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I liked the first Iron Man a lot, and IIRC Iron Man 2 wasn’t as good due to studio interference. Last year I saw Swingers which Favreau wrote and thought was a nice movie.

That’s the extent of my knowledge of Favreau’s work behind the scenes so I think this might be worthwhile as long as he takes loads of risks instead of coming up with play-it-safe sanitised stories like Filoni who AFAIK will continue to shoehorn Ahsoka in every single SW story until the end of time.

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moviefreakedmind said:

The Lion King remake is “highly anticipated”?

It will probably make a lot of money, sure. I mean when do these big Disney names not? Admittedly his Jungle Book was actually pretty entertaining. But SW on TV… I just don’t care for any of it.

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rodneyfaile said:

He probably meant to say it’s 7 years after the battle of Endor.

No I think he really meant Yavin. Keep in mind that the dating system used in SW is based around the Battle of Yavin.

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By my count, Favreau is the twelfth white male to head one of these projects since the Disney buyout (fourteenth if you count JJ and Rian twice). Someone over there has to understand how this looks.

If 48 people came to Disney with pitches, and 12 were white men, 12 white women, 12 black men, and 12 black women, I hope Disney picks the 12 best pitches. True equality will be when no one even remotely considers physical appearance but rather how good they are for the job.

That being said, should the 12 best all happen to be the white men Disney shouldn’t be criticized. And considering white men make up the majority of the film industry (which hopefully will change), a more appropriate representation would be 35 white men, 6 white women, 6 black men, and 3 black women. In which case the probability of all best pitches being white men is much higher.

You’ve got it backwards. There will be no need to even remotely consider physical appearance after we have true equality. The problem is that you get a huge advantage by being a white male, no matter how good you are for the job. A minority (including females as minorities in this case) has to overcome more than just “how good are you?” They also have to overcome being a minority, something the white male doesn’t have to worry about.

There’s no way to know if the 12 best all happened to be white men, or if some of the best never were given a chance.

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In a true skills first meritocracy certain groups would still be outnumbered in certain countries just because of the make-up of the population. As things are today I think white women being seen less in positions like directors/writers etc. is more to do with the number of applicants, which in turn relates to the number of people that were motivated by education or parenting to become writers/directors.

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The thing is that the only way to properly assess skills when it comes to filmmaking is prior work. And it’s harder for non-white males to get that kind of work.

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I think it’s probably too simplistic to just pin it on the number of applicants and the reason for that number being that they’ve not been motivated to apply.

But I don’t know that for sure.

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TV’s Frink said:

I think it’s probably too simplistic to just pin it on the number of applicants and the reason for that number being that they’ve not been motivated to apply.

But I don’t know that for sure.

The problem with the applicant theory is, even if there are more white male applicants than any other subset, it’s not like there “aren’t enough” female applicants. There’s a fuck ton of applicants from all walks of life (more than enough), and not all of them have the same opportunities as others.

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I only added that “I don’t know for sure” because I’m tired of arguing here today. 😉

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DominicCobb said:

The thing is that the only way to properly assess skills when it comes to filmmaking is prior work. And it’s harder for non-white males to get that kind of work.

But again it comes back to a cause being why they don’t have prior work, which reaches back to why the school didn’t tell everyone about what is possible in whatever the example career was. Certain groups are pushed to certain things early in life - realising you’re not getting a certain job when you’re 25 is too late.

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Mocata said:

DominicCobb said:

The thing is that the only way to properly assess skills when it comes to filmmaking is prior work. And it’s harder for non-white males to get that kind of work.

But again it comes back to a cause being why they don’t have prior work, which reaches back to why the school didn’t tell everyone about what is possible in whatever the example career was. Certain groups are pushed to certain things early in life - realising you’re not getting a certain job when you’re 25 is too late.

I don’t disagree, in fact I completely agree that’s part of the problem. It’s a systemic issue, it’s not just random studio’s fault alone, it’s everyone’s fault and everyone needs to work harder to fix it.

Speaking from experience, I know schools are making strides to be more inclusive and supporting of non-white male students, but that sort of thing takes a while to ripple into the real world. Meanwhile, there are still plenty of female writer/directors out there who hopefully will start getting more work.

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Right. Trying to change the numbers later at the studio stage is just like a band aid. Is that the word? A sticking plaster! Looking at the current statistics the wrong approach.

Anyway … Jon Favreau XD

Is he a good writer? I didn’t see Chef.

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Mocata said:

Right. Trying to change the numbers later at the studio stage is just like a band aid. Is that the word? A sticking plaster! Looking at the current statistics the wrong approach.

Well, debatable. Marvel and the like often tend to hire directors hot off only a single indie feature and/or some TV episodes. These are standards a lot of female filmmakers can actually meet, yet we don’t see them get those jobs (well we are seeing it a bit more now, once again Star Trek has beaten SW to the punch).

LFL, in fairness, has been looking for filmmakers with a bit more work under their belt. But they should seriously consider being the ones to give them that additional work. Hopefully something like a TV show will be a good ground to develop working relationships with some non-white male filmmakers.

Anyway … Jon Favreau XD

Is he a good writer? I didn’t see Chef.

Chef was fine. I definitely don’t think of him as writer first. But that’s what writing rooms are for.

You know, I’ve been thinking Favreau actually would’ve been a really good Solo replacement director. I wonder if they tried to get him for that or if they went straight for the uber reliable Howard.

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I bet they went right for Howard, in order to calm the waters as quick (and reliably as you say) as possible.

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A live-action “Star Wars” series coming to the platform from Jon Favreau, the director of films like “Iron Man” and “The Jungle Book,” is expected to cost roughly $100 million for 10 episodes. “‘Star Wars’ is a big world, and Disney’s new streaming service affords a wonderful opportunity to tell stories that stretch out over multiple chapters,” Mr. Favreau said in an email.

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If it’s not on one of the streaming services I already subscribe to (Netflix, Hulu, Prime, Sling, and HBO), I’m not paying for yet another one to see it.

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How many streaming services can the market possibly support? Doesn’t matter too much to me as I can barely watch a youtube video at 360p since I pretty much live out in the sticks. 😉

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well, now we have some details. it’s set around a mandalorian between RotJ and TFA.

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https://twitter.com/AshCrossan/status/1173746284873711616 (video included)

'Jon Favreau told me he wants to do a Star Wars Holiday Special on Disney+

Please let this happen 🙏🏻 Full chat here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmd7KELQ3KU&
 

I think he is half-serious? I would watch it! A good opportunity for Star Wars to poke fun at itself, and to have fun too 😃

 

https://www.etonline.com/jon-favreau-wants-to-do-a-star-wars-holiday-special-for-disney-exclusive-132510

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mykyta-R4 said:

https://twitter.com/AshCrossan/status/1173746284873711616 (video included)

'Jon Favreau told me he wants to do a Star Wars Holiday Special on Disney+

Please let this happen 🙏🏻 Full chat here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmd7KELQ3KU&
 

I think he is half-serious? I would watch it! A good opportunity for Star Wars to poke fun at itself, and to have fun too 😃

Now that would be something. Though I’m wondering how many “casual” fans of SW would understand or appreciate the joke?

PS, wouldn’t it have made more sense to post this here?; https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/The-Mandalorian-Star-Wars-Live-action-TV-series/id/63215

Star Wars is Surrealism, not Science Fiction (essay)
Original Trilogy Documentaries/Making-Ofs (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. finds)
Beyond the OT Documentaries/Making-Ofs (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. finds)
Amazon link to my novel; Dawn of the Karabu.

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I am sorry. I thought it better posted here as it not about The Mandalorian - more about Jon Favreau wanting to do more and different Star Wars.

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mykyta-R4 said:

I am sorry. I thought it better posted here as it not about The Mandalorian - more about Jon Favreau wanting to do more and different Star Wars.

Ah, I see. For some reason I thought it was a Mandalorian holiday special, or something to that effect.

Star Wars is Surrealism, not Science Fiction (essay)
Original Trilogy Documentaries/Making-Ofs (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. finds)
Beyond the OT Documentaries/Making-Ofs (YouTube, Vimeo, etc. finds)
Amazon link to my novel; Dawn of the Karabu.