Han Solo (2018)

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I also love how Ron Howard is the #1 candidate when he couldn't be further apart from Lord and Miller. Only thing similar is he was the executive producer of Arrested Development. Also Ron Howard? That guy should just stick with biopics because every once in a while he'll pull a great biopic out of nowhere. Dude hasn't made a great original film in like over 20 years.

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Jun 21, 2017 15:44:49 GMT -5 @supersweetbotch said:

I also love how Ron Howard is the #1 candidate when he couldn't be further apart from Lord and Miller. Only thing similar is he was the executive producer of Arrested Development. Also Ron Howard? That guy should just stick with biopics because every once in a while he'll pull a great biopic out of nowhere. Dude hasn't made a great original film in like over 20 years.

Yeah, The Da Vinci Code and Heart of the Ocean weren't exactly...entertaining.

I wish the studios had the balls to just start hiring really established famous directors as opposed to younger ones, so when their "vision" isn't copacetic with whatever universe they're in, the director tells them to f*** off.

[BorneAgain]

Jun 21, 2017 15:44:49 GMT -5 @supersweetbotch said:

I also love how Ron Howard is the #1 candidate when he couldn't be further apart from Lord and Miller. Only thing similar is he was the executive producer of Arrested Development. Also Ron Howard? That guy should just stick with biopics because every once in a while he'll pull a great biopic out of nowhere. Dude hasn't made a great original film in like over 20 years.

Eh, you could do worse than a Star Wars film done Arrested Development style.


Han: People at space ports from all around have called me the best starpilot in the galaxy.
Narrator: They hadn't.


Han: The Jedi don't exist anymore.
Jedi: Not true. There are dozens of us... dozens!


Lando: I can't believe you've got a Wookie flying my ship.
Han: Hey, better Chewie than that laser brained Gungan you were calling a co-pilot.
Lando: Hey, there's plenty of competent Gungans out there.

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

Jun 21, 2017 15:44:49 GMT -5 @supersweetbotch said:

I also love how Ron Howard is the #1 candidate when he couldn't be further apart from Lord and Miller. Only thing similar is he was the executive producer of Arrested Development. Also Ron Howard? That guy should just stick with biopics because every once in a while he'll pull a great biopic out of nowhere. Dude hasn't made a great original film in like over 20 years.

One small thing that's bothered me is that Not ONE article mentions that Ron Howard was on American Graffiti with Lucas and Ford.

That's not a commentary on whether Ronnie would be a good replacement or not. I'm just saying that's a nice bit of relevant history that readers might find interesting.

[andrew8798]

Lucas also wanted Howard to direct TPM

[chazraps]

Alright, FINE, I'LL DIRECT IT!

I'll also take over as CEO of Uber.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU LAZY MILLENIALS?!

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Ron Howard.

Well, okay - I guess hiring a director who hasn't made a cool movie since the 90's is the way to go....?

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Clint Howard, Imperial Officer please


American Graffiti isn't the only link. Ron Howard also directed Willow, which was written by George Lucas

Apollo 13 was fantastic. Frost/Nixon was good, though hinged almost completely on the acting. Cinderella Man was a fine boxing movie, though largely forgotten I'd say. Da Vinci Code was what it was and YMMV but it was a fine adaptation of a popular book of middling quality. A Beautiful Mind picked up a bunch of Oscars (I never saw it and can't really comment on it). YMMV with How the Grinch Stole Christmas - I generally dislike it, but a lot of people seem to disagree.

More recently you have The Dilemma, which looked terrible and was reviewed accordingly. I've never even heard the third Da Vinci Code movie "Inferno" talked about in public by a single person, and know no one who has seen it (including myself) but it was reviewed poorly. In the Heart of the Sea was apparently about the events that inspired Moby Dick, which was reviewed poorly.

Hard to get excited, really. I suspect that he is being brought in because he is proficient, experienced, and can probably step in and take over production with too much drama. A middle of the road director who won't waste money.

[Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast]

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Jun 22, 2017 11:05:41 GMT -5 YAKMAN is ICHIBAN said:

Clint Howard, Imperial Officer please


American Graffiti isn't the only link. Ron Howard also directed Willow, which was written by George Lucas

Apollo 13 was fantastic. Frost/Nixon was good, though hinged almost completely on the acting. Cinderella Man was a fine boxing movie, though largely forgotten I'd say. Da Vinci Code was what it was and YMMV but it was a fine adaptation of a popular book of middling quality. A Beautiful Mind picked up a bunch of Oscars (I never saw it and can't really comment on it). YMMV with How the Grinch Stole Christmas - I generally dislike it, but a lot of people seem to disagree.

More recently you have The Dilemma, which looked terrible and was reviewed accordingly. I've never even heard the third Da Vinci Code movie "Inferno" talked about in public by a single person, and know no one who has seen it (including myself) but it was reviewed poorly. In the Heart of the Sea was apparently about the events that inspired Moby Dick, which was reviewed poorly.

Hard to get excited, really. I suspect that he is being brought in because he is proficient, experienced, and can probably step in and take over production with too much drama. A middle of the road director who won't waste money.

Exactly. The only thing he is consistent in making is biopics. And the one that won him all the Oscars was probably his worst one. But I'm stealing this is comment from reddit that is to good to not share.

Disney: Will you do what you're told, even if you don't agree with the story direction or plot?
Ron Howard: I made 3 Dan Brown movies, didn't I?
Disney: You're hired.

Also The Dilemma is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Like think of the worst Vince Vaughn or Kevin James movie you seen. Now imagine that Vince Vaughn movie or Kevin James movie is a thousand times better. You know your movie sucks is when you're praying for Channing Tatum to show up on screen.

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

Alden Ehrenreich Shot First

Ehrenreich one of the most important people involved with the project who voiced his concerns about the project at a crucial moment in the movie’s development, which means that he’s absolutely committed to bringing his A-game to this role. Ehrenreich’s performance has been described to us as being an interesting new take on Han that stands out on its own while still honoring the essentials of the character, and that it’s a worthy interpretation of the iconic scoundrel.



And this is why Ehrenreich had concerns with the production as filming progressed. He started to worry that Lord & Miller’s screwball comedy angle was starting to interfere with what the character of Han Solo is really about – even if this was a younger, more reckless take on the character than the one we met in that Cantina on Tatooine. One source described it as being oddly comparable to Jim Carrey’s performance in Ace Ventura at times. Ehrenreich let his concerns be known to one of the producers, who then told Kennedy about it, which led to her decision to look over the existing footage

-SWNN

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Sounds like bullshit. Might be true, but I'd be willing to bet it's PR cover-up. Disneys getting a lot of heat for this and the mass population are realizing how studios are taking advantage of young directors. Alden is an amazing young actor though...so I'm looking forward to his performance.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

I know oddball comedy is the Lord/Miller wheel house, but when Disney offer you a Star Wars movie, and a Han Solo origin movie at that, why on Earth would you think that would be the direction to take it in?

And why would Disney offer such a movie to a pair of directors if they appeared to be one-trick ponies?

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

Jun 23, 2017 22:05:22 GMT -5 Fade said:

Sounds like bullshit. Might be true, but I'd be willing to bet it's PR cover-up. Disneys getting a lot of heat for this and the mass population are realizing how studios are taking advantage of young directors. Alden is an amazing young actor though...so I'm looking forward to his performance.

For their sake, I hope it isn't true because studios might think twice about even hiring them now.

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

Jun 23, 2017 22:06:54 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

I know oddball comedy is the Lord/Miller wheel house, but when Disney offer you a Star Wars movie, and a Han Solo origin movie at that, why on Earth would you think that would be the direction to take it in?

And why would Disney offer such a movie to a pair of directors if they appeared to be one-trick ponies?

Right, both parties were stupid here. Disney for hiring them based only on their increasing name value, and then the directors themselves for trying to turn a Star Wars origin movie into a goofball comedy off the heels of possibly the darkest SW film to date.

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Jun 23, 2017 22:16:48 GMT -5 Mochi Lone Wolf said:

Jun 23, 2017 22:05:22 GMT -5 Fade said:

Sounds like bullshit. Might be true, but I'd be willing to bet it's PR cover-up. Disneys getting a lot of heat for this and the mass population are realizing how studios are taking advantage of young directors. Alden is an amazing young actor though...so I'm looking forward to his performance.

For their sake, I hope it isn't true because studios might think twice about even hiring them now.

They're pretty brilliant as far as comedic movies go. The Lego movie and the Jumpstreet flicks are way ahead of the curve. That's why Disney hired them, and apparently that's why they later fired them..situation is so weird.

[Feargus McReddit]

Jun 23, 2017 22:16:48 GMT -5 Mochi Lone Wolf said:

Jun 23, 2017 22:05:22 GMT -5 Fade said:

Sounds like bullshit. Might be true, but I'd be willing to bet it's PR cover-up. Disneys getting a lot of heat for this and the mass population are realizing how studios are taking advantage of young directors. Alden is an amazing young actor though...so I'm looking forward to his performance.

For their sake, I hope it isn't true because studios might think twice about even hiring them now.

Eh, I mean Patty Jenkins got fired for having her creative direction thrown out and she seems to be doing not too shabby.

Like, maybe the next person who hires them might actually realise who they are and how they work instead of acting surprised by it.

[Feargus McReddit]

Went ahead and changed the title since this seems to be a more all encompassing thread now.

[Hit Girl]

If Ron Howard is going to direct it, those Cocoon aliens should make a cameo appearance.