‘Willow’ Trailer: Warwick Davis Returns for Disney+ Sequel Series (Video)
thewrap.comDisney+ released the first teaser trailer for Lucasfilm and Imagine Entertainment’s “Willow,” a new live-action fantasy adventure series that serves as a continuation of the classic 1988 feature film, at Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim on Thursday. “There is a story of a child, destined to be an empress,” the voiceover on the trailer begins. “And the unlikely hero who would protect her.”The story began in the Ron Howard-directed film with an aspiring magician (Warwick Davis) from a Nelwyn village and an infant girl destined to unite the realms, who together helped destroy an evil queen and banish the forces of darkness.
Now, in a magical world where brownies, sorcerers, trolls, and other mystical creatures flourish, the adventure continues, as an unlikely group of heroes set off on a dangerous quest to places far beyond their home, where they must face their inner demons and come together to save their world“There is a balance between all things: light and shadow, good and evil,” Davis, who will reprise his role as Willow Ufgood says. “When that balance is upset, the universe corrects.”A third voice tells the magician “The world needs you again.
It needs your magic.”“Willow” will feature a diverse international cast with Jonathan Kasdan, Ron Howard, Wendy Mericle, Kathleen Kennedy, and Michelle Rejwan serving as executive producers. “Willow” will premiere Nov.
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