After director quits, Ron Howard takes over Han Solo Star Wars film

[Presto-digitation]

The Millennium Falcon has a new pilot.

Ron Howard has been named as the new director of Lucasfilm and Disney’s untitled Han Solo movie, sources tell to The Hollywood Reporter exclusively. The official announcement is expected Thursday morning.

The move comes two days after directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were let go from the movie they had spent over four-and-a-half months directing. Creative differences over style and tone came to a head between the duo and Lawrence Kasdan, with the studio backing the veteran screenwriter.

The firing sent shockwaves around Hollywood and beyond as the movie was about three-quarters through principal photography and the replacement of a director at that stage is near-unprecedented.

Howard, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter, will meet with the actors — Alden Ehrenreich is playing the iconic smuggler, Donald Glover is playing Lando Calrissian, with Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke and Thandie Newton also on the roll call — to soothe a rattled set and will pore over a rough edit to see what the project has and still needs.

The movie was scheduled to shoot for three-and-a-half more weeks, with five weeks of reshoots built into the schedule — the latter a standard procedure on large franchise productions.

Howard, who won an Oscar for directing 2002’s A Beautiful Mind, comes to the Han Solo film with several connections to George Lucas and the worlds of Lucasfilm. He appeared in Lucas' 1973 breakout film American Graffiti, and implemented Lucas’ 1988 pet fantasy project Willow as helmer. Howard also revealed on a podcast in 2015 that Lucas had approached him to direct 1999’s Star Wars prequel The Phantom Menace.

Howard is considered to be a safe choice to complete the task, someone who will more than ably finish the movie while being a calming presence on set.

Howard’s recent movies include Inferno and In the Heart of the Sea, costly ventures that have underperformed at the box office.

[diatribein]

As evidenced by Last Man On Earth & Making History, Phil Lord and Chris Miller are fools who think that blowing shit up, making a mess, and wrecking things for heck of it is not only funny, but a fun thing to do. I, for one, am glad they are gone. Breaking shit and making a mess for fun are two of the things I find least entertaining in Film or Television. Edited June 22, 2017 by diatribein

[RUSHHEAD666]

Interesting pick."Happy Days" are here again........

[Chicken hawk]

I just read the original director was fored.

 

"The news that original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired just two days ago rocked Hollywood and Star Wars fan everywhere. Now it's time to discuss the path forward with Howard at the helm — and whether it's the right move for a galaxy far, far away."

 

 

 

I think Ron will do good being put in this position. These days the former child actor is in need of a big hit.

[Ancient Ways]

What role will Clint Howard get?

[Tombstone Mountain]

He's proven and sure. An actor's director from what I've read

[Presto-digitation]

Also he's mopping clean up, not reinventing the film. Might get some creative bits out in during re-shoots, but he is here to finish the project. I think he'll do fine. It's the very fact this project got greenlit is what I am struggling with. A young version of a beloved movie icon is not an enviable thing to pull off. Sure Ewan did a great Obi Wan, but Alec Guinness wasn't to the series what Ford was either.

[treeduck]

Also he's mopping clean up, not reinventing the film. Might get some creative bits out in during re-shoots, but he is here to finish the project. I think he'll do fine. It's the very fact this project got greenlit is what I am struggling with. A young version of a beloved movie icon is not an enviable thing to pull off. Sure Ewan did a great Obi Wan, but Alec Guinness wasn't to the series what Ford was either.

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[JohnnyBlaze]

Also he's mopping clean up, not reinventing the film. Might get some creative bits out in during re-shoots, but he is here to finish the project. I think he'll do fine. It's the very fact this project got greenlit is what I am struggling with. A young version of a beloved movie icon is not an enviable thing to pull off. Sure Ewan did a great Obi Wan, but Alec Guinness wasn't to the series what Ford was either.

 

I hear you. But 3 movies in, audiences still pack the cinemas for Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto as two of the most beloved sci-fi characters ever. And they're not even that good!

[JohnRogers]

Also he's mopping clean up, not reinventing the film. Might get some creative bits out in during re-shoots, but he is here to finish the project. I think he'll do fine. It's the very fact this project got greenlit is what I am struggling with. A young version of a beloved movie icon is not an enviable thing to pull off. Sure Ewan did a great Obi Wan, but Alec Guinness wasn't to the series what Ford was either.

 

I hear you. But 3 movies in, audiences still pack the cinemas for Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto as two of the most beloved sci-fi characters ever. And they're not even that good!

They didn't pack the cinema for Beyond, the next film is seriously in doubt. As for the Solo film bringing Ron Howard on board is a good sign.

[JohnnyBlaze]

Also he's mopping clean up, not reinventing the film. Might get some creative bits out in during re-shoots, but he is here to finish the project. I think he'll do fine. It's the very fact this project got greenlit is what I am struggling with. A young version of a beloved movie icon is not an enviable thing to pull off. Sure Ewan did a great Obi Wan, but Alec Guinness wasn't to the series what Ford was either.

 

I hear you. But 3 movies in, audiences still pack the cinemas for Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto as two of the most beloved sci-fi characters ever. And they're not even that good!

They didn't pack the cinema for Beyond, the next film is seriously in doubt. As for the Solo film bringing Ron Howard on board is a good sign.

 

Ah ok. Didn't know that. But how about the first two? Especially that first one, they really pushed it with Pine & Quinto as Kirk & Spock. When I think of Star Trek, I specifically think of Spock.

 

Slap on Star Wars on the title and people will automatically go. Even if it's shit. No matter who's playing who. Shia LeBouf as Boba Fett. Yeah, it's dick but people would still go.

[JohnRogers]

Also he's mopping clean up, not reinventing the film. Might get some creative bits out in during re-shoots, but he is here to finish the project. I think he'll do fine. It's the very fact this project got greenlit is what I am struggling with. A young version of a beloved movie icon is not an enviable thing to pull off. Sure Ewan did a great Obi Wan, but Alec Guinness wasn't to the series what Ford was either.

 

I hear you. But 3 movies in, audiences still pack the cinemas for Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto as two of the most beloved sci-fi characters ever. And they're not even that good!

They didn't pack the cinema for Beyond, the next film is seriously in doubt. As for the Solo film bringing Ron Howard on board is a good sign.

 

Ah ok. Didn't know that. But how about the first two? Especially that first one, they really pushed it with Pine & Quinto as Kirk & Spock. When I think of Star Trek, I specifically think of Spock.

Yeah taking Paramount by surprise Beyond tanked. The cast is great the material after the first film just kept getting worse.

[invisible airwave]

"This is Han Solo's Arrested Development!"

[Tombstone Mountain]

Also he's mopping clean up, not reinventing the film. Might get some creative bits out in during re-shoots, but he is here to finish the project. I think he'll do fine. It's the very fact this project got greenlit is what I am struggling with. A young version of a beloved movie icon is not an enviable thing to pull off. Sure Ewan did a great Obi Wan, but Alec Guinness wasn't to the series what Ford was either.

 

I hear you. But 3 movies in, audiences still pack the cinemas for Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto as two of the most beloved sci-fi characters ever. And they're not even that good!

They didn't pack the cinema for Beyond, the next film is seriously in doubt. As for the Solo film bringing Ron Howard on board is a good sign.

 

Ah ok. Didn't know that. But how about the first two? Especially that first one, they really pushed it with Pine & Quinto as Kirk & Spock. When I think of Star Trek, I specifically think of Spock.

 

Slap on Star Wars on the title and people will automatically go. Even if it's shit. No matter who's playing who. Shia LeBouf as Boba Fett. Yeah, it's dick but people would still go.

I know right. I remember Kevin Smith worshipping the prequels.