The new Han Solo movie has a title, a production kick-off and a pun. Director Chris Miller has posted a photo from the first day of filming on the Star Wars spin-off, which is due for release next year.
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— Chris Miller (@chrizmillr) January 30, 2017
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Shot pic.twitter.com/KReR6rgKFT
His photo gives fans a first taste of the project’s title – Red Cup – and its tone. With the caption “Han first shot”, Miller is alluding to the still-raging debate about whether Harrison Ford or the bounty hunter Greedo (Paul Blake) was the first to open fire in the Mos Eisley cantina.
Red Cup could be a working title that plays on Solo Cup Company, a brand of drinking vessels popular at frat parties in the US.
Miller – who co-directed The Lego Movie and 22 Jump Street – previously tweeted an image of a Solo cup after landing the job directing the Star Wars spin-off.
Very excited. Celebrating by drinking fancy whiskey out of this cup: pic.twitter.com/RpJKzmW5Ns
— Chris Miller (@chrizmillr) July 7, 2015
Alden Ehrenreich stars in the film as a young Han Solo, alongside Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover and Woody Harrelson. Miller is co-directing the film with his regular collaborator Phil Lord. The script is by Jon and Lawrence Kasdan.
