The movie will be the first for the new "Star" director, "Star" star and "Star" executive-producers Bryan Burk and Gary Ross. Burk's other big movie, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," is in the works at Universal and has already been greenlighted.

But the film's star, Ron Howard, a star in his own right and a former director of the "Star" in London, is not so certain.

Howard recently spoke