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PEOPLE & ARTS Friday 23 June 2017
Ron Howard takes helm of Han Solo ‘Star Wars’ film

By JAKE COYLE the Heart of the Sea,” have
AP Film Writer struggled at the box office.
NEW YORK (AP) — Ron He also has some history
Howard is taking com- with Lucasfilm. He helmed
mand of the Han Solo “Star the 1988 fantasy “Willow”
Wars” spinoff after the sur- and starred in George Lu-
prise departure of directors cas’ 1973 breakthrough
Phil Lord and Christopher “American Graffiti.”
Miller. “We have a wonderful
Lucasfilm announced script, an incredible cast
their replacement direc- and crew, and the abso-
tor Thursday, two days af- lute commitment to make
ter Lord and Miller left the a great movie,” said Ken-
project over creative dif- nedy.
ferences. Howard gives the Disney reiterated the film’s
reeling production a vet- release date of May 25
eran hand in the wake of next year, suggesting that
Lord and Miller’s exit in the — at least for now — the
midst of shooting. “Star Wars” spinoff will be
Kathleen Kennedy, presi- released on schedule. Rep-
dent of Lucasfilm, said resentatives for the studio
filming will resume July 10. declined to comment.
The untitled film, which How producers and the
stars Alden Ehrenreich as Directors Guild of America
a young Han Solo, is about handle the film’s directing In this April 24, 2017 file photo, filmmaker Ron Howard arrives at the premiere of “Genius”, in Los
three-quarters of the way credit will also be closely Angeles.
through production. watched. DGA rules gov- Associated Press
It has several weeks of ern the crediting of direc-
shooting left, along with re- tors.
shoots. Lord and Miller had pre- ly praised comedy hits. But Wars” veteran and execu- ‘creative differences’ but
Howard has shepherded viously been considered reports have circulated tive producer. for once this cliche is true,”
Oscar winners like “A Beau- among Hollywood’s most that the duo, who favor “Unfortunately, our vi- the directors said earlier in
tiful Mind” and “Apollo 13.” sought-after directors, hav- improvisation and irrever- sion and process weren’t a joint statement. “We are
But his recent films, includ- ing turned “The Lego Mov- ent humor, clashed with aligned with our partners really proud of the amazing
ing the “Da Vinci Code” ie” and “21 Jump Street” Kennedy and co-writer on this project. We normal- and world-class work of our
sequel “Inferno” and “In into unexpected and wide- Lawrence Kasdan, a “Star ly aren’t fans of the phrase cast and crew.”q

Steve Earle enlists Miranda, Willie to revisit outlaw music

anything about it,” said cally acclaimed double al-
the 62-year-old Grammy- bum “The Weight of These
winning songwriter known Wings” — stunning.
for songs like “Copperhead “The women are the strong
Road.” singer-songwriters in Nash-
“It’s a gift from Miranda the ville as this point,” Earle said
way I see it.” during a tour rehearsal in
But that connection and a Nashville, Tennessee. “Chris
chance meeting between Stapleton is an exception.
the two at a beauty salon Most of the guys, their stuff
lead Earle to decide it was is all right, but they are
finally time to do a proper mostly, largely just party
co-write with one of coun- songs. It’s kind of hip-hop
try music’s biggest stars. for people who are afraid
Last year the two penned a of black people, I guess, as
twangy breakup duet fea- far as I can tell.”
turing fiddle and guitar that But he doesn’t blame
melds the two voices, one country radio for largely ig-
weathered and the other noring female artists.
weary. The two later cut “I think the labels have an
the song in Austin, Texas, idea of what is selling and
for Earle’s new album, “So right now the common
You Wannabe An Outlaw,” wisdom is guys under 30
In this June 8, 2017, photo, Grammy-winning songwriter Steve Earle poses in a rehearsal studio in released last week. is what’s selling in country
Nashville, Tenn. “It was a really cool ex- music,” Earle said.
Associated Press perience to write with him When Earle first arrived in
By KRISTIN M. HALL debut album in 2005, but Grammy nomination. But and he’s such an amazing Nashville from Austin in the
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — the two never actually got she later decided it sound- songwriter,” Lambert said. ‘70s, he was the young gun
Alt-country rocker Steve into a writers’ room until ed too similar to a song “I was intimidated but I among a group of vet-
Earle and country star Mi- more than a decade later. penned by Earle, so she learned a lot.” eran singer-songwriters like
randa Lambert shared writ- Lambert wrote the song gave him credit. Earle has the same high Townes Van Zandt, Rodney
ing credit on one of Lam- “Kerosene,” the album title “I hate telling her this, but opinion of Lambert, calling Crowell, Guy Clark, Way-
bert’s biggest hits from her track, which led to her first I would have never done her last effort — the criti- lon Jennings and more. q