The removal of Phil Lord and Chris Miller from Solo: A Star Wars Story sent shockwaves through fandom. Coming to the project with an enviable pedigree, the directing duo quietly slipped out the back door as Ron Howard very publicly stepped in to pick up the reins.
At the Vulture Festival in L.A on the 19th November, Lord and Miller discussed the situation, with Lord speaking first.
“The experience of shooting the movie was wonderful. We had the most incredible cast and crew and collaborators. I think in terms of us leaving the project, I think everybody went in with really good intentions and our approach to making the movie was different than theirs. That was a really big gap to bridge, and it proved to be too big. Sometimes people break up, and it’s really sad, and it’s really disappointing, but it happens and we learned a lot from our collaborators and we’re better filmmakers for it. We’re really proud of the work we did on the movie and we wish everybody the best.”
Miller tackled the subject in his own inimitable manner.
“We’re super well-adjusted, obviously we’re doing great. We’re super drunk right now, As Phil said, we had such a great relationship with cast and crew, we were really rooting for them. After we took a much-needed vacation, we got back into it and now we’re writing and producing a sequel to The Lego Movie and producing a Miles Morales animated Spider-Man.”
All’s well that ends well, with Solo now in deep post-production and Lord and Miller heading back to animation.
