Han Solo learned everything he knows from Shrike Beckett. Makes sense.
Scruffy-looking untitled Han Solo film thread
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Or Woody Boyd from Boston, in which case he and Chewie are gonna be screwed until they get to Tatooine.
That boat already sailed. Dameron (Poe's last name) is a real surname, and the character is named after Abrams's assistant. Hell, on Rebels we have the surnames Bridger and Wren, both of which are used in the real world.Well, it's good to see they're upholding the tradition of having Star Wars surnames sound unusual by real-world standards.
Don't forget Sato.
He didn't seem to be paying attention at all or have all focus when he was asked that.
He isn't named after Nicolas Cage's character in Con Air?
Chris Lord and Phil Miller are no longer going to be directing the movie due to creative differences with Lucasfilm. I'm really disappointed to hear this, I've become a big fan of theirs, and I was really looking forward to seeing what they did with Han.
Not if they still want to make their release date of next summer. They already had reshoots planned for later in the year; depending on what exactly the creative difference was, the alteration may only be to the final act of the film. The second unit directors (Dominic Fysh & Scott Bunce) should be able to finish whatever scenes didn't bother Kennedy and the LFL brass and get them that much further ahead in the game.
Imagine the Director's Guild will have something to say on a new director coming in mid-shoot and only redoing a handful of scenes, though - didn't Richard Lester have to reshoot something like 50-70% of Superman II before the DGA would give him sole director's credit over Richard Donner? I don't know if LFL will still want Lord & Miller's names in the credits after firing them.
Imagine the Director's Guild will have something to say on a new director coming in mid-shoot and only redoing a handful of scenes, though - didn't Richard Lester have to reshoot something like 50-70% of Superman II before the DGA would give him sole director's credit over Richard Donner? I don't know if LFL will still want Lord & Miller's names in the credits after firing them.
The bizarre thing is if they waited three weeks for primary shooting to be finished they could have just pulled the same stunt they did with Rogue One again to far less publicity.
It wasn't because they had those "Han Shot First" t-shirts made for the crew was it...
It wasn't because they had those "Han Shot First" t-shirts made for the crew was it...
Well, Disney knows what the need to do to get a billion dollar film every year, so I'll trust them.
Obviously I don't know anything about the ins and outs, but I get the feeling sometimes these directors forget the toys they're playing with in these big franchise sandboxs aren't theirs. *cough* Edgar Wright *cough* At the end of the day they're not your characters and you can't just do whatever you want. I'm sure it's frustrating but you should know that before you sign on.
Considering George Lucas famously wore a "Han Shot First" shirt just to show what a good sport about it all he was, that would be unbelievably petty on Kathleen Kennedy's part.
So far Disney's been content to just sit back, let Pixar, Marvel, LFL etc. get on with it, and watch the money roll in. Between Carrie Fisher's death (or, more to the point, the recent revelation why), the bombing of Episode IX director Colin Treverrow's recent film The Book of Henry and now this, though, I reckon there's got to be some nervous phone calls starting to go back and forth between Burbank and San Francisco. "You folks have got this, right...?"
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The situation with Edgar Wright and Ant-Man is one of the more boneheaded decisions on the part of Marvel/Disney, especially if the stories are true that the only issue was Marvel wanted the movie obviously connected to the MCU continuity. Which I am inclined to believe, since in the movie the MCU connections just feel so ham-fisted in, like when Hydra just suddenly shows up for the climax and does nothing but watch the final battle.
If I remember correctly, HYDRA (otherwise known as Mitchell Carson) had also appeared when Darren Cross was showing his video clip about his Yellow Jacket serum. And he also appeared in the movie's prologue. Worse, he got his hands on Cross' serum without paying a dime.
I'm sure that the Han Solo film will be delivered with flying colors. I have can recall a good number of successful films that experienced this kind of shake up.
Boy, I'd love for Trevorrow to be dropped from SW, but I doubt that will happen.
If that were truly the only deciding factor, then I'd say it was a boneheaded movie on Wright's part rather than Marvel. Drop out of a film you've planned for years because they want a few references to the greater MCU? That sounds mental.