Disney has unveiled a brand new trailer for its upcoming Willow series and unveiled that Christian Slater has joined the cast to star alongside Warwick Davis.

Shown at its Studio Showcase at D23 2022, the trailer (below) opens with various characters walking through fog before arriving at the skeleton of a mammoth, all ringing with the deep fantasy style of the original 1998 film.

The titular Willow soon appears and even more classic fantasy tropes are thrown in. The trailer features a Thumbelina style character, sword fights, trolls, demons appearing from smoke, magical battles, and more.

A new poster (below) was also revealed, and Davis and fellow cast members Slater, Joanne Whalley, Erin Kellyman, Ruby Cruz, and Ellie Bamber took to the D23 stage to discuss the show.

"I love the fantasy, the sci-fi. Just getting to be a part of this show, I’ll be honest, is an absolute dream come true," said Slater. "This was a very fun character. You know, surprisingly, we got to have some improv, some ad-libs - we came up with stuff on the spot."

Slater will play a "friend" of Val Kilmer's character Madmartigan but details are still hazy on how exactly he'll fit into the long-awaited sequel.

Our first poster #Willow arrives this November #DisneyPlus pic.twitter.com/hxhENp8KV7

— Asad Ayaz (@asadayaz) September 10, 2022

The Disney Plus series is being produced by Ron Howard and will once again feature Davis as Willow Ufgood,
a Nelwyn dwarf and sorcerer. A first trailer was released at Star Wars Celebration 2022, which also revealed a November 30 release date.

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch will begin its second season next January.

Announced at D23 2022, The Bad Batch season 2 will begin on January 4, 2023 and will consist of 16 episodes. Two episodes will drop together on its premiere day, with weekly episodes to follow.

No new trailer was shown, but with the season only a few months away hopefully it won't be long until we see new footage.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch features a group of elite and experimental clones that were first introduced in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and the story itself picks up in the immediate aftermath of the war. We called it "a worthy successor to The Clone Wars".

Season 2 was announced earlier this year, and a first trailer told us it will come this Fall, and will include a Wookiee Jedi. It appears that some time has passed since the first season as the crew looks older and is wearing new gear. It also looks like Emperor Palpatine and Commander Cody will factor into this season.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Features Editor.

With just two weeks to go ahead of its three-episode premiere, Disney has showed off the final trailer for Star Wars: Andor.

Revealed during the Marvel, Star Wars, and 20th Century showcase at D23 2022, the last trailer shows a handful of familiar faces, including Mon Mothma, Cassian Andor, and Saw Gerrera as they gear up to take on the Empire. Andor is asked if he wants to give up his current way of life to fight for something real, and what follows is a handful of battle scenes both in space and in city streets. You can check out the final trailer for yourself below.

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy also said the second 12 episodes of the show's planned 24 episodes are currently in production. We already had a good sense that the show would get a second season after actor Stellan Skarsgård said, "in the autumn, it's time for the second season of the Star Wars series Andor."

Played by Diego Luna, Andor was first featured in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Back in 2018 a spin-off TV show for him was announced, making it the second Star Wars show to have been announced after The Mandalorian. The show will see the return of Forest Whitaker's Saw Gerrera, but it seems like Alan Tudyk's sarcastic droid K-2SO hasn't made the cut.

The show will use more practical sets than previous Star Wars series, and it comes with a grittier tone courtesy of showrunner (and Bourne director) Tony Gilroy.

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D23 2022 has arrived and, following a day filled with the Disney & Marvel Games Showcase and the Disney and Pixar D23 Studio Showcase, today brings us the Marvel, Star Wars, and 20th Century Studio Showcase.

We are expecting big things from the MCU and that galaxy far, far away, and we will gather each and every announcement and trailer here for you so you don't miss a thing.

The Mandalorian Season 3 Trailer Has Arrived: 'You are a Mandalorian No More'

The first trailer for Season 3 of The Mandalorian has been revealed and it gives us our first look at the new adventures Mando and Grogu will be going on in 2023. The trailer has the tagline of "You are a Mandalorian no more," which was said by The Armorer after she learned that Din Djarin had taken his helmet off. We also see the growing conflict between Mando and Bo-Katan as well as Mando and Grogu's return to Mandalore.

Star Wars: Andor Trailer Teases the Rogue One Prequel Before Its September 21 Three-Episode Premiere

Star Wars: Andor is set to have its three-episode premiere on Disney+ on September 21 and serve as a prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. A new trailer at D23 gave us another big look at what we can expect from the newest Star Wars adventure, including glimpses of Mon Mothma, Cassian Andor, Saw Gerrera, and more.

Star Wars: Ahsoka Makes Brief Appearance at D23, but No New Trailer

Star Wars: Ahsoka was discussed at D23, but no trailer was revealed to the public. Instead, Disney's Jon Favreau disucssed bringing this series to life and how the character of Ahsoka if Dave Filoni's 'magnum opus.'

Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 2 Coming in January 2023

Star Wars: The Bad Batch is officially returning for its second season on January 4, 2023, and it will consist of 16 episodes. Two episodes will premiere on January 4, and the rest will air weekly. We didn't get a new trailer at D23, but one shouldn't be too far away.

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Original Shorts Get Their First Trailer and a Release Date

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, a series of six original stories that focus on Ahsoka, Qui-Gon Jinn, Count Dooku, and more at different parts of their lives, has received its first trailer and the news that all of the shorts will debut on October 26.

Willow Trailer Revealed at D23 Ahead of November 30 Premiere Date, Christian Slater Joins Cast

A new trailer for Willow was revealed at D23 and it showed more of the sequel to the 1988 classic film of the same name. Alongside the trailer, it was revealed that Christian Slater will be joining the cast, although we didn't learn too much about his character at the panel.

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Disney has announced an original animated film for 2023, Wish.

Described as a collaborative project across the entire Disney Animation Studios. It will be directed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veersunthorn, and is produced by Peter Del Vecho and Juan Pablo Reyes.

Walt Disney Animation Studios revealed a FIRST LOOK at “Wish,” their all-new animated feature film that explores how the iconic wishing star came to be. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/RMBnsPaV72

— Disney Animation (@DisneyAnimation) September 10, 2022

The film is a fantasy movie about the power of Wishes and dreams and explores the origin of the iconic Disney wishing star. Set in the Kingdom of Wishes, it's a magical land where wishes can literally come true. The theme was chosen for Disney's 100th anniversary and ties together a major theme across all Disney movies, that wishes can come true.

The art style of Wish combines watercolor animation, Disney's original art style, with CG which Disney uses in the modern era.

Wish will star two heroines, Asha (Ariana DeBose), a 17-year-old driven optimist and leader in the making. She will face one of the most formidable enemies in the universe and will have to team up with Star, a cosmic force and boundless ball of pure energy and maybe chaos.

Alan Tudyk, Disney's modern good-luck charm will be a voice in Wish, playing a goat named Valentino who gets his wish to communicate fulfilled. The soundtrack is composed by Grammy-nominated artist Julia Michaels. The audience at D23 got to listen to the very first song, More for Us, performed by DeBose.

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Disney has announced an original animated film for 2023, Wish.

Described as a collaborative project across the entire Disney Animation Studios. It will be directed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veersunthorn, and is produced by Peter Del Vecho and Juan Pablo Reyes.

Walt Disney Animation Studios revealed a FIRST LOOK at “Wish,” their all-new animated feature film that explores how the iconic wishing star came to be. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/RMBnsPaV72

— Disney Animation (@DisneyAnimation) September 10, 2022

The film is a fantasy movie about the power of Wishes and dreams and explores the origin of the iconic Disney wishing star. Set in the Kingdom of Wishes, it's a magical land where wishes can literally come true. The theme was chosen for Disney's 100th anniversary and ties together a major theme across all Disney movies, that wishes can come true.

The art style of Wish combines watercolor animation, Disney's original art style, with CG which Disney uses in the modern era.

Wish will star two heroines, Asha (Ariana DeBose), a 17-year-old driven optimist and leader in the making. She will face one of the most formidable enemies in the universe and will have to team up with Star, a cosmic force and boundless ball of pure energy and maybe chaos.

Alan Tudyk, Disney's modern good-luck charm will be a voice in Wish, playing a goat named Valentino who gets his wish to communicate fulfilled. The soundtrack is composed by Grammy-nominated artist Julia Michaels. The audience at D23 got to listen to the very first song, More for Us, performed by DeBose.

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Disney Pixar just unveiled Win or Lose - an all-new, original Pixar series.

The show is Pixar's first attempt at a long-form TV series, all about a softball team... and while it looks as though it'll have all the usual Pixar charm, it also has a deceptively simple premise:

"It’s about a team called the Pickles in the run-up to the championship game," said co-creator, Michael Yates, who developed the upcoming show alongside Carrie Hobson.

Up to bat at #D23Expo: a FIRST LOOK at Pixar’s all-new Original series Win or Lose, with Will Forte as Coach Dan.
From filmmakers Michael Yates, Carrie Hobson, and David Lally, Win or Lose comes to @DisneyPlus in 2023! pic.twitter.com/UoZTIpbhR7

— Pixar (@Pixar) September 10, 2022

Will Forte stars as Coach Dan - the Pickles team coach who keeps this rag-tag team of misfits all together. Each week, the show will focus on an individual character, with audiences learning about them and how they might be feeling.

And one of the highlights is Frank the Umpire.

Frank is a middle-school teacher who's trying to get back into dating but also happens to be a softball umpire. Attendees at Disney's D23 expo were shown a brief clip of Frank getting his very own meet-cute with a local barista as he nervously orders a soy latte. But while he tries to ask her out, it becomes clear that she just isn't interested in him.

Thankfully, his friends are ready to rally around to cheer him up.

Win or Lose looks set to be more than just a sports show, with individual characters providing much of the emotional core of the series.

Cue a sizzle reel set to the soundtrack of We Will Rock You and it looks as though Win or Lose is onto a winner. Let's hope the Pickles take home the championship. We'll certainly be cheering them on from the sidelines.

Want to find out what else was announced at Disney's D23? Check out the new Hocus Pocus 2 trailer as well as details about Mufasa, the upcoming Lion King prequel. You can catch up on everything else that was announced at D23's Disney and Pixar Studio Showcase with our roundup here.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Disney Pixar just unveiled Win or Lose - an all-new, original Pixar series.

The show is Pixar's first attempt at a long-form TV series, all about a softball team... and while it looks as though it'll have all the usual Pixar charm, it also has a deceptively simple premise:

"It’s about a team called the Pickles in the run-up to the championship game," said co-creator, Michael Yates, who developed the upcoming show alongside Carrie Hobson.

Up to bat at #D23Expo: a FIRST LOOK at Pixar’s all-new Original series Win or Lose, with Will Forte as Coach Dan.
From filmmakers Michael Yates, Carrie Hobson, and David Lally, Win or Lose comes to @DisneyPlus in 2023! pic.twitter.com/UoZTIpbhR7

— Pixar (@Pixar) September 10, 2022

Will Forte stars as Coach Dan - the Pickles team coach who keeps this rag-tag team of misfits all together. Each week, the show will focus on an individual character, with audiences learning about them and how they might be feeling.

And one of the highlights is Frank the Umpire.

Frank is a middle-school teacher who's trying to get back into dating but also happens to be a softball umpire. Attendees at Disney's D23 expo were shown a brief clip of Frank getting his very own meet-cute with a local barista as he nervously orders a soy latte. But while he tries to ask her out, it becomes clear that she just isn't interested in him.

Thankfully, his friends are ready to rally around to cheer him up.

Win or Lose looks set to be more than just a sports show, with individual characters providing much of the emotional core of the series.

Cue a sizzle reel set to the soundtrack of We Will Rock You and it looks as though Win or Lose is onto a winner. Let's hope the Pickles take home the championship. We'll certainly be cheering them on from the sidelines.

Want to find out what else was announced at Disney's D23? Check out the new Hocus Pocus 2 trailer as well as details about Mufasa, the upcoming Lion King prequel. You can catch up on everything else that was announced at D23's Disney and Pixar Studio Showcase with our roundup here.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Disney Animation Studios has announced its first collaboration with an outside studio in 100 years, as well as its first original series: Iwájú.

Revealed at D23, Iwájú is a "love letter to Nigeria" and is made in collaboration with Kugali Media. It's set in a futuristic version of Lagos, and follows a wealthy heiress and a poor boy named Tola, who is described as stubborn, eager, and charismatic. Tola teams up with a questionable ally, Otin, over the course of the story.

Journey into a futuristic version of Lagos, Nigeria with this FIRST LOOK of Disney Animation and Kugali’s Iwájú!

The all-new Original series streams on #DisneyPlus in 2023. #D23Expo pic.twitter.com/IecNdnG6P0

— Disney+ (@DisneyPlus) September 10, 2022

The series is currently deep in animation production and is expected sometime in 2023. A clip was shown at D23, but unfortunately Disney hasn't made it more widely available.

You can catch up on everything else that was announced at D23's Disney and Pixar Studio Showcase with our roundup here.

Disney Animation Studios has announced its first collaboration with an outside studio in 100 years, as well as its first original series: Iwájú.

Revealed at D23, Iwájú is a "love letter to Nigeria" and is made in collaboration with Kugali Media. It's set in a futuristic version of Lagos, and follows a wealthy heiress and a poor boy named Tola, who is described as stubborn, eager, and charismatic. Tola teams up with a questionable ally, Otin, over the course of the story.

Journey into a futuristic version of Lagos, Nigeria with this FIRST LOOK of Disney Animation and Kugali’s Iwájú!

The all-new Original series streams on #DisneyPlus in 2023. #D23Expo pic.twitter.com/IecNdnG6P0

— Disney+ (@DisneyPlus) September 10, 2022

The series is currently deep in animation production and is expected sometime in 2023. A clip was shown at D23, but unfortunately Disney hasn't made it more widely available.

You can catch up on everything else that was announced at D23's Disney and Pixar Studio Showcase with our roundup here.