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Movie Review – Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

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Solo: A Star Wars Story, 2018. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Alden Ehrenreich, Emilia Clarke, Woody Harrelson, Donald Glover, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Paul Bettany, Thandie Newton and Joonas Suotamo. SYNOPSIS: After escaping from a poverty-stricken upbringing, Han Solo becomes embroiled in a criminal gang carrying out a major heist for a dangerous underworld boss. “Watch this!” […]

Donald Glover says the Solo: A Star Wars Story director change was “beneficial” and not “difficult”

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Donald Glover has opened up about the director change on Solo: A Star Wars Story, revealing that the switch was a surprise but not difficult to adjust to. The production process for Solo: A Star Wars Story has been well publicised but, by all accounts, since Ron Howard took over directing duties on the film […]

Second Opinion – Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

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Solo: A Star Wars Story, 2018. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Paul Bettany, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jon Favreau, Linda Hunt, Ian Kenny, John Tui, and Warwick Davis. SYNOPSIS: During an adventure into a dark criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future copilot Chewbacca and encounters […]

Ron Howard reveals that there has been talk about a Willow sequel

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Ron Howard ventures to the galaxy far, far away this week with the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story [read our review here], having taken over directing duties on the Anthology movie following the firing of original helmers Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Solo isn’t Howard’s first venture with Lucasfilm of course; he starred […]

Ron Howard clarifies decision to turn down Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

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Ron Howard has spoken further about his decision not to direct Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Star Wars coming back in 1999 with The Phantom Menace was a big deal, just as it was when the saga returned a few short years ago with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Directing the comeback would, of course, […]

Emilia Clarke loved re-shooting Solo: A Star Wars Story scenes with Ron Howard

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Emilia Clarke has revealed that she was really happy to re-shoot Solo: A Star Wars Story with Ron Howard as director. Solo: A Star Wars Story has had a tumultuous history, mainly the changing of directors late into the game that led Ron Howard to come in and re-shoot vast amounts of the movie. Solo […]

Movie Review – Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

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Solo: A Star Wars Story, 2018. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Paul Bettany, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jon Favreau, Linda Hunt, Ian Kenny, John Tui, and Warwick Davis. SYNOPSIS: During an adventure into a dark criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future copilot Chewbacca and encounters […]

Go behind-the-scenes of Solo: A Star Wars Story with new featurette

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With the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story a little over a week away, a new ‘Rebels on the Run’ featurette has arrived online for the Star Wars anthology movie which includes interviews with director Ron Howard, director of photography Bradford Young, stars Donald Glover and Emilia Clarke, and members from the hair, make-up, costume, […]

A new report sheds more light on Solo: A Star Wars Story’s director shake-up

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It came as quite the surprise last year when it was announced that Lucasfilm had sacked Solo: A Star Wars Story directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller over creative differences with just a few weeks of filming left on the second Star Wars Anthology movie. At the time, rumours circulated suggesting that the filmmakers had […]

Ron Howard to produce big screen adaptation of Tiger & Bunny anime

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Fresh from his trip to the galaxy far, far away on Solo: A Star Wars Story, Ron Howard is set to produce a live-action feature adaptation of the hit Japanese anime series Tiger & Bunny, Deadline has revealed. Global Road Entertainment, Bandai Namco Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Weed Road Pictures are taming up for the […]