Director Ron Howard Honored With Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame on December 10, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images) RON HOWARD has reportedly stepped in to replace PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON as the director of ROBERT DOWNEY, JR.’s upcoming PINOCCHIO live action remake. Anderson was hired to write the script about the wooden puppet who becomes a boy last summer, while he was in talks to also take charge of the adaptation, which had previously been touted as possible directing vehicles for Ben Stiller and Tim Burton. However, he dropped out in November, and now “A Beautiful Mind” filmmaker Howard has been drafted in to
