Last Updated on July 30, 2021
After Phil Lord and Christopher Miller exited SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY and Ron Howard was brought in to direct the lengthy reshoots, I was quite surprised that Disney/Lucasfilm didn't push the previously announced release date back; after all, these blockbusters take quite a lot of time and SOLO would be arriving just five months after the release of STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI. However, it seems that the film will have no problem making its release date next month, and Deadline is now reporting that it may even arrive a little earlier.
Deadline says that SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY will be making its debut at the Cannes Film Festival, and although Disney hasn't responded to the claims, Deadline's sources say that the film will premiere in a special screening on May 15th. Ron Howard took to Twitter last week to tease that they were in the final stages of post-production on SOLO, perhaps to ensure that the film would be ready for its Cannes debut.
Final stages of post on #Solo It’s gratifying to see everybody’s dedication to this story – going back to 2012 – adding up in such a fun & satisfying way. So much talent involved. pic.twitter.com/Mfe07XNOKs
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) March 31, 2018
Starring Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo, Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian, Emilia Clarke as Qi'ra, Woody Harrelson as Tobias Beckett, Phoebe Waller-Bridge as L3-37, Paul Bettany as Dryden Vos, and Thandie Newton as Val, SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY will give us an "all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes."
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY will hit theaters on May 25, 2018.
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