Actor Woody Harrelson is set to have a key role in the next Star Wars spinoff following a young Han Solo.
Update: Lucasfilm and the film’s directors have confirmed that Woody Harrelson has joined the movie.
“We couldn’t be more excited to work with an artist with as much depth and range as Woody,” said the film’s directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller in a statement. “His ability to find both humor and pathos, often in the same role, is truly unique. He is also very good at ping pong.”
Original story (January 3): According to Variety, Harrelson will play a mentor to young Han, who’s being played by Alden Ehrenreich. Donald Glover and Emilia Clarke are respectively co-starring as young Lando and an unknown role.
Christian Bale was being considered for the mentor role according to various reports.
The movie is currently scheduled to hit theaters in the summer of 2018, though recent rumors have suggested the film may move to Christmas 2018. Star Wars: Episode VIII is opening at the end of this year.
Harrelson is no stranger to mentor roles, having played a major one in The Hunger Games series. Haymitch guided Katniss and Peeta to victory in the YA book-to-film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ work.
The yet-to-be-titled Han Solo movie will be directed by Chris Lord and Phil Miller.
“This is the first film we’ve worked on that seems like a good idea to begin with,” the directors said in July 2015. “We promise to take risks, to give the audience a fresh experience, and we pledge ourselves to be faithful stewards of these characters who mean so much to us. This is a dream come true for us. And not the kind of dream where you’re late for work and all your clothes are made of pudding, but the kind of dream where you get to make a film with some of the greatest characters ever, in a film franchise you’ve loved since before you can remember having dreams at all.”
This’ll be the second spinoff movie from Lucasfilm. The first, Rogue One, just hit $800 million at the worldwide box office.
Source: Variety
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