The Important News

Star Wars Mania: Alden Ehrenreich is officially the new young Han Solo.

Marvel Madness: Kevin Feige confirmed there will very likely be a Black Widow solo movie.

DC Delirium: Jeremy Irons’s Alfred will return in Justic League Part One. Ben Affleck said he wants to make the definitive Batman movie.

X-Citement: Josh Boone teased which characters will be in The New Mutants.

First Look: The new Power Rangers.

Sequelitis: Space Jam 2 is officially happening with LeBron James and director Justin Lin.

Remake Report: The Puppet Master horror series is being rebooted. Russell Crowe will play a Dr. Jekyll type in The Mummy remake. Charlie Hunnam will star in a Papillon remake.

Casting Net: Jillian Bell, Kate McKinnon, Zoe Kravitz, and Ilana Glazer will co-star in Rock That Body. Anthony Mackie will star in a young Johnny Cochran biopic. Arnold Schwarzenegger will star in Why We’re Killing Gunther.

New Directors, New Films: Roland Emmerich wants to make a Battle of Midway movie. Adam McKay will direct the comic book movie Irredeemable.

Box Office: The Jungle Book dominated another weekend.

Reel TV: John Krasinski is the new Jack Ryan for an Amazon series.

Musical Memo: Tom Hooper will make Cats movie.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, The Shallows, Bad Moms, Fathers and Daughters, Captain Fantastic, Hunt for the Wilderpeople and USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage.

Movie Clips: Now You See Me 2.

Behind the Scenes: Making of A Royal Night Out.

See: A trailer for a 1990s version of Captain America: Civil War.

Learn: Why Iron Man would be impossible ot knock out.

See: A Lego remake of the Rogue One trailer. And a mashup of Star Wars and Hamilton.

Watch: The Force Awakens cantina song performed live by Lin-Manuel Miranda and J.J. Abrams.

See: Daisy Ridley and friends on the set of Star Wars: Episode VIII. And Chris Miller’s tease of the solo Han Solo movie.

Watch: Star Wars: The Force Awakens remade with emojis. And the Cantina Band reunited at Coachella.

See: The best of Ralph McQuarrie’s Star Wars concept art.

Watch: Indepedence Day: Resurgence 20-year update special.

See: How Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice should have ended.

Play: X-Men: Apocalypse-inspired ’80s-style video games.

Watch: Vice’s new video series on obscure filmmakers.

See: Dwayne Johnson’s new alarm clock app.

Watch: Radiohead’s new Wicker Man-inspired music video.

See: This week’s best new movie posters.

Watch: 200 movie characters sing “Livin’ La Vida Loca.”

Our Features

Movie Calendar: See this month’s guide to the new releases and trivia above.

Review: Our Marvel expert’s take on Captain America: Civil War.

Comic Book Movie Guides: Why Captain America: Civil War is the MCU’s Empire Strikes Back. And why Captain America: Civil War is a comic book crossover come to life.

Interview: Captain America: Civil War writers on the split of Avengers: Infinity War.

Marvel Movie Guide: The return of “Thunderbolt” Ross.

Sci-Fi Movie Guide: A new comic book will have you loving the Star Wars prequel era.

Geek Movie Guide: All the comics, movies and geeky goodies to look for this month.

IMAX Movie Guide: Learn all about A Beautiful Planet from its director.

R.I.P.: The reel-important people we lost in April.

Home Viewing: Here’s our guide to everything hitting Netflix next month.

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Harrison Ford had been acting for 10 years before Star Wars catapulted him to stardom in 1977. Sure, he made an impression as hot-rodder Bob Falfa in American Graffiti, directed by George Lucas, and was menacing as a mysterious agent in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation, but he didn’t break out until he potrayed the intrepid Han Solo.

Will the upcoming spin-off movie revolving around a young Han Solo do the same for its star? The movie will be directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller (The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street), based on a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Jon Kasdan, and the casting process has been underway for months, with thousands of candidates under consideration. In January, we heard that eight actors had made the shortlist for the role, a list that was narrowed last month to three actors who were tested in London, with “a few other names” also touted, though not identified.

Following word via Deadline that Alden Ehrenreich is the front-runner for the role, ahead of Jack Reynor (Transformers: Age of Extinction) and Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service), we’ve now heard via the Daily News (and their anonymous source) that the deal is all but done, with Ehrenreich rumored to be filming a cameo in this year’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Ehrenreich received positive industry buzz after his very amusing supporting performance as an actor in Hail, Caesar!, the show business comedy from Joel and Ethan Coen. In this scene, the budding horse opera actor is suddenly thrust into a tuxedo and told by director Ralph Fiennes to recite a line of dialogue.

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Like Harrison Ford, Ehrenreich also worked with Francis Ford Coppola, first in Tetro (2009) and then in Twixt (2011).

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He starred in Beautiful Creatures (2013), a dramatic fantasy with a romantic element, as evidenced in this brief clip.

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Clearly, Ehrenreich has the acting chops for nearly any role. Will he have a chance to dazzle us all as Han Solo? Time will tell. The untitled Han Solo movie is due out in theaters on May 25, 2018.

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