Donald Glover Steps Back Into Lando Role For Upcoming Disney+ ‘Star Wars’ Series

Donald Glover Steps Back Into Lando Role For Upcoming Disney+ 'Star Wars' Series

Donald Glover is getting ready to resume playing Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars world after Disney+ ordered a brand-new series that would be entirely devoted to the character.

The streamer has chosen both Childish Gambino and his brother Stephen Glover to pen the script for the appropriately named Lando television series, according to Above The Line on Thursday, July 27. After playing the role in the 2018 prequel Solo: A Star Wars Story, the former will also star.

The brothers step in for previous author Justin Simien (Dear White People), who has been preoccupied with the latest Haunted Mansion movie.

Disney+ has ordered a brand-new series that will be solely devoted to the character of Lando Calrissian, and Donald Glover is getting ready to continue playing the character in the Star Wars universe.

According to Above The Line on Thursday, July 27, the streamer has picked both Childish Gambino and his brother Stephen Glover to write the script for the aptly called Lando television series. The former will star in the 2018 prequel Solo: A Star Wars Story, reprising the role.

The brothers fill in for the late Justin Simien, creator of Dear White People, who was obsessed with the most recent Haunted Mansion film.

The news comes just one month after it was made public that Glover would play Troy Barnes once more in the upcoming Community movie.

Childish Gambino’s first significant acting role was in the cult favorite comedy by Dan Harmon, and when news broke at the end of September that Peacock and Sony Pictures TV had approved a movie, all eyes were on the creative polymath to see if he’d reconcile with his former castmates.

Glover’s comeback was confirmed by Joel McHale, who plays Jeff Winger on the show, in an interview with Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast.

“Donald’s coming back, and that’s really important,” he remarked. “The key component was the knowledge that Donald would carry it out. But I believe that everyone will return. We’ve done quite well thus far, I guess. And I believe that will occur. If not, Donald will be there, as you are aware.

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