Directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord's next movie couldn’t be bigger, as the duo behind The LEGO Movie and 21 Jump Street are taking on one of the upcoming Star Wars standalone “Anthology” movies – focusing on a young Han Solo and written by Lawrence Kasdan (The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens) and his son, Jake Kasdan.

In the meantime, Lord and Miller are continuing to executive produce the FOX comedy series, The Last Man on Earth, and developing a third Jump Street film, a LEGO Movie sequel and various LEGO spinoffs - and writing a Spider-Man animated movie for Sony.I spoke to Miller this week at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour, where he was on hand to promote Season 2 of The Last Man on Earth. I’ll have more from my chat with him later about that show specifically, but we also spoke about what it’s like taking on the Han Solo film and he and Miller’s approach to Spider-Man.

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[Laughs] It is pretty exciting. It’s definitely a childhood dream come true for us.They are super open about just revealing any massive plot point!So then…!Oh man, that’s our big challenge, right? It’s a huge pressure. We always try and find something that's gonna make us... give a fire to our bellies and do a really good job. And this feels like there’s a lot of pressure to not screw this up. So we’ve definitely got that motivation and then the rest of it is about trying to give audiences a fresh experience that doesn’t feel like you're just trying to check off some checklist of beats that you’re expecting and make something that feels new and exciting for people, but at the same time honoring what was so great about that character.I could talk to you for a day about why he is the perfect blend of rogue-ish cowboy... Morally ambiguous, but has a clear moral compass. He’s funny, he’s off the cuff… When I was a kid on the playground, fights were about who got to play Han Solo. He’s just one of the best characters ever created.It’s been an amazing experience so far.I can’t really talk too much about that project. Much like the Han Solo, it is shrouded in secrecy, so I can’t really talk about it. But I will say, it is not just another Peter Parker origin story that you’ve seen 400 times. It is something totally unique and different and not like anything you’ve seen. That’s all I can say… and you’re going to love it!Yes, we do have a lot! We are doing a lot more dividing and conquering. We’re trying to be really focused on one thing for one day or a half day and then really focused on the next thing.I mean, at some point, we’re not going to be able to do everything. So right now, we’re trying to set up things so that when we disappear to London, we’ll be able to be off and still be able to make sure they are good. And also try not to do too many things, so that you make the things you do [strong]… like Last Man on Earth!

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