Solo: A Star Wars Story

I'll wager a million dollars that he gets the classic Harrison Ford scar somehow.

Phil Lord and Chris Miller are fired.

Ron Howard rumored to be a frontrunner.

Other choices include Lawrance Kasdan, who wrote it, as well as The Force Awakens, and Empire Strikes Back, and who has done some directing.
Also, Joe Johnston, who did Rocketter, Jumanji, and Captain America: The First Avenger.

Ron Howard confirmed by the Hollywood Reporter.

Official confirmation from Lucasfilm coming later today.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/ron-howard-will-take-over-han-solo/

And Lucasfilm confirmed it.

http://www.starwars.com/news/ron-ho...-the-untitled-han-solo-film?cmp=smc|946759614

The Force goes strong with Opie.

Something must be really wrong if they are changing captains midvoyage.

Rumor is, they fought like cats and dogs with Lawrence Kasdan.
Kasdan wrote Empire Strikes Back, and Kathleen Kennedy has loyalty to him going way back, so the whipper-snappers lost that fight.

Posted from a cinemaphile friend's Facebook:

I don't hate Ron Howard as a director--in fact, APOLLO 13 is one of my favorite films--but this is a huge step down from the idiosyncratic genius of Lord & Miller, and indicative that Lucasfilm is aiming for a solid double than a more risky shot into the outfield.

The big question is: can he [Howard] reshape and reshoot an entire movie in eight weeks, after Lord & Miller shot for five months, or is Lucasfilm going to essentially make this movie twice? If they still want to make their Memorial 2018 due date, Howard has to do the former; there's not enough time to spend another six months on principal photography.

Help me Opiewan Kenobi, you're my only hope.

So, you think that they were fired because they wanted an ending like Rogue One, but were told they couldn't have it, no matter how damn good a movie it might have made?

http://www.darkhorizons.com/more-han-solo-exit-details-as-howard-talks/

Damn, that's a shame, but if your boss tells you to knock it off and you don't, that's on you. I mean we are talking about the man who wrote Empire.

If that's true, then firing the directors was a smart move. I don't think that a Solo movie would work as a comedy.

Fixed!

"It's amazing what you can do with Photoshop these days."

More insider allegations.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/han-solo-acting-coaches-applause-more-fallout/

They brought in a n acting coach. Oops.

Sounds like a combination of Lord and Miller not getting the Disney Plan and Disney being control freaks.

And with the acting coach, could just be Ehrenreich can't do off-the-cuff. Would explain his unhappiness and the need for a coach if the directors were sticking him well outside his comfort zone - you can do that for indie and small budget movies, but a SW movie?

The end result is going to be interesting regardless of how good a movie it actually is.

Disney execs saw a Han Solo sizzle reel, and they liked what they saw.
Be funny if all this political fist-fighting was over nothing.

http://www.cbr.com/han-solo-sizzle-reel-disney-reaction/

Set pics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_thermometer

Donald Glover as Lando.
But you've got to squint.

John Powell who scored the Bourne movies, the Shrek series, and the Kung-Fu Pandas is scoring Han Solo.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/402117-john-powell-to-score-the-untitled-han-solo-movie

So the actor who played Darth Vader in Rogue One has just signed on to the Han Suck Ass movie.

http://screenrant.com/star-wars-han-solo-spencer-wilding-darth-vader/

No confirmation that he's playing Vader....but....if he is, that really doesn't bode well for this film that no one wanted - having to bring in Darth Vader last minute to spice the whole thing up is just a terrible move.

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i doubt that.

Seems like everyone wants an Obiwan movie, but the executives know Han Solo is a lot of people's favorite, so they went with that.

FTFY.

Apart from Wordforge (which definitely is NOT a representative cross section of the populace), I have never met anyone who liked Star Wars who wasn't interested in seeing Han Solo's back story.

I haven't met anyone who was. I have heard several people mention an Obiwan movie set between 3 & 4.