The Official Choose A Director Thread

[Antonello Blueberry]

Supes to Geoff Johns?

He should hit the gym, and he has thinning hair.
But he'd be better than Tom Welling...


I don't know, I like the guy, he's a real fan of the DC characters, but I have yet to read a great Superman story written by him.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I say hell no! He's to close to Donner and I like someone who doesn't worship the ground Donner walks on.

You can get a screenwriter and director who adores Donner's Superman but who hasn't worked with him and can do their own thing.

 

[Double Down]

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[Double Down]

Supes to Geoff Johns?

He should hit the gym, and he has thinning hair.
But he'd be better than Tom Welling...

 

[I Am The Knight]

A ****e for some of the ideas of the silver age, why dont you actually go read a story before writing him off as a silver age writer. Besides if it doesnt work anymore, why is his run on action comics one the best to come out of post-crisis.

Exactly! People think that just because Johns is using the Silver Age as a backdrop in the comics that a movie would take place in the 60's It's not the interpretation, it's the quality of the writing that will make the movie.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I don't want any comicbook writer to write the film, I want a real screenwriter.

 

[NotFadeAway]

Exactly! People think that just because Johns is using the Silver Age as a backdrop in the comics that a movie would take place in the 60's It's not the interpretation, it's the quality of the writing that will make the movie.

If I could qoute the worst version of Lex Luthor.....

WROOONNNGGGG!

The silver age should not be present in the next flick, and the only reason the silver age influence has sold well recently is because of SR fans trying to justify there feelings by going and purchasing book after book. The silver age will not work in a movie, and I'm sticking to that opinion.

 

[NotFadeAway]

Although it is obvious Timm/Dini will not be involved, Superman: TAS should be used as the template for the reboot. If done correctly, it will make for a much better Superman story than Richard Donner's movie and will usher Superman into the 21st century.

 

[I Am The Knight]

If I could qoute the worst version of Lex Luthor.....

WROOONNNGGGG!

The silver age should not be present in the next flick, and the only reason the silver age influence has sold well recently is because of SR fans trying to justify there feelings by going and purchasing book after book. The silver age will not work in a movie, and I'm sticking to that opinion.

LOL, I really don't think that's it at all...

Although surprisingly enough, there are SR fans who are also fans of the comics. End sarcasm.

 

[Showtime]

The silver age should not be present in the next flick, and the only reason the silver age influence has sold well recently is because of SR fans trying to justify there feelings by going and purchasing book after book.

You don't honestly believe that do you Mel Gibson?

 

[NotFadeAway]

You don't honestly believe that do you Mel Gibson?

Congragulations, you made me chuckle!

 

[hippie_hunter]

The silver age should not be present in the next flick, and the only reason the silver age influence has sold well recently is because of SR fans trying to justify there feelings by going and purchasing book after book.

The Silver Age and Donner influences in the modern Superman comics are selling well because Geoff Johns is a downright fantastic writer.

The silver age will not work in a movie, and I'm sticking to that opinion.

The Silver Age can work in a movie. So can TAS. The Post-COIE/Pre-IC comics. The Donner films. Etc. A Superman movie should have elements of various incarnations of Superman.

 

[Ceb-Man]

I wish they would use Geoff Johns! I am loving his Brainiac story.

 

[mego joe]

The Silver Age and Donner influences in the modern Superman comics are selling well because Geoff Johns is a downright fantastic writer.

You are darn right. Besides, the Silver Age stuff that has been re-introduced by JOhns has nothing to do with the horrible SR or the Donner films.

SUperman as Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes is completely and utterly comic book SIlver Age stuff and has zero relation to the film universes.

Plus if you look at what is being done in SUperman, Batman and Wonder Woman, those writers are trying to reconcile ALL the incarnations of the characters into one big whole. Johns has kept a lot of post-Crisis stuff around, he's just developing ways to make them all fit into a unified vision of Superman. Even in the Braniac arc he's using all the different versions and he's explaing why there have been so many different Legions over in that book.

The Silver Age can work in a movie. So can TAS. The Post-COIE/Pre-IC comics. The Donner films. Etc. A Superman movie should have elements of various incarnations of Superman.

Yep. Just no Singerverse, OK.

 

[Clutch]

I think the Wachowski brothers are the wrong way to go

 

[Clutch]

not to mention im not so sure the WB is ready to hand over this major franchise to a directing team coming off of Speed Racer

 

[Alien Anal]

please let this be true
i really dont care THAT much about what story they do
i just want to see some good action directors make Superman cool again

 

[cerealkiller182]

Matthew Vaughn's a good suggestion

Potential possibilities:
Andrew Adamson
David Yates

Big maybe (but out on a limb pick)
Len Wiseman

 

[FaT_tONle]

Can we stop mentioning Jackson every other post??? IT'S NOT HAPPENING PEOPLE... BE CREATIVE.

 

[dark_b]

Can we stop mentioning Jackson every other post??? IT'S NOT HAPPENING PEOPLE... BE CREATIVE.

fans always think ''cliche''

 

[Thespiralgoeson]

Speilberg is obviously my ultimate choice, he would create HUGE buzz

I've always wanted to see Spielberg do Superman. My second choice would be Cameron. Either of those two would create enormous buzz the likes of which Superman hasn't seen in our generation. Unfortunately neither is going to happen.

George Miller would be a solid choice too. I'd much rather see Miller do a Superman movie than that mess of a JLA movie.

 

[C. W. Saturn]

Directors are overrated

 

[DavidTyler]

What about Gerry Conway - He's a bonafide screen writer but came up thru comics?

He has the background and familiarity with the characters. He's been writing for more realistic shows so he could also bring that to the project.

I'd still rather have Timm and Dini, though.

I do like Johns Brainiac treatment but I don't want the silver age touches that are tied to it.


And I definitely want something like Byrne and Wolfman's Krypton possibly blended with the animated series.

 

[Cain]

Donner is 100% correct and he's an in house employee for WB so it won't be a hassle either. Anybody who doesn't think this is a good idea has obviously not followed Action Comics within the past 2 years a.k.a. the best time period for that book in years.

 

[Cain]

What about Gerry Conway - He's a bonafide screen writer but came up thru comics?

He has the background and familiarity with the characters. He's been writing for more realistic shows so he could also bring that to the project.

I'd still rather have Timm and Dini, though.

I do like Johns Brainiac treatment but I don't want the silver age touches that are tied to it.


And I definitely want something like Byrne and Wolfman's Krypton possibly blended with the animated series.

Why not? they worked great. The kicker is we still haven't even seen Johns' origin story yet but the hints we've gotten are already more cinematic and interesting than anything Byrne did and it's not a knock cause I grew up during the Byrne era but there's not comparison. I'm not just talking about his take on Krypton either Smallville as well. I dare anybody to read Action #850 and not tell me they weren't touched during the scenes between the Kents and a young Clark Kent you'd have to be a robot not to have felt anything.