Disney Must Really Like ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’
Disney is staying in the Shawn Levy business. The company just signed the Star Wars: Starfighter director and his company, 21 Laps, to a big, new, overall production deal to develop television shows across all of Disney’s brands. That team was previously set up at Netflix, where they made a little show called Stranger Things.
- ▪Disney is staying in the Shawn Levy business.
- ▪The company just signed the Star Wars: Starfighter director and his company, 21 Laps, to a big, new, overall production deal to develop television shows across all of Disney’s brands.
- ▪That team was previously set up at Netflix, where they made a little show called Stranger Things.
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Disney is staying in the Shawn Levy business. The company just signed the Star Wars: Starfighter director and his company, 21 Laps, to a big, new, overall production deal to develop television shows across all of Disney’s brands. That team was previously set up at Netflix, where they made a little show called Stranger Things. But, now, if there’s another original show like Stranger Things, it’ll be at Disney. “Shawn has a rare ability to tell stories that are wildly entertaining and deeply human, something he’s brought to Disney across two decades,” Dana Walden, Disney’s President and Chief Creative Officer, said in a statement. “He moves effortlessly across genres and franchises with a remarkable sense of what captures audiences and inspires passionate fandom.
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