Jon Favreau/Marvel speculation thread!

Cap, not likely, but maybe. I seem to recall Arad saying he had a very specific director in mind for that, and at the time, Favreau had done, what? Made and Elf? So I doubt it. But maybe. And maybe it became obvious that whoever that director was that he was holding out for wasn't gonna do the movie.

I still don't understand why you're set on Ant-Man as one of the frontrunners since Edgar Wright has been working on the projekt in secret for so long and there's been no indication since that he's been kicked off of it, but I'm not going to hassle you for it. Plus while I find it improbable I don't find it totally out of the question.

I thought Iron Man was most likely, but if it's a Paramount deal? Huh. Well they're getting Iron Man back, so. But how long did Favreau know about this? It's hard to tell. Maybe take some likely points off that one based on the information that Paramount's been trying to get him to do it for a while now.

So out of the projects set up at Marvel, I'm going to go crazy and say the most likely one is Nick Fury. Probably not actually, but I don't even know what to think anymore. The only ones I know have scripts in some stage of work are Deathlok, Iron Man and Captain America. But I don't even know what to make of the revolving door of directors that is Deathlok so I ain't touching that one.

 

Iron Man is intreging, but isn't Nick Cassavetes directing Iron Man, at least that is what he told MTV.com a month or so ago,and Alex Proyas' name as also surfaced as a rumored directer canidate for Shellhead.

 

And Swingers

 

No he didn't though. Doug Liman did Swingers, right? I mean I think Favs wrote it, but I doubt that anyone would say "that guy who wrote Swingers would be perfect to direct Captain America!" That doesn't make much sense.

 

I'm not saying Favreau's not a good director, I'm saying I don't think he's *the* director that Avi Arad said he wanted however many years ago, and that writing a movie isn't usually what makes someone want you to direct another movie. Unless they want you to write AND direct it, but that's not the case here.

 

No, I was talking about Captain America. My bad.

 

actually Swingers was basically a de-facto co-directorial effort. Liman did more of the physical/manual camera operating and was in charge of everything Favreau couldn't do, but basically Liman was THE director in name only. In reality he was A director of that movie just as Favreau was basically A director as well.

BTW the best thing about Favs is that he's a leading voice in the anti-excessive-CGI movement. Iron Man is the kind of movie that could really use that sentiment.

 

He might be good for a Captain America film, Marvel may be looking to get Cap up and going first.

 

dude two wtfs tonight?!

WTF!?!?!

 

I think I am most excited about Ant Man. Shaun of the Dead was awesome.

 

The Hype will be busy come the next few years.

 

Wow, I love the choice.