THE JUNGLE BOOK 
THE LION KING 
THE MANDALORIAN 
The death of Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark/Iron Man in "Avengers: Endgame" remains one of the most definitive moments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It turns out that Jon Favreau, who kicked off the MCU with "Iron Man" and also directed "Iron Man 2," tried his best not to let filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo kill off the fan-favorite superhero."Part of the pressure [not to kill Tony Stark] came from Jon Favreau, who called us up after he read the...
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Favreau
Disney has long called on Favreau to produce projects for its various divisions, including live-action adaptations of its own iconic titles (“The Jungle Book,” “The Lion King”) and all of Marvel’s “Iron Man” and “Avengers” blockbusters. Lately, the multi-hyphenate, who first gained attention for writing and starring in the surprise 1996 hit “Swingers,” has been the point man for Lucasfilm’s small-screen efforts, creating, writing and exec producing multiple episodes of Disney+ “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian,” currently in its third season, and “The Book of Boba Fett,” which debuted in 2021. He also found time to exec produce the Apple TV+ docuseries “Prehistoric Planet.” Current projects include upcoming “Star Wars” series “Skeleton Crew,” starring Jude Law, and “Ahsoka,” starring Rosario Dawson and Hayden
Christensen, bowing in 2023.
