Donald Glover, who portrayed Lando Calrissian in 2018’s “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” recently made an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to promote the new season of his hit FX series “Atlanta.” During the interview, Kimmel mentioned “And you are working on a new ‘Lando’ project now for Disney+…” to which the actor replied:
“Am I? [You’re] just telling all my business … No, yeah, I have a lot of things. I like to blossom, and then go away … And right now it’s definitely the start of another one of those. I have like a ton of stuff I’ve been working on, but I just wanted it all to come out at the same time. I feel like that’s what’s important to me.”
As our friend Bespin Bulletin points out, Glover and “Lando” writer Justin Simien are extremely busy right now, so we’ll probably be waiting a while for the series to premiere on Disney+, if it’s still happening. In addition to “Atlanta,” Glover is writing multiple shows for Prime Video, including a new adaptation of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and another show called “Hive,” which focuses on a Beyoncé-like figure. He’s currently in production on an unknown series that he’s also directing and, if that wasn’t enough, Glover also confirmed that he’s working on a new Childish Gambino album.
Simien, meanwhile, is attached to the recently announced “Flashdance” reboot TV series for Paramount+. Simien signed an overall deal with Paramount Television Studios for three years where he’ll develop multiple projects for the studio. “Given the schedules of Simien and Glover,” says Bespin, “I don’t expect to see the ‘Lando’ series for a few years.”