The Official Choose A Director Thread

[dark_b]

Obviously because said director will come in and throw out ideas of what he would do with the character, series, etc. - something like Jackson and Raimi did...

i dont understand this process very much. so i need to ask this. are ideas enough?
you or i maybe have the best idea for a superman movie. maybe the perfect ideas. so what?
many months of filming with milions of money. after that months of post production. sound,music,CGI,....
a lesser known director will be a guy who didnt do a big budget movie right? can he handle it? i think if they want this to work they need a GOOD producer and GOOD people around the director.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

i dont understand this process very much. so i need to ask this. are ideas enough?
you or i maybe have the best idea for a superman movie. maybe the perfect ideas. so what?
many months of filming with milions of money. after that months of post production. sound,music,CGI,....
a lesser known director will be a guy who didnt do a big budget movie right? can he handle it? i think if they want this to work they need a GOOD producer and GOOD people around the director.

There is no definitive "How to..." with these blockbuster tentpoles.

The questions you asked will certainly be discussed amongst the executives and what not. Bottom line, the studio will always go with the guy who they believe can make them the most $$$.

In the case of Raimi, he'd never helmed a big-budget film in his career and was only known as a "cult filmmaker" whose last two films were low-budget and critically acclaimed. He basically just came in and talked about his love of Spider-Man since his childhood and what he'd want to do with the film series.

He got the gig over people like David Fincher who'd certainly handled their fair share of pricey films...

 

[Dark Knight]

just tipped off about a name that's come up as the tiniest blip on the radar as it was just suggested by some... nothing particularly big as this European action/disaster film director's name has pretty much been always thrown around in discussions as a potential candidate for the director's chair of nearly every Superhero film from Batman to Spider-Man to even non-comic related Superhero flicks. One main reason is his ability to keep budgets in check and give massive visual spectacle and bang for the buck and most of his films have been quite profitable if not massive successes.

Most of you know whom i'm referring to, many of you guys absolutely hate him but he was thought of as he can provide quite entertaining films with massive action scenes on reasonable budgets and not let budgets go spiraling out of control..

Roland Emmerich huh?

Ahhh.....NO!

 

[Showtime]

Why would WB even consider this guy after the debacle that was 10,000 BC?

 

[GreenKToo]

I'm sure we'll hear just about every director's name in Hollywood mentioned for Supes at one point or another.
Still, i'd love to see their wish list.

 

[matrix_ghost]

Why would WB even consider this guy after the debacle that was 10,000 BC?

Maybe because his other movies were (financial) hits .
Technically we could've asked the same thing when michael bay was announced to make Transformers. He made The Island before TF and that movie did flop.

Edit :

Having said that i was wondering if this is WB just considering offerring him the next superman movie or that Emmerich himself has expressed interest.
In both cases i find it a bit odd if there are some negotiations one the superman project since EMmerich is busy with his next movie ( 2012).
Don't directors usually begin to discuss certain film project when they're done with a movie ?

 

[dark_b]

Why would WB even consider this guy after the debacle that was 10,000 BC?

he was the writter so i guess he was the one who came to them.
WB greenlighted this movie. so its again their fault.10.000 BC has disaster written all over it. already on paper. how dumb do you have to be to make this kind of movie?

 

[Showtime]

Maybe because his other movies were (financial) hits .Technically we could've asked the same thing when michael bay was announced to make Transformers. He made The Island before TF and that movie did flop.

His other movies were financial hits? Not so much. He is hit or miss. Over the last 10 years he has made 4 movies, Godzilla and 10,000 BC failed, The Patriot was lukewarm only making 3 million more domestic then its budget. The hit thrown in there was Day After Tomorrow.

Having said that i was wondering if this is WB just considering offerring him the next superman movie or that Emmerich himself has expressed interest. In both cases i find it a bit odd if there are some negotiations one the superman project since EMmerich is busy with his next movie ( 2012). Don't directors usually begin to discuss certain film project when they're done with a movie ?

It varies on a case to case basis. He could be interested, WB could, or there could be no truth to this rumor whatsoever.

 

[I Am The Knight]

he was the writter so i guess he was the one who came to them.
WB greenlighted this movie. so its again their fault.10.000 BC has disaster written all over it. already on paper. how dumb do you have to be to make this kind of movie?

Presumably sold in the room as "Camilla Belle in a loincloth"

...

 

[Antonello Blueberry]

he was the writter so i guess he was the one who came to them.
WB greenlighted this movie. so its again their fault.10.000 BC has disaster written all over it. already on paper. how dumb do you have to be to make this kind of movie?

Disaster? The movie made 269 million $ just in theaters worldwide. And probably double that sum in TV sales.

 

[GreenKToo]

His other movies were financial hits? Not so much. He is hit or miss. Over the last 10 years he has made 4 movies, Godzilla and 10,000 BC failed, The Patriot was lukewarm only making 3 million more domestic then its budget. The hit thrown in there was Day After Tomorrow.




It varies on a case to case basis. He could be interested, WB could, or there could be no truth to this rumor whatsoever.

It's a little longer than 10 yrs ago but didn't he have a hand in Independence Day as well?

 

[kalelkilla]

Roland would be the absolute WORST choice they could possibly get. I loved Independence Day but other than that his movies have been trash. Jackson I think is the best possible choice...what we will get is probably someone in the middle...like a Michael Bay...gulp...

 

[kalelkilla]

Peter Jackson

 

[Showtime]

Disaster? The movie made 269 million $ just in theaters worldwide. And probably double that sum in TV sales.

It made 94 Million plus domestic against a 105 Million budget. It failed domestically. Like it or leave it, studios measure success domestically. Sure, the movie made a profit eventually, but it wasn't a success.

 

[Antonello Blueberry]

It made 94 Million plus domestic against a 105 Million budget. It failed domestically. Like it or leave it, studios measure success domestically. Sure, the movie made a profit eventually, but it wasn't a success.

I strongly disagree. That's a myopic statement.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

It made 94 Million plus domestic against a 105 Million budget. It failed domestically. Like it or leave it, studios measure success domestically. Sure, the movie made a profit eventually, but it wasn't a success.

I strongly disagree. That's a myopic statement.

 

[Showtime]

I strongly disagree. That's a myopic statement.

Fine it was a success. WB should make a sequel.

10,001 BC

 

[matrix_ghost]

His other movies were financial hits? Not so much. He is hit or miss. Over the last 10 years he has made 4 movies, Godzilla and 10,000 BC failed, The Patriot was lukewarm only making 3 million more domestic then its budget. The hit thrown in there was Day After Tomorrow.

Yeah but your just looking at the last 10 years.
He had a hand in Independance Day ( 306 million in the US alone) . Godzilla a flop ? Critical flop yes. Commercially no ( budget of 130 million , domestic BO 136 million , foreign 242 million).
And your looking at the domestic BO alone when let's face it , studios do look at foreign numbers too
The patriot made 3 million more then it's budget but another 100 million from foreign markets. Even 10.000 BC could be qualified as a "hit"

He may not be a critically loved director but one can't deny that he is sought after in Hollywood. How else could anyone explain why studios were caught up in a bidding war over his 2012 script.

It varies on a case to case basis. He could be interested, WB could, or there could be no truth to this rumor whatsoever.

Yeah i think this is really just a BS rumor.
Still speculation is fun

I doubt if he would ever take on a superman movie but iif he did i'd be very interested how he would make it. At least you know there will be descruction t:

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

Someone's re-writing history about Godzilla.

It was the most anticipated film going into 1998. Sony was so confident in it they released the first teaser a year and half before it opened!

The fact that it mustered up $136 million considering everyone was projecting domestic numbers ranging as low as $285 million to as high as $350 million made it a massive disappoint and many wrote it off as a flop...

 

[solidsnake86]

So let me get this straight, 10, 000 BC can be considered successful but SR failed. Strange how things are viewed. In the end you can't really judge a director completely on there past movies because lets face it, they have to make a living. Are they going to turn down everything because they think it sucks, or are they gonna cash in on directing it.

 

[I Am The Knight]

I strongly disagree. That's a myopic statement.

Agreed. (Although I never saw the film and have only heard that it is awful, so it probably deserved to outright bomb.)

 

[aka Kal el]

I'm pretty sure Jackson is going to be busy with Tintin for awhile. Thats the whole reason he couldn't do the Hobbit movies.

It doesn't look like Tintin is going to happen! Could it be Spielberg?

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Someone's re-writing history about Godzilla.

It was the most anticipated film going into 1998. Sony was so confident in it they released the first teaser a year and half before it opened!

The fact that it mustered up $136 million considering everyone was projecting domestic numbers ranging as low as $285 million to as high as $350 million made it a massive disappoint and many wrote it off as a flop...

Godzilla was the Superman Returns of 98.

 

[matrix_ghost]

It doesn't look like Tintin is going to happen! Could it be Spielberg?

Tin Tin is going to happen. Paramount is behind the project and will provide the budget for all 3 flicks. Spielberg is also on baord

 

[Octoberist]

Speilberg is actually directing it right now as we speak