Will There Be a Lando Calrissian Star Wars Spinoff Movie?

2018’s “Solo: A Star Wars Story” could not have completed too properly on the field workplace, however one enduring spotlight from it’s Donald Glover’s efficiency as Lando Calrissian. The sleek-talking, cape-wearing smuggler effortlessly stole each scene he was in, which is why conversations a few Lando-focused spinoff have been swirling for years.

In December 2020, Disney introduced {that a} collection centered round Lando was within the works with “Haunted Mansion” director Justin Simien as showrunner. Nevertheless, Simien wound up exiting the venture and Donald and his brother, Stephen Glover, took over, per The Hollywood Reporter. Throughout a Sept. 14 look on the podcast “Pablo Torre Finds Out,” Stephen revealed that the venture is now a film being made in partnership with Lucasfilm. “It isn’t even a present . . . the concept proper now’s to do a film. Proper now, due to the strike, it is type of like phone, the entire data,” he mentioned. Reps for Lucasfilm didn’t instantly reply to POPSUGAR’s request for remark.

Donald briefly mentioned the venture in an April interview with GQ, although remained evasive about its standing. “I’d like to play Lando once more. It is a enjoyable time, being him. It simply needs to be the fitting strategy to do it. Time is treasured. The previous couple of years, this pandemic sh*t, it actually had individuals expertise time . . . Folks notice their time is effective. You solely get a lot. I am not inquisitive about doing something that is going to be a waste of my time or only a paycheck,” he mentioned. “I might a lot moderately spend time with those who I take pleasure in. It simply needs to be the fitting factor, and I believe it might be. Lando is certainly someone I like to hang around with.”

Whereas we possible will not see Donald in all his caped glory for fairly some time, particularly given the continued SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, you possibly can all the time journey again 40 years in the past to Billy Dee Williams’s unique tackle the character in “The Empire Strikes Again” and “Return of the Jedi” for extra Lando content material. Donald has additionally saved busy within the years since debuting as Lando, engaged on all the things from “Atlanta” and “Swarm” to a forthcoming remake of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.”