We sense some darkish magic afoot. Willow, the live-action fantasy journey collection primarily based on the 1988 cult movie, premiered on Disney+ November 30, 2022 and ran till January 2023. Nevertheless, simply two months after the primary season wrapped, Selection confirms the whimsical collection is not going to be again for a second season.
The collection balanced a “trendy sensibility” with a classical fantasy backdrop, happening some 20 years after the occasions of the unique movie. Warwick Davis reprised his position because the sorcerer Willow Ufgood, was joined by Ruby Cruz, Erin Kellyman, Ellie Bamber, Tony Revolori, Amar Chadha-Patel, Dempsey Bryk, and Joanne Whalley.
The official synopsis from Disney+ describes the collection as, “[Willow] started with an aspiring magician from a Nelwyn village and an toddler woman destined to unite the realms, who collectively helped destroy an evil queen and banish the forces of darkness. Now, in a magical world the place brownies, sorcerers, trolls, and different mystical creatures flourish, the journey continues, as an unlikely group of heroes set off on a harmful quest to locations far past their residence, the place they have to face their internal demons and are available collectively to avoid wasting their world.”
The explanations behind the cancellation are nonetheless a thriller to critics, however not essentially to viewers. Whereas Willow garnered an 83% important approval ranking on Rotten Tomatoes, the common viewers rating sits at a troubling 66%, simply 6 factors away from a “rotten” overview. Including to the opinion divide, critic Joshua Alston described the present as a, “good steadiness of reverence and irreverence is what instantly catapults ‘Willow’ to the higher echelon of Disney+ collection,” in a earlier overview,
Willow is government produced by Jonathan Kasdan, Ron Howard, Wendy Mericle, Kathleen Kennedy, and Michelle Rejwan. Visible results for Season 1 have been produced by plenty of studios together with ILM, Picture Engine, and SSVFX.
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