Deadline claims that Ron Howard is the new director:
http://deadline.com/2017/06/ron-howard-star-wars-han-solo-director-1202118193/
It’s been confirmed by starwars.com.
“Lucasfilm is pleased to announce that Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard has been named director of the untitled Han Solo film.”
i am surprised they haven’t named this thing yet. maybe that is the REAL reason for the firings :p
It doesn’t sound like they have any particular idea what they are doing. Kennedy probably just ordered people to make a Han Solo movie and make it Han-Solo-y. I guess it wasn’t Han-Solo-y enough so now Ron Howard can give it a try.