{"id":9119,"date":"2018-03-09T09:22:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T14:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/jon-favreau-write-executive-produce-new-live-action-star-wars-series\/"},"modified":"2018-03-09T11:56:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T16:56:41","slug":"jon-favreau-to-write-executive-produce-new-live-action-star-wars-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/jon-favreau-to-write-executive-produce-new-live-action-star-wars-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Favreau to Write, Executive Produce New Live-Action Star Wars Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emmy-nominated producer and actor Jon Favreau has signed on to executive produce and write a live-action<em>\u00a0Star Wars<\/em>\u00a0series for Disney\u2019s new direct-to-consumer platform.<\/p>\n<p>Favreau has played roles in both the\u00a0<em>Star Wars: The Clone Wars\u00a0<\/em>animated series and in the upcoming\u00a0<em>Solo: A Star Wars Story<\/em>. His collaborations with Disney extend back a decade, when he helped launch the Marvel Cinematic Universe as director of\u00a0<em>Iron Man<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Iron Man 2<\/em>\u00a0and as an executive producer of the\u00a0<em>Iron Man<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Avengers\u00a0<\/em>films for Marvel Studios. Favreau is currently in production on Disney\u2019s reimagining of\u00a0<em>The Lion King<\/em>, set for release in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The untitled\u00a0<em>Star Wars<\/em>\u00a0live-action series does not yet have a release date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more excited about Jon coming on board to produce and write for the new direct-to-consumer platform,\u201d said Lucasfilm&#8217;s president, Kathleen Kennedy. \u201cJon brings the perfect mix of producing and writing talent, combined with a fluency in the\u00a0<em>Star Wars\u00a0<\/em>universe. This series will allow Jon the chance to work with a diverse group of writers and directors and give Lucasfilm the opportunity to build a robust talent base.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Favreau commented: \u201cIf you told me at 11 years old that I would be getting to tell stories in the\u00a0<em>Star Wars<\/em>\u00a0universe, I wouldn\u2019t have believed you. I can\u2019t wait to embark upon this exciting adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmy-nominated producer and actor Jon Favreau has signed on to executive produce and write a live-action\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0series for Disney\u2019s new direct-to-consumer platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[2402,2403],"class_list":["post-9119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-jon-favreau","tag-star-wars","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jon Favreau to Write, Executive Produce New Live-Action Star Wars Series - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/jon-favreau-to-write-executive-produce-new-live-action-star-wars-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jon Favreau to Write, Executive Produce New Live-Action Star Wars Series - 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