Posted on 06/21/2017 12:02:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said Tuesday that the Star Wars spinoff is parting ways with directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller due to different creative visions on the film.
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Lord and Miller had been filming the untitled project in London since January 2017 with stars Alden Ehrenreich as the young Han Solo and Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian. The supporting cast includes Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke and Thandie Newton.
“Unfortunately, our vision and process weren’t aligned with our partners on this project. We normally aren’t fans of the phrase ‘creative differences’ but for once this cliché is true,” the directors said in a joint statement Tuesday. “We are really proud of the amazing and world-class work of our cast and crew.”
... Anticipation was high for what they would do with the Han Solo film, which was written by Star Wars vet Lawrence Kasdan and his son Jon Kasdan.
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Lucasfilm has had issues with directors before. In 2015 the company parted ways with director Josh Trank, who had been working on another Star Wars anthology film. They have yet to slate a replacement director.
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No. She already got the young Jabba the Hut role.
....a few chinamen so the movie can play in communist China
This is true of every single big-budget Hollywood movie of the past few years. There’s always a Chinese General or pilot or scientist wandering about. You’ll never see a Chinese villain.
China owns most of Hollywood. It’s lucky for all those Western actors that Chinese audiences find them appealing in a sort of “dancing-monkey” fashion.
Planning to have Salvador Dalí, Orson Welles, Gloria Swanson, David Carradine, Mick Jagger, Amanda Lear and others for the cast makes me kind of glad the underlying project flopped.
But the documentary does sound very interesting.
May the Farce be with you.
It would be cool. Kinda like Josie and the Pussycats, but much more “out there.”
I hope they find them. Where was the last place they had them?
The studio canteen. They said they were going to the bathroom but must of wandered off.
Exactly. They keep threatening with a sit-com (OK I don’t think they think that’s a threat, but it’s a threat), that one might actually work.
“You’ll never see a Chinese villain.”
You want villain - you pay extra now!
I’d like to see a Jabba spinoff starring Rosie!
By now the girl in THE EWOK ADVENTURES should be grown. What a spin off!
“No. She already got the young Jabba the Hut role.”
Rumor had it that Hilary Clinton was tested for that one but she would have been tight cast forever and she wanted consideration for the next run of the Blob.
rwood
I feel a great disturbance in the Force . . .
Donald Glover and Woody Harrelson
I think we have found the problem
I see what you did there. :-)
Some of the groupies would be gross.
“I want to see a spinoff about the band in the Cantina. I’ll bet they experience all sorts of weird and interesting stuff in their travels to gig after gig.”
Well, there is a book:
https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Eisley-Cantina-Star-Wars/dp/0553564684
He refused and refused but eventually relented:
"So we go to see the film. I am in the theater with my two sons and I am watching the opening credits. I almost left when Lynch's name came up. But I watched. And as the film progressed, a small smile came across my face. It grew as the film went on until I was almost crying with happiness. I was sooo happy because...this film, I thought, was TERRIBLE!"
It would probably be more interesting.
Think of the weird stuff one could write about Greedo.
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