As rumored, The Wire and Assassin’s Creed actor Michael Kenneth Williams is joining next year’s Han Solo Star Wars movie, Lucasfilm has confirmed. In a blog post, the movie company said Williams brings “charisma, humanity, and nobility to all his performances.”
The announcement is no big surprise, as a report last week claimed that Williams was in “final talks” to appear in the Han Solo movie.
The untitled Han Solo movie will focus on Han Solo’s “early encounters” with Lando Calrissian and is currently in production.
Han Solo is played by Alden Ehrenreich, while Donald Glover portrays Lando Calrissian. Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke is also in the movie, alongside Hunger Games actor Woody Harrelson, both in unspecified roles. Westworld actress Thandie Newton and Fleabag‘s Phoebe Waller-Bridge will appear in the movie as well, though their parts have not been announced.
Basketball player Joonas Suotamo plays Chewbacca.
“Watching such inspired people from all over the world, with such unique voices, come together for the sole purpose of making art, is nothing short of miraculous,” directors Chris Lord and Phil Miller said in a statement. “We can’t think of anything funny to say, because we just feel really moved, and really lucky.”
The Han Solo movie opens on May 25, 2018. The next entry in the series is this year’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which picks up immediately after 2015’s The Force Awakens. Footage from the film was shown at a Disney shareholder meeting this week.
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