It's clear by this point that all was not well on the Star Wars: Han Solo set, but five weeks of re-shoots were reportedly already planned before Ron Howard was hired as a replacement director.
As reported by Variety, Howard has already begun work on the Anthology movie, but Disney seemingly already had plans to alter what had been filmed.
It's not uncommon for a near-finished film project to include re-shoots, although it does raise the specter of Rogue One, which underwent extensive reshoots after reported disagreements between producers and directors.
Original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired from the project earlier this week, after reportedly filming three quarters of the finished version.
Reports claim that veteran Star Wars writer Lawrence Kasdan was unhappy with Lord and Miller's approach to improvisation, and the alterations it made to his script.
Meanwhile, Howard has been commenting on his new job. Speaking at the Cannes Lions advertising and media conference, the director said:
“I’ve been a fan forever. It’s gratifying to be asked to lend my voice to the [Star Wars] universe [...] So many people involved in the Star Wars franchise are friends. It’s already been in production, and there’s a lot of really great work there.”
The film - which stars Alden Ehrenreich as the titular character alongside Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke, Woody Harrelson and Phoebe Waller-Bridge - is still scheduled to be released on May 25, 2018.
Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he can only hope that this opens up the possibility for the 21 Jump Street/Men In Black film to happen. Follow him on Twitter.
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