Ron Howard will step in to complete the young Han Solo movie
He replaces directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who were let go by LucasFilm earlier this week.
He replaces directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who were let go by LucasFilm earlier this week.
He replaces directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who were let go by LucasFilm earlier this week.
Less than 48 hours after that directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller had been let go from the upcoming Han Solo movie, Ron Howard has been officially appointed as their replacement.
confirms that Howard will begin work immediately on the spin-off, which still has a few weeks of principal photography left and five additional weeks of reshoots planned for late summer. But that schedule could be extended, since Howard now needs to review the script and filmed footage to determine whether rewrites and additional reshoots are necessary.
Lord and Miller reportedly clashed with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and longtime Star Wars co-writer/producer Lawrence Kasdan, who took issue with the pair's emphasis on humor and improvisation. Both parties cited "creative differences," but the firing of a director three-quarters of the way through filming is an extreme and almost unprecedented move.
The appointment of Howard, who will also oversee the post-production process, will make the movie's credits very complicated. Lord and Miller may end up —despite having been attached for two years and filming since February—because the Directors Guild of America frowns upon multiple directors being credited for the same film. It's currently unclear whether Howard will share credit with Lord and Miller, take no credit, or take sole credit.