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[NEWS] Young Han Solo actor down to shortlist [message #314328] Tue, 15 March 2016 16:29 Go to next message
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From ComingSoon.net ...

Young Han Solo actor search down
to final shortlist of Nerf Herders
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Earlier this year, a partial list of candidates for the
role of Young Han Solo in Lucasfilm's upcoming spin-off
film was revealed, and now The Hollywood Reporter brings
word that the list has been cut down with a lightsaber.
The Young Han Solo actor shortlist includes Alden
Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!), Jack Reynor (Transformers:
Age of Extinction), and Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The
Secret Service). Also, Variety's Justin Kroll took to
Twitter to reveal that Blake Jenner (Everybody Wants
Some) and Jack O'Connell (Unbroken) are also among the
final contenders.

These final five are down from a long list of actors
originally looked at for the role, as Disney and
Lucasfilm started a worldwide casting call with THR
reporting more than 2,500 actors either met with the
studio or put themselves on tape for the role. Check back
here for further information on the Young Han Solo actor
casting as we learn it!

The LEGO Movie helmers Phil Lord and Chris Miller will
direct the "Star Wars story" which features a screenplay
written by Lawrence Kasdan and Jon Kasdan and is set to
debut in theaters on May 25, 2018. The film will focus on
how young Han Solo became the smuggler, thief, and
scoundrel whom Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi first
encountered in the cantina at Mos Eisley. Disney CEO Bob
Iger revealed last week that the film will also feature
Chewbacca alongside Solo.

A previous reported suggested that casting for the film
is already underway as the character might make an
appearance in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, set to debut
later this year on December 16.
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> From ComingSoon.net ...
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> Young Han Solo actor search down
> to final shortlist of Nerf Herders
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Here's an article from the New Zealand Herald (11 March, 2016) ...

Disney's about to milk Star Wars cash cow dry
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Prequel bound to ruin one of cinema's most swag anti-heroes.

I hope I'm wrong, but I have a bad feeling about this ...
Disney have been talking up their plans to once again pair
the words 'Star Wars' with the word 'prequel'. A galactically
foolhardy move that was a disaster the last time this galaxy
far, far away revisited the events of a long time ago.

This time around, instead of ruining Darth Vader, one of
cinema's most iconic villains, they will be ruining Han Solo,
one of cinema's most swag anti-heroes.

Yup, that's right. The adventures of young Han Solo are
coming. Yay?

Nay.

It really is hard to see this as anything other than a cynical
cash-grab engineered to sell toys and breakfast cereal off the
back of an extremely popular character.

While it's true that brazen marketing can be considered a core
value of the Star Wars franchise, there's usually been method
to the marketing. But when thinking about a young Han Solo
movie I reach an inescapable conclusion; this is not a story
that needs to be told.

When we first meet Han in Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope he
arrives complete. Cool as ice, knocking back Pan Galactic
Gargle Blasters with his bro Chewbacca in a seedy dive bar and
popping caps in any alien ass that steps up to him. In this
one near-perfect scene we learn everything we need to know
about the character.

This week, in a room full of bankers and telecommunication
executives, Disney chief Bob Iger dropped details on the film
- an origin story that focuses on Han and Chewbacca becoming
best friends forever.

Yawn. Does anyone want to see that? All it will do is undo all
the good work of that first Han scene. Besides, most fans
already know all about the saving from slavers and life debt
and all that stuff which binds Han and Chewie together.

Did Disney learn nothing from the prequel trilogy?

Obviously not. After years of hearing about The Clone Wars it
was only a CGI muddled disappointment when we finally saw it.
Some things are better left to the imagination. A Han Solo
origin prequel is better off left in the trash.

Besdies, so much of Han's cool comes from actor Harrison Ford.
He singlehandedly brought much needed swagger and charisma to
the nerdy world of Star Wars. First by refusing to say any of
creator George Lucas' corny dialogue and, secondly, by
carrying himself with a detached bemusement that stayed on
the right side of arrogant.

Disney is yet to announce which young fella is going to pull
on Han's iconic vest but good luck with that.

Ah well. They've got plenty of time to get it as right as
they can. This year there's another Star Wars prequel to sit
through. Rogue One is about a bunch of Rebels trying to steal
the Death Star plans. Because we haven't seen enough Death
Star action yet, right?

The next year there's Star Wars: Episode VIII - Luke's in
this one, we promise to look forward to it. And then, in
2018, Young Han Solo hits cinemas.

The title is yet to be announced, but may I humbly suggest
"Han Solo: The Phantom Mischief"? "A Trick on the Clones"?
"Revenge of the Smuggler" perhaps?

With two prequels in as many years it would appear Disney
has officially run out of ideas of what to do with Star
Wars.

All this stuff is supposed to be happening in a massive
galaxy, spanning countless universes and hundreds of planets
populated by gajillions of citizens. So why do we keep
getting stories based around the same handful of people?

Money, mostly. Disney's bean counters don't think we'll go
see a new Star Wars film without it being shackled to its
worn out, dusty past.

It's a damned disgrace and such a waste of one of the most
fully fleshed out and recognisable settings in all of fiction.
There are so many original stories with so many amazing
characters that we could be seeing. But nope. Instead we get
Han bloody Solo and the creaky old Death Star. Again.

Creatively speaking, Star Wars is bankrupt. Moneywise,
however, it's in rude health. The Force Awakens recently
grossed US$2 billion, a number matched only by Titanic and
Avatar.

Considering Disney bought Star Wars off George Lucas for a
comparatively low $4 billion, you could say they are laughing
all the way to the bank. The sale price also acts as a
commemoration of the final poor decision Lucas would ever
make concerning Star Wars.

I hate to say this because I do love the setting but the
series is now a triumph of commerce over art. May the Force
be with you. You're gonna need it.

- Karl Puschmann, TV and Pop Culture
New Zealand Herald (Friday, 11 March, 2016)
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