Official Teaser: Disney+’s “Willow”

While Lucasfilm and Ron Howard’s fantasy feature Willow didn’t exactly set the box office on fire when it released back in the 1980s, in the years after it became something of a cult hit, with its legions of fans clamoring for a follow-up of some sort. And seizing the opportunity, Disney greenlit a series for their streaming platform, which they have now released a teaser for.

Warwick Davis is back in the lead role and he’s since become the great sorcerer he hoped to become. The show will see a trio of young women on a journey to find Willow to recruit him in an effort to save the princess’ twin brother. Notable, Joanne Whalley is returning for the series, reprising her role of Sorsha from the original film. Val Kilmer is also sai to have a “presence” in the action, though how he’ll appear is currently up in the air.

They’ll be joined by an impressinve supporting cast that includes Erin Kellyman, Ellie Bamber, Tony Revolori (Sony’s Spider-Man franchise), Ruby Cruz, Amer Chadha-Patel, Dempsey Bryk and Talisa Garcia co-star. Willow will debut exclusively on Disney+ on November 30th.