Woody Harrelson's appointment is not confirmed
Highlights
- Woody Harrelson may play mentor to Han Solo in the film
- Hunger Games' producer Allison Shearmur is also backing the project
- The film is based on events before Stars Wars: A New Hope
New Delhi:
Actor Woody Harrelson is reportedly all set to join the cast of
Star Wars spin off film as Han Solo's mentor, reports
Variety Magazine. Mr Harrelson earlier featured in
The Hunger Games franchise as protagonist Katniss Everdeen's mentor. A source told Variety that Mr Harrelson is the top choice to play Han Solo's mentor in the spinoff starring Alden Ehrenreich. The film is co-produced by Allison Shearmur who also worked with the actor in
The Hunger Games series. The events of the yet-untitled film will be based before the story of
Stars Wars: A New Hope, which released in 1977.
"The ensemble has already begun filling with rising stars, but executive producers wanted Han Solo's role to go to an actor with considerable clout, and started meeting with actors over the past several weeks," reports
Variety.
Other confirmed cast members include Donald Glover, who will play a young Lando Calrissian, and Emilia Clarke as Han Solo's love interest. The film is expected to start in January and is slated to release on May 25, 2018.
Woody Harrelson's other projects which will release this year are
Wilson,
War for the Planet of the Ape,
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and
The Glass Castle.