Acclaimed filmmaker Ron Howard (A Stunning Thoughts, Apollo 13) has responded to fan requests for a follow-up to his Star Wars movie Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Launched in 2018, the movie advised the origin story of Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) and was largely thought of a much less profitable entry within the sci-fi franchise. It grossed $393million from a price range of $275-300million and obtained combined critiques from critics. Nevertheless, the post-credits scene teased the return of a serious villain within the saga and appeared to arrange a sequel that has since stalled. No announcement of one other film has been made by manufacturing firm Lucasfilm, although followers have continued to speak about it on-line.
Talking to NME throughout his unique Absolute Scenes interview, which you’ll watch in full above, Solo director Howard offered a discouraging replace on the proposed sequel.
“The one dialogue that I’m conscious of a few sequel for Solo is coming from the followers at this level,” he mentioned. “I don’t assume it’s a Lucasfilm precedence, as I perceive it.”
He added: “However there’s some nice characters launched, and the oldsters from Lucasfilm love the followers and actually do hear so I might by no means say by no means – however I’m not conscious of any concrete plans proper now to increase the story or cope with that exact set of characters.”
Elsewhere within the interview, Howard mentioned his long-term collaboration with actor Tom Hanks. The pair have labored on 5 movies collectively, together with 1995’s Apollo 13 which received two Oscars.
“Tom Hanks was inspiring to me on that film,” mentioned Howard. “What I used to be actually impressed by was his absolute consideration to element and data of the moon missions. His ardour for it and his perception that we didn’t want to brighten [the story]. We simply wanted to point out it, simply carry it to life – and I truly discovered so much from [his] dedication.
“That collaboration was a blast after which we labored collectively years in a while The Da Vinci Code and different Dan Brown tasks. I hope our days of collaboration are removed from over as a result of he’s only a nice expertise and an ideal collaborator.”
13 Lives, Howard’s most up-to-date movie, tells the true story of the 2018 mission to rescue twelve boys and their soccer coach from Thailand’s flooded Tham Luang Nang Non cave system. It’s accessible to stream now on Amazon Prime Video.