Stop us if you’ve heard this one: A director noted for combining well-received comedy with groundbreaking technological innovations has just signed on for a new project at Disney, in which a wise-cracking cartoon rabbit will interact with live-action human characters. You guessed it: Jon Favreau’s making an Oswald The Lucky Rabbit TV show.

Nearly two decades after his homecoming to Disney, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is going to get his own show from the creator of The Mandalorian, Jon Favreau.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Decades later, in one of the strangest deals in Hollywood history, Disney CEO Bob Iger would trade the contract of sportscaster Al Michaels to Universal-owned NBC for, among other things, the rights to Oswald the Lucky the Rabbit and all the original cartoons that Walt and his animators had created.

The Mandalorian and Grogu director will shepherd an Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series for Disney+.

Jon Favreau is writing and producing an animation/live action hybrid series about Oswald the Lucky Rabbit for Disney+ from Walt Disney Studios.

Jon Favreau, director of Disney’s remakes of The Jungle Book and The Lion King as well as creator of The Mandalorian, is taking on another classic character from the Disney library: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

Jon Favreau is writing and producing a new Oswald the Lucky Rabbit hybrid series for Disney+. Learn more about Oswald's history and Favreau's impact!