Into the Spider-Verse‘s Shameik Moore Had Auditioned to Play Lando
Shameik Moore is now on everyone’s mind after playing Miles Morales in Sony’s CGI-animated film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Although he’d had leading roles in the 2015 Sundance drama Dope and Netflix series The Get Down, it was the animated adventure’s success that catapulted Moore into the spotlight. The film has been nominated for an Oscar, no less.
In becoming the first Spider-Man of color,
Black Panther, A Quiet Place & More Make Oscars VFX Shortlist
Awards season has officially begun, and it’s already looking quite good for Black Panther. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed their shortlist for the visual effects category today, which includes more or less all the films you’d expect to see, with a few pleasant surprises. A few of these movies you haven’t seen yet, like Bumblebee and Welcome to Marwen,
Solo: A Star Wars Story Deleted Scene Features a Callback to 1977 Original
The best thing about a big movie like Solo coming out on digital download and Blu-ray are the extras. Yes, seeing the film again is the main point, but it’s all the behind-the-scenes footage, deleted scenes, director commentary and gag reels that give the movie lover the most bang for their buck. With Solo: A Star Wars Story coming home this month, you can expect a whole lot of juicy extras to enjoy.
The Solo: A Star Wars Story Cast On What It’s Like to Jump into Hyperspace
In the fall of 2019, Star Wars fans will have the opportunity to climb into the Millenium Falcon cockpit and try their hand at flying like Han in Disney World. Until then, we’ll have to take the cast of Solo’s word for it that it’s incredibly awesome. The special effects team actually built the Star Wars ride of our dreams for the infamous Kessel Run scene. i09 has an exclusive featurette from the Solo: A Star Wars Story home video release where the cast recalls filming on board the ship.
The Official Star Wars Twitter Solves Decades-Old Empire Strikes Back Mystery
What began as a minor, almost forgettable moment of typical C-3PO humor in The Empire Strikes Back has recently become much, much more. A popular fan theory about the scene arose following the release of the legendary franchises’ newest spinoff, Solo: A Star War Story, and the people behind the Star Wars Twitter feed have all but confirmed it. The theory involves some plot spoilers for Solo,
How Solo‘s Craziest Death Scene Was Inspired by Indiana Jones
If you’re trying to outrun a squadron of TIE-Fighters while smuggling highly explosive, extremely expensive cargo, what you probably don’t want to do is fly directly into a maelstrom. Spoiler alert.
Yet that’s precisely what Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) does while at the helm of Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover)’s Millennium Falcon as they attempt to make the Kessel run (in 12 parsecs!) before being killed by the TIE Fighters and the Imperial blockade set up to stop them.
How That Shocking Cameo Made it into Solo: A Star Wars Story
There were some beloved characters that were resurrected in Solo from Han to Lando. We were also super pumped to see the new faces including Qi’ra, Beckett, and Val. There was one familiar face we didn’t expect to pop up, however. We can’t get into it without some serious spoilers, so stop now if you haven’t made it to the theater yet.
Ok, let’s talk about that cameo. Yes, we’re talking about Darth Maul –
The Five Moments in Solo that Delighted Us the Most
Change is hard, but Alden Ehrenreich made it easy for us. Harrison Ford so endearingly created the prickly and grizzled antihero, Han Solo, that it was difficult to imagine anyone else in the role. Ford endorsed Ehrenreich’s performance in Solo, and it turns out he has pretty good judgment. Ehrenreich channeled Solo’s essence and the script played to his freshness in the role. Solo is the most adventurous and lowest stake film in the Star Wars franchise,
Lifelong Star Wars Fan Joonas Suotamo On Becoming Chewbacca
Imagine a young man dreams of an acting career, but is told he has little or no chance of success, because there are no jobs for blonde, blue-eyed Finnish actors nearly seven feet tall. Now imagine one of the most iconic characters in modern film is being recast, and the requirements include being seven feet tall and having blue eyes. Clearly Joonas Suotamo, who took over the role of Chewbacca from the great Peter Mayhew,
New Solo Images Highlight the Galaxy’s Underworld
Solo: A Star Wars Story is finally here. After that much fretted over production and all the panting concern, Ron Howard’s film has seemingly done the impossible—told a ripping yarn about the young Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) that has earned praise from the critics and calmed the nerves of millions of Star Wars fans. We’ve interviewed Chewbacca (played by meticulous Finnish actor Joonas Suotamo), toured the Millennium Falcon with Lando (Donald Glover),
What the Women Warriors of Star Wars Have Meant to Me
One of the first things my father taught me was to impersonate Princess Leia (the late, great Carrie Fisher, of course). He would say “Princess Leia!” and my not-even-two-year-old self would immediately scramble for the nearest cup-like objects before clapping them over my ears in a vague imitation of her iconic cinnamon roll side buns. I had no idea who Princess Leia was, or what she stood for, or even what the Star Wars saga was.
Ron Howard & Cast Speak Out About Solo: A Star Wars Story
How did Harrison Ford‘s Han Solo become such an irresistible rogue? To answer that question, Solo: A Star Wars Story presents a portrait of the wise-cracking outlaw pilot as a brash young man. Directed by Ron Howard and co-written by Lawrence Kasdan, who scripted The Empire Strikes Back, this rip-roaring origins story casts Alden Ehrenreich in the title role alongside Donald Glover as the young Lando Calrissian, Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke as Qi’ra,
Review Roundup: Solo: A Star Wars Story Delivers the Goods
The reviews for Ron Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Story are out, and the critics are mostly in agreement that this is the most fun, breeziest stand-alone Star Wars film yet released. The reviews pretty much jibe with the first reactions we published last Friday—great performances, some terrific action set pieces, and the scruffy charm you’d want, and expect, in a film about the young Han Solo. For those folks who were worried about Alden Ehrenreich,
Harrison Ford Crashed an Interview to Share His Thoughts on Solo: A Star Wars Story
We would have a lot more trouble getting any work done if we knew that Harrison Ford was watching our every move. Solo: A Star Wars Story actor, Alden Ehrenreich, could now reasonably expect the Hollywood legend to show up at his workplace at any time. Ehrenreich is taking over the role of the galaxy’s most famous smuggler, Han Solo. While out on a press junket for the film, opening this Friday,
First Solo Reactions Hail Great Performances & Thrilling Action
It’s fitting that a film about the most iconic smuggler in the galaxy delivers the goods. Solo: A Star Wars Story had its premiere in Hollywood last night, and the first reactions suggest that, despite all that concern over the film’s fairly rocky production, Ron Howard and his incredible cast have pulled it off.
The action, the performances (just about every member of the cast is singled out by one critic or another for being the film’s crown jewel),
Watch Thandie Newtwon’s Val Threaten Han in Gripping new Solo: A Star Wars Story Clip
As we rapidly approach Solo: A Star Wars Story‘s May 25 premiere, Disney is giving us a look at some of the film’s major players, which finally includes Thandie Newton’s mysterious character Val. A new clip that aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live not only features Val, but shows her actually speaking. Turns out, Val’s seriously tough, and the moment she threatens Han Solo (Aldren Ehrenreich) proves that in the world she comes from,
Watch the Moment Han Meets Lando in new Solo Clip
There are likely very few Star Wars fans who weren’t thrilled when they heard the polymathic talent Donald Glover would be playing the young Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Since Glover’s casting was announced every new bit of footage we’ve seen of Lando has reinforced the notion that this was, to put it mildly, a role he was born to play. Now, a new clip from the film shows us the moment that Han (Alden Ehrenreich) meets Lando,
Watch the Moment Han Wins the Millennium Falcon From Lando & More in 2 New Solo Clips
Star Wars Day is always special, especially when it falls on a Friday. Today’s already been a great one, thanks to Lucasfilm releasing a bunch of new Solo: A Star Wars Story photos and clips. One of these clips isn’t your typical brief sequence from the upcoming film, but rather a 360º video in which you’re in control of what you see. This means you’ll be the young Han (Alden Ehrenreich) and get to gamble for the Millennium Falcon.
Celebrate Star Wars Day With These New Solo Images
Every May 4th we join in the global celebration of Star Wars day. Today, we get to do it in style—with new images from Ron Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Story. There’s been a wonderful glut of Solo material this week, including this awesome video revealing how big of a diva Chewie is, Ron Howard giving Star Wars: A New Hope the Arrested Development treatment,
Chewbacca’s Solo: A Star Wars Story Costars Reveal He’s Difficult to Work With
Some people, like Queen Celine, give the word ‘diva’ a good name. Others, not so much. Chewbacca seems to be running the set of Solo: A Star Wars Story and causing his costars grief.
The filmmakers are doubling down on treating Chewbacca as a real Wookie, although he is actually played by Joonas Suotamo. Recent posters of Han’s best bud did not credit the actor adding to Chewie’s mystique.
