Jon Favreau on the Future of Star Wars, AI, and New Filmmaking Technology

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Live from CinemaCon at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Matt is joined by 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' director Jon Favreau to discuss bringing a streaming property to the big screen, the future of the 'Star Wars' universe, why the perception of AI needs to change, how to improve movie theaters, and how new technology is transforming filmmaking. Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Jon Favreau Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jon Jones Theme Song: Devon Renaldo This episode is brought to you by AMC+. Start your free trial today at join.amcplus.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.3	This episode of The Town is presented to you by AMC Networks.
0:44.6	Billy Magnuson and Zach Galfinacus star in the new series The Audacity on AMC and AMC Plus.
0:51.2	Influence rises, people unravel, and CEO meltdowns are business as usual among Silicon Valley elite.
0:55.4	Executive produced by Jonathan Glasser, a writer-producer of Succession and Better Call Saul. Watch new episodes of The Audacity, Sundays exclusively on AMC and AMC Plus.
1:02.9	It is Thursday, April 16th. We are here in glamorous Las Vegas at the annual Cinemicon convention
1:09.3	with theater owners. Thanks to everyone who's come up and said hello this week.
1:13.1	Even the guy who insisted I take a plastic sword souvenir from Masters of the Universe,
1:17.9	the Amazon presentation last night.
1:19.7	I'll always cherish that.
1:21.1	We did a great panel with producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Emma Thomas yesterday that
1:24.9	will run as an episode of the show next week.
1:27.1	And today we have a special treat, a conversation with John Favreau.
1:31.9	John is a fascinating figure in Hollywood.
1:33.9	He kind of straddles both the world of A-level studio filmmaking as the director of everything
1:39.1	from Iron Man to Chef to the Lion King remake and the world of technology.
1:45.0	He was one of the first top filmmakers to embrace digital filmmaking
1:48.3	and the sophisticated process he used to make movies like The Jungle Book
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