The Official Choose A Director Thread

[Christmas]

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2676052/

joseph kosinski the director of tron legacy might just be the best bet for a successful film. judging from the trailers for that movie, i dont think this dude will have a problem bringing lets say something like, brainiac's skull ship, to vivid life on screen.

he's my favorite choice at the moment since brad bird took the mi4 gig

 

[\S/uperman]

Tron L is looking good I have to say

 

[DarkSovereignty]

I'd still be interested to see James Mcteigue be given a shot. But my dream would be Robert Zemeckis, if the director who made back to the future still exists underneath that mo-capped husk.

 

[bonoferox]

Brad Bird would have been a great choice. I'd be okay with J.J. Abrams directing, but just keep him away from scriptwriting duties.

 

[GreenKToo]

I'm just wondering if we get any more rumors again today..If we do, it could mean the dam is about to break.

 

[That-Guy]

Chris Columbus is the type of studio tool that will, as some of you said, make an "okay" Superman movie, at best. He'll play it safe, typecast every role, and make the film as generic as possible. And the reception? Probably about the same as Superman Returns. Except this time, instead of a rehash of Richard Donner's movie, we'll get a lame attempt at revitalizing the franchise, complete with mediocre performances, sub-par storytelling and average action sequences.

The result will be an overwhelming response that Superman is still a tired, out-of-date property that doesn't fit in today's world.

 

[ultimatefan]

Very meh name. An adequate director, but with no vision or personality.

 

[Webhead2006]

\S/uperman, i agree i not totally against ratner either, i have enjoyed some of his films through the yrs. Sure he didnt do a good xmen film. But maybe superman could have been good for him. But we dont really know how things could have gone under him. Hopefully we will get some more director names coming to see what types of directors wb is really going for. So we could try to see what type of film this new superman could ultimately turn out. Will it be ratner, columbus, probably not. But i cant wait to see who will ultimately take the chair.

Now that tron guy would be an interesting pick to go with. FRom what i hear tron 2 is shaping up to be a good film. And if when its release it does well that guy is probably going to be someone studios want to take. As for bird i def would love to see him try his hand on superman. But if mi4 is shooting next yr then he def not an option.

 

[gdw]

Should we update the poll?

With the rumour of Columbus recently, I've been looking at his past films. He has a similar track record to Donner really. Not that I think the film will be similar to Donner's films, but I can see Columbus bringing a similar experience set and level to the project.

 

[Webhead2006]

yea columbus isnt that bad of a director in my book, sure he hasnt done well recently with films like percy jackson or what ever it was he did prior to percy. But every director is different on each film they are. With nolan producing and his producers too, and with jonah and david's script. Maybe he could pull superman off really well. Now i rather take columbus over some others. Hopefully some more director's names will pop up now so we can get a group of names to compare each other on and we fans can see how things could be.

 

[dark_b]

Chris Columbus is the type of studio tool that will, as some of you said, make an "okay" Superman movie, at best. He'll play it safe, typecast every role, and make the film as generic as possible. And the reception? Probably about the same as Superman Returns. Except this time, instead of a rehash of Richard Donner's movie, we'll get a lame attempt at revitalizing the franchise, complete with mediocre performances, sub-par storytelling and average action sequences.

The result will be an overwhelming response that Superman is still a tired, out-of-date property that doesn't fit in today's world.

Singer took big risks with SR. giving superman a kid was one of the biggest risks a superman movie could have. did it work? it did not 100% like it should.


so you dont want just a normal superman movie? you want a director that will take huge risks?

 

[Puckenstein]

I'm down with Proyas. I think that combo would work well together.

 

[GreenKToo]

The director announcement will go along way in generating some good buzz. I just hope they don't pick a 'so so' name, that could cause the opposite affect.
Hell, just look at what happened with the columbus rumor. The response to him on the net wasnt exactly stellar.

 

[dark_b]

i think it should not be important if the director gets a good reaction from the fanbase. what should matter is the finished movie.

but this is hollywood so we know how it is.

 

[Webhead2006]

well it should be both the director and the film itself speaking for fans. But yea getting a solid director would be another postive note to have for this production like having nolan as a producer, jonah/goyer as writers have been.

 

[\S/uperman]

I wish they would look at Wolfgang Peterson again. Would known directors work with Nolan as their producer? It would be weird to see someone like Zemeckis (just for example) working "under" Nolan. Sure he did well with the Batman franchise, but there are more established directors out there.

 

[Rust]

They will either play it safe and go with someone everyone would assume could make an "appropriate" adaptation, like they got Nolan to act as puppeteer.

I'm thinking of names like Jon Favreau, Louis Letterier, Matthew Vaughn etc. Directors who done succesful/moderate succesful superhero-movies before or at least movies that have superheroes written all over it. Brad Bird, for instance.

Or they'll choose a complete genre-outsider that would come outta the blue, kinda like Nolan himself with Batman Begins, Ang Lee with HULK, Tim Buton with Batman, etc.
Names that would never be associated with the superhero-genre, because they were too artsy-fartsy or just big-name Oscar-material directors.

I guess in this particular case with Superman I have no idea what they would be going for, especially with Nolan in the sidefield probably calling most of the shots.
Maybe they'll just find that puppet-director to call "action!" and the Nolans along with Goyer will in fact co-direct instead.

 

[\S/uperman]

They will either play it safe and go with someone everyone would assume could make an "appropriate" adaptation, like they got Nolan to act as puppeteer.

I'm thinking of names like Jon Favreau, Louis Letterier, Matthew Vaughn etc. Directors who done succesful/moderate succesful superhero-movies before or at least movies that have superheroes written all over it. Brad Bird, for instance.

Or they'll choose a complete genre-outsider that would come outta the blue, kinda like Nolan himself with Batman Begins, Ang Lee with HULK, Tim Buton with Batman, etc.
Names that would never be associated with the superhero-genre, because they were too artsy-fartsy or just big-name Oscar-material directors.

I guess in this particular case with Superman I have no idea what they would be going for, especially with Nolan in the sidefield probably calling most of the shots.
Maybe they'll just find that puppet-director to call "action!" and the Nolans along with Goyer will in fact co-direct instead.

Vaughn probably the best option out of what you mentioned. I think Louis made a good SH film in TIH but it also didn't capture the audience the way it was hoped too (same fate as SR).

 

[\S/uperman]

How about Neill Blomkamp for a lesser known choice?

 

[Webhead2006]

there is many ways to look into how they should go about director. it would be nice if we got some big oscar type of director, though they might not be the best person. I agree we should look into folks like vaughn and fav type of guys i think they would be able to do well with supes or directors like them.

 

[GinsterHead]

How about Duncan Jones?

Moon was frigging awesome, so I can only imagine what he could do with a bigger budget. t:

 

[Sam]

I'm thinking of names like Jon Favreau, Louis Letterier, Matthew Vaughn etc.

Favreau and Vaugh... not going to happen.

The first has several projects and Iron Man franchise.

The second is making new X-Men movie, and have several other movies lineup up, including Kick-Ass 2. Besides, for him to do it, he wants Mark Millar to write the script.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

Kick-Ass 2 ain't happening.

 

[Sam]

Kick-Ass 2 ain't happening.

Really? Thats new to me. I thought they were planning the sequel.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

Nope. It tanked. The only person claiming a sequel was happening was Millar after it opened. Nuff said.