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Before Jon Favreau helped kick off the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Iron Man, he played a different Marvel character that’s integral to another hero’s legacy. In 2003, Favreau played Franklin “Foggy” Nelson, Matt Murdock’s best friend and law partner in Daredevil, which starred Ben Affleck as the Man Without Fear. The film came out in…

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At its D23 Expo, Disney+ revealed exciting new details about Jon Favreau’s upcoming TV series based on a legendary cartoon character. As announced previously, Favreau is directing Oswald, a live-action animated hybrid series based on Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Now, the studio has finally announced a release date for fans eager to see the show.

Before Mickey Mouse ever whistled down the river in Steamboat Willie, Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1927. Almost a century after his creation—and twenty years after Bob Iger famously traded sportscaster Al Michaels to Universal to bring the rabbit back home to Disney—the long-lost icon is getting his ultimate…