Whilst many hoped the gap between the third and fourth seasons of The Mandalorian would be relatively short, a listing in this week’s Production Weekly indicates that work on the show has been forced back to November 2023 at the earliest due to the ongoing writers strike. The Writers’ Guild of America strike has now entered its second month after failing to reach an agreement with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers.
Series creator and showrunner Jon Favreau confirmed in February that he’s already written The Mandalorian season 4. However, television and film productions have been halting work for the duration of the strike. (The 2007-2008 WGA strike lasted 100 days.)
“A lot of this stuff has to be thought through, built, conceived, and prepped … That work takes time. That work has to get done … Jon has written the scripts,” series director and executive producer Rick Famuyiwa told Deadline in the latest update on season 4. “He’s excited about continuing to tell stories in the world. When and how that happens, considering everything, we’ll see.”
We will be monitoring the situation closely, and whilst we wait you can (re)watch the first three seasons of The Mandalorian exclusively on Disney+ now.
