The untitled Han Solo film, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, is set for a release in 2019. Kathleen Kennedy and Allison Shearmur are producing the spinoff film.
The next film in the main "Star Wars" saga, "The Last Jedi," will be released December 15, 2017.
The last film in the "Star Wars" franchise, "Rogue One," crossed the $1 billion worldwide box office benchmark and has grossed over $500 million at the domestic box office.
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5 Reasons Alden Ehrenreich Is Perfect for the Young Han Solo 'Star Wars' Movie (Photos)
If your reaction to the news that Alden Ehrenreich has been cast as Han Solo in the standalone "Star Wars" prequel was "who's that?" then I've got some good news for you. If anybody can pull off the incredibly tall task, Ehrenreich in the care of directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller has a good chance. See the five pieces of evidence.
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1. This picture Ehrenreich pretty much has the vibe and the look right here. Jaded, beaten down by the world, but also stern and ready for a fight at any moment. I wouldn't be surprised if his people chose this as his main photo on IMDB because it feels so right for Han Solo.
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2. He's pretty much already done a young Han Solo movie "Beautiful Creatures" is a young adult movie about witches, in which Alden plays a cynical teenager who stumbles into that secret magical world and masks his earnestness with disarming humor before turning into a sincere idealist by the end. That's pretty much exactly Han Solo. And Alden is great in "Beautiful Creatures," by the way.
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3. His oblivious and sincere performance in "Hail Caesar!" Alden's Hobie Doyle is hardly a Han Solo analogue in the Coen Brothers' comedy but Hobie does go through an evolution that is similar to that which we have to imagine a young Han Solo movie could follow. Specifically, he is a kid who came from nothing to become a movie star, and he's enjoying the good life until he gets caught up in studio machinations and the weird conspiracy at the heart of the movie.
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4. He's got the comedy chops Young Han Solo has to be funny, but in a wry kind of way. "Beautiful Creatures" shows that off directly, but his "Hail Caesar!" performance demonstrates that ability differently because it's all deadpan delivery -- like when he glances directly into the camera in this shot.
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Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller Anyone this pair would have chosen would be perfect. Just in case you had some deeper fear, you shouldn't worry. Lord/Miller can do no wrong. They could cast, say, Ted Cruz as young Han Solo and it would still probably be a pretty good movie. Remember when everybody thought their "Jump Street" (pictured) movie with Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum was a terrible idea?
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Replacing Harrison Ford is hard, but the "Hail, Caesar!" star could be the man you're looking for
If your reaction to the news that Alden Ehrenreich has been cast as Han Solo in the standalone "Star Wars" prequel was "who's that?" then I've got some good news for you. If anybody can pull off the incredibly tall task, Ehrenreich in the care of directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller has a good chance. See the five pieces of evidence.
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