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New Chewbacca actor wants to make Peter Mayhew proud

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As officially announced yesterday, Finnish-born actor Joonos Suotamo will be taking over the role of Chewbacca from Peter Mayhew for the currently-in-production Han Solo Star Wars spinoff film. Suotamo, who also performed as Chewie alongside Mayhew in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens and will do so again in this year’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, has […]

First look at Han Solo movie, new images from Pacific Rim 2 and Wonder Woman, Hellboy 3 cancelled and more – Daily News Roundup

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SMUGGLER’S PHOTO With the film now in production, the official Star Wars Twitter account released an image from the set of the Han Solo spin-off movie, featuring directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller alongside stars Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. “Watching such inspired people from all over the world, with […]

The Week in Star Wars – First look at Rey, Finn, Poe and Stormtroopers in The Last Jedi, Han Solo casting, the fate of Jar Jar Binks and more

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It’s a Last Jedi heavy edition of The Week in Star Wars with our first look at some key characters, rumours on the first trailer and Finn’s role in the film, some Han Solo casting news, a look at Rogue One’s VFX, the fate of Jar Jar Binks and more… Let’s kick things off with […]

Affleck leaving The Batman? New Han Solo rumour, The Last Jedi trailer and more – Daily News Roundup

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BATFLECK DONE? Following the news that Ben Affleck had stepped down as director of The Batman (thought to be replaced by Matt Reeves), a new rumour surfaced yesterday that Batfleck could be done with the DCEU all together. This is not the first time this has been rumoured, and this one has come from Collider’s […]

The Week in Star Wars – The Last Jedi plot details, Mark Hamill defends prequels, Rogue One Blu-ray details and more

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The Week in Star Wars is back with some possible plot details from Star Wars: The Last Jedi as well as details on the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Blu-ray, Star Wars Land and more… Let’s kick things off this week with Star Wars: The Last Jedi and although Josh Gad and Judi Dench have been […]

Westworld’s Thandie Newton in talks for Han Solo Star Wars movie

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It was only the other day we heard that Fleabag actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge might be joiningthe Han Solo Star Wars Anthology film, but now Variety is reporting yet another name for the film. Westworld‘s Thandie Newton is apparently in talks to join the ensemble cast. Newton starred as the robotic host Maeve in Westworld. She became a central and fan-favourite character in […]

Phoebe Waller-Bridge in talks to join Han Solo film

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We might be able to add another name to the growing cast of the Han Solo Star Wars spin off film. Variety is reporting Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge has begun talks to join everyone’s favourite smuggler in his solo flick. The role would be a CGI motion capture performance, much like Lupita Nyong’o’s Maz Kanata in Star Wars: The Force […]

Chris Miller announces Han Solo movie filming underway with new BTS image

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Filming on the upcoming and as yet untitled Han Solo spinoff film is finally underway. Co-director Chris Miller took to Twitter this morning to announce the news, showing off a behind-the-scenes shot of the film’s clapboard and a caption that riffs on the classic “Han shot first” Greedo controversy: HanFirstShot pic.twitter.com/KReR6rgKFT — Christopher Miller (@chrizmillr) January 30, […]

UPDATE: Woody Harrelson playing Star Wars Legends character Garris Shrike in the young Han Solo movie

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It looks like Lucasfilm is dipping back into the old Star Wars Extended Universe canon for Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s upcoming Han Solo movie, with Woody Harrelson confirming to Variety that his mentor character is Garris Shrike. Created by Ann C. Crispin for the 1997 book The Paradise Snare, Garris Shrike is a bounty […]