Donald Glover is officially a young Lando Calrissian!
Lucasfilm announced today that Donald Glover, an acclaimed actor, award-winning writer, and Grammy-nominated artist, will be playing the part of Lando Calrissian in the still-untitled Han Solo Star Wars film, helmed by directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Glover will join Alden Ehrenreich — previously cast as Han Solo — in bringing two iconic Star Wars characters back to the big screen, but at a time in their lives previously unexplored. This new film depicts Lando in his formative years as a scoundrel on the rise in the galaxy’s underworld — years before the events involving Han, Leia, and Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back and his rise to Rebel hero in Return of the Jedi.
“We’re so lucky to have an artist as talented as Donald join us,” said Lord and Miller. “These are big shoes to fill, and an even bigger cape, and this one fits him perfectly, which will save us money on alterations. Also, we’d like to publicly apologize to Donald for ruining Comic-Con for him forever.”
Glover is best known for creating and starring in the critically acclaimed FX series Atlanta (which had the highest premiere numbers for any basic cable comedy show since 2013), as well as for starring in four seasons of the show Community, and for his Grammy-nominated album Because the Internet, performed under the name Childish Gambino. In addition, Glover appeared in the Academy Award-nominated The Martian, and will be seen in the upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming.
The untitled Han Solo movie is set for release in 2018.
Originally Posted by BWillie:
Grown ass men watching a kids movie. ****ing hilarious.
Well, this grown ass man, says, fuck you! Ill watch what i want to watch, and there is not a fucking thing you can do> guess what? I play fucking video games as well. NOw where do we go from here? thats right, nowhere! [Reply]
I'll be honest - I was NOT expecting that. I absolutely loved it - best I've seen from the franchise in a long LONG time. I had followed none of this thread, prior.
Well shit, that was great. Must not have had enough 'splosions! for the RT crowd, but I loved it. Liked the twists at the end that I didn't see coming because I kept waiting for twists that didn't come, so I guess they outfoxed me.
Didn't like it quite as much as Rogue One, but it was definitely more fun.
And like Rogue One, it was vastly superior to the last two numbered episodes. [Reply]
My expectations were quite low for this (mainly because of all the chaos and bs that went on behind the scenes) but damn, it was entertaining as hell! The dude that played Han Solo did a good enough job for me to root for him and I liked how Han & Chewie first met . Overall, very entertaining film that I would recommend seeing in theaters .
I'm not even a SW fan so even the casual movie goer will probably enjoy this. [Reply]
Going to the 7:30 IMAX showing. I was somewhat interested in this (it IS a Star Wars movie, after all), but in the last 72 hours or so, my anticipation has skyrocketed from the people I've heard from that have seen it. [Reply]
