Ron Howard is stepping in to direct the coming stand-alone Han Solo film, two days after Philip Lord and Christopher Miller were ousted from the job. They had spent 4 1/2 months on the as-yet-untitled space western.
The highly anticipated Star Wars spinoff, slated for a May 2018 release, follows the adventures of the wise cracking swashbuckler Han Solo as a young pilot, played by Alden Ehrenreich. Woody Harrelson and Thandie Newton are also on board.
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Kathleen Kennedy, the president of Lucasfilm, said in a statement announcing Howard's involvement that the studio had an "absolute commitment to make a great movie," and that filming would resume July 10. Howard's credits include Apollo 13, Frost/Nixon and, more recently, the poorly reviewed In the Heart of the Sea.
Kennedy had cited "different creative visions" in the decision to drop Miller and Lord, who are known for wry antics-filled hits like The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street. In the same statement, the directors agreed, saying their vision and process were not aligned with that of the studio heads.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lord and Miller's approach to the Han Solo tale was met with disapproval by Lawrence Kasdan, who was a writer on The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and who also, with his son Jon Kasdan, wrote the Han Solo script.