Phil Lord and Chris Miller elected to receive executive producer credits on “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” after the duo exited mid-production as directors of the film last year.
“We were really proud of the many contributions we made to that film,” Miller said while speaking at the third annual GLAS Animation Festival Friday in Berkeley, California, on Friday. “In light of the creative differences, we elected to take an executive producer credit.”
Just two days after Lord and Miller unceremoniously departed from “Solo,” famed Hollywood veteran Ron Howard was brought in by Lucasfilm to complete the film.
“Unfortunately, our vision and process weren’t aligned with our partners on this project.