Matthew Vaughn off Thor

[TheVileOne]

From the Hollywood Reporter:

"Thor" will be released about six weeks after "Iron Man 2," and Marvel is waiting for a script polish from scribe Mark Protosevich ("I Am Legend"). Matthew Vaughn no longer is attached to direct the project because his holding deal expired December.

"It's very much a Marvel superhero story but against the backdrop of nothing you've seen before," Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said in describing "Thor" as a period fantasy in the vein of "The Lord of the Rings."

Some people in other threads did not seem aware of this. This also seems to go along with chatter that Vaughn was no longer with the project while it was being put on hold because of the strike and waiting to see the BO performance for Iron Man and Hulk.

But this is what things like work strikes cause. Also what caused Thor from getting a 2009 release.

Sort of unfortunate for Vaughn. He doesn't seem to have any luck with staying on big budget Marvel projects at all. X-men 3 and now Thor.

I don't think he was a bad choice to do the movie at all.

But if movies like Iron Man and Thor are to co-exist, the movies like Iron Man have to let go of the idea of only using the more "realistic" tech based villains. That means using guys like the Mandarin and Fin Fang Foom. Who the hell does not want to see Fin Fang Foom onscreen?

 

[Rust]

Yeah, just read it too. I guess this was coming...

But if they really want him cant they just make a new deal? Shouldn't be to hard.

 

[TheVileOne]

I suppose it's possible. But his deal expired last December. That's over 4 months ago. He might've moved on to something else. And they might already be talking to other directors for all we know.

It happens. Movies will get developed by one director and then he will love because it's not happening for a while and a new filmmaker will come on.

 

[Vartha]

I missed that completely. Well, I'm hoping Rami will be chosen, for the simple reason of his Hercules Lenedary Journey episodes of Asgard.
I thought they were fantastic due to such a low budget, tho using wrestlers is out for the major roles.

 

[chiefchirpa]

What's no said is that he can still be signed back if there's plenty of goodwill between him and Marvel.

 

[Vartha]

...like I said get Rami.

 

[Rust]

No, I say a new guy.

Peter Jackson.

 

[Silvermoth]

Must be a mistake. But if not, I wouldn't mind seeing what Juan Carlos Fresnadillo can do with the film.

 

[Retroman]

Hopefully they'll find a good replacement.
Vaughn did a great job did on Stardust so i was looking forward to see how he'd breath life into a Thor franchise. He's not doing himself any favors though by jumping ship from yet another big budget movie.

Vaughn should not be able to direct a Marvel movie.

X-Men 3, backed out for "personal" reasons... and now he's off Thor too. This guy is like Nic Cage, he's on a superhero movie, he's off, he's on, he's filming Superman with Burton, he's off.

To be fair to Cage, he really wanted to play Superman and it's not his fault that movie was dumped. Warners were the ones who pulled the plug on that project.

...like I said get Rami.

Sam Raimi? He seems to be moving on to other things (such as a new Jack Ryan movie) after working on Spider-Man films for the past 10 years.

 

[Vartha]

Rami's got what about a year to get started Retro, plenty of time to decide.

 

[Retroman]

Rami's got what about a year to get started Retro, plenty of time to decide.

I'm not against it i just don't see it happening. Time will tell.

 

[Rust]

Howsabout Alfonso Cuarón who did Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as well as Children of Men?

Or Rob Bowman who did Reign Of Fire?

Taylor Hackford would be kick-ass, but that's a longshot.

 

[Retroman]

Howsabout Alfonso Cuarón who did Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as well as Children of Men?

He'd be great!

Or Rob Bowman who did Reign Of Fire?

After Elektra?

Taylor Hackford would be kick-ass, but that's a longshot.

That would be a total left field decision.

 

[Rust]

After Elektra?

I know, I know... but ROF just had a hard and dirty edge that would suit THOR well. Plus, Bowman could redeem himself with a sledgehammer.

 

[Still A ThorFan]

...like I said get Rami.

Why? So he could give Thor emotional problems, water down his villians and give him a cool emo look-having him strut down the streets of Asgard?

ALL 3 Spiderman films were terrible. I don't want him any where near Thor.

 

[X-Maniac]

I long suspected this, as mentioned in my blog here:

http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/thegeekfiles/2008/04/iron-man-movie-review.html - where I said: "Vaughn, who famously walked out from helming X-Men: The Last Stand just nine weeks before filming was due to start (Brett Ratner replaced him) has apparently moved on to direct a movie version of the new Marvel comic Kick-Ass, with sources saying it's because he would be unable to finish to finish Thor before a possible US actors' strike this June. And yet he is able to be working on another movie that would also be affected by the strike. It doesn't quite add up. Has he left the Thor project for good?"

I just knew it, it seemed so obvious!

 

[Canis Sapiens]

Howsabout Alfonso Cuarón who did Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as well as Children of Men?

This guy would be great. Children of Men is a wonderful film.

 

[Gallagher]

I honestly don't know who could replace Vaughn now.

My mind is drawing a blank.

 

[X-Maniac]

I couldn't resist adding this news to my blog, as i had raised it there.

http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/thegeekfiles/2008/05/matthew-vaughn-no-longer-direc.html#more

Feel free to add any comments on this, or any director suggestions...

 

[CBGB]

Peter Jackson.

That's a great idea actually! He's a great fantasy-type director.

 

[Blader5489]

This guy is the most unreliable director ever. I don't care that he has left and I certainly don't want him back.

 

[odiin]

This guy is the most unreliable director ever. I don't care that he has left and I certainly don't want him back.

Marvel waited too long and his deal with them expired. How is that unreliable on his part? He's a great director and that's all there is to it. I hope they can strike up a new deal.

 

[Raiden]

If Vaughn is going to film another movie that might be affected by the strike, then this obviously has nothing to do with the strike. If both Vaughn and Marvel want him to work on Thor, a new deal could be reached for him to stay with Thor, but if Vaughn wanted to get out (like he did with X3), Marvel then should look for a new director. He may be a good director, but there are other capable filmmakers out there. I hope Marvel won't replace him with Ratner like Fox did last time though.

 

[Vartha]

Why? So he could give Thor emotional problems, water down his villians and give him a cool emo look-having him strut down the streets of Asgard?

ALL 3 Spiderman films were terrible. I don't want him any where near Thor.

SM3 isn't entirely Rami's fault, you had the studios to thank for that, IMO.
If you haven't seen the Hercules episodes of Asgard, you need to, I'm basing the look on the low budget Rami had to work with, and it was great! Rami already has experiance with a Thor, experiance with myth, granted it wasn't Marvel's, but, I think he'd be a great for Thor.

 

[blackblt]

I'm so happy Vaughn is off the project. no offense, but I was never overjoyed about Vaughn. I'm anxious to see who will get this project. Way to go Marvel!