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EPISODE · Mar 10, 2025 · 1H 9M

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), plus The Russo Brothers

from Film Stories with Simon Brew · host Simon Brew

For Star Wars spin-off Solo: A Star Wars Story, it wasn't supposed to be like this. Infamously, 90 days into photography, parent company Lucasfilm opted for a director change. Out when Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, and in came Ron Howard. And Howard had less than year to retool the movie, and shoot a whole lot of new footage. It remains one of the most infamous Film Stories of the 2010s. For the second half of the episode, Simon is joined by filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo, for a long chat about their career, their new film - The Electric State - and a strange film magazine of the 1970s... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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