"Solo: A Star Wars Story" News & Discussion Thread

[Yojimbo]

Well, if the Empire might have a presence, not a shock the Rebels might (though I'm not sure of the timeline and thus if the Rebels are formed yet).

 

[MDawg]

Ron Howard announced that production has wrapped and the movie has an official name, Solo: A Star Wars Story.

 

[Yojimbo]

Howard tweets production has come to a wrap. For real this time.

 

[the greenman]

Word is Howard reshot nearly all of the film:

https://screenrant.com/han-solo-ron-howard-reshoots-budget/

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[Yojimbo]

Bettany teases he's playing a 'very cool intergalactic gangster'.

 

[the greenman]

FYI, Lord & Miller commented on their Han Solo stint:

http://www.vulture.com/2017/11/lord-and-miller-on-being-kicked-off-the-han-solo-movie.html

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[PF9]

With the Disney-Fox deal about to close I'd like Disney to use 20th Century Fox for its PG-13 and up movies even co-branding with Lucasfilm and Marvel Studios on some releases so I'd love for this to be the first Star Wars movie under 20th Century Fox since Episode III.

 

[Yojimbo]

12/21: Bettany likens the movie to a 'gangster movie' and confirms Howard reshot more than he intended.

12/23: Trailer in next 2-3 weeks.

 

[19MagiswordLane]

Word is Disney is expecting the film to outright bomb:

http://comicbook.com/starwars/2017/12/26/star-wars-solo-movie-bomb-failure-alden-ehrenreich/

 

[Yojimbo]

Bummer. But I hope they're wrong.

 

[the greenman]

That is disappointing. However, it is kinda expected as those original shoots was now just wasted money. The reshoots and just hiring Howard is crazy expensive at this point. We're talking probably at least $50 million in reshoots alone.

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[19MagiswordLane]

First promo image:

 

[Peter Paltridge]

First promo image:

Confirmed by Disney as a fake.
https://www.comicbookmovie.com/sci-...tory-promo-images-arent-the-real-deal-a156597

 

[Yojimbo]

John Williams confirmed he's doing the theme. Shocker.

 

[Spideyzilla]

I'm not at all surprised that Disney doesn't have high hopes for it. I'd argue that doing a Han Solo movie is questionable by itself (especially one that doesn't involve Harrison Ford or Billy Dee Williams), but the news of the reshoots leave little to the imagination. Really, I'm shocked that they didn't push the movie back to next Christmas. May 2018 is less than a year after Ron Howard took the job, we have news that he reshot most of the pre-existing footage along with the stuff that wasn't shot, he had no time to craft the movie into his vision while filming, and he's expected to crank out a masterpiece in eleven months? I don't think much can be done to save the movie, but I have no clue why they wouldn't move it to December and give Howard more time. I've also seen plenty of buzz that the script is bad. If that's true, than the movie is pretty much DOA in terms of quality. Hopefully Disney learns some lessons about handling Star Wars in the future.

 

[Yojimbo]

Howard posted another bts photo.

 

[the greenman]

So Lego leaks some things about the film:

https://movieweb.com/amp/han-solo-movie-lego-sets-millennium-falcon-new-stormtrooper/

Hmmm, yet another kinda Storm Trooper. Also, looks like if that image is a fake, it's getting alot of traction.

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[Yojimbo]

The LEGO stuff also gave away Emilia Clarke's character is called Qi'Ra and Woody Harrelson is Tobias Beckett.

 

[the greenman]

Donald Glover comments on filming Solo:

https://movieweb.com/amp/han-solo-movie-new-shot-millennium-falcon-ron-howard/

"I remember going on set one of the first times, he was like, 'Yeah, I want to follow you onto the Millennium Falcon and do this thing.' I was like, 'I don't think I've ever seen the outside go into the inside.' He's like, 'Yeah, no one's ever done that shot.' As a fan I was like yeah, I was really excited. I know there's been a lot of talk in the press about this movie but for me anyway, it was a dream and also it looks really cool to me."

Referring to switching directors:

"Not a lot at all, at least not for me. I think we've all never been faced with anything like that and I think he did a good job of coming and tell us he didn't want to change what we were doing at all. He wanted us to remain confident in our vision. He just wanted to sculpt it in a way."

Edit: Also trailer expected by the end of this week on GMA.
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[Zeether]

I can't be excited for this, because after I felt lukewarm about Rogue One I feel like the whole "Star Wars Story" saga isn't interesting for me as a whole and I really don't need to know how Han Solo got his name. Glover will probably be the standout performance at least.