dex14

But I think that is because they made Lester shoot like 50% of what was actually used to get the credit.

Supermallet

This could be an opportunity to recut the film in Arrested Development style.

Mike86

Howard wouldn't be who I'd think of to direct a film like this but he's not a bad choice. It just feels like more of a safe pick than anything but that's not to take away credit from him. He's made his share of good movies and I agree that he's probably the kind of guy who's going to stick with what the studio wants.

I don't know The Lego Movie just didn't do much for me. With both that and The Lego Batman Movie I felt like there were good parts and jokes but overall I found myself a little bored of them about halfway through. I've said it about them before but I chalk a lot of it up to just not being a big fan of the Lego animation style as it feels gimmicky after a while. The Jump Street movies are good but I wouldn't put them in my top comedies of all time or anything. They basically were films that could have been crap but exceeded expectations by being fairly decent. There's nothing wrong with them but I don't rank them so highly as to say the directors are rock solid choices for any film and especially a Star Wars film for them felt out of left field based on their filmography.

faust69

I'm waiting for fans to riot once they find out that Clint Howard is now the new face of young Han.

nando820

For the record I do think the Lego Movie was Awesommeee

GuessWho

Now we know why Leia would rather kiss a wookiee.

dhmac

I just remembered that Ron Howard has worked with Lucasfilm before when he directed the movie "Willow" back in 1988...

I've got a bad feeling about this.

majorjoe23

He was also an actor in one of George Lucas's good movies, American Graffiti.

bluetoast

He was also mentored by Lucas when starting his directing career.

mcnabb

One thing I always loved about Ron Howard's movies is he does a good job focusing on the characters and make you care about them. While I liked Rogue One, you never get to know any of the characters and there is nothin memorable about them after you rewatch the movie. I guarantee he will do a good job with Han Solo's character as he will be much more developed then Jyn Erso.

Ron Howard sort of gets forgotten among great directors as there are a slew of good/great movies on his resume. Night Shift, Splash, Cocoon, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, etc....

Groucho

So is he starting over from scratch or just finishing filming / filling in the creative gaps?

TGM

BREAKING NEWS (developing) - Anson Williams replaces Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo

MysterioMan007

After looking over the past resumes for these guys, I don't mind the change. I liked the Lego Movie, but I think their brand of humor is kind of sophomoric, especially if they're trying to inject it into Star Wars, which has always been a semi-serious franchise with a few scattered moments of humor here and there.

The thing is, if it was their franchise (or script) they created, it's one thing, but like Edgar Wright on Ant-Man, you just can't go your own direction when you're dealing with one portion of a bigger universe. I think Disney is well within their rights in this situation to find someone who will put what they designated on the screen.

Ron Howard is a fine director. He will do just fine.

DJariya

They reportedly had 3 weeks left of principal photography. No way they're scrapping 6 months of footage.

If anything he's finishing what needs to be filmed and probably doing re-shoots of certain scenes to fit his style.

DJariya

Josh-da-man

Artman

Yeah, and an additional five weeks of re-shoots which had previously been planned. So, I think Howard will end up with over 50% of the footage, giving him the 'solo' directing credit.

Abob Teff

So they dump the guys who did the Lego Movie, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2, and the Jump Street movies and replace them with the guy who played Opie on Andy Griffith and created Arrested Development.

Seriously though, I do get a kick out of people pointing to Rogue One's problems and justifying the studio stepping in when anybody who watches the movie would clearly tell you the problems come from the abrupt tonal changes that occurred.

Double_Oh_7

Andy Griffith and Arrested Development are not bad credits to have.

dex14

He didn't create Arrested Development.

majorjoe23

Yeah, he created Arrested Development the way Morgan Freeman created March of the Penguins:

Ranger

I'm surprised the other directors quit.

Howard should do fine. Wonder if his daughters will make a cameo appearance.

Mike86

This is a good point as well. Who knows what Lord and Miller had planned and they very well may be capable of doing films outside of comedies but that's really all they're known for doing. I get that there are other directors who have been in similar situations who turned out good efforts but it was hard for me to imagine Star Wars from them given the films they've done in the past. Star Wars can have fun and there are comedic moments but overall those are smaller elements to the films.

Bob_Bobbson

Moviefone just posted an interesting article that says Alden Ehrenreich may have been the first to speak up about the film getting off track, which led to Lord & Miller being fired. Apparently they were treading too far into goofy comedy territory and he didn't feel it was the proper portrayal for Han Solo.

Wow.

https://www.moviefone.com/2017/06/23...ector-shakeup/

Kal-El

Good on him. He knew all the pressure is on him to deliver what is undoubtedly an impossible task and being given wrong direction obviously doesn’t help in achieving that goal.