Posted on 06/22/2017 8:41:28 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
Lucasfilm is pleased to announce that Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard has been named director of the untitled Han Solo film.
At Lucasfilm, we believe the highest goal of each film is to delight, carrying forward the spirit of the saga that George Lucas began forty years ago, said Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm. With that in mind, were thrilled to announce that Ron Howard will step in to direct the untitled Han Solo film. We have a wonderful script, an incredible cast and crew, and the absolute commitment to make a great movie. Filming will resume the 10th of July.
Howard has made some of the biggest hits and most critically-acclaimed movies of the modern era. Among his many films are Lucasfilms Willow, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind (winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director), The Da Vinci Code, Frost/Nixon, and Rush. He also narrated and produced the beloved comedy series Arrested Development, starred in George Lucas American Graffiti, and remains a TV icon for his roles in The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days.
The untitled Han Solo film is slated for a May 25, 2018, release.
I could care less about Star Wars except for that really cute girl in the Toyota commercial for the last movie.
The adults are finally running the show..................
Several of his latest movies have been flops.
I tried watching Genius, his television production about Einstein, but it was awful. Opened with Einstein's pants around his ankles as he was banging his secretary in the office. Then flashed back to him whinging to his father that his family was abandoning him by moving away. The dialog was worthy of Tommy Wisseau's The Room. I was sort of hoping for some physics, being it was about Einstein and all that.
Fonz Solo?
Expect Darth Vader to be unmasked again.....looking like Trump....
Jim Nabors would be a little stiff for that role.
This actually sounds pretty cool!
Arrested Development was awesome.
Apollo 13 was awesome.
He’s got some amazing skills.
“Heart of the Sea”
Color me odd - but I really like this movie.
Potential for a lot of lawsuits
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/han-solo-firing-what-happens-star-wars-movie-1015658
Don't forget the horrifying threat to the entire universe, the giant all-devouring ANT BEES!!
A Beautiful Mind - worst movie ever made. Made by Opie Cunningham.
Or himself in a cameo as Opie wan Kenobi. I will leave now.
And watch him charge the Emperor...
Citizens arrest!
Citizens arrest!
This Red Fife in attack position...
Sounds like the whole production is going down in flames.
IOW...couldn't care less about Ronnie Howard *or* Star Wars.
I didn’t see Heart of the Sea, so I have no opinion of it. I do know that it was a bomb though. Cost about $100 million to make and grossed about a quarter of that in the US.
You left out the ecstasy in her system. The combination could launch anyone into space.
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