Hyperkin is known for offering new ways to play old games and the SupaBoy is a competent, portable way to play your PAL and NTSC SNES cartridges.It may be a little odd for longtime Star Wars fans to see Alden Ehrenreich to play Han Solo, since the character was made famous by none other than Harrison Ford. Aside from the fact that early tweets indicated that Ehrenreich does a phenomenal job, Ford himself has given the film and the actor his blessing and loves the new movie.
The new Han Solo, Alden Ehrenreich, wanted nothing more than to sit down with Ford before he took on the role for the first time, and during the Solo press conference, he detailed his meeting with the iconic actor: “Right before we started shooting, I wanted to talk to Harrison [Ford], just to kind of pay respect and have him give us the blessing for the film,” the Solo star explained. “So we had lunch, I guess, two years ago, and he was really encouraging and really supportive, and then we went off and shot the film.”
Ford’s support didn’t stop there, as Ehrenreich bumped into him prior to this press conference. “And today, I was doing an interview, and they were talking about, ‘Is there anything else you’d like to ask him. Because he’s…’ And I was like, ‘Well…’ [The interviewer replied] ‘Well you have your chance.’ And he was behind me.”
Entertainment Tonight filmed the interview and surprise and posted it to Instagram, which you can watch below. Ehrenreich and Ford meet and Ford tells the new Solo to “get out of my chair [and] get out of my life,” as everyone, including director Ron Howard, share a laugh. The two share a handshake and a hug afterwards.
Ehrenreich continued to praise Ford for all of his support, even saying that Ford enjoyed the movie. “It’s just such a huge deal to have him really genuinely love it,” explained Ehrenreich. “He really genuinely enjoyed the film, and it meant a lot to me that he took the time to come out here and do that.”
The young actor also discussed stepping into the Millennium Falcon for the first time and adjusting to it over the course of filming. “You get in, and you can’t believe you’re in it. It’s so surreal… And a couple months into shooting it, you’re inside of it. You’re flying it. You know where the buttons are and how the chair feels. You’re like, ‘Okay, this is kind of like my ship now.’ It’s deeply gratifying.”
Solo: A Star Wars Story hits theaters on May 25. The movie is expected to break box office records when it releases. Make sure to check back on May 15 for GameSpot’s full review.
On this episode of Resident Kinevil, Mary inches closer to one of Code: Veronica’s major boss fights, and Mike actually sort of gets scared for the first time. Maybe.Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has confirmed there are “plans” to introduce Ms. Marvel into the MCU after Captain Marvel.
“Captain Marvel’s shooting right now with Brie Larson. Ms. Marvel, which is another character in the comic books, the Muslim hero who is inspired by Captain Marvel, is definitely sort of in the works,” Feige told BBC (via Twitter user @StaarksHeart). “We have plans for that once we’ve introduced Captain Marvel to the world.”
Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan first appeared in Captain Marvel #14 and then got her own solo series, dubbed Ms. Marvel, which debuted in February 2014. Read our review of Ms. Marvel #1.
Donald Glover playing Lando Calrissian feels like a perfect fit, and it is not just Star Wars fans thinking that. Glover himself was incredibly excited to take on the role, even before the film was even announced, as the multi-talented actor explained at a recent Solo press conference, which took place two weeks prior to the May 25 release of the movie.
Lando Calrissian was one of the few supporting characters that hasn’t been included in the recent Star Wars sequels or Rogue One spin-off in the past couple of years, so it was only a matter of time before he showed up. Donald Glover, who currently stars on FX’s Atlanta and makes music under the name Childish Gambino, knew Lando would make his return and wanted to get an audition as soon as it was available.
“When I heard they were making these, I told my agent, ‘if they’re making anything with Lando in it, I have to be Lando,'” explained Glover. “And he was like, ‘I hear you. I don’t like your odds.’ And that was exactly what I needed to hear. It was the only role I’ve wanted in the world to do. I’m just really happy to be a part of this experience.”
Why his agent said that wasn’t explained. However, Glover wasn’t as big of a name back when he confirmed he was playing the role in spring of 2016. At that time, he was primarily known for his work on NBC comedy series Community as well as for his musical career. At that time, Glover had not appeared in Spider-Man: Homecoming and Atlanta was a few months out from starting its series premiere. All of those roles helped show the acting depth he has, and luckily, the casting behind Solo took note.
While full reviews for Solo aren’t out yet, there have been some reactions on Twitter from those who got to see an early screening of the film. Most people are saying it takes a little while to get used to seeing Alden Ehrenreich playing Han Solo, as opposed to Harrison Ford who played the character in the four previous Star Wars films. However, many of the critics seemed pleased with the film, which is a relief, considering the amount of trouble this film had during production.
Solo: A Star Wars Story comes to theaters on May 25, and it’s expected to break box office records when it releases in the next couple of weeks. Make sure to check back on May 15 for GameSpot’s full review.
If you’re an avid user of Xbox One‘s games streaming service Xbox Games Pass, get ready to say goodbye to a significant amount of 360 titles. On May 31, 21 titles are leaving the service’s catalog.
Out of the 21 titles on the way out, one two are Xbox One titles, and the rest are from 360. We’re not sure why these titles in particular are leaving the service, but we do know that third-party titles aren’t permanent additions–though this cut is probably the largest the service has seen so far. Some bigger titles on the chopping block are Bioshock, Bioshock 2, and Bioshock Infinite, as well as Borderlands.
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Each of these titles will be available on the service until the end of the month. If you don’t have time to play them all, you can snag your favorites for 20 percent off.
June’s entire list of incoming games hasn’t been released quite yet, but we do know that Xbox One exclusive title State of Decay 2 will be hitting the service as soon as it launches on May 22. All members will have immediate access to the game with the service, as well as Sea of Thieves, Gears of War 4, and many, many others. Check out the full list of Xbox Games Pass titles here.