‘Willow’ Sequel Series Officially a Go at Disney Plus, Jon M. Chu to Direct

Peter White Television EditorConnor Schell, ESPN’s content boss, has confirmed that he is leaving the Disney-owned sports network to set up his own independent production company.Schell, one of the architects of the broadcaster’s 30 for 30 documentary strand and exec producer on Michael Jordan series The Last Dance and OJ: Made In America, will leave the business on January 8.Separately, Jodi Markley, Executive Vice President, Content Operations & Creative Services, is retiring and will step

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorESPN is divvying up responsibilities for content in the wake of senior executive Connor Schell’s decision to leave the sports-media giant to start his own production company.Burke Magnus has long been the ESPN executive who makes sure the sports-media giant always has access to games from the big leagues.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorConnor Schell, the ESPN executive who oversees all of its content, ranging from “Monday Night Football” to “SportsCenter” to the documentary program “30 For 30,” will leave the sports-media giant by the end of the year, according to a person familiar with the matter.The split is said to be related to Schell’s desire to pursue other ventures, this person said.

It may come as a surprise to modern audiences, but back in the day, not every popular movie got a sequel. John Hughes‘s classic “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” was a hit when it was released in 1986, but despite getting spun-off into a TV show, it never got a proper sequel.

Culver City based mobile games developer Jam City will be an official polling center on Monday for early voting and ballot drop-off, as well as a socially distanced polling event. The corporate headquarters will be open from 10 a.m.

Maurice Segal, a publicity and advertising executive who supervised campaigns for such classic films as Some Like It Hot, The Misfits, The Apartment, West Side Story and The Boys in the Band, has died. He was 99.

Warwick Davis will reprise his role in a sequel series to the George Lucas film Willow, Disney has confirmed.

statement, Chu said: ‘Growing up in the 80s, Willow has had a profound effect on me.‘The story of the bravest heroes in the least likely places allowed me, an Asian-American kid growing up in a Chinese restaurant looking to go to Hollywood, to believe in the power of our own will, determination and of course, inner magic.‘So the fact that I get to work with my heroes from Kathleen Kennedy to Ron Howard is bigger than a dream come-true.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterFollowing the news Deadline broke that he was the front-runner for the role, 20th Century Studios executive Jeremy Kramer has officially been appointed president of Paramount Players. Kramer, who will report to his former Fox colleague and now Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Group President Emma Watts, begins his new position effective immediately.Paramount confirmed the scoop Tuesday.

The Willow sequel series is officially coming to Disney+!

Also Read: 11 New Fall TV Shows Ranked by Premiere Viewers, From 'Supermarket Sweep' to 'Weakest Link' (Photos)Ramras, Davidson and Dorf will serve as co-showrunners on the limited series. Additional executive producers include Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum, and Brittney Segal for Gloria Sanchez Productions and Bell.

Also Read: Ron Howard in 'Serious Discussions' for 'Willow' Sequel Series at Disney+“Growing up in the ’80s, ‘Willow’ has had a profound effect on me,” Chu said in a statement. “The story of the bravest heroes in the least likely places allowed me, an Asian-American kid growing up in a Chinese restaurant looking to go to Hollywood, to believe in the power of our own will, determination and of course, inner magic.

Willow Ufgood is making a comeback.

We’ve been talking about a new “Willow” project for over two years now. What started as talk about a sequel film morphed into discussions about a TV series, but time after time, there was nothing confirmed.

Peter White Television EditorThe Willow television adaptation has been handed a series order at Disney+.Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M.

Last month, ABC announced it was picking up “Rebel”, a new series inspired by activist Erin Brockovich and starring Katey Sagal.

Silence of the Lambs sequel series, titled Clarice, has confirmed a number of plot details.Executive producer Alex Kurtzman has explained how the show will not be a procedural, focusing instead on one single serialised story that follows Clarice Starling in the aftermath of the Oscar-winning film’s events.“I’ll tell what we didn’t want [the TV series] to be.