Thandie is set to impress audiences once again as the mysterious Val in Solo: AStar Wars Story, the latest film in the epic
space opera franchise.
Would love to see a new
space opera franchise also.
Not exact matches
The film, which will be released on Dec. 15 of this year, will pick up after the action of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the
franchise's huge 2015 release that shattered box office records and marked the
space opera's return to theaters for the first time in a decade.
What prompts that screaming in the Alien
franchise and other
space opera sci - fi is typically terror, dismemberment or larval - monster intestinal occupation.
But what really separates this
space opera sequel from the rest of Marvel's films is Gunn and his cast's willingness to abandon the Marvel cinematic universe's more polished and formulaic veneer and drill into the heart of what makes this movie and the Guardians
franchise so impossibly irresistible: pure fun.
But what makes the film more than a mere vengeance flick is that it is actually a fairy tale disguised as a humble western in the same way that the Star Wars
franchise is actually a
space opera about a son redeeming his father who fell from grace.
You've got Star Wars, you've got Guardians, so you've got to have your own
space opera, but you have to find something that can survive among these two very, very great
franchises.»
A joyfully perverse exercise in world - building for a
franchise that will only live on in fan fiction, the Wachowskis»
space opera was a vibrant throwback to gonzo epics like The Fifth Element, Brazil, and the siblings» own The Matrix.
Rogue One, a new standalone Star Wars film that ends around the point where the original movie began, doesn't exactly subvert the light - and - dark mythos of that nearly 40 - year - old multimedia
franchise, but it does find the fatalism buried in its
space -
opera heroics.
While speaking at a press conference, director Rian Johnson confirmed that The Last Jedi will be 2 hours and 30 minutes long, making it the longest film in the
space -
opera movie
franchise so far, reports Contactmusic.
Fisher, who was known most for having played Princess Leia in the popular epic
space -
opera film
franchise, spoke to Ridley about the way stardom would impact her search for love and said that her personal life was set to become more complicated, reports mirror.co.uk.
More and more A-list celebrities can be found lending their recognizable pipes to video games this generation, and Bioware's
space -
opera RPG
franchise Mass Effect is no stranger to the talent.
Disney has confirmed Star Wars will come to Disney Infinity, meaning characters from the
space opera will be featured alongside other characters from Disney, Pixar, and Marvel in the latest installment of Disney's video game
franchise.