Christopher Nolan Meeting With Directorial Candidates

[Project862006]

Nolan has a Choice to pick for director

EXCLUSIVE: Superman producers Chris Nolan and Emma Thomas are getting serious about resuscitating the Man of Steel. I'm told they have begun meeting with a short list of directors for the job of directing Superman, the picture which will be financed by Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures. On the list: Unstoppable's Tony Scott, Let Me In's Matt Reeves,Battle: Los Angeles helmer Jonathan Liebesman (who just got the Warner Bros/Legendary job of directing Clash of the Titans 2), Duncan Jones, who just directed Source Code, and Sucker Punch helmer Zack Snyder. director Matt Reeves, As Deadline first revealed, Nolan came up with an idea that put the Batman director in a godfather position on Superman, which besides from the Batfranchise is the linchpin of DC Comics franchise characters. David Goyer wrote a script. Several of these directors have movie commitments like Liebesman, which make then unlikely. Nolan has already started meeting with candidates and will submit his choice to the studio within the next few weeks. Warner Bros and Legendary have to get the picture made by 2012, because the studio stands to lose certain rights to the iconic character in 2013 after a judge ruled favorably on behalf of the heirs of Superman creator Jerry Siegel. Will tell you more when I hear it.

 

[MadVillainy]

LEt's go Duncan Jones

 

[SuperAl]

Synder!

 

[Sawyer]

Jones. I like Reeves too, but not for this.

 

[batman44]

Pretty good list imo. I like Jones the best.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

LOL!!!!! SNYDER??????? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!

To be honest, Reeves is such a talented film director. Let Me In is getting nothing but positive buzz, and everyone would be lying to themselves if they said they weren't excited for him in the directors seat.

To be honest, Jones is such a talented film director. Moon got nothing but positive buzz, and everyone would be lying to themselves if they said they weren't excited for him in the directors seat.

 

[Sawyer]

Yeah, Snyder even being on a short list is just absurd to me.

 

[J.Howlett]

Matt Reeves is the most intriguing name on the list. Between Cloverfield and the serious buzz of Let Me In (in terms of vision), I would definitely entertain the idea of Reeves directing Superman.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

To be completely honest, this just screams Reeves. Reeves is the kind of guy that'd go out of his way to make a movie like this. Sure Jones' Moon was an amazing, wonderful film, but I have to admit that I liked Cloverfield better, and I'm going to enjoy Let Me In probably a million times more than I would Source Code.

Oh and, Reeves loves story telling, which is exactly what this movie needs. I want a Superman movie with a lot more drama than action. But I still want the action scenes to be balls to the wall awesome. Which he's proven he can do successfully in Cloverfield.

 

[Motown Marvel]

im very glad to see jonah is not on that list. nothing against jonah, but no ones first stab at directing should be on a film like Superman!

 

[mclay18]

I'm surprised to see Snyder on the list. I'm happy to see Liesbesman and Reeves on the list, but I'm not pleased with Tony Scott on the short list. I'm 50-50 on Duncan Jones.

 

[batman44]

Reeves would be my strong second choice and I would guess he would be good with action.

Oh, If Tony is tapped to direct expect Denzel Washington to be Lex lol.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Batman44, Washington will play an ordinary guy thrown into an extraordinary situation.

"Superman, come on, I'm just an average guy...".

 

[solidsnake86]

So they basically waited until Nolan was done with press for Inception (which has its last premiere in Italy this weekend). Its about time and I guess that annoucement in 4 weeks will be coming, but something tells me we'll hear about whose chosen before then.

 

[Threshold]

I could really see this going to Reeves.

 

[Sawyer]

im very glad to see jonah is not on that list. nothing against jonah, but no ones first stab at directing should be on a film like Superman!

Agreed. I never got the desire to see a man who's never directed anything do Superman.

 

[J.Howlett]

Aesop,

Completely agree with you about Reeves. People tend to forget how strong a film, in concept and vision, Cloverfield is.

Personally, I didn't think Let The Right One In needed an American remake, but based on the trailers, it seems Reeves nailed the hell out of it.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Seriously.

SUPERMAN: Directed by Matt Reeves. Starring Jon Hamm, [female lead here], [Lex Luthor here] WRITTEN BY: John Nolan, and PRODUCED BY: Christopher Nolan.

I'm getting chills...

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

WB/Legendary are aiming for controllable directors? Never heard that before.

 

[Project862006]

why is snyder on list absurd lol

solid director

great with visuals and sfx and action

great work with comic book movies and very faithful

all films done with WB

 

[Aesop Rocks]

And there goes the fun of this thread.

 

[Project862006]

whatever

 

[terry78]

I'd go with Reeves right now, because I think he deserves it after Cloverfield, and Let Me In is getting some good buzz.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Jones is a talented director too, but this just doesn't seem like something he could do.

 

[Showtime]

I personally would love Jones to get the gig, loved "Moon".

I think that Jonathan Liebesman makes the most sense, however the whole Clash of Titans sequel might get in the way.

Also a big possibility none of these dudes get the gig. However, this is great that there is something to talk about.