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 BigCatDaddy:
That's not what people want. People wanted the ass kicking Jedi doing it in the flesh. Won't work but probably the way they go
Yea, bringing him back as a force ghost is just another "FUCK YOU" to the people who hated how Luke was handled in TLJ. [Reply]
"Solo" is a solid film but after the financial drubbing it's taken I think they'd be stupid to tell more "backstories of already-dead people". They have to make chicken salad out of chicken shit and do something with the trio of Rey, Kylo, and Finn. Since they never actually SAID that Rey's parents were average know-nothings, they can still somehow bring into the story something that gives her more juice (e.g. she's Luke's daughter, or a descendant of Obi-Wan's). Maybe they do something like totally flip the roles and have Kylo get a conscience while Rey goes bad. I dunno. Something. Bringing Luke back as a force ghost helps, but they can't do anything with Leia (the one character they SHOULD'VE killed off, since Fisher actually died, instead of killing the two other actors who are still alive) so there are no other characters to get into the action at this point. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy:
That's not what people want. People wanted the ass kicking Jedi doing it in the flesh. Won't work but probably the way they go
Originally Posted by FlintHillsChiefs:
Yea, bringing him back as a force ghost is just another "FUCK YOU" to the people who hated how Luke was handled in TLJ.
He did say "See ya around, kid" to Emo Ren after he forced the fuck outta there at the end of the movie. It would be kind of funny to see a bitter, sarcastic Hamill following him around and heckling him at every turn. [Reply]
Originally Posted by JD10367:
do something with the trio of Rey, Kylo, and Finn. Since they never actually SAID that Rey's parents were average know-nothings, they can still somehow bring into the story something that gives her more juice (e.g. she's Luke's daughter, or a descendant of Obi-Wan's).
That would seem to be a desperation move. They have already made it clear that bloodlines and the force are not how you can use the force.
Originally Posted by JD10367:
Maybe they do something like totally flip the roles and have Kylo get a conscience while Rey goes bad.
The good guy turns bad, the bad guy turns good is also the oldest writer trick to breathe new life into a tired tale.
Originally Posted by JD10367:
Bringing Luke back as a force ghost helps,.
They could bring back all the Jedi's if they go with the Ghost option. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
The good guy turns bad, the bad guy turns good is also the oldest writer trick to breathe new life into a tired tale.
Originally Posted by Prison Bitch:
As bad as JarJar Stinks was, the low point mat have been Yoda doing twirls and aerial somersaults in AOTC
It was so damn funny, I realized how childish these movies are. Now they're just a time kill to take my kids to
I remember Dennis Miller making a comment about Yoda "jumping around like the one guy with a lighter in a crack house" right after that movie came out. Lol [Reply]
Counting the Sunday estimate, Solo only cleared about $2.2m domestic this weekend. It's only cleared about $207m domestic to date, and it's not going to get to $250m. It probably won't get to $230m and might not get to $220m. Rogue One, by contrast, pulled in about $532m domestic.
At the foreign box, Rogue One pulled in just under $524m. Solo's currently sitting at under $162m, and probably won't make it to $170m. We're looking at a potential drop of something in excess of $650,000,000 at the box. That's a $650,000,000 drop and only a (generously estimated) $400,000,000 in sales.
With this disaster on top of the huge drop for TLJ, Iger would be crazy to keep Kennedy and Johnson in place. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Just Passin' By:
Counting the Sunday estimate, Solo only cleared about $2.2m domestic this weekend. It's only cleared about $207m domestic to date, and it's not going to get to $250m. It probably won't get to $230m and might not get to $220m. Rogue One, by contrast, pulled in about $532m domestic.
At the foreign box, Rogue One pulled in just under $524m. Solo's currently sitting at under $162m, and probably won't make it to $170m. We're looking at a potential drop of something in excess of $650,000,000 at the box. That's a $650,000,000 drop and only a (generously estimated) $400,000,000 in sales.
With this disaster on top of the huge drop for TLJ, Iger would be crazy to keep Kennedy and Johnson in place.
There is no reason to talk about domestic box office anymore unless its a small film. It's just a part now. No studio is going to make a $200+ million budget without considering how well its going to play internationally.
I think we can all agree that the total box office take is what makes a movie successful in the eyes of the decision makers at the studios, the ones who decide if a movie or a future movie is going to be made.
Guarantee you that every American studio is ramping up their Chinese focus film departments. 3 films over $500 million this year alone will get their attention. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
There is no reason to talk about domestic box office anymore unless its a small film.
Of course there is still reason to talk about domestic box office. The U.S. is still where the biggest chunk of box office money tends to come from. It would foolish not to talk about domestic box office. [Reply]
Got to watch this yesterday. Way better than TLJ. Its too bad the fans have revolted causing this movie to not do well at the box office. But I definitely understand the sentiment behind it. [Reply]
