Approaching the first season’s finale, Disney Plus Star Wars Andor will start shooting for its season 2 late November. November 21 to be more precise. In an interview with Collider, series creator Tony Gilroy confirms the date for the sequel season’s first shot which will happen in London.
The action, adventure, drama series, prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story readies for its second season. In fact the production already has three directors to helm the next 12 episodes of the series. Furthermore, Gilroy stated that the next season will have people behind the camera who are also Star Wars fans. This is different from his approach in the first season where he said it was not a necessity. For Andor Season 2, they need ones who are also fans. Mainly because that season will bring heavier weight at it approaches the Rogue One narrative.
Disney Plus Star Wars Andor 2 Starts Shoot Late November
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Gilroy shares that the second season will have Ariel Kleiman, Janus Metz and Alonso Ruizpalacios as directors. Kleiman will direct the first and last three episodes of the series while Metz and Ruizpalacios will direct three each. Coming in as Andor 2’s writers are his brother Dan Gilroy, Beau Willimon and Tom Bissell.
Unlike Dan Gilroy and Beau Willimon who have penned episodes of the first season, Bissell is new to the production. However, showrunny Tony Gilroy positively states that he is:
…really cool and really, really interesting, versatile, really good writer. But also a very, very, very big Star Wars fan, which we really wanted to make sure we had another pro because we’re going into Rogue [One].
Apart from his fascination with Star Wars, Bissell has numerous writing projects for videogames. Particularly his work with the Uncharted video game franchise. It covers Legacy of Thieves Collection, The Lost Legacy, and A Thief’s End. The latter gained him the Outstanding Achievement in Story in 2016 from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, which he shared with Neil Druckmann, Josh Scherr and Ryan M. James.
Disney Plus Star Wars Andor 2 Starts Shoot Late November
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Kleiman is a multi-award-winning director especially for his works on 2015 Partisan and 2010 Deeper Than Yesterday. While Metz is also critically acclaimed and won awards for his work. Among these are 2010 Armadillo, 2007 Fra Thailand til Thy, 2018 Heartbound: A Different Kind of Love Story and 2017 Borg McEnroe. Finally, Ruizpalacios has more than a score of films under his belt that international film festivals awarded him for. Among these works are 2021 Una película de policías, 2014 Güeros, 2008 Café paraíso and 2016 Verde.
The new people on board for the Star Wars Andor 2 promises the continuation of quality that Season 1 has established. As Gilroy explained his role as creator and showrunner is thankful for the insights and talents the directors and writers bring to the series. Andor season 1 re-introduced the world to Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor. As much as his character was heroic in Rogue One, the Andor series painted a more intricate backstory for him as well as the rebellion as a whole.
The series stars Stellan Skarsgård as Luthen Rael, Genevieve O’Reilly as Mon Mothma, Forest Whitaker as Saw Gerrera, and Duncan Pow as Melishi. Season 1 is approaching its finale on November 23 with all previous episodes available on Disney Plus.
