HAN SOLO Origin Movie Loses Directors Phil Lord And Christopher Miller Due To Creative Differences

HAN SOLO Origin Movie Loses Directors Phil Lord And Christopher Miller Due To Creative Differences

In a shocking development, it's just been announced that the still untitled young Han Solo movie has lost directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller due to creative differences with Lucasfilm....

By MarkCassidy - Jun 20, 2017 04:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Although the young Han Solo Star Wars spinoff has been shooting since February, THR has just announced that directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have parted ways with the project.

President of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy, released the following statement:

"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.”

Lord and Miller add:

“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."

It's practically unheard of for a movie to lose its director this far into production, so this is a very surprising development indeed. Sources report that there are only a couple of weeks left on the shoot with re-shoots scheduled for later in the summer, so it's going to be very interesting to see how all of this unfolds.

Han Solo is expected to stick to its current release date of May 25, 2018.
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PantherKing
PantherKing - 6/20/2017, 4:43 PM
That just sucks and while they're filming too
TheRealMandarin
TheRealMandarin - 6/20/2017, 4:45 PM
How many [frick]ing times will a good director leave a project their passionate about because of creative differences before the word gets stale?
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 6/20/2017, 4:47 PM
I had no desire to see this movie before hand, but because of them I was thinking I'd might and now I have no reason to see this film. Plus it goes back to how I felt about this movie in the beginning there is no need for this film.

The only good thing to come out of this is if these guys go back and direct Flash.
BlackIceJoe
BlackIceJoe - 6/20/2017, 4:59 PM
First Edgar Wright and now this, does Disney not understand people wanted the movies because of these directors? Yes Ant-Man ended up being good, but it was on a lot of people's radar because of Edgar.
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