Originally published August 27, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
Two months after stepping in as director following the firing of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Ron Howard has taken to Twitter to announce that the “wildly impressive” Donald Glover has wrapped his scenes as Lando Calrissian on the as-yet-untitled Han Solo Star Wars spinoff movie. Howard marked the occasion with the following image, which may give us some idea as to Lando’s look in the Anthology movie…
Glover had recently spoken about the director switch-up on Han Solo, describing himself as “the baby in the divorce” and praising Ron Howard as a filmmaker; read his comments here.
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Han Solo stars Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!) as the famous smuggler, Donald Glover (Atlanta) as Lando Calrissian, Woody Harrelson (War for the Planet of the Apes) as Beckett (Solo’s mentor), Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag), Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), Thandie Newton (Westworld), Ian Kenny (Sing Street), and Warwick Davis (Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi) in as-yet-unrevealed roles. It is set for release on May 25th 2018.
