For a TV show generating this much buzz, it’s kind of impressive how little we actually know aboutThe Mandalorian. The series is, of course, the first live-actionStar WarsTV series to come out of Disney, and is intended to launch on Disney’s upcoming streaming service Disney+.Jon Favreau, who was in the running to directThe Force Awakensbefore it wasThe Force Awakens, created this new series, and while we know that it takes place between the events ofReturn of the JediandForce Awakens, we know practically nothing else—even casting-wise onlyPedro Pascalhas been confirmed, even though production on the series is well underway.
But it sounds like, perhaps unsurprisingly,The Mandalorianis shaping up to be like no TV series we’ve seen before.Avengers: Infinity WardirectorsJoe RussoandAnthony Russorecently visited the setofThe Mandalorian, whereThor: RagnarokhelmerTaika Waititiwas directing an episode, and so when Collider’s own Steve Weintraub sat down with the Russo Brothers for an extended Q&A after Collider’s exclusive IMAX screening ofInfinity War, he asked what they saw on set.
Joe Russo explained that in keeping with Favreau’s knack for pushing technology on films likeThe Jungle Bookand the upcomingThe Lion King,The Mandalorianis being shot in wholly unique fashion:
“It’s amazing. We went down there to say hi to Jon. Taika was directing an episode, so we went to hang out with them. Jon is always at the forefront of cutting edge tech, and he is shooting this in a way that no one has ever shot anything ever before. It’s pretty astounding.”
I may or may not know the cinematographer who’s shootingThe Mandalorian, and let me just say that visually, this thing could be pretty special. But as far ashowthe series will be unique, Russo didn’t have any other details to offer up.
However, given that the Russo Brothers are part of the Disney family at Marvel Studios, Steve asked during our Q&A if they’d thought about directing aStar Warsmovie. The answer is decidedly not “no”:
“We grew up onStar Warslike everyone else did. I went to the theater when I was 11 years old to seeEmpire Strikes Backand sat in the theater from 11:30 in the morning until 10:00 at night and watched it back to back to back. So it was a huge influence on us growing up. Of course we’d love to work, at some point, in theStar Warsuniverse, but right now our heads are in the middle of another movie.”
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Russo Brothers have already had some sort of exploratory meeting with the folks at Lucasfilm about potentially doing something in theStar Warsuniverse, but for now they’re plenty busy deep in post-production onAvengers 4. Someday, perhaps.
Watch the video in the player above and look for more from ourInfinity WarQ&A on Collider soon. If you missed our previous stories from the event, peruse the links below:
