Category: Star Wars Shit
The “Game Of Thrones” Guys Are Getting Their Own “Star Wars” Movies
Do you love Star Wars but wish it were grittier and had more titties and dragons? Well, you’re in luck because Disney has just announced that the two main bros over at Game Of Thrones have just been given their very own series of Star Wars films. Westeros: A Star Wars Story, perhaps?
Two Trailers For “Solo: A Star Wars Story” Were Released
During yesterday’s National Sporting Event, a sneak peek of the teaser trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story aired. So, basically a teaser trailer for a teaser trailer. Then the actual teaser trailer dropped today but it’s only slightly longer than the teaser, teaser trailer. Both the pre-teaser and the actual teaser show the big debut of Alden Ehrenreich as Han and Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian, but only one of them might be a terrible actor. Also in it are Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) with bangs, Woody Harrelson with bangs and Chewbacca, also with bangs.
The New Han Solo Needed An Acting Coach
Last week we found out that Ron Howard was hired to clean up the alleged mess left by directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller after they were unable to get along with screenwriters Lawrence and Jon Kasdan (something The Hollywood Reporter claims was greeted with applause and cheers from the crew). Now we’re learning that Alden Ehrenreich, who plays young Han Solo, was given some mid-shoot acting lessons courtesy of a studio-hired acting coach.
To put it into terms Star Wars fans might better understand, Lucasfilm expected the Millennium Falcon, and what they got was a horse ride on an elderly bantha. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Lucasfilm was “not entirely satisfied” with the performance they got from Alden under the direction of Lord and Miller, and so a coach was brought in. THR says hiring an acting coach is not out of the ordinary; acting coaches are brought in all the time. What makes this a little awkward is that one was hired so late into production. Alden Ehrenreich’s acting wasn’t the only thing Lucasfilm wanted to change; they have also replaced the film’s editor.
Surely Alden’s performance can’t be any worse than the “acting” that came out of Hayden Christensen. If it is, then thank god Ron Howard is now involved. All that time spent narrating Arrested Development makes him the ideal person to tell the story of this disaster.
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Ron Howard Is Taking Over As Director Of The Han Solo Movie
On Tuesday, it was announced that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the directors of the stand-alone Han Solo movie (starring Alden Ehrenreich as Young Han and Donald Glover as Young Lando Calrissian), left three and a half weeks before production was scheduled to finish. There were also five weeks of reshoots scheduled. Today, Disney announced that Ron Howard will get into the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon and take it from there.
Here’s The Trailer For “Rogue One” Featuring An Appearance By The Back Of Darth Vader’s Head
The first official trailer for the latest Star Wars billion dollar-maker was released yesterday. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story comes out on December 16, 2016, which gives me just enough time to try to figure out what the hell this latest Star Wars spin-off is about. I was confused when the teaser trailer was released back in April, and I’m still confused. Felicity Jones is in it, and she plays a space criminal-turned-something. There’s also lots of Diego Luna, who plays…a hot person? If only the trailer came with a picture-in-picture featuring C3PO explaining it all in the bottom corner. Although honestly, I feel like even he would be like “Oh dear, let me read the Wikipedia article first.”
Well, there’s one character I was able to correctly recognize in this trailer, and it’s Darth Vader. Like, real Darth Vader (sorry Hayden). This marks the first time in a long time that Original Recipe Darth Vader has made an appearance. And he’s voiced once again by James Earl Jones, who hasn’t technically voiced Darth since 1983’s Return of the Jedi. (A tiny scrap of his voice might have made an appearance in Revenge of the Sith). If you’re only here for Luke and Leia’s dad, he pops up at the very end of the trailer.
Yep, that’s literally it. A shadowy-figure standing in front of what appears to be a urinal at a high-end sex club.
I know I shouldn’t expect much from a trailer, but that’s a pretty budget Darth Vader cameo. It’s like they hadn’t even shot the scenes with Darth Vader yet and started freaking out after they got a note from Disney being like “Hey, can you put Darth in the next trailer?“
This Dude Is The New Han Solo
If you’re a white dude who is under the age of 30, you definitely auditioned to be the young Han Solo in the latest Star Wars spin-off movie. Disney and directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller auditioned thousands of actors, and after screen tests, they reportedly narrowed it down to a few dudes including Jack Reynor (from Transformers: Age of Extinction), Taron Egerton (from Kingsman: The Secret Service) and Alden Ehrenreich (from Hail Caesar!). Miles Teller, Emory Cohen, Scott Eastwood and Ansel Elgort were also in the mix. Deadline says that in the end, 26-year-old Alden Ehrenreich (a name that makes me glad that the copy + paste function exists) beat out all of those bitches and will inherit Han Solo’s hot vest.