Hollywood Breakdown

'Star Wars' stunner: 'Han Solo' movie has a new director

Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the original directors of the forthcoming Han Solo movie, were fired and replaced by director Ron Howard. This hardly every happens in Hollywood, especially because production was already well underway -- sources say they were four-fifths of the way through filming.

By Matthew Belloni • Jun 22, 2017 • 3m Listen

The quirky, improvisational comedy of Chris Miller and Phil Lord is on display in their projects like The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street and the TV show Last Man on Earth. But their style was clearly not working on the set of the upcoming Han Solo movie -- a spin-off from the extremely valuable Star Wars franchise. Lord and Miller were already several months into production on Han Solo when they were fired by LucasFilm's Kathleen Kennedy. Director Rob Howard will be stepping in to replace them, but many questions remain -- from how much of the already shot film will be preserved to how credits will be handled with the Directors Guild of America

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Hollywood Breakdown

'Star Wars' stunner: 'Han Solo' movie has a new director

Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the original directors of the forthcoming Han Solo movie, were fired and replaced by director Ron Howard. This hardly every happens in Hollywood, especially because production was already well underway -- sources say they were four-fifths of the way through filming.

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Hollywood Breakdown

'Star Wars' stunner: 'Han Solo' movie has a new director

Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the original directors of the forthcoming Han Solo movie, were fired and replaced by director Ron Howard. This hardly every happens in Hollywood, especially because production was already well underway -- sources say they were four-fifths of the way through filming.

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