This science fiction to premiere at Cannes Film Festival

Los Angeles: The science fictional 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' will reportedly premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next month.

The sci-fi tentpole will screen 10 days before its official May 25 release.

Directed by Ron Howard, the film stars Alden Ehrenreich as a young Han Solo and Donald Glover plays fellow smuggler Lando Calrissian.

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Solo: A Star Wars Story tells the story of how Han Solo met his future copilot Chewbacca before the events in the original 1977 Star Wars.

The film is the second anthology film after 2016's Rogue One.

The Cannes festival will take place from May 8 to May 19.

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