Yep. When any talented, up-and-coming director is hired for a major franchise blockbuster, the game is entirely changed for them. They are faced with an entirely new creative environment, full of studio heads, producers, lawyers, test audiences, marketing/brand experts and a whole bunch of other people who now have a lot more at stake in this film than any previous project said director has worked on, and therefore all those voices have a lot more weight and power than before. Some directors still manage to thrive in that kind of environment, while many others - no less talented - don't. For every Chris Nolan and Alfonso Cuaron out there, there's also a Duncan Jones, Jean Pierre-Jeunet, Andrew Stanton, Ang Lee, Edgar Wright, etc.
Macbeth was fantastic, and I firmly believe Justin Kurzel is a great talent - but as we've learned many times before, that doesn't automatically mean he's a good fit for franchise filmmaking.
