Star Wars spin-off film to tell back story of space smuggler Han SoloJuly 8, 2015 - 16:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A Star Wars spin-off film will tell the back story of space smuggler Han Solo, Disney has announced, according to BBC News. The new movie is to be directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, the men behind the hugely successful Lego movie. The charismatic criminal turned Rebellion hero returns in Star Wars' next instalment: The Force Awakens this Christmas. Actor Harrison Ford last played Solo in 1983's Return of the Jedi. No details or casting have been yet been announced but the Hollywood Reportersaid the script would be written by father and son team Lawrence and Jon Kasdan. The senior Kasdan co-wrote The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, the latter with director JJ Abrams. There was a huge excitement in the fan community earlier this year when an extended trailer for the new film featured a brief appearance of Solo and his Millennium Falcon co-pilot Chewbacca, appearing to be on the deck of his famous spaceship, uttering the words, "Chewie, we're home..." The untitled Han Solo project is scheduled to be released on May 25, 2018. It follows the first stand-alone Star Wars anthology film Rogue One, which is due next year. Photo: BBC Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |