Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. The Phil Lord and Chris Miller Han Solo spin-off flick began filming a little while ago, but now we have our first look at the cast assembled in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon!
Look!
I think my favorite part about that picture is that Alden Ehrenreich is dressed like Harrison Ford would have been dressed in 1976. He's not only in the character of Han Solo, he's in the character of Harrison Ford! Or just has the same taste in clothes, but I prefer to think it's the former.
That's not the only bit of news to come from this official release. The big whopper is that the still Untitled Han Solo flick will be retaking Star Wars' original May release month, marking the first film of this new wave of Star Wars titles to not be released in December.
The release date is May 25, 2018, which puts its release less than 6 months after Rian Johnson's Star Wars Episode VIII - The Last Jedi and just a few weeks after the Russos' first Avengers - Infinity War flick.
Also revealed in the below release is that Joonas Suotamo will be in the Chewbacca suit, not Peter Mayhew. Suotamo did a lot of the suit work in The Force Awakens, but it was important for JJ Abrams to bring Mayhew back for the key scenes. Chewie's eyes ARE Peter Mayhew's eyes and I think Abrams wanted that familiarity to help bridge the original trilogy to this new one.
Full release below:
The adventure-filled past of the iconic scoundrel and everyone’s favorite Wookiee is going before cameras this month when principal photography on the untitled Han Solo Star Wars Story officially began February 20th at Pinewood Studios, London.
The movie will explore the duo’s adventures before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, including their early encounters with that other card-playing rogue from a galaxy far, far away, Lando Calrissian.
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are directors co-piloting the movie, with a cast that includes Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian, Thandie Newton, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, with Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca.
“Watching such inspired people from all over the world, with such unique voices, come together for the sole purpose of making art, is nothing short of miraculous,” Lord and Miller said. “We can't think of anything funny to say, because we just feel really moved, and really lucky.”
Written by Lawrence and Jon Kasdan, it will be produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Allison Shearmur, Simon Emanuel and co-produced by Kiri Hart, Susan Towner and Will Allegra. Lawrence Kasdan and Jason McGatlin will executive produce.
Crewing the ship will be some of the industry’s top talent, including Academy Award nominee for his work on “Arrival,” Bradford Young (Director of Photography), Chris Dickens (Editor), Dominic Tuohy (SFX Supervisor), Rob Bredow (VFX Supervisor) and Brad Allan (Action Designer).
They will be joining returning Star Wars veteran crew members Neal Scanlan (Creature & Droid FX Creative Supervisor), Neil Lamont (Production Designer), Dave Crossman and Glyn Dillon (Co-Costume Designers), Jamie Wilkinson (Prop Master), Lisa Tomblin (Hair), Amanda Knight (Make-Up) and Nina Gold (UK Casting Director).
The untitled Han Solo Star Wars Story is slated for release on May 25, 2018.
Punch it.
Lord & Miller getting Bradford Young to shoot the flick is terribly exciting for me as well.
Can't wait to see what this team cooks up for us!
-Eric Vespe
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