Having been unceremoniously fired from the project with just weeks of principal photography remaining – and Ron Howard coming in to reshoot around 70% of the final film – the Phil Lord and Chris Miller version of Solo: A Star Wars Story is going to go down as one of Hollywood’s big ‘What If?’ stories. […]
Phil Lord and Chris Miller to produce animated comedy The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and The LEGO Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller are set to produce the animated family comedy The Mitchells vs. the Machines for Sony Pictures Animation. The Mitchells vs. the Machines is being directed by Mike Rianda, who penned the script with his Gravity Falls colleague Jeff Rowe, while […]
Donald Glover says the Solo: A Star Wars Story director change was “beneficial” and not “difficult”
Donald Glover has opened up about the director change on Solo: A Star Wars Story, revealing that the switch was a surprise but not difficult to adjust to. The production process for Solo: A Star Wars Story has been well publicised but, by all accounts, since Ron Howard took over directing duties on the film […]
A new report sheds more light on Solo: A Star Wars Story’s director shake-up
It came as quite the surprise last year when it was announced that Lucasfilm had sacked Solo: A Star Wars Story directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller over creative differences with just a few weeks of filming left on the second Star Wars Anthology movie. At the time, rumours circulated suggesting that the filmmakers had […]
Lawrence Kasdan discusses his differences with the former directors of Solo: A Star Wars Story
Legendary screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan has commented on the fallout with the ousted directors of Solo: A Star Wars Story. Those plugged into the production process of Solo: A Star Wars Story will be aware that the film now directed by Ron Howard was at one point being filmed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller until […]
Chris Miller briefly addresses latest Solo: A Star Wars Story rumours
Earlier this week Vulture posted a detailed reporting quoting an “anonymous actor” who apparently worked on May’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, and offered up some alleged details about the behind-the-scenes goings on up to and after the departure of original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller (The LEGO Movie). According to the source, the […]
Rumoured details on Solo: A Star Wars Story director shake-up and Alden Ehrenreich being “just not good enough”
Back in June of last year it was announced that Lucasfilm had fired The LEGO Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller with just weeks of production remaining on Solo: A Star Wars Story. As you’d expect, the rumour mill soon went into overdrive, claiming that Lord and Miller’s sensibilities were out of tune with […]
Phil Lord and Chris Miller discuss their Solo: A Star Wars Story credit
Phil Lord and Chris Miller were speaking about their careers at the GLAS Animation Festival this past week, and have revealed the extent to which they will be credited on the forthcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story. The duo, who were fired from the project last summer after creative differences, having reportedly clashed with producer […]
Ron Howard was reluctant to replace Phil Lord and Chris Miller on Solo: A Star Wars Story
It’s fair to say that Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story has had a difficult production, with the studio firing original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller with just weeks of filming to go due to creative differences, and Ron Howard then coming on board to oversee extensive reshoots and complete the Anthology movie. Speaking […]
Lord and Miller break silence on Solo: A Star Wars Story: “The experience of shooting the movie was wonderful”
The expulsion of Phil Lord and Chris Miller from the director’s chairs of Solo: A Star Wars Story is old news at this point. Since then, the film has wrapped under director Ron Howard, and we have been treated to a host of behind-the-scenes images, an actual title, etc. With production over, it’s a good […]