In the wake of the departure of directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from the upcoming Han Solo Star Wars movie, Lucasfilm has officially announced that Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, The Da Vinci Code) will take over the troubled project.
“With that in mind, we’re thrilled to announce that Ron Howard will step in to direct the untitled Han Solo film.
The untitled Han Solo film is set to feature Hail, Caesar‘s Alden Ehrenreich as Han, with Atlanta‘s Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian and The Force Awakens‘ Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca.
It remains to be seen how the situation will evolve, and whether Han Solo can keep its previously-announced May 25, 2018 release date.