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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 36 AUGUST 21, 2019
Photographed by Yuri HasegawaJon Favreau
Call it the Summer of Favreau: The Lion King, Spider-Man:
Far From Home, Netflix’s Chef Show, and now he
unveils Star Wars series The Mandalorian and a new venture
By Matthew Belloni“When you no longer have the pressure of proving yourself to yourself or
to other people, you can just follow your bliss and be led by your curiosity,”
says Jon Favreau, photographed Aug. 14 at his studio in Playa Vista.Unfinished
scenes from this
summer’s The Lion
King, which Favreau
manipulated using
virtual production
techniques.
This director’s
chair was a gift from
“Stark Industries”
by way of Iron Man
himself, Robert
Downey Jr.A portrait of
Favreau as
The Mandalorian
by Doug Chiang,
executive
creative director
at Lucasfilm.This fan
art mashes up the
helmet worn by
two iconic characters
shepherded by
Favreau: Iron Man
and Boba Fett.