I wonder if it’s about who gets the final edit. The studio should usually get the final say no matter what the director might want unless the director has sufficient clout. It’s just too bad, but the movie is largely filmed and it’s too bad the director won’t be around to finish it. My feeling is something else caused the exit like an ultimatum.
Last minute massive reshoots of Rogue One caused an Internet rumor that the film had issues and might be in trouble, and that movie went blockbuster. Whatever caused Kathleen’s team to order re-shoots on R1, worked out for the best.
I trust Kathleen’s vision, and I’m assuming she gave a thumbs down to something in “Han Solo” only after a producers’ screening–maybe similar to what happened with R1.
With Disney dollars behind it, she’ll re-shoot the whole thing with Ron Howard if that’s what it takes to get it back on track. Money’s no object here.
Huge dollars rest on the franchise, not just in box office sales but also in merchandising and Disney Parks tie-ins. One film can pull in billions of dollars in revenue. They’ll hire whoever they need to in order to get it right, at any price.
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TimP
I wonder if it’s about who gets the final edit. The studio should usually get the final say no matter what the director might want unless the director has sufficient clout. It’s just too bad, but the movie is largely filmed and it’s too bad the director won’t be around to finish it. My feeling is something else caused the exit like an ultimatum.
Corey
Last minute massive reshoots of Rogue One caused an Internet rumor that the film had issues and might be in trouble, and that movie went blockbuster. Whatever caused Kathleen’s team to order re-shoots on R1, worked out for the best.
I trust Kathleen’s vision, and I’m assuming she gave a thumbs down to something in “Han Solo” only after a producers’ screening–maybe similar to what happened with R1.
With Disney dollars behind it, she’ll re-shoot the whole thing with Ron Howard if that’s what it takes to get it back on track. Money’s no object here.
Huge dollars rest on the franchise, not just in box office sales but also in merchandising and Disney Parks tie-ins. One film can pull in billions of dollars in revenue. They’ll hire whoever they need to in order to get it right, at any price.
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