On Tuesday, Lucasfilm announced that Lord and Miller had been removed from the Star
Wars solo film over «creative differences,» with a new director coming onboard «soon.»
According to THR, Disney and Lucasfilm are currently looking at three actresses for the first Star
Wars solo film, which is set to hit theaters in 2016: Academy Award nominees Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) and Orphan Black «s Tatiana Maslany.
Not exact matches
In addition to The Last Jedi and the as - yet - untitled Episode IX in the Star
Wars saga, the franchise will also yield another spinoff
film slated for 2018, featuring a younger version of the franchise's Han
Solo character.
Her iconic Princess Leia is set to appear in the next two «Star
Wars»
films, and insiders tell The Hollywood Reporter that at least two key scenes are planned for «Episode VIII» (Dec. 15) and «Episode IX» (2019): a Leia reunion with Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and a confrontation with Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), her son who killed Harrison Ford's Han
Solo in 2015's «The Force Awakens.»
Solo is not the first Star
Wars film to debut at the star - studded event.
Given that it is a Star
Wars film,
Solo is almost guaranteed to do well at the box office — even the much maligned prequel
films broke records.
Much like the first Star
Wars standalone
film, Rogue One: A Star
Wars Story, released in 2016,
Solo has had some production issues — to the point when Lucasfilm fired the
film's original directors, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, for «creative differences.»
Not only was Glover cast as Lando Calrissian in the upcoming Han
Solo «Star
Wars»
film, but he'll also voice of Simba, the rambunctious lion cub who becames the leader of the pride, in Disney's live - action remake of «The Lion King.»
Disney has one of its biggest movie slates for FY2018 with Ant Man and The Wasp, The Avengers: Infinity
War,
Solo: A Star
Wars Story, The Incredibles 2 and Mulan (live action
film) around the corner.
The line was used by Han
Solo and Luke Skywalker in the first Star
Wars film - and has featured as a running gag since.
the clearer it becomes that «
Solo,» like many a «Star
Wars»
film before it, is not too interested in women.
Watch all of this week's new
film trailers, including new looks at
Solo: A Star
Wars Story, The Incredibles 2, Ocean's 8, The Meg, and more.
While Rogue One was a
war movie,
Solo trades as a heist
film.
The 18th
film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the final step on the winding journey to Avengers: Infinity
War, Black Panther gives Chadwick Boseman's titular superhero a chance to shine in his own
solo movie, following his MCU debut in Captain America: Civil
War.
Tags: Alden Ehrenreich, books, chris carter, Han
Solo film, Jill Pantozzi, Jonathan Maberry, Kami Garcia, star
wars, Star Wars: Rogue One, x-f
wars, Star
Wars: Rogue One, x-f
Wars: Rogue One, x-files
Filming for the new Han Solo movie will not start filming until early 2017, but sources close to Variety say the reason for such a early decision has to do with the upcoming Star Wars movie, which is currently f
Filming for the new Han
Solo movie will not start
filming until early 2017, but sources close to Variety say the reason for such a early decision has to do with the upcoming Star Wars movie, which is currently f
filming until early 2017, but sources close to Variety say the reason for such a early decision has to do with the upcoming Star
Wars movie, which is currently
filmingfilming.
Tags: Avengers: Infinity
War, batman, Ben Affleck, Beyoncé, Han
Solo film, Maisie Williams, Marvel Entertainment, Matt Reeves, netflix, New Mutants, Phoebe Waller - Bridge, star
wars, Thandie Newton, twentieth century fox, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Westworld
Over the past year, Fandango has leveraged FanShop to reward its ticket buyers with complimentary movie collectibles and exclusive movie posters inspired by highly - anticipated
films, including Marvel's Avengers: Infinity
War,
Solo: A Star
Wars Story, Deadpool 2, Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, Star
Wars: The Last Jedi, Ready Player One, Incredibles 2 and many others.
Disney and Lucasfilm have tapped The LEGO Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller to write and direct a young Han
Solo Star
Wars spin - off
film.
They haven't made their post-Infinity
War plans known, but they've hinted in an interview from China (via CBM) that they'd be interested in making
solo Black Widow
film.
Disney and Lucasfilm have released the full
Solo: A Star
Wars Story trailer for the second
film in the Star
Wars story series ahead of the
film's Cannes premiere (10 days before it hits theaters).
Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the directors of the upcoming young Han
Solo film, confirmed on the official Star
Wars site that Woody Harrelson is joining the ensemble of the Han
Solo: A Star
Wars Story (Not final title)
film, following reports last week that Lucasfilm and Disney definitively moved on from Christian Bale for the role of
Solo's mentor.
Expectations are high for the character's first
solo outing, with the assumption that the
film will set up the big showdown in Infinity
War.
With Rogue One: A Star
Wars Story mere weeks away fans are already looking forward to news of the next spin - off in the Star
Wars franchise, the young Han
Solo film with Hail, Caesar!
A new report gives us several actors who may be cast to play a young Han
Solo in a Star
Wars prequel
film and I'm not liking any of them.
Winning the coveted role of Lando Calrissian for the Han
Solo spin - off Star
Wars film is something Donald Glover clearly treasures, as evident from his recent string of humble interviews.
Fresh off his Golden Globe wins for his FX series Atlanta, Donald Glover is getting ready to step into the galaxy far, far away by portraying a younger version of Lando Calrissian — played by Billy Dee Williams in the original Star
Wars trilogy — in the untitled Han
Solo anthology
film.
The Star
Wars universe will get its second anthology
film in May with the release of
Solo: A Star
Wars Story.
In a revealing new interview about the inspirations behind
Solo: A Star
Wars Story, co-writer Lawrence Kasdan reveals he was hired to write a Han
Solo film before the big Disney purchase of Lucasfilm.
It features actors who showed up in the third cycle of Star
Wars films that began in 2015 with «The Force Awakens,» in which classic characters like Han
Solo, Chewbacca and Leia were mixed in with new ones played by Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver and John Boyega.
Tags: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, chris hemsworth, david petersen, Gal Gadot, Gary Whitta, Han
Solo film, harry potter, HitFix, j.j. abrams, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Moana, mouse guard, New Ghostbusters, Patty Jenkins, star trek, star
wars, Star Wars Celebration, suicide squad, Taika Waititi, Thor: Ragnarok, Wonder Woman movie, x-f
wars, Star
Wars Celebration, suicide squad, Taika Waititi, Thor: Ragnarok, Wonder Woman movie, x-f
Wars Celebration, suicide squad, Taika Waititi, Thor: Ragnarok, Wonder Woman movie, x-files
The trailer will likely reassure Star
Wars fans worried by
Solo's well - documented disharmonious production, which included the departure of directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller well into
filming; Ron Howard was brought onboard to help finish the
film.
To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Star
Wars is offering fans the chance to win a cameo in the upcoming Han
Solo standalone
film, a visit to Skywalker Ranch and a trip to the premiere of The Last Jedi as part of its latest «Force for Change» fundraising initiative.
Tags: Chris Miller, han
solo, Han Solo film, Kathleen Kennedy, Phil Lord, star wars, Star Wars: Rogue One, Star Wars: The Force Awa
solo, Han
Solo film, Kathleen Kennedy, Phil Lord, star wars, Star Wars: Rogue One, Star Wars: The Force Awa
Solo film, Kathleen Kennedy, Phil Lord, star
wars, Star Wars: Rogue One, Star Wars: The Force Awa
wars, Star
Wars: Rogue One, Star Wars: The Force Awa
Wars: Rogue One, Star
Wars: The Force Awa
Wars: The Force Awakens
The Russo Brothers along with Winter Soldier / Civil
War / Infinity
War screenwriters Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus all stating they'd love take on the
solo film.
A previously released synopsis for the
film stated, «Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in
Solo: A Star
Wars Story, an all - new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy,» the synopsis reads.
The events of the
film take place before Han
Solo makes his debut in Star
Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope, and Chewbacca will be playing a key role.
Solo, the Star
Wars series» second anthology
film following 2016's Rogue One, and one of Rolling Stone's 50 Most Anticipated Films of 2018, arrives in theaters May 25th.
The trailer for «Shock and Awe,» the new
film from
Solo: A Star
Wars Story actor Woody Harrelson has been released.
Joonas Suotamo didn't feel pressure while
filming one of the most iconic scenes in «Star
Wars» history.The 31 - year - old actor plays Chewbacca in «
Solo: A Star
Wars Story», and he insisted he didn't let fans» expectations...
It remains to be seen if these
films will be
Solo sequels or other Star
Wars anthology
films such as a Boba Fett movie that has been in gestation for years.
The «Star
Wars» universe has been rapidly expanding in recent years with the new trilogy as well as stand - alone
films like «Rogue One» and the forthcoming «
Solo: A Star
Wars Story.»
Worse, a less interesting
film,
Solo: A Star
Wars Story.
Solo: A Star
Wars Story (May)- This
film may have been mired in production chaos, but we still want to see this origin story about Han, Chewie and Lando.
Alden Ehrenreich talks about continuing the legacy of Harrison Ford's portrayal of an iconic character and shares some of his favorite moments from
filming Solo: A Star
Wars Story.
What does it say about
Solo: A Star
Wars Story that the most interesting character in the
film is one with no previous connection to the series?
Ignoring some of the absolutely silly decisions made so Brad Pitt's adventure would be a primarily
solo journey (with him completely front and center until the final act), like the
film's McGuffin of a scientist meeting his end in a decidedly slapdash manner, World
War Z fails to instill the
film's plot with any sense of urgency.
Solo: A Star
Wars Story is a
film that gives us Han
Solo's cinematic origin story while staying true to the original Star
Wars trilogy.
Solo will stay in the Star
Wars family with veteran franchise composer John Williams set to write the theme for the standalone
film about Han
Solo, slated for release on May 25.
Clarke, one of the stars of the upcoming spinoff flick «
Solo: A Star
Wars Story,» stopped by «The Tonight Show» on Monday to promote the
film, which reveals how the young Han (Alden Ehrenreich) meets Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo), among other details about the space swashbuckler.