Earlier this yr, Willow, Disney+’s pricy sequel collection to Ron Howard’s 1988 fantasy movie, grew to become one of many 50 unfortunate titles faraway from Disney+ months after launch. The determination impressed an array of takes, comparable to creator Jonathan Kasdan’s complicated admission that he’s “kinda into” making the present tougher to see. The remainder of us, nonetheless, weren’t so impressed. In truth, one Willow star, maybe crucial Willow star, discovered the choice “#embarrassing.”
Over the weekend, Warwick Davis, who performs the titular sorcerer within the movie and collection, tweeted in regards to the awkward place the Mouse House put him in. “I meet pretty folks every day who’re followers of Willow, who’re the explanation the Disney+ collection was made,” Davis tweeted (or X’d, or no matter you wish to name it—so long as you name us “Ray,” “J,” or “Ray J”). “Please inform me [Walt Disney Company], what do I say to those subscribers after they ask why they’ll’t watch the collection any extra? #embarrassing.”
As of this reporting, the Walt Disney Company has but to answer to Davis. Not even with a sweating smiley face emoji. Moreover, why are we placing a real blue legend like Davis via this? The world might by no means know.
Like each different studio that foolishly stumbled into the streaming enterprise 10 years late, solely to seek out, yup, no cash there, Disney spent $30 billion constructing Disney+’s choices with authentic works, with the best profile releases being stabs at I.P. extension—Star Wars reveals, Marvel reveals, Turner And Hooch reveals. Still, lower than a yr after Willow and fellow sequel collection Mighty Ducks: Game Changers have been launched, Disney scaled again its choices to safe the ever-elusive tax write-down. Of course, the elimination of those titles didn’t include a bodily launch or a platform change, taking these titles out of circulation indefinitely, which is what Kasdan was “kinda into.” For the remainder of us, those that most likely don’t have episodes of Willow on our arduous drives, we’re left with a Willow-less world the place solely the unique film survives. Maybe, someday, the Willow collection can take its spot on the Island of Misfit Streaming reveals: The Roku Channel.
