Ron Howard Spills Details About Potential Willow Sequel Series
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While we here at Paste constantly find ourselves battling reboot fatigue (an inevitable symptom of Hollywood’s risk-averse project choices), occasionally we are delighted and intrigued by the resurrection of an old story. Case in point: the possible Willow TV series coming to Disney+.
For those of you unfamiliar with Ron Howard’s cult-classic fantasy film, it follows Warwick Davis as the titular character, a hardworking Nelwyn and aspiring sorcerer. Willow finds himself thrown in the midst of a prophecy, as he must protect the baby Elora Danan, who is destined to overthrow the evil Queen Bavmorda. Along the way, he teams up with the great swordsman Madmartigan (Val Kilmer in all his glory) and crosses paths with Bavmorda’s fearsome daughter, Sorsha (Joanne Whalley).
Howard has now revealed that Disney+ is in talks to bring a Willow sequel to the small screen. The Academy Award winner explained on MTV’s Happy Sad Confused podcast: