The Next Batman Director

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Reeves would be dope for Batman, but i'm still worried that it's going to be average at best, even with Matt in the chair. Look at the producers and writers involved. Considering the crap fests we're already putting up with, i guess a MOS level movie would be fine.

I had a blast with MOS too, in the theater. I saw it 3 times in theaters actually. The 2nd time i had some alcohol in my system so i had just as good of a time. Third viewing was not in Imax or 3D, and i was sober lol, so i could pay attention more...and that's when i started seeing a lot of flaws. Matt Reeves or Duncan Jones should have directed that film, but the script is an issue as well. I don't hate MOS, even with Snyder's involvement, and numbing action sequences that bore me to tears. But i don't love it either.

A Snyder Batman movie would be a disaster. Hell no to that. Reeves will take a bad or average script and make it watchable. I didn't care that much for the last Apes movie, but it was still well directed. I'm just not that attached to the Apes franchise period, although the new one with Woody Harrelson looks better. Reeves is a very interesting choice for a Batman flick. A lot more than Gavin O'Conner, which is such a boring choice (even if it's realistic). Gavin made a very good movie with Warrior and completely dropped the ball with Accountant. Maybe it's the curse of Affleck lol.

If this was a stand-alone universe, i would love to see a Fukunaga or even Alvarez in the director's seat. Maybe for a reboot?
 
Yeah, but I just assume they opted for Snyder over him.

Just as an aside to all of this:

Can anyone point me to any information that expressly states Christopher Nolan picked Zack Snyder to direct Man Of Steel? Proper, confirmed info from a reputable source - not speculation, rumour or guesswork from fan or click bait sites.

I'm fully prepared to believe it was the case, but I've never seen it printed anywhere personally, and would be interested in seeing it.
 
Reeves would be dope for Batman, but i'm still worried that it's going to be average at best, even with Matt in the chair. Look at the producers and writers involved. Considering the crap fests we're already putting up with, i guess a MOS level movie would be fine.
Honestly, if the current script is giving them this much trouble, it might be best to start over from scratch with the new director involved. It's not like they're in any sort of rush now.
 
Just as an aside to all of this:

Can anyone point me to any information that expressly states Christopher Nolan picked Zack Snyder to direct Man Of Steel? Proper, confirmed info from a reputable source - not speculation, rumour or guesswork from fan or click bait sites.

I'm fully prepared to believe it was the case, but I've never seen it printed anywhere personally, and would be interested in seeing it.

From Collider:

Mr. Nolan, a producer of Man of Steel, said he thought of Mr. Snyder to direct the film because of his stylized takes on 300 and Watchmen, and his “innate aptitude for dealing with superheroes as real characters.”
“That was what a new approach to Superman required,” Mr. Nolan said. “He understands the power of iconic images, but he also understand the people behind them.”
 

:up: Thanks very much.

Fascinating interview. Nolan thought that as Snyder had directed a deconstruction of superheroes in Watchmen, he would be emminently capable of reconstructing them again in MoS/DCCU. Little did he know Snyder would end up just deconstructing again! A bad misjudgement from Nolan. No wonder he's stayed away since.
 
Just as an aside to all of this:

Can anyone point me to any information that expressly states Christopher Nolan picked Zack Snyder to direct Man Of Steel? Proper, confirmed info from a reputable source - not speculation, rumour or guesswork from fan or click bait sites.

I'm fully prepared to believe it was the case, but I've never seen it printed anywhere personally, and would be interested in seeing it.

You've done something that many before you have tried and brought Superman back to the big screen. Can you tell us how you came into this and why now was the right time for this particular take on such an iconic character?
Deborah Snyder: We got a call from the Nolans, and we had never met even though we were a husband and wife team at the same studio, and they said 'do you mind if we talk to you about Superman?'. And Zack got off the phone and we thought 'I don't know...' and it was for two separate reasons. For Zack had loved the character for so long and he was nervous about being able to do this character justice. I was nervous because it was really difficult to make [the character] relatable to a modern audience. So we sat with them and they pitched the idea that Chris [Nolan] and David Goyer had for the script and it really made him relatable and put him in the modern world. We read the script and they had found a way to get at him like no-one else has in cinema. It was a big, daunting thing to take on but it was now really exciting.


Read more: http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/man...es-roven-interview-man-of-steel#ixzz4XqAtHSAi
 
:up: Thanks very much.

Fascinating interview. Nolan thought that as Snyder had directed a deconstruction of superheroes in Watchmen, he would be emminently capable of reconstructing them again in MoS/DCCU. Little did he know Snyder would end up just deconstructing again! A bad misjudgement from Nolan. No wonder he's stayed away since.

MOS was a reconstruction of Superman. BvS was a deconstruction.
 
More like a misconstruction.
 
:up: Thanks very much.

Fascinating interview. Nolan thought that as Snyder had directed a deconstruction of superheroes in Watchmen, he would be emminently capable of reconstructing them again in MoS/DCCU. Little did he know Snyder would end up just deconstructing again! A bad misjudgement from Nolan. No wonder he's stayed away since.

I read somewhere else that since everyone else had declined and they were running out of time (due to the lawsuit) they went with Snyder because he was "fast" and had experience with FX.
 
I read somewhere else that since everyone else had declined and they were running out of time (due to the lawsuit) they went with Snyder because he was "fast" and had experience with FX.

That sounds about right.
 
More like a misconstruction.

If you say so. But the intent was there, thats all im saying.

And JL will be destruction :o

:up: I hope they destroy the world in the process. and move over permanently to Apokolips.

I read somewhere else that since everyone else had declined and they were running out of time (due to the lawsuit) they went with Snyder because he was "fast" and had experience with FX.

A link would be appreciated.
 
He was like the seventh choice or something like that.
 
I thought all the directors Nolan was considering wanted to deconstruct Superman.
 
http://www.vulture.com/2010/10/fox_offers_wolverine_2_to_aronofsky.html

There was this report. Darren Aronofsky would take too long but even Snyder thought Goyer's script needed work, etc.

Even as Aronofsky's Wolverine 2 talks coalesce at Fox, Warner Bros. is still offering blandishments to get back into business. We're told by knowledgeable insiders the reason Warner Bros. picked Snyder for Man of Steel is that the script by David Goyer was rushed, is still a bit of a mess, and that Warner Bros. needs someone who won't spend months or even years trying to get it just right (i.e., Aronofsky), because time is the one thing they don't have: The studio must have a new Superman movie in production by 2011 or they'll be subject to potential lawsuits by the heirs of the superhero's creators.

We're told that Snyder was not really Warner's first choice to direct Superman, but that a director needed to be hired imminently. Privately, even Snyder has confided to agency sources that the current Superman script needs work, but clearly Warner Bros. believes he can get it done faster than Aronofsky.
 
The only response Reeves gave regarding Man of Steel that I recall was acting surprised, saying a fan told him about it at Fantastic fest and wasn't sure if the rumor was true. He could have been bluffing. I don't know.

I also recall an article where a Fox executive said Reeves passed on several high profile projects the studio presented him before eventually taking on the Apes franchise.
 
A link would be appreciated.

Vulture:

We're told by knowledgeable insiders the reason Warner Bros. picked Snyder for Man of Steel is that the script by David Goyer was rushed, is still a bit of a mess, and that Warner Bros. needs someone who won't spend months or even years trying to get it just right (i.e., Aronofsky), because time is the one thing they don't have: The studio must have a new Superman movie in production by 2011 or they'll be subject to potential lawsuits by the heirs of the superhero's creators.

We're told that Snyder was not really Warner's first choice to direct Superman, but that a director needed to be hired imminently. Privately, even Snyder has confided to agency sources that the current Superman script needs work, but clearly Warner Bros. believes he can get it done faster than Aronofsky.

:mnm:

EDIT: Nemeres beat me to it.
 
I dont know how much I trust Vulture. It would hold more weight if it was from THR, The Wrap, or Deadline. I knew Snyder wasnt their first choice, but I have never read he was the 7th choice or something like that. Anyway, thanks for the source. :up:
 
I dont know how much I trust Vulture. It would hold more weight if it was from THR, The Wrap, or Deadline. I knew Snyder wasnt their first choice, but I have never read he was the 7th choice or something like that. Anyway, thanks for the source. :up:

Vulture's as reliable as Den Of Geek, who you quoted above!
 
Vulture's as reliable as Den Of Geek, who you quoted above!

The key difference is I didnt quote Den of Geek. I quoted Deborah Snyder. There is difference between quotes from an interview, and insider "scoops" from a trade.
 
The key difference is I didnt quote Den of Geek. I quoted Deborah Snyder. There is difference between quotes from an interview, and insider "scoops" from a trade.

Fair point :up:
 
To be fair, Snyder did pass the script around through several writers. There was his go-to guy Kurt Johnstadt, but I remember an insider here on the Hype, gillberg2k1, sharing that Jonathan Nolan had "saved" it and that it was head and shoulders above Goyer's draft. There was even a quick mention somewhere that Kieran and Michele Mulroney also worked on it some.
 
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