New adventure trailer for Lucasfilm’s WILLOW series and Christian Slater joins the cast

During the big presentation of Lucasfilm at D23 Expo a new trailer for the upcoming fantasy series was revealed Willow, which serves as a sequel to Ron Howard’s classic film. I have a special place in my heart for that original movie and I was incredibly excited about this upcoming series! It looks like it will take the audience on an incredible magical and dangerous adventure.

It was also announced that Christian Slater he joined the series and when he talked about joining the franchise he said: “I love fantasy, science fiction, joining this show was, I’ll be honest with you, an absolute dream that came true. . How to work with [Warwick] it was great. [He’s] a legend. The whole cast seemed fantastic to me. Becoming part of this family was very exciting. This was a very funny character, surprisingly we had some improvisations, some improvisations and we came up with things on the spot which was a lot of fun. This was definitely a fun character, something I was really happy to do.

The series takes place years after the events of the original Willow movie. “Introduces entirely new characters to the enchanted realm of fairy queens and two-headed Eborsisk monsters, and welcomes her eponymous hero, Willow Ufgood, once again played by the matchless Warwick Davis. “

The series is also the protagonist Erin Kellyman (Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Hawk and the Winter Soldier), Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal animals), Ruby Cruz (Easttown mare), Tony Revolori (The Grand Hotel Budapest), Dempsey Bryk (Birch), Talisa Garcia (Serve and protect, Baptist), And game of Thrones actress Rosabell Laurenti salesmen.

The story revolves around a group on a mission to rescue a kidnapped prince. Members of this group include “Dove (Bamber), whose backstory is reminiscent of Willow’s from the film. Dove is an unassuming kitchen waitress who proves she is the” chosen one “as she embarks on the journey. She is joined by Kit, the princess. whose twin brother has been kidnapped. She is destined to become a leader and ultimately the queen. Kellyman plays Jade, a servant who is Kit’s best friend and moral compass. She is about to become the best young warrior in the kingdom. ” Sellers are said to play a resourceful character with a sharp and immature spirit.

The group also includes a character who is said to echo the character of Val Kilmer in the film. He is described as a thief and a liar and joins the search in exchange for being released from prison. That character will be played by Bryk.

Jonathan Kasdan (Solo) wrote the pilot episode and together will act as showrunner Wendy Mericle (Arrow). The epic fantasy adventure is set in an era of swords, sorcery, myths and monsters and is coming to Disney + on November 30th!