{"id":43363,"date":"2024-01-09T18:16:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T17:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1957137"},"modified":"2024-01-09T19:48:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T18:48:21","slug":"the-mandalorian-and-grogu-movie-confirmed-with-director-jon-favreau","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-movie-confirmed-with-director-jon-favreau\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mandalorian and Grogu movie confirmed with director Jon Favreau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> This is not a drill! <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Louise Griffin\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 09 January 2024 at 17:16 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/mandalorian-season-4-release-date-disney-plus\/\">Mandalorian<\/a>\u2018s Din Djarin and Grogu are officially heading for the big screen in a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/how-to-watch-the-star-wars-movies-in-the-right-order\/\">Star Wars<\/a>\u00a0movie coming from director Jon Favreau!<\/p>\n<p>Following the third (and divisive) season of the wildly popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/new-on-disney-plus-uk\/\">Disney Plus<\/a> series, it seems the pair\u2019s adventures are going to continue in a big way. What\u2019s more, the film is going into production this year.<\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"\u201cI have loved telling stories set in the rich world that George Lucas created,\u201d said Favreau. \u201cThe prospect of bringing the Mandalorian and his apprentice Grogu to the big screen is extremely exciting.\u201d\">\u201cI have loved telling stories set in the rich world that George Lucas created,\u201d said Favreau. \u201cThe prospect of bringing the Mandalorian and his apprentice Grogu to the big screen is extremely exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"&quot;Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni have ushered into Star Wars two new and beloved characters, and this new story is a perfect fit for the big screen,&quot; added Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm.\">\u201cJon Favreau and Dave Filoni have ushered into\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0two new and beloved characters, and this new story is a perfect fit for the big screen,\u201d added Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Mandalorian and Grogu are headed to the big screen.<br\/><br\/>Directed by Jon Favreau, and produced by Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, and Dave Filoni,\u00a0The Mandalorian &amp; Grogu\u00a0will go into production later this year.<br\/><br\/>This is the Way.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LMRjrje9Dw\">https:\/\/t.co\/LMRjrje9Dw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mLYSmUaV2k\">pic.twitter.com\/mLYSmUaV2k<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Star Wars (@starwars) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/starwars\/status\/1744764084690817219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>There\u2019s no word yet on casting and whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/pedro-pascal-sci-fi-comment\/\">Pedro Pascal<\/a> will return as Din Djarin, but here\u2019s hoping we\u2019ll see some familiar faces back on screen.<\/p>\n<p>Favreau previously confirmed that he had written a fourth season of The Mandalorian, saying that Ahsoka had informed his script. However, the season hasn\u2019t been officially confirmed by Lucasfilm.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after an array of Star Wars movies were announced last year at Star Wars Celebration, with Kennedy confirming that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/daisy-ridley-star-wars-return-newsupdate\/\">Daisy Ridley will return as Rey<\/a>.<\/p> <p>The new films will look to the past, present, and future of the galaxy, with James Mangold directing a film about \u201cthe first Jedi to wield the force\u201d while Dave Filoni will focus on the \u201cescalating war between the Imperial remnant and the New Republic\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement-inline--2\">\n<p>Meanwhile, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy\u2019s movie will see Ridley\u2019s Rey return as the Jedi Master rebuilding the Jedi Order in the aftermath of the Sequel Trilogy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mb-xl oembed--twitter\" data-item-type=\"oembed-twitter\" data-component=\"Oembed\">\n<p><strong>The Mandalorian is available to stream now on Disney Plus. 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