Billy Dee Williams posted a notice to his Facebook page telling people that he’d still not yet been approached for Episode VII.
Everyone is still asking about the new Star Wars movie…. the best way to ensure that Billy Dee Williams will be in the new film is to FB, TWITTER, BLOG and tell Disney and Lucasfilm that you want to see LANDO again!
Hopefully JJ will read the wishes and write in LANDO! UNTIL then…. here is all that is known: “I am in the dark with the actual plans that Disney and Lucasfilm have for the future of the “Star Wars” universe. I have heard the same rumors that the fans heard, that a new trilogy is being made, that spin-offs may be made, that we all [Mark, Carrie, Harrison and myself] are going to be reprising our roles in these projects.
At this point in time, nothing has been confirmed about my participation and I have signed no contracts. I assure you that I would absolutely love to reprise my role of Lando Calrissian. He’s a character that I took great pride in creating on screen and have continued to be a part of when providing his voice for video games, the new “Star Wars Detours” cartoon and for various episodes of “Robot Chicken”, among other projects. It’s a lot of fun to keep Lando alive and I am eager to do it again, on film, when I get the call. I thank all the fans out there for their continued support and I hope to get the call from Disney and Lucasfilm real soon, until then, may the force be with us all!” ~ Billy Dee Williams
We discussed this on Full of Sith’s last Rumour Control episode with Bobby Roberts and came to the consensus that if Billy Dee Williams was going to be in the movie, he’d have been talked to by now. All the other major players had been approached prior to the Disney sale and announcement of the new film. Why leave Lando in the dark.
It’s not impossible that he’s still going to be in the movie and not have been talked to yet.
Do I want to see Lando in the film? Absolutely. Does it seem likely he’s going to make it? Not really.
But this is straight from the source: Billy Dee Williams still has not been approached.
[Hat tip to The Bearded Trio for bringing this to our attention.]