Streaming mouse house Disney+ has dropped a behind the scenes featurette for the third season of The Mandalorian, along with new poster art. The creative team Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Rick Famuyiwa comment on the success of the show and hint at what’s to come.
The hit live-action SF series from Lucasfilm, will begin March 1.
The series follows the journey of the titular character Din Djarin, the Mandalorian, and Grogu (aka Baby Yoda) as they continue their travels through the Star Wars galaxy.
The Season 3 cast includes Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff, Carl Weathers, Amy Sedaris, Emily Swallow and Giancarlo Esposito. The directors of the eight-episode season include Rick Famuyiwa, Rachel Morrison, Lee Isaac Chung, Carl Weathers, Peter Ramsey and Bryce Dallas Howard.
Star Wars: Visions Season 2 launch date
In related news, the Disney+ and Lucasfilm have confirmed that the second season of animated anthology series Star Wars: Visions will premiere on May 4, 2023. The collection will feature nine new shorts from various studios, and showcase a wide variety of animation styles.
The shorts included in Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 have been created by El Guiri (Spain), Cartoon Saloon (Ireland), Punkrobot (Chile), Aardman (United Kingdom), Studio Mir (South Korea) Studio La Cachette (France), 88 Pictures (India), D’art Shtajio (Japan), and Triggerfish (South Africa). D’Art Shtajio’s short was created in collaboration with Lucasfilm. (United States).
“The reaction to the first volume blew us away. We were delighted that this project inspired and resonated with so many people,” says James Waugh, Star Wars: Visions executive producer and Senior Vice President Franchise Content & Strategy at Lucasfilm.
“We always saw Star Wars: Visions as a framework for celebratory expressions of the franchise from some of the best creators working today. Animation is in a global renaissance, and we’re constantly staggered by the amount of creativity pushing the medium forward. With Volume 1, the imaginative minds of Japan’s anime industry were on full display. With Volume 2, we expanded our canvas to take audiences on a global tour of some of the most talented creators from around the world. We’re so proud to be able to reveal the line-up of studios we’ve assembled. Every short is incredible, full of heart, scope, imagination, and the values that make stories distinctly Star Wars all while opening up bold new ways of seeing what a Star Wars story can be.”
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Streaming mouse house Disney+ has dropped a behind the scenes featurette for the third season of The Mandalorian, along with new poster art. The creative team Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Rick Famuyiwa comment on the success of the show and hint at what’s to come.
The hit live-action SF series from Lucasfilm, will begin March 1.
The series follows the journey of the titular character Din Djarin, the Mandalorian, and Grogu (aka Baby Yoda) as they continue their travels through the Star Wars galaxy.
The Season 3 cast includes Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff, Carl Weathers, Amy Sedaris, Emily Swallow and Giancarlo Esposito. The directors of the eight-episode season include Rick Famuyiwa, Rachel Morrison, Lee Isaac Chung, Carl Weathers, Peter Ramsey and Bryce Dallas Howard.
Star Wars: Visions Season 2 launch date
In related news, the Disney+ and Lucasfilm have confirmed that the second season of animated anthology series Star Wars: Visions will premiere on May 4, 2023. The collection will feature nine new shorts from various studios, and showcase a wide variety of animation styles.
The shorts included in Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 have been created by El Guiri (Spain), Cartoon Saloon (Ireland), Punkrobot (Chile), Aardman (United Kingdom), Studio Mir (South Korea) Studio La Cachette (France), 88 Pictures (India), D’art Shtajio (Japan), and Triggerfish (South Africa). D’Art Shtajio’s short was created in collaboration with Lucasfilm. (United States).
“The reaction to the first volume blew us away. We were delighted that this project inspired and resonated with so many people,” says James Waugh, Star Wars: Visions executive producer and Senior Vice President Franchise Content & Strategy at Lucasfilm.
“We always saw Star Wars: Visions as a framework for celebratory expressions of the franchise from some of the best creators working today. Animation is in a global renaissance, and we’re constantly staggered by the amount of creativity pushing the medium forward. With Volume 1, the imaginative minds of Japan’s anime industry were on full display. With Volume 2, we expanded our canvas to take audiences on a global tour of some of the most talented creators from around the world. We’re so proud to be able to reveal the line-up of studios we’ve assembled. Every short is incredible, full of heart, scope, imagination, and the values that make stories distinctly Star Wars all while opening up bold new ways of seeing what a Star Wars story can be.”
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