John Landis Criticizes Lucasfilm For Star Wars Director Firings

industriousness vet John Landis feel the amount of conductor being send away by Lucasfilm is a worrying trend . It came as something of a shock last week when it was herald Colin Trevorrow , the director ofEpisode IX , had beenfired from the projection , where he was swiftly replaced withThe Force Awakenshelmer J.J. Abrams .

It has n’t escaped notice that enkindle director is a surprisingly common thing for Lucasfilm . Back in June , Phil Lord and Chris Miller , the acclaimed steer duo behindThe Lego Movieand21 Jump Street , were firedfrom theHan Solomovie . What made this decision doubly shocking was that the flick had nearly make out shot by the time they were let go .

John Landis treat this in a wide stray interview withCollider , discussing topics likeThriller three-D , advise his boy Max not to compose theAmerican Werewolf In Londonremake and Lucasfilm ’s bad habit of firing directors . When asked about future projects , his answer led back to studio not wanting to charter film producer who sound opinion :

“ I have many things that I ’m work on , whether or not they ’ll ever become tangible , I do n’t know . You know Joe Dante and myself and a few other hombre I sleep with are in the same berth . They ’re not hiring people who have opinions . They think , ' He knows what he ’s doing , I ’m not hiring him ! ' Look at Star Wars . They keep fire guys . Phil Lord and Chris Miller , those guy wire are really gifted . They ’re really funny and original guy cable . They shot 75 % of the movie and I got ta tell you , it does n’t mouth well for the new Lucasfilm . How many directors have they force out ? Four . How many writers ? Twelve . ”

He went on to address what a worrying trend it is and get up George Lucas’infamous commentabout sellingStar Wars .

" It ’s very disturbing . Remember when George Lucas said that he felt like he sell his kids into ashen bondage ? Well … "

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Having process in the picture show business as a director for decades , Landis is in a prize position to notice on studio being gunshy of directors with strong opinions . Of naturally , Lucasfilm need to hire manager with a originative visual sensation , but they ’ve shown with this undulation of sacking they wo n’t tolerate filmmakers who colour too far outside the line of products . Lord and Miller were say to have been leave out for relying too much on improv and not following the book . similarly , Trevorrow is said to have been replaced when his imaginativeness did n’t quite draw up with Lucasfilm .

BothJ.J. Abramsand Ron Howard – the unexampled director ofHan Solo – feel like good stake as replacements ; they ’ll produce slick , entertaining motion picture whilst being promiscuous to work with . It makes sensory faculty for Lucasfilm to want to protect their brand , but for the sake of good PR , they ’d need to control theirbad habitof letting filmmaker go . As John Landis read , it does n’t utter well for the caller or the future of the series if talented directors are afraid of signing on for veneration of being raise .