Add C-3PO to the list of popular Disney personalities who will be guiding football fans through sundry telecasts of ESPN‘s coverage of Super Bowl LXI in 2027.
\n\nThe golden droid, a mainstay of Disney’s “Star Wars” movies from Lucasfilm, will play a significant role in a real-time, animated telecast of the Big Game that will be set in the “universe” of the movie franchise and air across Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney XD and the ESPN App on Sunday, February 14. Actor Anthony Daniels, who originally played the character, will take part in the spectacle. Meanwhile, five other productions of the 2027 Super Bowl are slated for ESPN, ABC, ESPN2 and ESPNU, among other Disney media properties.
\n\nThe animated telecast, dubbed “Star Wars Funday Football,” will recreate every play of Super Bowl LXI as it happens, but transform players on the field into animated avatars. Characters from “Star Wars” will sub in at key moments and surprise nods to the films will appear throughout the match. Disney is able to transform live gameplay into animation by combining player tracking data from the NFL’s Next Gen Stats and Sony’s Hawk-Eye Innovations optical tracking.
\n\nThe company said it expects to unveil more details…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/