Before we get into it, the below is the official statement regarding Phil Lord and Chris Miller getting the boot from the Han Solo movie
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The untitled Han Solo film will move forward with a directorial change.
“Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are talented filmmakers who have assembled an incredible cast and crew, but it’s become clear that we had different creative visions on this film, and we’ve decided to part ways. A new director will be announced soon,” said Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm.
“Unfortunately, our vision and process weren’t aligned with our partners on this project. We normally aren’t fans of the phrase ‘creative differences’ but for once this cliché is true. We are really proud of the amazing and world-class work of our cast and crew,” stated Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.
The untitled Han Solo film remains scheduled for a May 2018 release.
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In the usual cluster fuck of bullshit, bluster and smoke and mirrors that Hollywood doles out on a regular basis, nobody knows exactly what's happened here. Obviously the two lads have got the boot. Creative differences is the old school excuse that we've heard time and time again. We can speculate all we want about how some insiders are saying Kathleen Kennedy and the director twosome clashed from day one due to their improv style. Whatever has happened, some serious shit has hit the fan considering the movie has around 2-3 weeks left of shooting.
Personally, I would have backed up a small space station full of money to J.J.Abrams and signed him up for 20 years. But that aside, Lord and Miller were a wrong choice from the outset (putting Woody Harrelson into the Star Wars Universe alone was a mighty fuck uo) . I still believe that Rian Johnson was wrong as well for The Last Jedi. I guess one would have to appreciate that Lucasfilm went to try something new, with relatively unknown or "not the usual Star Wars crowd" directors (Abrams aside) but you have to admire their balls to dump directors this far into production.
At this stage, as a Star Wars fan, I don't hold out much hope for the Han Solo movie, nor do I have any hope for The Last Jedi, after it's woeful first teaser trailer. But let's watch this space!
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The untitled Han Solo film will move forward with a directorial change.
“Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are talented filmmakers who have assembled an incredible cast and crew, but it’s become clear that we had different creative visions on this film, and we’ve decided to part ways. A new director will be announced soon,” said Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm.
“Unfortunately, our vision and process weren’t aligned with our partners on this project. We normally aren’t fans of the phrase ‘creative differences’ but for once this cliché is true. We are really proud of the amazing and world-class work of our cast and crew,” stated Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.
The untitled Han Solo film remains scheduled for a May 2018 release.
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In the usual cluster fuck of bullshit, bluster and smoke and mirrors that Hollywood doles out on a regular basis, nobody knows exactly what's happened here. Obviously the two lads have got the boot. Creative differences is the old school excuse that we've heard time and time again. We can speculate all we want about how some insiders are saying Kathleen Kennedy and the director twosome clashed from day one due to their improv style. Whatever has happened, some serious shit has hit the fan considering the movie has around 2-3 weeks left of shooting.
Personally, I would have backed up a small space station full of money to J.J.Abrams and signed him up for 20 years. But that aside, Lord and Miller were a wrong choice from the outset (putting Woody Harrelson into the Star Wars Universe alone was a mighty fuck uo) . I still believe that Rian Johnson was wrong as well for The Last Jedi. I guess one would have to appreciate that Lucasfilm went to try something new, with relatively unknown or "not the usual Star Wars crowd" directors (Abrams aside) but you have to admire their balls to dump directors this far into production.
At this stage, as a Star Wars fan, I don't hold out much hope for the Han Solo movie, nor do I have any hope for The Last Jedi, after it's woeful first teaser trailer. But let's watch this space!
