Han Solo Movie Begins Filming, First Set Image Revealed

The movie's working title is Red Cup.

By Alex Gilyadov

The standalone Han Solo movie has officially begun production.

Co-director Chris Miller revealed the news on Twitter while also sharing the first image from set. The movie's working title is jokingly Red Cup, a pun on the red plastic cups made by the company also named Solo. In the image, you can spot the film's red logo, which has the words Star Wars in much smaller font compared to Red Cup. Though, it's not known whether this might be the final logo design.

The movie's first set photo, via Chris Miller's Twitter.

Miller is directing the film alongside Phil Lord, and it stars Alden Ehrenreich as young Han Solo and Donald Glover as young Lando Calrissian. Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Woody Harrelson (War for the Planet of the Apes) also recently joined the cast. According to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, the movie will have a "heist or Western type feel."

The Han Solo film, which still doesn't have an official name, will open in theaters May 25, 2018, though it's rumored the movie's release date has been moved to December 2018.

Alex Gilyadov is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter. 

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