When Phil Lord and Chris Miller exited “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” it left open some huge legal question marks. The duo may have been contracted to receive backend profits based on the success of the movie, but Disney could buy them out with a lump sum payment. However, the bigger issue is the directors’ credit on the movie. It’ll be up to the Directors’ Guild Of America to determine how much of Lord and Miller’s work remains intact in ‘Solo,’ and how much belongs to replacement director Ron Howard, but it does sound like there could be situation where he winds up his name on the movie.
Speaking with Total Film, Paul Bettany — who joined the picture and subbed in for Michael K. Williams — lets it slip that the studio was so pleased with Howard’s work, they broadened his responsibilities on the movie.
“His staging ability is so fucking brilliant,” Bettany enthused. “I think he went in and he was like a laser, working out what needed to be done when he looked at the footage. And then, as things moved on, everybody felt so secure with him. And they gave him more. He reshot a lot more than was originally intended.”
So, are we seeing Lord and Miller’s work being scrapped as much as possible? I wouldn’t be surprised. The word was that they were deviating from the script they were given and improvising, raising the ire of both screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan and Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy. If they found in Howard a way to return and give them the movie they intended, you can bet they were going to follow that path as far along as they could.
Whether or not “Solo: A Star Wars Story” winds up being a Ron Howard Film, we’ll find on May 25, 2018.
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This begs the question “Who was monitoring the scrip on ‘The Last Jedi’?” That thing had quite a few things wrong with it.
Unfortunately, Rian Johnson was monitoring the Last Jedi script(he wrote and directed the movie). The Last Jedi does indeed have quite a few things wrong with it, but those things are the way they are because the hack writer/director wanted them to be that way.
We’re talking about “Solo” here people, not “The Last Jedi”. TLJ is on the screen as intended; even as far as Carrie Fisher was involved. And Disney loved the script ever since it was turned in, reportedly.
Depending on Ehrenreich’s performance, “Solo” should be a good movie. In the very capable hands of Ron Howard, a great filmmaker in his own right, the movie will more than likely rise above the negativity surrounding the Lord & Miller version. Truthfully, you shouldn’t have too much improvisation in a film set in a galaxy far, far away.
After watching The Last Jedi a few days ago, I wonder if anyone in charge at Disney is actually capable of reading. The script for that movie has so many plotholes, you can fly Snoke’s flagship through them. And what’s even worse, is that the movie is also full of redundant scenes that could’ve been replaced for things that would’ve improved the film immensely.
Concerning Solo, I don’t see how can they go even worse. Honestly hoping it’s a decent movie, if not good, and hopefully it will surprise like Rogue One did, which I considered much better than TFA.