During an MTV Panel, Chris Miller and Phil Lord publicly discussed, for the first time, their troubling departure from
Solo: A Star Wars Story. While not elaborating too much, they did admit that executive producer
Kathleen Kennedy did not agree with their vision of the story and eventually, they were let go.
Here's what Lord has to say about their departure (via
Vulture):
“We had the most incredible cast and crew and collaborators. I think in terms of us leaving the project, I think everybody went in with really good intentions and our approach to making the movie was different than theirs. That was a really big gap to bridge, and it proved to be too big.”
Miller and Lord were replaced last summer by
Ron Howard, known for directing
Rush and
Apollo 13.
The duo still has a lot on their plate, planning to direct the upcoming untitled animated Mile Morales
Spider-Man film in 2018, as well as
The Lego Movie Sequel in 2019.
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