Solo: A Star Wars Story – New Images And Story Details Revealed
The first trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story was finally released this week, and while didn’t disappoint, it was also fairly light on story details. But Entertainment Weekly has now revealed a little more about what we can expect from the upcoming Star Wars spin-off, as well as showcasing some new images.
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JJ Abrams on The Cloverfield Paradox, Star Wars 9, and going to the movies
There are few people who have worked on as many well-regarded franchises as JJ Abrams — producer and director of various Mission: Impossible, Star Wars, and Star Trek movies, along with co-creator of LOST. How, then, did Abrams manage to release an entire movie directly onto Netflix without …
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From ‘Star Wars’ to ‘The Little Prince’ to a Bach favorite, here’s Utah Symphony | Utah Opera’s new …
The “Films in Concert” series will include “Star Was, Episode IV: A New Hope” and two more movies in the “Harry Potter” franchise. Some Saturday Masterworks Series performances will be starting two hours earlier than usual, and some mid-week opera performances have been bumped up by a …
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Star Wars: Mark Hamill Weighs in On Solo Trailer, Fan Reactions
Directed by Ron Howard from a script by Lawrence and Jon Kasdan, Solo: A Star Wars Story stars Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo, Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian, Emilia Clarke as Qi’ra and Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca. They’re joined by Thandie Newton as Val, Phoebe Waller-Bridge L3-37, …
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Emilia Clarke says her Star Wars femme fatale ‘has a core of steel’
To read more on Solo: A Star Wars Story, pick up the new issue of Entertainment Weekly on stands Friday, or buy it here now. Don’t forget to subscribe for more exclusive interviews and photos, only in EW. Game of Thrones fans know her as Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, rightful heir to the …
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Is Lucasfilm Moving Away from ‘A Star Wars Story’ Sooner Than We Thought?
You know what they say about best-laid plans and all that. About a year ago, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy was doing the press rounds for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story—the first-ever Star Wars “anthology” or “spinoff” movie—and she revealed that the Lucasfilm story team was about to …
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The Problem With Disney Trying To Turn ‘Star Wars’ Into the Marvel Cinematic Universe
In case you haven’t figured it out yet, we’re getting a whole bunch more Star Wars over the next decade. With three films down, two are already spinning up, Solo and Episode IX, and after that, a possible Obi-Wan movie, a new Rian Johnson trilogy and a series of films produced and written by Game of …
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Donald Glover on charming the hell out of Solo: A Star Wars Story
It’s also not a bad way to describe Donald Glover, the actor, comedian, writer, director, singer, rapper, and DJ who portrays the smooth galactic operator in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Lando has always been a bit of a con man, but Glover only steals scenes. He didn’t even say anything in the new trailer, and …
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Solo: A Star Wars Story: Harrison Ford offers advice to actor Alden Ehrenreich
Lucasfilm president and Solo: A Star Wars Story producer Kathleen Kennedy has revealed the advice Harrison Ford offered to the film’s star Alden Ehrenreich. We already knew Ford had sat down for lunch with Ahrenreich in January last year before production on the film began, but the young actor had …
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A Westeros far, far away: what will happen when Game of Thrones meets Star Wars?
John Boyega’s Finn takes on Captain Phasma, played by Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie, in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Photograph: Allstar/Lucasfilm/Walt …. If we are to receive a new Star Wars film every year for ever, they were always going to have to diversify. As a statement of intent as to …
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Star Wars #43 Review
By Jesse Schedeen Inasmuch as “The Ashes of Jedha” has succeeded over the past few months, it’s done so in spite of the artwork rather than because of it. That fact is only made more apparent in the sixth and final chapter. With Star Wars #43 capping off this storyline on a fairly underwhelming note, …
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What Will GAME OF THRONES’ Creators Do With STAR WARS?
Once they’re done with Westeros Game of Thrones’ creators are heading off to the galaxy far, far away. Does that mean we should be terrified all of our favorite Star Wars characters will be killed off? On today’s Nerdist News Talks Back we discussed what their space adventure might look like, along with …
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See the ‘Solo’ Star Wars Millennium Falcon in 360 degrees
Sure, the “Solo: A Star Wars Story” credits list Alden Ehrenreich as the film’s star, but come on. For some of us, nothing shone brighter in the just-released “Solo” trailer than those glimpses of the Millennium Falcon, Han Solo’s famed ship. While the Falcon was indeed seen in the 90-second teaser trailer …
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96 percent of Star Wars movie directors and writers have been white men
The Star Wars franchise got a surprising jolt of new talent yesterday, when news broke that Game Of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss had been granted their own series of spin-off films set in Disney’s beloved space opera universe. Benioff and Weiss feel like a weird choice for the …
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Actress Laura Dern Visits Star Wars Launch Bay at Disneyland Park
Golden Globe winning actress Laura Dern visited Star Wars Launch Bay at Disneyland park this past weekend. Celebrating all things Star Wars, the Tomorrowland attraction features an epic exhibition that takes you behind-the-scenes of Star Wars: The.
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Is There Such a Thing As Too Much ‘Star Wars’?
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are getting their own movie series, and Rian Johnson is getting another series, too. The ‘Star Wars‘ theatrical universe was once a near-religious trilogy, but with Disney now leading the way, it won’t stop expanding any time soon. By Michael Baumann Feb 7, 2018, 2:12pm …
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Why Aren’t ‘Star Wars’ Filmmakers as Inclusive as Its Universe? (Guest Column)
Every Star Wars movie, from 1977’s A New Hope to 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story shares one peculiar trait, one that is both subtle and obvious at the same time. The female lead of all of them is a brunette who either has a natural British accent or a Madonna accent — it comes and goes, depending on …
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Directors Who Should Get a Shot at Star Wars
Good news: More Star Wars movies are in the works! Bad news: They’re being written and produced by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, creators of HBO’s Game of Thrones and two more in a long line of white men who have been entrusted to tell new stories within the Star Wars universe. As we have no …
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Here’s Who the Hell Everyone Actually Is in Solo: A Star Wars Story
Earlier this week, we got the first, long-awaited look at Solo: A Star Wars Story. But even then, that look was full of perplexing mysteries… like, who these characters actually are, aside from the scruffy lookin’ nerfherder and fuzzy co-pilot that we already know. Thankfully, now we actually have a few more …
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Star Wars 40th Anniversary Legacy Pack for $14
Best Buy offers the Hasbro Star Wars The Black Series 40th Anniversary Legacy Pack for $13.99. Choose in-store pickup to avoid the $5.99 shipping fee. That’s a buck under our December mention, an all-time low, and the best deal we could find now by $8. It includes a 6 Darth Vader figure, display …
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Hiring Game of Thrones’ Creators to Do Star Wars Was the Least Imaginative Choice Possible
While Marvel and DC have been diversifying their directorial ranks, and reaping commercial and critical windfalls from that strategy, Star Wars seems unable to look beyond the ranks of the tried and true, or at least white and male. After the Benioff-Weiss news broke, Variety’s Maureen Ryan crunched …
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Box Office: ‘Star Wars’ May Struggle Without Luke, Han And Leia
Lucasfilm and Walt Disney announced yesterday that we will be getting a second batch of “new” Star Wars movies after J.J. Abrams seemingly finishes up the Rey/Kylo trilogy in late 2019. Alongside the previously announced Rian Johnson-created trilogy, we’re also getting more Star Wars flicks from the …
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Disney Is Making More Star Wars TV Shows, In Case You Thought There Wasn’t Enough Star Wars
Shortly after Disney announced that Game of Thrones show runners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss would be given the reins to a brand new Star Wars trilogy, C.E.O. Bob Iger revealed that the studio is also working on a “few” new Star Wars universe-set TV shows. Iger made the announcement to …
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Several Star Wars TV Shows In Development, Says Disney
Disney launches its streaming service in 2019, and as well as making many of its movies and TV shows available, the studio is planning to develop new shows exclusively for the service. Inevitably one of these is to be a Star Wars live-action series. Disney boss Bob Iger has now revealed that the studio …
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Venture into Solo: A Star Wars Story: This week’s cover
To read more on Solo: A Star Wars Story, pick up the new issue of Entertainment Weekly on stands Friday, or buy it here now. Don’t forget to subscribe for more exclusive interviews and photos, only in EW. Han Solo just can’t help being a good guy — much to his disappointment. Try as he might to live …
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