Star Wars: Han Solo Begins Filming This March.
In a recent interview with Yahoo!, Woody Harrelson noted that filming for the Han Solo movie will begin in March.
From Yahoo!:
Woody Harrelson recently confirmed he’s playing Han Solo’s mentor in the next “Star Wars” movie, but the actor jokes about his own ability to lead.
“I wouldn’t choose me,” the actor shrugged and then laughed at the premiere of “Wilson” at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Harrelson will play Garris Shrike. He also said the movie, which doesn’t yet have a title, begins shooting in March.
A quick correction to this text – Lucasfilm’s unofficial position seems to be that Woody Harrelson’s character won’t be named Garris Shrike. This confusion seems to be based around Harrelson’s answer to a question on the name of his character and the role that he would play in the movie. While he answered “yes”, it seems as though this was directed at the rumor that he would be playing Han’s unreliable advisor as opposed to playing a character with the name that was presented. And if the name changes, it wouldn’t be the first time Lucasfilm did such a thing – in the Legends continuity, Bevel Lemelisk was the Death Star’s architect, while Rogue One establishes that the character who fit the same archetype in the canon setting was named Galen Erso.
This is slightly later than the previously-announced start date of this month, and may indicate that the movie will be released after May 2018. A recent rumor did point to December as becoming the unofficial month of Star Wars, provided, of course, that the Avatar sequels don’t push it out of the way. With no word on when filming for Avatar 2 will begin, perhaps it’s not too hard to imagine that Disney is safely presuming that December 2018 will be all theirs, with their biggest competition being the animated Spider-Man movie. Whether it’s pushed back a few weeks or by several months, it would make sense that Disney wouldn’t want to risk having Avengers: Infinity War and Han Solo cannibalizing each other at the box office (as both are currently slated for May 2018 releases and share similar audience demographics). Hopefully, this will all be cleared up as we get closer to the start of filming.
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Yeah, I’d absolutely put money on it that this will get pushed to December.
Seeing how in the latest press release, for Woody’s signing, the month of May isn’t mentioned, I will agree.
Yep. It makes sense; it’s not like Avatar 2 is ever gonna come out, lol.
cameron is probably waiting for holodeck level technology before he makes the next one. 😉
People act like: “Nobody wants a Han Solo movie!!”
Who the hell asked for an Avatar sequel 10 years later? lol
It seems to me the fans are coming round to the Han Solo movie.
Avatar 2 you couldn’t pay me to watch.
Avatar was so cringey. How many cliches are even left for the sequel?
Yeah, No way are they going to allow it to siphon funds off the biggest MCU film of all-time.
That one is probably coming in 2019. But yeah, Infinity War is gonna be huge.
It got pushed back? The plan was for part 1 to be in May of 2018.
No, I was suggesting that Part 2 will be larger than Part 1. You know they’ll market it as the “last” Avengers movie.
Galen was not the architect of the Death Star that was the Geonosians, Galen worked on the super weapon part.
And the reactor.
Especially after what happened to the Droid Control Ship, I just blame it on the Empire’s arrogance of power/numbers over everything else.
Doesn’t Rogue One explain that Galen’s the only one who knew how unstable the reactor was?
It says that he purposefully made the reactor unstable, though it doesn’t say how.
Right. I guess my point is that the Empire didn’t know it was unstable. Only Galen knew that.
Is that picture of Alden Photoshoped? Or is it real?
Answered my own question, Photoshoped.
Good, and cool in equal measures.
i’ll never be satisfied with the look but its hard to argue with the talent involved in this film.
Not crazy about Glover but it’s workable compared with his look.
Wait until we see him in costume and with makeup/styling.
I’ll be happy when we have official photos and we will stop seeing his face cropped on Harrison’s body XD
At any rate, I’m interested to see where this goes, here’s hoping for the best!
I liked Avatar. Just “liked.” I really don’t see the second one capturing that same amount of attention. Not unless Cameron creates some kind of new twist/hype about it. 3D was the magical draw that it was like nothing you’d ever seen before.
Without that I just can’t see why people would flock. Or to put it more simply… Star Wars has nothing to worry about. At least IMO.
Cameron needs to retire period. All that drug use has dulled his brain activity in recent years, I’ve seen him at con panels and he’ll go the way of Fisher if he’s not careful. He hasn’t directed a decent film since the 90’s and for such a self-avowed hippie he’s turned into the most capitalistic of directors. Might as well change his last name to Bay or Bruckheimer at this point.
He hasn’t made enough movies to be called a most capitalistic director. Those type throw stuff out about every year. He takes forever with his movies.
He is making four Avatar films where before the only sequel he made was Terminator ones and he wants an Avatar theme park too. The Oscar really went to his head.
You’d think he’d made one every couple years that we are 7 years out and still have only the one
I have no idea what this is about
Lucas was smart. He retired when he no longer had the passion. I wish Cameron would follow his example and not continue to DeNiro his legacy.
The last movie he made was an original property that became the highest grossing film of all time.
His legacy is fine, even if you didn’t like Avatar.
I agree. I liked Avatar well enough. And despite the fact that it’s kind of trendy and viral to attack the film, I think most folks enjoyed it as well. But it’s really sort of a one-viewer for me. I saw it, liked it, don’t need to see it again. It’s odd to me that they’re going forward with a sequel. It’s been a long time since Avatar came out, and I don’t think the movie has reached the sort of immortal cult status (not by a long shot) that movies like Blade Runner has reached where a sequel would be welcomed (at least by some) at any time.
Don’t play usher it back. I want to watch two new Star Wars films in 5 months.
He’s a good actor, It’s just he resembles Ford even less than my profile pic does. I’m sort of hoping they go nuts with the makeup on him or go the Looper route (which Johnson directed) and use subtle CG to resemble him more. I think he *might* be passable vocally if he really works at it but it’s going to take a lot of suspended belief to believe that he becomes Harrison Ford in a few short years.
Has there been any confirmed information regarding the timeline? I think Han is 29 or 30 when he meets Luke and Leia. If the Solo flick takes place 10 years before ANH, then there is a bit of wiggle room regarding his appearance. Just a little.
Larry Kasdan the screenwriter said it was set about 10 years before ANH. Han no longer has the canon age of 29 in ANH, Pablo Hidalgo says Han is probably not even sure of his own age, I’d just say Han is in his early 30s in ANH like Ford really was and leave it at that.
He was 29 in the old canon but Ford was well into his 30’s then and looked it. I don’t see most men age all that dramatically between their 20’s and 30’s outside health issues and he always struck me as very virile.
They probably will do things with make up and hair to make him look more like Ford.
I never really bought it in Looper but that film is kind of old now and they have probably advanced since then.
The look is the least important part.
MacGregor at least looked it. It will look silly watching him then Ford if it doesn’t line up completely. Especially given it is only a decade or so before ANH.
It would look even sillier if someone looked like Ford, but acted nothing like Han.
I don’t know. The look is pretty important. While it’s true that one’s body language, vocal delivery, and facial expression can go a long way in making someone looks like someone else, there’s going to no getting around the fact that people are going to want this fella to look like Ford. Han Solo is one of the most recognizable and iconic of film roles. Plopping someone into this film that bears little resemblance to Harrison Ford runs a big risk of falling flat.
That all being said, my guess is that the folks at Lucasfilm know exactly what they’re doing and wouldn’t have hired Ehrenreich if he didn’t fit the bill. I’m pretty certain they’ll be able to pull of some real movie magic.
If he doesn’t nail the attitude and feel of Han, then he can look exactly like him and the movie would still fail
That sort of goes without saying. And I don’t think you’ll find anyone that thinks otherwise, but downplaying a close physical resemblance to Ford dismisses how critical a component that is.
It goes without saying a lot. People obsess over the look too much.
Because I don’t think it’s that critical. I’m not saying get someone who doesn’t look like him at all, but I find it to be the least important part of HAN SOLO. Han is all attitude.
I hope get a bit more casting news in the next month or so. There have only been 4 actors confirmed so far.
I would love it if the SW movies went back to May, but I get why it’s December. Summer months are too crowded.
I’ll go see avatar 2 and it’s sequels. Awesome first movie, and I’m sure the sequels will at least be cool….and Lang is coming back. Guy is so badass.
I once mourned the loss of Star Wars in May, but I actually love December releases now. It’s such a great family tradition to get together with my extended family and watch Star Wars together at Christmas time.
I agree!
Will there be a special edition were they digitally replace him with a CGI young Harrison Ford
If there ever was a movie that didn’t need to be made..
I am still holding out to see his performance and makeup/hair, but atm.. i am just finding it hard to see him as Han. I mean, we have had other actors play the same character, but the age just was so huge you could buy it. 10 years though?…. still hopeful
The look is literally the least important part of being Han Solo.
In a movie?
I disagree. Movies are sights and sounds
IF you make a movie about Han Solo, he better look/sound like Han Solo.
Nah. With Han, the attitude is most key.