a fully realized project to see the light of day. Even without Hollywood’s new habit of culling their most promising shows, there’s still so much that can work against a new series — especially for Lucasfilm’s latest, “Willow.”The legacy sequel…
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Why Jonathan Kasdan Wanted A 20-Year Time Gap Between Willow And Its Sequel Series
“Willow” is one of the latest episodic adventures to release on Disney+ and it follows a band of heroes as they embark upon an epic quest to rescue a princely dude in distress. There’s, uh, not really a male equivalent to that particular traditional phrase, so “dude in distress” is just going to have to…
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Willow Review: Warwick Davis & Val Kilmer Give This Fantasy True Heart
There is something uniquely strange, for better and worse, about revisiting the 1988 fantasy adventure film Willow. It is one of those films that has an air of nostalgia around it for its effects and designs. They capture a different era that hadn’t yet fully taken the plunge into CGI spectacle. However, even as Willow…
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How to Watch the New Willow Series
The world of film has changed a lot in the past 30 years or so. In 1988, millions flocked to their local theaters to watch the likes of Tim Burton’s gothic comedy Beetlejuice, David Zucker’s hilariously timeless The Naked Gun, or the incomparably moving Rain Man by Barry Levinson. These films and many more make…
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Willow Teaser: If You Don’t Die, One Day You May Truly Live
While Devery Jacobs has been doing a spectacular job on FX and Hulu’s “Reservation Dogs,” which is currently preparing their third season, she will no longer be the only Elora Danan on modern television in a month’s time. Soon, Disney+ will bring fans of Ron Howard and George Lucas’ 1988 film “Willow” back to the…
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Willow Trailer Breakdown: The Magical Cult Classic Returns
Since Prime Video has The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Netflix has The Witcher, and HBO has House of the Dragon, it was only a matter of time before Disney+ entered the high fantasy streaming competition. This fall will see the debut of Willow, the long-anticipated sequel series to the 1988 film…
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![Animation Pioneer Phil Tippett On His 30-Year Quest To Bring Mad God To The Screen [Interview]](https://movieposters2.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/633977-b.jpg)
Animation Pioneer Phil Tippett On His 30-Year Quest To Bring Mad God To The Screen [Interview]
From co-developing the go motion process that brought the dreaded Imperial Walkers to life in “The Empire Strikes Back” to supervising the creation of the groundbreaking digital dinosaurs in Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park,” Phil Tippett, now 70, has spent over four decades on the cutting edge of visual effects and animation. Tippett’s resume reads like…