Not exact matches
With today's debut of the official trailer for «Star Wars: Rogue One,» a
standalone installment of the intergalactic franchise about the events
leading up to the original
film, we've got lightsabers on the brain.
If it moves forward, her
standalone film would be the second female -
led MCU offering, after Brie Larson's Captain Marvel, out next year.
He kicked off the entire franchise all the way back in 2008 and has continued to be one of the most important figures in the series, with three
standalone films, practically
leading the Avengers in two battles to save the Earth, going up against Captain America for the Avengers very own civil war, and helping Peter Parker become Spider - Man.
Tatiana Maslany and Rooney Mara testing for the female
lead in first Star Wars
standalone film from Gareth Edwards
2018 looks to be packed with spin - offs: It will also see the release of the Han Solo
standalone film — which is about to land its female
lead — as well as another Fantastic Beasts movie.
Eighteen
films into Marvel's blockbuster franchise they're long overdue, arriving in a «Black Panther» origin tale that also breaks ground as the first
standalone film of the modern Marvel era to be
led by a black superhero.
And with
films like the «Wonder Woman»
standalone next year having already established a director, tone, and
lead cast, there are others such as «Aquaman» that still has very little known about it.
Han Solo
leads Lucasfilm's second
standalone Star Wars
film, passing Harrison Ford's role down to Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!).
The road has been anything but smooth for those associated with the forthcoming
standalone film on Han Solo — Solo: A Star Wars Story — which notably saw the directing duo replaced after six months of
filming, the
lead actor's acting chops being questioned, and supposedly an «unworkable script» in which to
film.
The Hollywood trade couldn't rule out whether Bardem could appear in that
film as Frankenstein before a
standalone film of his own - and interestingly, Bardem had already turned down the role of Dr. Jekyll in The Mummy,
leading Russell Crowe to take the part.