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Filming starts on Han Solo movie

January 31st, 2017 by Marc Comments

Filming has started on the forthcoming Han Solo movie.

Co-director Chris Miller tweeted the above image with a play on words all fans of Star Wars agree with…. Han Shot First. In this instance it’s Han First Shot.

The movie’s working title, Star Wars: Red Cup follows in the tradition of strange titles for other Star Wars films during production with Episode VIII going by the name Space Bear.

Alden Ehrenreich will play our famous smuggler with Donald Glover starring as  Lando Calrissian and Woody Harrelson playing Solo’s mentor.

The next Star Wars movie is The Last Jedi, which comes to cinemas everywhere in December.

Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….