Forget the actors...Who should direct The Avengers?

[terry78]

Yes, but a successful dick. And there's often no one you want at the helm than someone who is an a-hole but good at what they do.

[kedrell]

But I don't want strife behind the scenes either(I'm sure neither does Marvel/Disney). We don't need some of the actors deciding they'd rather not work with Mr. ***hole director again. That's what I love about Favreau. The guy is humble. He's happy to use any good idea even though he may not have come up with it himself. He's the anti-Cameron.

Plus, Cameron would demand full control. Marvel should have full control as this was the whole point of them having their own studio.

[terry78]

Nolan got full control over the Bat.

[kedrell]

Nolan had already demonstrated that he understood the batman property. Cameron's the guy who wanted Spidey's organic webshooters to be a metaphor for spunk.

[WillardNation]

Originally Posted by kedrell

Nolan had already demonstrated that he understood the batman property. Cameron's the guy who wanted Spidey's organic webshooters to be a metaphor for spunk.

Ok yeah, I forgot about the completely wretched things Cameron wanted to do with Spider-man. Still, I don't think his personality should be what disqualifies him. A-hole or not, the man is a very successful director and as long as Marvel didn't let him make a bunch of unnecessary, retarded changes; I think he's definitely one of the guys who would know how to make Avengers the mindblowing epic superhero movie it should be.

[Docker2.0]

Originally Posted by GREEN =w= DAY

Peter Jackson FTMFW!

and have Jon Favreu, Kenneth Branagh, Loius Letterrier, and Joe Johnston as producers/consultants

Corrected! Becuase there's no way Cameron would let anyone give him any input on any movie he did.

[Aesop Rocks]

Originally Posted by terry78

Nolan got full control over the Bat.

Yeah but Nolan is also the nicest guy in the entire world.

[Doctor Jones]

I still think Abrams would be ideal. At least for me. I mean we need that camraderie aspect of Avengers. Something that he brought so well with ST.

[TheVileOne]

I dunno. I want to see what Abrams can do with a Star Trek sequel before he gets put on something like Avengers.

Also:

Sam Raimi

[Brian2887]

I'd be cool with Louis Leterrier directing, as long as he's working from a better script than he had on Hulk. Plus, he's the only Marvel director not signed up for a to-be-released project.

[kedrell]

Oh, hell no to the Raimi idea. We don't need his quirky/corney style near the Avengers. I want a badass film, not one that's afraid to even utilize it's PG-13 rating to the fullest. Raimi seems to think comics characters should be stuck in the 1960's.

Matt Vaughn is a guy I can get behind for this(since Sony stupidly decided not to use him on the Spidey reboot). He's already working with Marvel on Kick Ass. They have a good relationship it seems.

[TheVileOne]

Yes because there's nothing EVER quirky or corney about comics or superheroes.

[Project862006]

yeah stark is very dark and brooding lol

[kedrell]

Originally Posted by TheVileOne

Yes because there's nothing EVER quirky or corney about comics or superheroes.

Not when they're good.

[kedrell]

Originally Posted by Project862006

yeah stark is very dark and brooding lol

You must think those are the ONLY two options. Either silly and stupid or dark & brooding. Iron Man was NEITHER of those and it worked. Avengers should be of a similar tone and Raimi couldn't pull that off if he tried for a year of Sundays I think. It's just not his style and his filmography bears that out.

[R_Hythlodeus]

As stated before: I still think Jason Reitman could do it pretty well. He worked with an excellent ensemble in all of his movies and is a character driven director (which I would prefer over FX crazies like Cameron, Bay or Jackson). So far, he may not have done big action scenes or sequences, but I'm confident, judging the works of his father, that he could pull that off.

Thinking of it..Ivan Reitman would be great too.

[terry78]

Ivan Reitman already did Super-Ex Girlfriend, so don't know how fanboys would feel about that one.

[kedrell]

Ivan Reitman would cause a fanboy riot. Jason Reitman wouldn't but he'd still get lots of skepticism. He's never even directed a genre film before. At least Nolan, Favreau, etc. had shown that they had some understanding of genre filmmaking prior to getting their gigs. But I'd still take Jason Reitman over Sam Raimi anyday.

[Project862006]

Originally Posted by kedrell

You must think those are the ONLY two options. Either silly and stupid or dark & brooding. Iron Man was NEITHER of those and it worked. Avengers should be of a similar tone and Raimi couldn't pull that off if he tried for a year of Sundays I think. It's just not his style and his filmography bears that out.

SM2 had a very good balance of both so i have no idea what you are talking about i dont even want him for avengers but this needed a reply

[BenReilly]

Originally Posted by kedrell

Ivan Reitman would cause a fanboy riot. Jason Reitman wouldn't but he'd still get lots of skepticism. He's never even directed a genre film before. At least Nolan, Favreau, etc. had shown that they had some understanding of genre filmmaking prior to getting their gigs. But I'd still take Jason Reitman over Sam Raimi anyday.

Also, Jason Reitman was offered the chance to direct the Justice League film by Warner Brothers and he turned it down. I don't think he has any interest in making a big budget blockbuster.

[Steve Holt]

Originally Posted by BenReilly19

Also, Jason Reitman was offered the chance to direct the Justice League film by Warner Brothers and he turned it down. I don't think he has any interest in making a big budget blockbuster.

or maybe he doesn't think he's ready for it yet, he might wanna slowly ease his way in like Favs did

[kedrell]

Originally Posted by Project862006

SM2 had a very good balance of both so i have no idea what you are talking about i dont even want him for avengers but this needed a reply

Not really. Loads of corniness/silliness in that film as well(as opposed to something like Iron Man which chucked the silly/corniness and replaced it with coolness).

[kedrell]

Originally Posted by BenReilly19

Also, Jason Reitman was offered the chance to direct the Justice League film by Warner Brothers and he turned it down. I don't think he has any interest in making a big budget blockbuster.

That film was in trouble from the word GO. I think Jason did himself a favor by turning it down. It doesn't mean he's uninterested in these types of films(we really have no clue what he thinks about them).

[BenReilly]

Originally Posted by kedrell

That film was in trouble from the word GO. I think Jason did himself a favor by turning it down. It doesn't mean he's uninterested in these types of films(we really have no clue what he thinks about them).

This is basically what he said about Justice League:

“Good, FINE… You know, I mean. I had to sign something, they send me the script and it comes on this spy paper which cant be xeroxed,” revealed Jason Reitman. “They have a time when I have to have the script back to them and the script is fine and I could be spending…” Jason later continued: “What am I going to do with Justice League of America? So Basically I’ll make a movie that is not as good as X-Men, then I’ll be the guy who made a movie not as good as X-Men. Where just like you talking about, going to smaller stations, if I make another small movie, and it’s really good, it performs well…” “Right now I’m thought of as a particular type of director. I’ve got an oscar nomination. I’ve made two indie films that play film festivals that are considered thoughtful. I want to stay in that world, I like making those type of films.”

Read more: Jason Reitman Turns Down Justice League | /Film http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/04/10/...#ixzz0e5ee5tgf

It sounds like he's happy (at least at the moment) with making smaller, more intimate films.

[kedrell]

From what he said earlier in that excerpt, it sounds like he was worried that he wouldn't be able to make it as good as X-Men. That doesn't mean he isn't interested in these types of films, but didn't think with that one he could pull it off(which nobody probably could have) and that he's safer in his career right now by sticking with the types of films he's already making. But I read no where in there where he gave the "I don't like CB genre films" impression.