WILLOW Sequel Series Will Not Be Back For A Second Season On Disney+

@bkmeijer1 - I’m glad that they are trying. The fantasy genre has such a large variety of source material to pull from.

I hope Wheel of Time gets better. The books are so great. It’s possible the first season was dragged down by continued COVID interruptions. And hopefully the show runner has listened to fans about the issues with season 1.

With Rings of Power, I just hope those in charge have listened to what many long time Tolkien fans took issues with season 1. I’m not so sure that one can right the ship in the eyes of those that don’t like it.

I think the Witcher is done. I liked Cavill in the role, but the show was ok at best. At least they got me to finally pick up the book series.

Willow was a long shot the whole time. Many people are nostalgic for the original, but it’s really not a great movie. And the book series is not very highly regarded. I’m more interested to see what Disney does with the upcoming Percy Jackson show.

I hear Shadow and Bone was good. I haven’t seen the show or read the books so I have no reference.

I’m really hoping in the coming years, we see adaptations of The Dresden Files, The First Law, a better Dark Tower adaptation (which I think is in the works), and Mistborn (which i think is also in early development).

Fantasy as a genre has really diversified over the last 30 years. It’s not all swords, horses, and castles these days.

@bkmeijer1 - Oh I enjoy swords and horses fantasy, I just also like urban fantasy (like Dresden Files) and the more modern sci-fi/fantasy hybrids (like Stormlight Archive). I’m happy that Game of Thrones showed studios that this genre can be profitable. Even though a lot of these projects from the last few years haven’t been up to snuff, I think they can be with the right crew behind them.

@mountainman -
Bad idea to begin with.

@mountainman - Dresden Files sounds like the kind of low fantasy I like. Stuff like Percy Jackson (or Narnia) on the other hand, just not my thing.

But yeah, I read about Sanderson's Cosmere just now. That's pretty dope. And also read he has hard laws incorporated into his books. I can always appreciate it when stories don't break the rules of its worlds.

@bkmeijer1 - Oh and, each of his series has a different magic system. Each is based on real-world science. They are different in each series, but you can see how they’d be connected to each other in the same universe. They also more closely resemble super powers vs the average magic system. One is metal based, one is color based, one is based on visual symbols, another incorporates frequencies and pairing with nature to produce effects. His newest book (that I haven’t read yet) apparently pulls from a real phenomenon of liquified sand to allow for a sea-fearing tale to happen in dessert “oceans”. Sounds really interesting.

@bkmeijer1 - Check out Mistborn. It’s a pretty easy read, the world is more familiar to traditional fantasy worlds, and the magic system is one where each metal gives different people unique “powers”. It’s a wonderful introduction to his work and the original trilogy can be read pretty easily. That will tell you if you like his stuff or not and if you want to dive into the full Cosmere like many of us have.

I may be fanboying here, but I predict that, within 10 years, the Cosmere will start to become a well known thing.

The thing I think separates Sanderson from most other fantasy authors is he is a great businessman. He seems to be intentional in how his works are expanded and especially how they are going to be adapted. He is talking with Hollywood now, but I predict he will retain some sort of creative decision making when they do get adapted to movies or shows.

@bkmeijer1 - Nice. If you do get a chance to check it out, I hope you enjoy.

@bkmeijer1 - It seems like they post articles about fantasy shows on here every so often. I’m sure we will get a chance to follow up.

@Feralwookiee - It seems that there was little interest in this show.

@mountainman - Yes.
Its' ratings were tiny.

@Feralwookiee - While the Willow IP has a minuscule fanbase, I’m sure Disney was hoping for much more substantial ratings from this.

@ScRipt69 - It is the subject that has been in the zeitgeist for a while, like you said, recognition and acceptance.
We can't avoid for it to be talked about in the arts.
But writers and executives are misguided in their approach of making it a completely one-sided issue, selling us on the idea that everything will be awesome as long as we give "woke" movements what they ask fork, and making everybody else the bad guys.

Life, people and society are much more complex than that, and it all feels like they are trying to hammer down something that has already been done better previously, by more forward thinking talents. Not much risks is being taken there.

@Usernametaken -
1) Correct. Disney/Lucasfilm/Marvel hamper all of the truly creative writers and creators and they keep the "yes men" who are willing to tow the company line.
2) Correct. That's why I said...in addition to creating new ones.
3) They have Star in the rest of the world, but in the U.S. they don't. That's a waste of assets.
4) They are inserting a lot of politics and political narrative into their programming that spreads messages to kids that aren't necessarily healthy and can be contrary to parental teachings. Life lessons, sharing, cooperation, teamwork, learning, are good lessons and universal. They need to stick with those.
5) That but those "yes men" are being allowed to inject their political narrative into shows because that's what Disney wants. If you had a writer/director actually push back and say "no we don't want to add politics" Disney will simply replace them.

They need a change in all of the upper management and a company leadership. To cure the disease you go the biggest part fo the infection, or patient zero.

@RorMachine - I feel for you. That means you too had to suffer through this crime against humanity.