Enlarge / Jon Favreau at Comic-Con in 2012. (credit: Genevieve on Flickr via Creative Commons)
Jon Favreau, director of Iron Man and the live-action The Jungle Book film, has been selected by Disney to executive produce and write a live-action Star Wars TV series for Disney’s upcoming streaming video service, according to a blog post on the Star Wars website.
Disney announced a live-action Star Wars series for its streaming service alongside its announcement of Rian Johnson’s new Star Wars movie trilogy in November of 2017, but no details were included then. It’s not the only big project coming to that platform; Disney also plans a live-action Marvel TV series and a reboot of The Muppets.
Disney hasn’t said exactly when the new streaming service will launch, but CEO Bob Iger said on an earnings call last year that the Star Wars series would likely premiere after 2020—though the announcement posted today specifically says the “series does not yet have a release date.” In the meantime, Disney has made plans to pull content like other Marvel and Star Wars movies from Netflix in 2019 to pave the way for this new service.
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Source: Ars Technica – Iron Man director Jon Favreau will helm Disney’s live-action Star Wars TV series