Sentences with phrase «stories of its troubled production»

For a movie plagued for months by stories of its troubled production — its original directors, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, getting the boot in favor of industry stalwart Ron Howard; the overhauling re-shoots that ensued; and the rumored acting coach hired to assist the movie's struggling and potentially miscast star, Alden Ehrenreich, to recount just three fleshy bits of on - set drama — Solo: A Star Wars Story is a surprisingly smooth ride.

Not exact matches

The film feels like it's been assembled by committee, and news stories about the film's troubled production bear this out: after an initial round of photography during which the ending was being crafted almost on the fly, the film's release was delayed so that a new ending could be written and shot in an attempt to glue together two halves of a story that still don't feel like a whole.

Most of the headlines surrounding Solo: A Star Wars Story have been about the film's troubled production, which saw directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller fired and replaced with Ron Howard.

Now, Solo: A Star Wars Story — as only the second of these such installments in the franchise, following Rogue One — has to escape the shadow of Harrison Ford and the stigma of a troubled production to deliver another hit.

It's less than a month until we find out if Solo: A Star Wars Story will come soaring out of its troubled production like an expertly piloted spaceship through an asteroid belt, or if it smashed into one of those asteroids and is terrible.

Last night, Solo: A Star Wars Story premiered for the first time in Los Angeles to an audience of fans, critics, and people related to the second unit director, all waiting to see if Ron Howard was able to successfully salvage the troubled production.

We've got only a month or so before we finally feast our eyes on the much reported troubled production of Solo: A Star Wars Story.

The Canyons (2013) It's interesting to watch The Canyons outside of the context of its initial release, which was hampered by a transparently troubled production, chronicled in a now infamous New York Times Magazine profile, and tabloid stories of star Lindsay Lohan's various addiction - influenced exploits.

Troubled production stories are always fascinating, and David Gregory's Lost Soul might just be the best behind - the - scenes documentary since Hearts of Darkness.

Yeah I know; I mean, if * I'm * picking up on the troubled production story (and I'm like, one of the least attentive people when it comes to news), god — who didn't know about the film's issues?