The Official Choose A Director Thread

[I SEE SPIDEY]

^He's going to be thrown around for everything on the in-nerd-net from now on.

Personally I'd like to see him do a MetalGear Solid movie.

 

[Octoberist]

since Gore Verbinski dropped out of Bioshock, what about him for Superman?

I think he's a great choice..I didn't like Pirates 2 or 3, but I liked part 1, and I liked his underrated Weatherman.

 

[Webhead2006]

would be a solid director to pick, but he seems he might have some other projects already lined up he would be moving on to next.

 

[matrix_ghost]

since Gore Verbinski dropped out of Bioshock, what about him for Superman?

I think he's a great choice..I didn't like Pirates 2 or 3, but I liked part 1, and I liked his underrated Weatherman.

Are you talking of gore helming a superman movie in the near future or as the next superman director if WB decided to make a superman movie before 2013?

Edit :
If it's the latter i dunno if that can happen. For starters , aside from the budget issue , one of the reasons he dropped out of directing bioshock :
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007622.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

Verbinski opted out of directing because the studio's budget plan for the film has been revamped to lense abroad in order to take advantage of tax credits and favorable exchange rates. Verbinski couldn't commit to an overseas shoot because he is locked into directing the Paramount animated film "Rango," with the title character voiced by his "Pirates of the Caribbean" cohort Johnny Depp.

THere is a Variety article out there saying that one of the reasons Verbinski decided not to direct the 4th Pirates movie was because he wanted to be with his family. His experience with the 2nd and 3rd Pirates movie led hoim to be away from his family for over a year.
I still think WB is going to go outside the US to make the next superman movie so yeah .

 

[Octoberist]

For the Superman 2012 project.

He's still finishing his movie Rango. However, it gives him plenty of time to make Superman a priority if he does get it, by 2011.

He has so much on going on, but many of those projects are in Development Hell anyway.

 

[JokerLedger]

I can picture a Neil Blomkamp Superman movie right now...

Loads of CCTV footage, surveillance cameras, and news live breaking news footage of The Man of Steel kickin the villain's ass hahaha.

I kid... I kid.

 

[Octoberist]

My prediction is that Neill will be one day INVOLVED with a big project based on a well known property. It could be based on a novel, comic book, or video game...

 

[Showtime]

Don't take a giant leap or anything.

 

[Webhead2006]

Yea its all about how good is your last project and if you flop big time next go around who knows if you will get any good work for awhile right.

 

[dark_b]

in Camerons Avatar there will be some flying with alien creautures. so we will get a taste what he would do in flying scenes .

 

[solidsnake86]

Here's a question, since Mcteigue was talking about it which means he's probably not involved anymore, who else do you think is on this "short-list".

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

The IESB article seemed to indicate there were other candidates in addition to McTeigue and the Wachowskis. If I had to guess, I'd say they were the biggest "name" directors of the batch.

 

[solidsnake86]

^I would love to know what kind of discussions they're having with these directors or if they giving them a basic story outline they want followed. Part of me thinks WB would choose the wachowskis because speed racer bombed and they would have more control over them. In turn, the wachowskis, would probably want to do superman because they want their freedom back (even though I'm not sure they've lost it, but WB will be tighter before signing them a check to go make a film). Thats just a guess though, but we know visually the wachowskis would deliver.

 

[GreenKToo]

I betcha Blomkamp's phone is blowing up now.

 

[JokerLedger]

The only way I'd want Blomkamp to direct Superman is if Brainiac is the villain.

 

[Willi Berg]

There's more of the McTeigue interview:

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/08/2...director-thinks-character-needs-to-go-darker/

EXCLUSIVE: Rumored 'Superman' Director Thinks Character Needs To Go 'Darker'

Posted 59 minutes ago by Josh Wigler in DC Comics, News


When news of a "Superman" reboot first hit the internet, the word tossed in connection to the project was "darker," a tone that one would more readily attribute to Batman rather than the comparatively sunnier Man of Steel himself. But "Ninja Assassin" director James McTeigue, who is the subject of some interesting rumors about helming a "Superman" movie, told MTV News that a new film centering on the Last Son of Krypton should go down a darker route than its Bryan Singer-directed predecessor.

"I think that the culture has sort of changed a little bit around Superman," McTeigue suggested regarding a "Superman Returns" follow-up. "If you're going to do something with Superman, I think people would probably like something a little darker."

McTeigue's comments echo his previously stated take on Superman. The director, who won't confirm nor deny his potential involvement, said that the character needs to be taken in an unexpected direction—which means no Krypton, thanks to a recent legal ruling.

"I think it's good that they just had a court case where, basically, if you make another Superman movie, you can't touch Superman growing up—that's part of the story that you can't touch any more," he previously said. "That wouldn't be a bad thing. I think everybody's a bit sick of seeing the origin story."

Without the aid of an origin story and with an eye towards a darker film, what kind of story would McTeigue tell in a "Superman" movie? The filmmaker was understandably light on the details, but he did offer a suggestion on how to approach Kal-El's next adventure.

"You need to take it and retool it," he said. "Make it something that appeals to audiences now a little more.

 

[GreenKToo]

Darker than SR??? I usually try to give a guy a chance before saying hellz no, but hellz no.
If anything it needs to be brighter, not darker.
And before anyone says it, I know he could very well mean the story and not the overall feel, but that still doesn't make me feel any better.

 

[Wheels]

I'm officially off the bandwagon. Darker? Superman is not dark!

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

I'm officially off the bandwagon.

 

[Wheels]

I know you were taking a jab at me, but that was freaking funny.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

Not a jab at all.

 

[manofsteel4life]

lmao!....that's about how i feel all the time with this whole superman situation

 

[Wheels]

Apparently Warner Bros. doesn't realize the true reason the Batman franchise has been successful. It's not because they're dark films, it's because they are faithful to the core aspects of the Batman character. It's not about light vs. dark, what really matters is that the filmmakers understand the character and the world he inhabitants.

 

[Kal-El Fan]

apparently warner bros. Doesn't realize the true reason the batman franchise has been successful. It's not because they're dark films, it's because they are faithful to the core aspects of the batman character. It's not about light vs. Dark, what really matters is that the filmmakers understand the character and the world he inhabitants.

qft

 

[Crook]

Perhaps I'm being optimistic here, but maybe he's using the word in the loosest way possible, in reference to the public reception of Supes being corny and akin to child's play in the rank of superheroes. In this regard, I would agree with that assertion. However, "mature" would probably be a more accurate word than "dark".