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DVD Review – In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

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In the Heart of the Sea, 2015. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Ben Whishaw and Brendan Gleeson.   SYNOPSIS: Massachusetts, 1850. Young novelist Herman Melville visits ageing Thomas Nickerson, the only survivor of the Essex, a whaling ship sunk decades earlier by a great white whale. Nickerson […]

Ron Howard doubts he will direct an episode of The Mandalorian, says “I don’t really have the time”

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Director Ron Howard, who took over the helm of Solo: A Star Wars Story after Phil Lord and Chris Miller were let go by Lucasfilm, has expressed how proud he is of his daughter, Bryce Dallas Howard, for her work on The Mandalorian’s fourth episode but doubts he will have the time to direct an episode himself. In an […]

Ron Howard sets action thriller The Fixer as next feature

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Having completed work on Netflix’s Hillbilly Elegy, director Ron Howard looks to have locked down his next feature directorial project, with Variety reporting that the filmmaker is set to helm the action thriller The Fixer for Paramount. Scripted by Tyler Hisel, The Fixer “is based on the incredible true story of a disgraced FBI agent, […]

Writing gets underway on Willow sequel TV series

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Last year it was reported that Ron Howard and his Solo: A Star Wars Story screenwriter Jonathan Kasdan were in talks with Disney+ to develop a TV sequel to Lucasfilm’s cult 1988 fantasy Willow, and now Kasdan has revealed on Twitter that work on the show is officially underway. https://twitter.com/JonKasdan/status/1214301547695226881 The original film tells the […]

Lord and Miller break silence on Solo: A Star Wars Story: “The experience of shooting the movie was wonderful”

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The expulsion of Phil Lord and Chris Miller from the director’s chairs of Solo: A Star Wars Story is old news at this point. Since then, the film has wrapped under director Ron Howard, and we have been treated to a host of behind-the-scenes images, an actual title, etc. With production over, it’s a good […]

Ron Howard teases Lando Calrissian’s wardrobe in the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff

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After the flurry of controversy surrounding the Han Solo movie last month, it seems like things are finally back on track as Ron Howard has taken over as director. He seems to have wasted no time in sharing set photos with fans since he took over, with the filmmaker showing off a particular character’s wardrobe via […]

Ron Howard discusses Qi’ra’s motivations at the end of Solo: A Star Wars Story

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Warning. Major Solo: A Star Wars Story spoilers follow… Solo: A Star Wars Story delivered a number of twists and turns during the climactic showdown on Dryden Vos’ (Paul Bettany) star yacht the First Light. First we had Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson) betraying Han (Alden Ehrenreich) and Qi’ra (Emilia Clarke), before Qi’ra turned on Dryden […]

Blu-ray Review – Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

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Solo: A Star Wars Story, 2018. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Paul Bettany, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jon Favreau, Linda Hunt, Ian Kenny, John Tui, and Warwick Davis. SYNOPSIS: The second (and last?) standalone Star Wars movie serves up the origin story of everyone’s favorite […]