With directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller exiting the project due to what reports are calling a clash with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, the director’s chair for the young Han Solo standalone film is currently vacant. Who is Lucasfilm eyeing as a potential replacement to pick up the torch of the second Star Wars standalone film?
According to a Deadline report, Ron Howard is being considered as a candidate.
Deadline hears that Ron Howard has emerged as front-runner to replace Phil Lord & Christopher Miller on the untitled Han Solo Star Wars spinoff film. Disney dropped a shocker this afternoon with the announcement that the duo exited a picture that has been in production since February at London’s Pinewood Studios. This after an inability to recover from creative rifts with Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan. The latter has been mentioned as possible to step in, but I’m putting my money on Howard.
