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Jon Favreau

  1. baby no-duh
    Teeny-Tiny Grogu to Grace Big, Big ScreenSigourney Weaver is reportedly in talks to join the cast of The Mandalorian & Grogu. 
    By Rebecca Alter
  2. no regrets
    Even Jon Favreau Couldn’t Save Iron Man From the Russo Brothers“It’s going to devastate people.”
    By Charu Sinha
  3. poignancy
    It Happened: George Lucas Met Baby Yoda“Now I am become Death, Creator of Puppets.”
    By Bethy Squires
  4. bring us the child
    Jon Favreau Confirms It’s Going to Be a While Before He Lets You See the BabyThe Mandalorian creator says the series will return for season two in fall 2020.
    By Halle Kiefer
  5. the mandalorian
    Werner Herzog to Jon Favreau: Sorry to This Man“I do not know what other films he has made.” “You don’t?” “No.”
    By Rebecca Alter
  6. food tv
    Netflix Renews Chef’s Table and Somebody Feed PhilPhil won’t go hungry!
    By Bethy Squires
  7. trailer mix
    The New Trailer for Disney’s Lion King Will Remind You of the Old Lion KingComing July 19, 2019.
    By Nate Jones
  8. movies
    Stop What You’re Doing and Look at This Lion King Cast PhotoIt’s happening.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  9. podcasts
    Pod Save America’s Jon Favreau Has a New Politics PodcastThe Wilderness is about the history and future of the Democratic Party.
    By Nicholas Quah
  10. lucasfilm
    Jon Favreau is Getting His Own Live-Action Star Wars SeriesIt will premiere on Disney’s forthcoming streaming platform.
    By Hunter Harris
  11. Watch Peter Parker’s Video Diary From Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming“This is the greatest day of my life.”
    By Trupti Rami
  12. casting couch
    Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner Might Be the Next Pumbaa and Timon in The Lion KingThe pair are reportedly in talks to join the live-action Lion King adaptation.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  13. tribeca film festival 2017
    Jon Favreau and Scarlett Johansson on the Lion King Remake and ImprovThe director defended improv to Scarlett Johansson, who said got “sweaty palms” at the thought of ad-libbing.
    By Trupti Rami
  14. dream casting couch
    Jon Favreau Reportedly After Beyoncé to Be Live-Action Lion King’s NalaWhy wait for a king when Beyoncé’s already a queen?
    By Karen Brill
  15. just can’t wait
    Donald Glover to Play Simba in Lion King Remake; James Earl Jones Back As MufasaThe Lion King remake just got its reluctant king (and a familiar father).
    By Kaitlin Fontana
  16. the industry
    Jon Favreau Is Remaking The Lion KingIt will include songs from the original film.
    By Nate Jones
  17. the industry
    Jon Favreau Will Direct and Produce Seth MacFarlane’s New Space Dramedy for FoxThe funnyman’s love affair with space continues.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  18. animal rights
    PETA Is Super Pumped About the New Jungle BookThe organization gave director Jon Favreau its Innovation in Film Award.
    By Nate Jones
  19. Jon Favreau on the Subtle Beauty of Jungle Book“So many of the notes I gave were like, ‘Make the sky less interesting,’ or ‘Make that shot less beautiful.’”
    By Kyle Buchanan
  20. the toughest scene i wrote
    The Toughest Scene I Wrote: How Jon Favreau Saved Chef on the Last DayJohn Leguizamo pitched in, too.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  21. the vulture transcript
    Jon Favreau on Chef, Going Indie, Getting Older“I’m a 47-year-old dad who likes to eat … That’s different from the 27-year-old guy who’s out in Hollywood trying to get a girl’s number.”
    By Jesse David Fox
  22. movie review
    Ebiri on Chef: A Comfort Movie About Comfort FoodIt’s hard not to read a teensy bit of self-reflection into Jon Favreau’s new movie.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  23. movies
    Scarlett Johansson and Lupita Nyong’o in Talks for Disney’s Jungle BookLupita will be a mother wolf and ScarJo will be a snake.
    By Anna Silman
  24. trailer mix
    Watch a Trailer for Jon Favreau’s ChefCo-starring Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman, and Robert Downey Jr.
    By Jesse David Fox
  25. all growns up
    Read an Extensive Oral History of Swingers“I remember them shooting and I actually thought, at the time, This is so embarrassing for them.”
    By Anna Silman
  26. south by southwest 2014
    Veronica Mars Movie Will Premiere at SXSWAlso including Jon Favreau’s Chef and COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey with Neil deGrasse Tyson.
    By Lindsey Weber
  27. these reboots were made for walking
    Jon Favreau in Talks to Direct Jungle BookLet the Shere Khan voice casting begin!
    By Halle Kiefer
  28. casting
    Favreau Welcomes Hoffman to Chef via VineHoffman’s joining Chef. They’re having fun.
    By Zach Dionne
  29. casting couch
    Scarlett Johansson Joins Jon Favreau’s ChefIron Man 2 reunion! 
    By Jesse David Fox
  30. buddies
    Robert Downey Jr. Joins Jon Favreau’s ChefThe Iron Man pals shall reunite.
    By Zach Dionne
  31. last night on late night
    Last Night on Late Night: Conan Wore Ke$ha’s Face on His CrotchPlus: Jon Favreau talked about doing a Steadicam shot in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street with Leonardo DiCaprio, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
    By Caroline Shin
  32. actor directors
    Jon Favreau Looking to Direct and Star in Indie ChefAbout an emotional L.A. restaurateur.
    By Zach Dionne
  33. swan songs
    Jon Favreau Will Direct an Episode of The OfficeHome stretch.
    By Margaret Lyons
  34. turnarounds
    Jon Favreau’s Jersey Boys Is a No-Go for NowThings don’t look good for the adaptation.
    By Zach Dionne
  35. Two ‘Office’ Producers and Jon Favreau Just Sold a Divorce-Based Comedy to […]Office producers Warren Lieberstein and Halsted Sullivan have teamed up with director Jon Favreau to sell a new sitcom about divorce to NBC. […]
    By Adam Frucci
  36. The Lost Roles of Vince VaughnAfter popping up in a diverse selection of movies in the 90s (Swingers, Jurassic Park 2, a Psycho remake), Vince Vaughn became a household name […]
    By Bradford Evans
  37. casting couch
    The Wolf of Wall Street Casts Jon FavreauScorsese is close to getting every working actor in this beast.
    By Zach Dionne
  38. movies
    Jon Favreau Hopes to Direct Jersey BoysA movie adaptation of the hit musical.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  39. casting couch
    Jon Favreau Will Still Act in Iron Man 3After passing on the directing gig, he’ll remain part of the fun.
    By Zach Dionne
  40. Jon Favreau to Direct Pilot of J.J. Abrams’s RevolutionIt’s his first stab at a TV drama.
    By Zach Dionne
  41. Jon Favreau Working on a Sitcom About Single Parents for CBSIron Man/Swingers/Elf director Jon Favreau is currently working on a new half-hour sitcom for CBS, one called Tweaked that’ll be about “life […]
    By Adam Frucci
  42. exclusive
    Jon Favreau Won’t Direct Iron Man 3Did too many Marvel heroes spoil the fun for him?
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner
  43. feuds
    Did Derivative I Am Number Four Poster Copy Derivative Cowboys & Aliens Poster?Two intergalactic loners with glowing blue hands is two too many, according to Jon Favreau.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  44. Universal Working Overtime to Make Cowboys & Aliens Seem Less FunHow can they better convince us of the film’s “deadly seriousness”?
    By Lane Brown
  45. trailer mix
    Cowboys & Aliens Trailer: Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford Go GunslingingYour first look at Jon Favreau’s summer-movie gamble.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  46. the industry
    Jon Favreau to Direct Disney’s Magic KingdomIt’s like ‘Night at the Museum,’ but at Disneyland.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  47. movies
    Jon Favreau Says Next Summer’s Crowded Movie Season Will Be a ‘Blood Bath’“There’s not a weekend where there won’t be teeth on the floor.”
    By Kyle Buchanan
  48. the industry
    Industry Roundup: Gordon-Levitt, SpielbergPlus: Matthew Vaughn back in the picture for ‘X-Men: First Class.’
    By Josh Duboff
  49. quote machine
    Mickey Rourke Stays Spoiler-FreePlus: Don Cheadle to just make stuff up about Miles Davis.
  50. quote machine
    Justin Bieber: LazyPlus: M.I.A. to release Animal Collective album.
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