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Second Opinion – 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: During an adventure into a dark criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future copilot Chewbacca and encounters […]

Ron Howard reveals that there has been talk about a Willow sequel

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Ron Howard ventures to the galaxy far, far away this week with the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story [read our review here], having taken over directing duties on the Anthology movie following the firing of original helmers Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Solo isn’t Howard’s first venture with Lucasfilm of course; he starred […]

Ron Howard clarifies decision to turn down Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

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Ron Howard has spoken further about his decision not to direct Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Star Wars coming back in 1999 with The Phantom Menace was a big deal, just as it was when the saga returned a few short years ago with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Directing the comeback would, of course, […]

Emilia Clarke loved re-shooting Solo: A Star Wars Story scenes with Ron Howard

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Emilia Clarke has revealed that she was really happy to re-shoot Solo: A Star Wars Story with Ron Howard as director. Solo: A Star Wars Story has had a tumultuous history, mainly the changing of directors late into the game that led Ron Howard to come in and re-shoot vast amounts of the movie. Solo […]

Go behind-the-scenes of Solo: A Star Wars Story with new featurette

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With the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story a little over a week away, a new ‘Rebels on the Run’ featurette has arrived online for the Star Wars anthology movie which includes interviews with director Ron Howard, director of photography Bradford Young, stars Donald Glover and Emilia Clarke, and members from the hair, make-up, costume, […]

A new report sheds more light on Solo: A Star Wars Story’s director shake-up

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It came as quite the surprise last year when it was announced that Lucasfilm had sacked Solo: A Star Wars Story directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller over creative differences with just a few weeks of filming left on the second Star Wars Anthology movie. At the time, rumours circulated suggesting that the filmmakers had […]

Arrested Development season 5 premiere date revealed and new trailer released

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Just a few days after Netflix released a recut version of Arrested Development‘s fourth season, series creator Mitch Hurwitz has kept to his promise of the anticipated fifth season coming soon. Netflix announced that the season will premiere in just a few short weeks on May 29. You can check out the official synopsis for Season […]

Ron Howard on the possibility of Solo: A Star Wars Story sequels

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In April actor Alden Ehrenreich revealed that he has a three-film deal with Lucasfilm, prompting speculation that the studio could be looking to further explore the adventures of the young Han Solo beyond this month’s Solo: A Star Wars Story. Well, according to director Ron Howard, it isn’t the case that Lucasfilm is planning more […]

Arrested Development season 4 to be recut into chronological order, season 5 to premiere soon

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When Arrested Development returned with a fourth season on Netflix in 2013, it did so with a format very different to the original three seasons. Due mostly to the busy schedules of the actors during its production, the fourth season followed one character of the Bluth family for one episode with other members playing supporting or small […]