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StarWars.com wrote:The next adventure in the Anthology series of Star Wars films will be directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, whose credits include the critically acclaimed The LEGO Movie and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, as well as 21 Jump Street and 22 Jump Street. Among the most sought-after filmmakers working today, the two have proven a formidable duo on the multiple films they’ve collaborated on and are looking forward to applying their unique creative chemistry to the Star Wars universe.

This is the first film we’ve worked on that seems like a good idea to begin with. 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.”

The screenplay is written by Lawrence Kasdan and Jon Kasdan. The story focuses on how young Han Solo became the smuggler, thief, and scoundrel whom Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi first encountered in the cantina at Mos Eisley.

Lawrence Kasdan, the writer and director known for Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Big Chill, and Grand Canyon, is familiar to Star Wars fans for having co-written the screenplays for The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and The Force Awakens. His son Jon Kasdan wrote and directed The First Time, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and In the Land of Women, as well as writing for the television series Freaks and Geeks and Dawson’s Creek.

“We’re so excited to be working with Chris and Phil, who will bring a fresh new dimension to the Star Wars universe,” said the Kasdans. “They’re two of the smartest, funniest and most original filmmakers around, and the ideal choice to tell the story of Han Solo, one of the coolest characters in the galaxy.”

Kathleen Kennedy, who will be producing, says she can’t wait to discover what’s in store from these two extraordinary teams of directors and writers.

“It’s not just any filmmaker who can tell the story of such a beloved icon like Han Solo, and I’m excited to say we’ve found the perfect team to handle the task. Larry and Jon know all there is to know about the character, and Chris and Phil will bring their wit, style, energy and heart to tell Han’s story.”

Slated for a May 25, 2018 release, the film will be executive produced by Lawrence Kasdan and Jason McGatlin and co-produced by Will Allegra.

Channel72 wrote:It's funny how in the 20th and 21st century, memorable film characters are usually created entirely by the actor who plays them - as opposed to, say, Superheroes or Shakespeare characters who were created by some preexisting narrative. But memorable film characters are pretty much inextricably connected with a particular actor, to the extent that a veteran audience is likely to scoff if the actor is every replaced. At one point it really seemed absurd to even dare try to replace Shatner as Kirk, for example. And then they did it, and... whatever, blah.

But it seems that after a certain amount of time passes, classic film characters become detached from their original actors, and then they get recast, rebooted, recycled, etc. This is all great for movie studios, because characters who aren't attached to a particular actor (like ... James Bond or pretty much all superheroes), are a lot easier to recast, reboot, recycle, etc.

Still, I can't recall an instance where the recast version of a classic film character actually surpasses the original, and to a certain extent, this would almost be paradoxical, because the character is literally defined by the original actor, so either you get a recasted actor who basically just tries to ape the original actor, or you get a "fresh new take" which sort of just sucks (e.g. Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka). It's not like a case where some new actor gets to take a crack at playing Hamlet, or the Joker, or whatever - a new actor trying to take a crack at Han Solo is basically trying to take a crack at playing Harrison Ford.

Batman wrote:The Doctor is also completely irrelevant as he was never meant to 'be' the same character throughout the franchise. Him 'not' being was one of the core concepts of Doctor Who.

The Romulan Republic wrote:Its nonsense that a character is "...created entirely by the actor...",a s if writers and directors and everyone else involved in a making a film's characters are fucking meaningless.

Edits: Also, Doctor Who has gleefully and triumphantly proved you wrong for decades.

Simon_Jester wrote:The thing that makes the transition from 'this role is defined by one person' to 'this role can be played by many' difficult is simply finding that second good actor to play the role. James Bond became a role 'anyone' could play after he'd been successfully played by Roger Moore (who, I will note, was seriously considered as an alternative to Connery when they cast Bond in the first place). Moore did the job quite differently from Connery, in part because he got different scripts but in part because he was a different man.

Batman wrote:Which is a bit of a problem when the actor in question last portrayed that role 30 years ago.

Batman wrote:I don't give a damn about the Transformers franchise but I 'would' prefer a nuTrek take on Han Solo over Harrison Ford with half a metre of make-up, yes.

Batman wrote:The original nuTrek was pretty blergh, I agree, but I happen to think 'Into Darkness' was a much better (and much more Trek) movie.

Batman wrote:The original nuTrek was pretty blergh, I agree, but I happen to think 'Into Darkness' was a much better (and much more Trek) movie.