Disney Reportedly Casts Young Han Solo; Black Widow Standalone Film in the Works

Disney Reportedly Casts Young Han Solo:

Disney and Lucasfilm may have created a little outrage with fans with who they picked for their untitled "Young Han Solo" standalone film as young Han Solo. The film which is due out in 2018 and now directors Phil Lord Chris Miller seem to have found their young Solo in Alden Ehrenreich ("Hail Caesar!"). Ehrenreich is final negotiations to don the famous vest and pick up that blaster that Harrison Ford brought to the role.

The film which centers around Solo in his younger days in the galaxy far, far away and will even tell how Solo met with our favorite Wookie, Chewbacca. Although not official as it hasn't officially been announced by Disney or by Ehrenreich's representation in CAA.

Ehrenreich won over the directors over two others who were on the final shortlist such as Kingsman actor Taron Egerton and Transformers: Age of Extinction's Jack Reynor. In earlier rounds that seem to have been eliminated from the shortlist were Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, and Brooklyn breakout star Emory Cohen.

Lord and Miller will co-direct the film with the script being written by father-son duo in Lawrence and Jon Kasdan. The film once again hits theaters in 2018.

Black Widow Standalone Film Reportedly in the Works:

Marvel President Kevin Feige confirmed in an interview with Deadline.com that Marvel is reportedly working on a Black Widow standalone film. The interview which highlights the release of "Captain America: Civil War" today among many other things. Two questions stuck out however as what superhero would be next to get a standalone film. Here is what he said when asked:

DEADLINE: You’ve got a bunch of characters in this movie from Falcon and War Machine and Black Widow and Hawkeye, who have so far guest starred in movies with another characters title above the fold. Is there one destined to get a solo movie down the line?FEIGE: We’ve announced the next nine movies, ten counting Civil War, through the end of 2019. Where we go beyond that are ongoing discussions that we’ll focus on in the next few years because we have a lot to do before then. Of the characters that you’ve just mentioned I would say certainly the one creatively and emotionally that we are most committing to doing is black widow.
DEADLINE: Why?FEIGE: We think she’s an amazing character. We think Scarlett Johansson’s portrayal of her is amazing. She’s a lead Avenger and has amazing stories in her own right to tell that we think would be fun to turn into a standalone franchise.

It's clear that we will eventually get to see the lead female Avenger get her own film and the only question remains is when we will get it.