{"id":131275,"date":"2023-10-17T08:47:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T07:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=131275"},"modified":"2023-10-17T08:47:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T07:47:53","slug":"warwick-davis-criticises-embarrassing-disney-removal-of-willow-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/warwick-davis-criticises-embarrassing-disney-removal-of-willow-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Warwick Davis criticises ’embarrassing’ Disney removal of Willow series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warwick Davis has hit out at Disney for removing the Willow<\/strong><\/em> series entirely from its streaming platform Disney+ less than a year after the show was released in November 2023.<\/p>\n

Davis took to Twitter<\/a> to air his frustration at the series being pulled from Disney+ saying: “I meet lovely people on a daily basis who are fans of <\/span>Willow<\/span>, who are the reason the Disney+ <\/span>Series was made. Please tell me @WaltDisneyCo<\/a><\/span>, what do I say to these subscribers when they ask why they can\u2019t watch the series any more?” <\/span><\/p>\n

He ended the Tweet with #embarrassing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Willow<\/strong><\/em> series continued the adventures of Willow Ufgood (Davis), first seen in the 1988 classic fantasy movie Willow,<\/i><\/b> who, upon discovering an infant girl, Elora Danan, was destined to unite the realms. In the series – set 20 years after the movie – Willow teams up with a new young bunch of heroes to save the world.<\/p>\n

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The Willow TV series continued the adventures of magician Willow who teamed up with a new team of heroes to save the world.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Davis is not the only member of Team Willow to take to social media to address the show and its cancellation. When Disney decided not to renew the Willow<\/strong><\/em> TV series for Season Two back in March, showrunner Jon Kasdan took to social media to criticise the message about the show not being renewed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am confident I speak for everyone involved when I say that we\u2019d all like nothing more than to deliver Volume II, on the scale expected and demanded by the story we\u2019re telling,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n

Kasdan also echoed Davis’ sentiment about fans enjoying the series: \u201cI know the fandom can be divisive. I know sometimes people say mean things, but I gotta tell ya, from deep inside\u2026 that has not been my experience at all. I love you guys!\u201d<\/p>\n

The series was removed from the platform back in May<\/a> and was among 40 pieces of content to be taken down, which also included Turner & Hooch, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers,<\/em>\u00a0The Mysterious Benedict Society<\/em>,\u00a0The World According to Jeff Goldblum<\/em> <\/strong>and\u00a0Y: The Last Man<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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