With important darling Atlanta in his rear-view mirror, Donald Glover will subsequent carry his writing abilities to bear for Disney+, writing the Lando collection he’ll be starring in, and he is bringing his brother Stephen alongside for the trip, Selection stories.
When information of the collection first hit, Pricey White Individuals creator Justin Simien was set to steer the mission, however he’s reportedly now not connected to it. As a substitute, Donald Glover and his brother Stephen shall be writing the collection. Along with his appearing and music careers, Donald Glover has beforehand written on reveals like 30 Rock and Atlanta, which he additionally created, in addition to the upcoming Prime Video collection Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Stephen Glover beforehand labored together with his brother on Atlanta. The deal for the brothers to work on Lando was reportedly reached earlier than the start of the writers’ strike.
“I’d like to play Lando once more,” Glover mentioned in a video interview with GQ journal earlier this yr. “It is a enjoyable time, being him. It simply needs to be the precise approach to do it. Time is treasured. The previous couple of years, this pandemic s**t, it actually had individuals expertise time… individuals understand their time is effective. It simply needs to be the precise factor, and I believe it may very well be. Lando is unquestionably any individual I like to hang around with.”
A collection centered on Star Wars character Lando Calrissian has been grinding across the rumor mill since Solo: A Star Wars Story hit theaters in 2019. Glover performs a youthful model of the character originated by Billy Dee Williams in 1980’s Empire Strikes Again as he meets Han Solo for the primary time. A present was introduced shortly after. Apparently, Billy Dee Williams was 43 when The Empire Strikes Again hit theaters. Glover is 39 proper now. Between the writers’ strike and the way lengthy reveals like these take to get made, he could now not technically be a youthful model of the character.
There may be presently no details about the manufacturing timeline for the Lando collection.
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