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But it's worth mentioning that the early days of the galaxy's most (in)famous smuggler in his youth partnered with a heist film mixed with the sensibilities of Ron Howard director ought to make for the very least, an entertaining film. Much like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story this 'stand alone' chapter in the Star Wars saga is meant[...]

Another day, another release of a new Solo: A Star Wars Story video.  I'm the first to admit surprise here, but the more I'm seeing of the Solo solo film, the more I'm thinking it's not going to be the letdown we think it is. The newest vid is a featurette, talking primarily about Alden Ehrenreich becoming the[...]

During the NFL draft this morning, when it was time for the San Francisco 49ers to select their pick in the 4th round, the network threw to Ron Howard at Lucas Films in Northern California Howard of course is the director of the upcoming Solo film and he is standing by a Yoda fountain when[...]

The actor behind young Han Solo in "Solo: A Star Wars Story" Alden Ehrenreich talks Lord and Miller's departure- sudden but not unexpected.

"He seemed like a tough guy who was really scared." Ron Howard, who came in to finish the Solo solo movie for the studio after Miller and Lord's release, commented that Alden "reads a book a day," and was "reading the Sidney Lumet directing book, he was reading the Elia Kazan book on set," during filming. I guess we'll[...]

The upcoming stand alone film Solo: A Star Wars Story has officially wrapped post production, director Ron Howard tweeted. He's been in residence at the famed Skywalker Ranch, doing final edits and sound mixing for the Star Wars feature about the young scruffy looking nerf herder smuggler who helped save a galaxy.  Twice. Howard tweeted: "That's a wrap on post production! #Solo[...]

Director Ron Howard is currently in residence at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, utilizing the sound editing and VFX facilities to put the finishing touches on a little film in the Star Wars galaxy called Solo: A Star Wars Story. #Solo #SkywalkerRanch we are well into final sound mix A little ahead of schedule and feelin' good[...]

(You can read more about those here.) Ron Howard stepped in to complete the film after original directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord were let go from the project by Kathleen Kennedy for a myriad of reasons (that we'll probably learn more about when the film opens). Solo will feature at least one piece of music by Star Wars[...]

You'll recall that the original writer/director team of Lord and Miller were fired by LucasFilm, and that Ron Howard came in to take over and finish the picture That alone may not be enough to really signal problems, but it didn't help matters either. It could also be that Disney is trying a new tactic with their[...]

You may recall that originally, the film was being directed by the team of Phil Lord and Chris Miller, but the pair were booted out the airlock and Ron Howard was brought in to finish the feature. Star Wars has now officially released the synopsis for their upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story spinoff film about the most notorious scruffy-looking[...]

It looks like that's been answered today however, in an interview with Variety about the upcoming Oscar nominations. "I would very much like to complete that," Williams said to Variety while speaking about finishing out the main Star Wars saga with JJ Abrams' Star Wars: IX due out next year.  We also know that John is writing a theme for the Han[...]

Donald Glover has talked about the change of director on Solo: A Star Wars Story, and the experience of moving from Philip Lord and Christopher Miller to Ron Howard. The directorial change for the film came due to Miller and Lord's improv style not quite working in a studio system, causing a lot of on-set trouble[...]

Director Ron Howard revealed the official title for the upcoming Han Solo centric film today on twitter. Hey #Twitterville we just wrapped production so here's a special message #StarWars pic.twitter.com/8QJqN5BGxr — Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) October 17, 2017 Looks like in the tradition of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, we'll be getting Solo: A Star Wars Story. Which means I[...]

It feels like it was just two months ago that Ron Howard took over directing the Star Wars Han Solo movie Perhaps that's because it was just two months ago that Howard got the job after Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were unceremoniously ousted from the film But even still, it's already time for Howard to wish one of[...]

Star Wars fans worried that the upcoming Han Solo movie won't have enough nepotism can rest easy: Ron Howard will put his brother, Clint Howard, in the film. Ron Howard responded to a question on Twitter confirming that his family member will be given a job of some sort on the production: You won't be disappointed — Ron[...]

Director Ron Howard and thespian Warwick Davis took to Twitter this week to tweet about a potential Willow sequel Howard responded to a fan asking for just that by tweeting: Glad you are asking for one! I directed @WarwickADavis for the 1st time in 30 years today It made me happy https://t.co/yW8E19MPCn — Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) July[...]

We're afraid we've got some bad news for Star Wars fans excited about Ron Howard taking over director duties on the upcoming Star Wars Han Solo film While Howard may be an Academy Award winning director, that doesn't mean he has the best taste when it comes to Star Wars films. Back when Star Wars: The[...]

Lucasfilm's upcoming Han Solo standalone Star Wars flick experienced some turmoil earlier this week when directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller parted ways with the project due to "creative differences." Shortly after, Ron Howard was announced as the new director. Now, in a new video published by Funny Or Die, an anonymous "source" has come forward[...]

Ron Howard had only been named the new director of the Untitled Han Solo Film for less than 24 hours before he found himself facing questions during an appearance at the Cannes Lions advertising and media conference But that did give Ron Howard One thing Howard wanted to make clear from the very start was[...]

Lucasfilm announced only moments ago that Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard (The Da Vinci Code, Frost/Nixon) has been named as the new director of the Untitled Han Solo Film In a statement posted on the Star Wars website, Lucasfilm had this to say: "At Lucasfilm, we believe the highest goal of each film is to delight,[...]

The actress rose to fame as Ron Howard's little sister Joanie Cunningham on the show Happy Days beginning in 1974 Moran continued the role in 1982 with Joanie Loves Chachi with Scott Baio  She played a variety of other television roles throughout that era, on shows such as My Three Sons, Family Affair, The Love[...]

With Inferno opening this weekend, the folks over at Cinema Sins have taken a look at the first of the three Ron Howard and Tom Hanks collaborations on adaptations of Dan Brown novels Everything Wrong With… takes 15 minutes to go through the Da Vinci Code a pretty good book that got made famous more[...]

The third film in the franchise, based on the fourth by Dan Brown, has Hanks returning as Professor Robert Langdon from the Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons along with director Ron Howard. The first of two featurettes focuses on the antagonist, Bertrand Zobrist (Ben Foster) who sees the world's biggest threat as overpopulation and he[...]

The fourth Langdon novel by writer Dan Brown is once again in the hands of director Ron Howard and this time the cast includes Felicity Jones, Ben Foster, Irrfan Khan and Omar Sy. In Inferno, Langdon awakes in a foreign country with no memory and a modified image of Dante's Inferno in his pocket It leads[...]

Ron Howard has returned direct again. Inferno opens October 28th. https://youtu.be/P09ER-moL-IVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Inferno Extended TV SPOT – Unlock the Mystery (2016) – Tom Hanks Movie (https://youtu.be/P09ER-moL-I) When of the films I am most looking forward to this fall is Inferno This is Tom Hanks third time playing Professor Robert Langdon in[...]

In a new featurette for Disney's upcoming film Pete's Dragon, actress Bryce Dallas Howard talks about storytelling and how her dad, Ron Howard, used to tell stories to her and her siblings She also talks about the iconic nature of Disney movies and how this new film fits right in. Pete's Dragon opens in theaters August[...]

Hemsworth other big release, the Ron Howard directed In The Heart Of The Sea is being moved from it's original March release date back to December The film tells the story of the whaling ship Essex whose true story lead to Herman Melville writing Moby Dick The film also stars Ben Whishaw, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Brendan[...]

Warner Bros has released a second trailer for the new Ron Howard film, In The Heart Of The Sea The film tells the story of the whaling ship Essex that inspired Herman Melville to write Moby Dick It stars: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, George Pollard, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Brendan Gleeson, Jordi Molla and Ben Whishaw. In The[...]

Based on the novel by Nathaniel Philbrick, the movie tells both of the battle with the giant whale and the aftermath as the crew must do unthinkable things to survive. The film is directed by Ron Howard and stars Chris Hemsworth (The Avengers), Benjamin Walker (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter), Cillian Murphy (The Dark Knight Rises) and Ben[...]

It's once again time to dive into the world of symbologist Robert Langdon as director Ron Howard and actor Tom Hanks adapt the Dan Brown novel Inferno According to Deadline, filming will start in April with a script by David Koepp and Brian Grazer returning to produce. In Inferno, Langdon awakens in an Italian hospital with amnesia[...]