Han Solo Film Announced, Phil Lord and Chris Miller Directing

<p>A Han Solo anthology film has been announced today&period; Phil Lord and Christopher Miller will be directing the project&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to StarWars&period;com&comma; &&num;8220&semi;the story focuses on how young Han Solo became the smuggler&comma; thief&comma; and scoundrel whom Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi first encountered in the cantina at Mos Eisley&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lord and Miller have previously directed <em>The LEGO Movie<&sol;em>&comma; <em>21 Jump Street<&sol;em>&comma; and <em>Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs <&sol;em>as well as producing last year&&num;8217&semi;s post-apocalyptic comedy show&comma; <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;tag&sol;the-last-man-on-earth&sol;">The Last Man on Earth<&sol;a>&comma; <&sol;em>with writer and series lead Will Forte&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The film is being written by Lawrence Kasden &lpar;<em>Raiders of the Lost Ark<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Return of the Jedi<&sol;em>&comma; and <em>The Force Awakens<&sol;em>&rpar; and Jon Kasden &lpar;<em>The First Time<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Freaks and Geeks<&sol;em>&comma; and <em>Dawson&&num;8217&semi;s Creek<&sol;em>&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Han Solo anthology movie is scheduled for <strong>May 25th&comma;<&sol;strong> <strong>2018<&sol;strong>&period; <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;the-force-awakens-again-with-a-look-at-han-solo&sol;">Star Wars&colon; The Force Awakens<&sol;a><&sol;em> is set to release in theaters this <strong>December 18th<&sol;strong>&period; More information about the future of the <em>Star Wars<&sol;em> series is expected at <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;star-wars-the-force-awakens-panel-to-appear-at-comic-con&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">LucasFilm&&num;8217&semi;s panel<&sol;a> at Comic Con this week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;starwars&period;com&sol;news&sol;christopher-miller-and-phil-lord-to-helm-han-solo-anthology-film" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">StarWars&period;com<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;