Ron Howard Shares Videos of Crane Shots and a Speeder From the Han Solo Film and More
Ron Howard, not to be upstaged by all of the glorious The Last Jedi coverage, is maintaining his quality social media game. This time he gives us a short video showing the rehearsal of a night time crane shot for the upcoming Han Solo film. Some of the objects are hard to make out, but a couple of them appear quite similar to some concept art we broke a few months back, and there is an obvious green screen presence for digital effects.
Here is the video he posted moments ago of a wrecked speeder part (that clearly needed to have a fire put out!)”
Where old Speeders go to die. pic.twitter.com/WITP1xpzvf
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) August 10, 2017
Here is the video posted by Howard a half hour ago:
Rehearsing a crane shot as we wait for sundown – pic.twitter.com/gg2MJ0aAAK
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) August 10, 2017
Howard also posted a couple of shots over the past 24 hours via his Twitter and Instagram accounts, showing some rather unique characters and items:
Checking a camera move for #UntitledHanSoloMovie pic.twitter.com/ueDlcHNG85
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) August 9, 2017
The following shot shows that shell looking food dish with more clarity. Is Han Solo at some sort of catered event?
Finally, one additional shot shows the crew during a “safety meeting”. The background for the scene is clearly a snowy mountainous backdrop. You should probably check our report on the Han Solo filming at Italy from a few months ago here as well.
In regards to the crane shot, while not exact, a couple of the objects look somewhat similar to some of the Han Solo concept art we broke to you here back in May. Two of them specifically being:
Ultimately with each passing tweet and Instagram post, Ron Howard is engaging the fans with light reassurances that everything is under control and running smoothly. The drama of the director shake up feels like it was a year ago, when really it was only more than a month ago. Han Solo is still scheduled to open in May of next year.
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Those twin engines again. They’re everywhere.
My coworker got the job of making a toy for the Han Solo movie today. I’m gonna share an image as soon as the NDA is lifted. I’m really looking forward to this movie by now 😉
Where do you work that has your coworkers tasked with designing toys, and how do I get that job?!
He is a freelancer and he passes work onto me whenever he has more things to do than he can handle. While he does some game models (League fo Legends skins, weapons for Rainbow Six, etc…) he’s gotten fairly known in the industry for making miniatures for tabletop games and statues for collectors editions of games. I will post a link of artstation account as soon as he is allowed to put up the work he’s doing for the Solo movie. The way it currently looks like it is going to be an action figure but he hasn’t cut up the 3D file yet so it’s hard to tell. The way that you get that a job like that is by learning 3D programs such a ZBrush and Maya and creating a nice portfolio to build up your reputation in the industry.
Very cool. Thank you for sharing!
Wrecked speeder? I call the maiming of Dengar…
Calling it now. We’ll see Han in a bar get accosted by a drunk like Luke in ANH. But instead of being passive and just enjoying a drink, Han will get all snarky and snippy at the guy and instigate the fight. The guy then pulls out a blaster and hits Han in the arm, starting a brawl. Lando pulls him outta there going “What did we learn?” and Han says “Always shoot first.”
Now that would be cheesy !
Gotta give RH props for effort. He’s trying to bring some excitement and positive talk to the turdburger he inherited. I’ll bet we get a teaser trailer pretty soon.
I wish they could have fabricated an alien sea creature instead of that earth nautilus shell.
Kathleen Kennedy: Ron u get the film but remember no leaks
Ron Howard: ok
*Kathleeen leaves, Ron takes his phone and immediately starts raking pics*
Haha what’s she gonna do? Fire him?
Holy Yoda, no! He’s Spielberg’s friend!
exactly!