Disney’s Woke ‘Willow’ Reboot CANCELED After One Season
Willow went woke, now it won't be returning!
View Source | March 15, 2023 3:00 pm
- There will be no second season of Willow, Disney+’s live-action original series based on the 1988 fantasy film directed by Ron Howard. The news comes two months after the eight-episode first season of the show, which served as a sequel to the classic movie, ended its run on the streaming platform.
- “And hopefully, the way that it’s gonna happen is that these kinds of [queer] stories, particularly like this one, that were just organic to the narrative we were telling, find their way in, and it becomes less of a surprising and unusual thing to see,” a Willow writer told Polygon about the lesbian relationship at the series’ core.
- The cancellation also comes amid increased scrutiny at the media companies, including Disney, which have been curbing streaming content spending in search of profitability.
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