Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian in ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story.’ Photo courtesy of Lucasfilm.
Donald Glover is just not fairly completed with Lando Calrissian. Above the Line has realized that the actor, alongside together with his brother Stephen Glover has signed on to jot down for the ‘Star Wars’ ‘Lando’ collection for Disney+. Glover beforehand stepped into the function of a younger Lando Calrissian in 2018’s ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story,’ directed by Ron Howard.
He opened up about his expertise in taking part in the enduring character and his curiosity in reprising the function in an interview with GQ (through Deadline) in April:
“I would love to play Lando again. It’s a fun time, being him. It just has to be the right way to do it. Time is precious. The past couple of years, this pandemic shit, it really had people experience time… People realize their time is valuable. You only get so much. I’m not interested in doing anything that’s going to be a waste of my time or just a paycheck. I’d much rather spend time with people that I enjoy. It just has to be the right thing, and I think it could be. Lando is definitely somebody I like to hang out with,”
Glover and his brother Stephen Glover will write the collection collectively, with the intention that Donald shall be reprising his function because the titular character. Their deal was signed earlier than the WGA strike.
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Justin Simien Was Originally Attached To The Project
(L to R) Owen Wilson as Father Kent and Director Justin Simien on the set of Disney’s live-action ‘Haunted Mansion.’ Photo by Chuck Zlotnik. © 2023 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Originally, ‘Haunted Mansion’ director Justin Simien was hooked up to the challenge. It was introduced in December 2020 throughout Disney Investor Day by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. However, when requested about whether or not he was nonetheless concerned with the challenge by THR, Simien mentioned:
“I am attached, I think, but I don’t really know. (Laughs.) The last thing I was told was that they loved it but needed to put a pin in it until they could figure out everybody’s availability. I haven’t investigated further, but I’m not an idiot. I’m not alone in that experience. But I can’t help but wonder, ‘Am I too Black? Am I too queer? And people just don’t want to say that?’ Because it seems like I develop things with these companies and they just never happen for reasons unknown.”
It seems that Simien has departed from the challenge since final summer season as he centered on directing ‘Haunted Mansion’. Lucasfilm then reached out to the Glover siblings to convey them on board. The Glover brothers have been very long time collaborators, engaged on exhibits reminiscent of ‘Atlanta’ and ‘Swarm.’
The function of Lando Calrissian was initially performed by Billy Dee Williams in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ and ‘Return of the Jedi.’ Donald Glover stepped into the function of a youthful Lando Calrissian alongside Alden Ehrenreich’s younger Han Solo and Emilia Clarke’s Qi-ra in Ron Howard’s ‘Solo’.
Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian in ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story.’ Photo courtesy of Lucasfilm.
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