May 22, 2018
No one can't predict things with 100% accuracy, but that doesn't stop anyone from trying. And from "unaided awareness" to "definite interest," movie studios spend a lot of time and effort trying to gauge what an audience will do before they every do it. So, what are the predictions saying about the performance of Solo:...
May 21, 2018
What can the performance of Deadpool 2 at this weekend's box office tell us about how Solo: A Star Wars Story will fare next week when they square off at the box office? Well, the performance of the first Deadpool movie in 2016 leaves some clues for us... Punch it!
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May 18, 2018
We've been talking this week about some of the films that Larry and Jon Kasdan were keeping in mind as they wrote the script for Solo: A Star Wars Story. But what about Ron Howard? Surely this supremely accomplished director had a few films in mind that might serve as useful touchpoints for his filming? Well, yes, of...
May 16, 2018
There's a certain feeling in the relationship between "the kid" and Clint Eastwood in the movie Unforgiven, Jon Kasdan says, that he and his father Larry Kasdan were interested in when they were writing Solo: A Star Wars Story. The source of that info, an interview in Entertainment Weekly, can be misread as being...
May 11, 2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story had its world premiere last night in Los Angeles, and with that we begin our "Safe Week" period - actually, two weeks, considering Solo doesn't come out until the 25th. But that doesn't mean we don't have things to talk about regarding Solo - what the embargo date suggests, what the final runtime...