Donald Glover is one of the busiest artists in Hollywood at the moment, yet he’s finding time to work on a Lando Calrissian-led Star Wars movie born from the scrapped Disney+ series announced ages ago.
We learned about the project’s transition last year, and while Disney and Lucasfilm’s most pressing movie plans for the franchise include a Mandalorian & Grogu movie, a Rey-centric sequel to Episode IX, and a ‘Dawn of the Jedi’ type of epic, there are many more theatrical projects floating around. Chances are most of them won’t see the light of day, but it appears that Glover is committed to making the Lando movie sooner or later.
While talking to The Hollywood Reporter about the state of his career and the Mr. & Mrs. Smith Prime Video series he co-stars in alongside Maya Erskine, he was asked about why and how he’s approaching the long-in-the-works Lando spinoff, and his answer wasn’t as simple or timid as you’d expect. “I said yes because I like the characters and my kids love Star Wars,” Glover said, “I feel like I have enough control. And maybe you get painted as a control freak, but it’s like, yeah, control allows for the vision to be singular. And if the vision is singular, people want it more.”
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