Alden Ehrenreich Will Be The New, Young Han Solo

26-year-old Alden Ehrenreich has been the ‘next big thing’ for a while (in fact ever since he was discovered by Steven Spielberg entertaining at a bar mitzvah). However, the likes of Beautiful Creatures failed to really break him out, and while he’s gotten very close to numerous other major tentpole roles, they’ve ended up going to someone else.

Now though, he’s landed a massive one, as it’s been revealed that he wiill play the young Han Solo in a planned standalone movie about the space jockey, set before the events of A New Hope. While the film isn’t expected to shoot until next year, it’s believed Lucasfilm wanted to cast him early, so they could include a cameo from him in this December’s Rogue One.

Lawrence Kasdan and Jon Kasdan are writing the script for the Han Solo movie, with Phil Lord and Chris Miller set to direct.

Ehrenreich has just come off an incredibly well received turn in the Coens’ Hail, Caesar!, which many commented would make a lot of people in Hollywood pay more attention to him. It certainly seems to have done that, although the young actor will also be aware that he’s got some very big boots to fill, taking over from Harrison Ford.