&nbsp;will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, bringing a galaxy far away to the world's most prestigious film festival.

The French festival announced Friday that the 

spinoff will premiere out of competition at this year's festival shortly before opening in French theatres on May 23.

opens in North American cinemas on May 25.

Donald Glover is Lando Calrissian in SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY.

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Ron Howard unveils title of Han Solo spinoff

Ron Howard offered a tidbit to Star Wars fans Tuesday by unveiling the name of the forthcoming spinoff movie centred on beloved space rogue Han Solo.

Director Ron Howard unveils the name of the new Star Wars spinoff film Solo: A Star Wars Story.

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Director Ron Howard unveiled the name of the latest Star Wars spinoff film Solo: A Star Wars Story via Twitter on Tuesday.

Star Wars Han Solo spinoff movie loses directors

​There's been a disturbance in the force and the young Han Solo film is suddenly without a director. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said Tuesday that the Star Wars spinoff is parting ways with directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller due to different creative visions on the film.

Harrison Ford appears as Han Solo at left in a scene from 1977's Star Wars: A New Hope. Alden Ehrenreich appears at right in California in February 2016. Ehrenreich is finalizing a deal to play Han Solo in a forthcoming standalone Star Wars film about the beloved space smuggler.

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Directors Christopher Miller, left, and Phil Lord, seen in New York in 2015, were dismissed from the Han Solo spinoff over 'creative differences,' according to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy.

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&nbsp;both played at the French Riviera festival.

Earlier this week,&nbsp;Cannes organizers announced that Asghar Farhadi's 

,&nbsp;starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, will be this year's opening-night film.

Joonas Suotamo, left, and Alden Ehrenreich appear in a scene from Solo: A Star Wars Story, which will screen at the Cannes Film Festival.

Solo: A Star Wars story to premiere at Cannes Film Festival

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